Patent decision
- BL number
- O/403/10
- Concerning rights in
- GB0625808.1
- Hearing Officer
- Rebecca Villis
- Decision date
- 24 November 2010
- Person(s) or Company(s) involved
- ePLUS Capital, Inc
- Provisions discussed
- PA 1977 Section 1(2)(c)
- Keywords
- Excluded fields (refused)
- Related Decisions
- None
Summary
The application relates to a method for the provision of a server-less office architecture in which computing services are performed at a centralized hosting facility rather than at a user level. For a specified business function at least one business objective and at least one business constraint that must be satisfied by the server-less architecture are defined. These objectives and constraints are then mapped to candidate IT component selection and performance criteria and the candidate IT components are ranked according to how they match the selection criteria. A set of the best ranked candidate IT components satisfying the performance criteria are then used to validate a server-less office architecture.
The applicant asserted that the contribution provided a technical effect, and that there were technical considerations in selection of the candidate IT components. The Hearing Officer held that, on applying the Aerotel test, the contribution is in the excluded field of a business method. The method operates to determine which IT candidate components should be included in a server-less architecture according to business rules. Any improvement is achieved by the step of selecting IT candidate components meeting those rules. The Hearing Officer therefore refused the application.
Full decision O/403/10 
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