米国明細書研究
USP 7,346,929
Method and apparatus for auditing network security
「SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 」
【特徴】
(1)日本実務でよくあるように、全てのクレームをコピーして記載する必要はない。出願時点で、主観的に発明と思うところを記載すればよい。SUMMARYを充実させるよりは、むしろ実施例を充実させるべき。（prosecutionの段階でクレームが補正されると、米国の実務では、claimされた発明とsummaryは必然的にずれてゆく）
(2)日本出願で、実施例ではなく「summary(手段)」の欄に様々な重要事項を記載する、というやり方がある。クレームサポートを明確にするなどの観点からは意義があるが、外国出願を行なうときにその記載をどう処理するか考える必要がある。手続きのストリームライン化(効率化)の観点からは、「日本国内専用の明細書」を作成するよりは、世界標準として使える明細書を考慮して日本出願を行なった方がよい。
(3)発明の１つの局面は、「aspect」で表現（他にも幾つか表現方法はある）。
in one aspect,
In another aspect,
In yet another aspect, …と展開。
(4)書き出しを、The disadvantages of the prior art are overcome by the present invention which, in one aspect, is an apparatus for…などとしており、前段からうまく繋がっている。
(5)”These and other aspects of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the following drawings. As would be obvious to one skilled in the art, many variations and modifications of the invention may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.”の文章に類するものは、各事務所で定型文として保持されている。（ただし、この文がないからと言って不利な取り扱いは受けないものと思う。）
(6)”one skilled in the art”＝当業者
(以下、USP7,346,929より)
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The disadvantages of the prior art are overcome by the present invention which, in one aspect, is an apparatus for auditing security of a computer system. At least one secure application server is in communication with a global computer network. The secure application server is programmed to receive selectively security audit instruction data from the remote computer system via the global computer network. A plurality of scanning machines each are in communication with the global computer network and are programmed to execute selectively a security audit scan of the remote computer system via the global computer network. A central computer, having a memory, is configured as a database server and as a scheduler. The central computer is in communication with the secure application server and the scanning machine. The central computer is programmed to perform the following operations: evaluate a database to determine if a security audit scan is currently scheduled to be run for a user; determine which of the plurality of scanning machines is available to perform a security audit scan; copy scan-related information into a scanning machine determined to be available and instruct the scanning machine to begin scan; and record the results of the scan in the memory.
In another aspect, the invention is a method of auditing security of a computer system in which an instruction to perform a security audit scan on a computer system is received from a user via a global computer network. A scanning machine is instructed to access the remote computer system via the global computer network and thereby perform a security audit scan of the remote computer system. At least one result of the security audit scan is reported to the user once the security audit scan is complete.
In yet another aspect, the invention is a method of auditing computer system security in which a database is accessed to determine when a security audit scan of a computer system is to be executed. Upon determining that a security audit scan of the remote computer system is to be executed, security audit scan data is copied into a scanning system, the scanning system is caused to establish communication with the remote computer system via a global computer network and to execute a security audit scan of the remote computer system via the global computer network. A result of the security audit scan of the global computer network is stored and a message is transmitted to a user of the remote computer system that indicates the result of the security audit scan.
These and other aspects of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the following drawings. As would be obvious to one skilled in the art, many variations and modifications of the invention may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.
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