Appeal No. 1996-4148
Application No. 08/327,085
18. A method for arranging images of selectable items on a
display screen of a system and selecting the images for
operation of the represented items on the system comprising
the steps of:
a. representing each of the selectable items as a
separate representative image on a page;
b. arranging athe pages into a three dimensional icon
with
one edge of the pages attached to a common axis in the middle
of the icon and the pages with only a subset of one or mokre
of the images viewable at a given time;
c. rotating the pages around the axis within the icon to
change the subset of pages containing the viewable images; and
d. choosing an item for operation on the system by
selecting an image representing that item from the viewable
subset.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Kreitman et al. 5,303,388 Apr. 12,
1994
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kreitman et al.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief1, and the Examiner's
Answer2 for the respective details thereof.
1 The Brief was received June 28, 1996.
2 The Examiner's Answer was mailed August 20, 1996.
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