Appeal No. 1997-2110
Application No. 08/143,687
The claimed invention relates to a method and system for
presenting a temporal based object on a data processing system
in which the manner of presentation is determined by the
context through which the object is presented. More
particularly, Appellants indicate at pages 2 through 4 of the
specification that presentation characteristics for a
particular context are determined, which characteristics
include the selection of a portion of the object content to be
presented. The type of presentation is included in the
presentation characteristics determination and is associated
with the object.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A computer implemented method of presenting a temporal
based object on a data processing system, said object having a
content, comprising the steps of:
a) determining a context on said data processing system
for presenting said object;
b) providing presentation characteristics of said object
for said context, said presentation characteristics comprising
a selection of a portion of said content of said object, said
portion being less than all of said content, and associating
said presentation characteristics with said object;
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