Appeal No. 96-0542
Application 08/025,603
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-11 and 13-20, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application. An
amendment after final rejection was filed on August 18, 1994
and was entered by the examiner.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for manipulating data between application programs
in a graphical user interface of a computer-controlled display
system. More particularly, the invention permits data from a
first window to be dragged to a second window, and information
is provided which allows a process in the second window to
determine if it can accept the data from the first window.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for manipulating data between application
programs in a computer-controlled display system comprising
the following steps:
a. a user selecting a first item in a first window,
said first window under control of a first process;
b. said first process detecting said user selection;
c. said first process generating first information
regarding said first item;
d. a second process generating second information
regarding said first item;
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