Appeal No. 2000-0141 Page 2
Application No. 08/673,693
myriad of data. Access to the data is limited, however, by
the bandwidth of the communication link from a user's computer
to the Internet.
The limitation is exacerbated by the multiple streams of
data that often flow across the communication link. A
conventional Web browser allocates the bandwidth equally to
all data streams destined for display. Unfortunately, such an
allocation delays the receipt of data in which a user is most
interested.
In contrast, the appellants’ invention allocates
additional bandwidth to a data stream in which a user is most
interested. The data stream of interest is identified by
determining the area of a display at which the user is gazing.
Allocation of bandwidth to the area of interest is then
increased.
Claim 1, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
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