米国特許クレーム研究
USP 7,346,929 クレーム１
【特徴】
(1)箇条書きでわかりやすく表現されている。
(2)said を使わず、theで表現している。
(3)means for, step forの表記がない。（１１２条第６パラグラフ対策）
(4)capable of …ing、configured asなど権利行使に有利な表現が用いられている。
(5)programmed to perform operations comprising: …ing, …ing; and …ingとしてコンピュータの構成が規定されている。
(6)”recording the results of the security audit scan in the memory”で締めくくっており、発明のresultが記載されている（発明の有用性を主張できる）。
(以下、USP7,346,929より)
1. An apparatus for auditing security of a remote computer system, comprising:
a. a secure application server in communication with a global computer network and programmed to receive selectively security audit instruction data from the remote computer system via the global computer network;
b. a plurality of scanning machines in communication with the global computer network and programmed to execute selectively a security audit scan of the remote computer system via the global computer network,
each scanning machine capable of conducting multiple types of security assessments; and
c. a central computer, having a memory, configured as a database server and as a scheduler, in communication with the secure application server and the plurality of scanning machines, programmed to perform operations comprising:
a. evaluating a database to determine if the security audit scan is currently scheduled to be run on one of the scanning machines;
b. determining which of the plurality of scanning machines is available to perform the security audit scan by examining a schedule for each scanning machine to identify certain ones of the scanning machines that are conducting another security audit scan or are scheduled to conduct another security audit scan, the available scanning machines comprising all of the scanning machines except for the certain scanning machines;
c. copying scan-related information into one of the available scanning machines and instructing the scanning machine to begin the security audit scan; and
d. recording the results of the security audit scan in the memory.
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