Appeal No. 95-4356
Application 08/133,821
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner's rejection of claims 16-27, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for enabling a computer user to make input
selections more easily on the display menu of a graphical user
interface. Specifically, the invention is directed to the
manner in which a selected icon interacts with objects which
are assigned to the icon.
Representative claim 16 is reproduced as follows:
16. A method for object oriented menu selection, the
method comprising the steps of:
assigning an icon to each of a plurality of objects, each
of said objects having a type designation;
displaying each of said assigned icons in a window menu
bar;
accepting user selection of one of said icons;
testing said selection to determine an assigned object as
the one of said plurality of objects assigned said icon; and
sending a message to the assigned object.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Berry et al. (Berry) 4,789,962 Dec. 06, 1988
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