Appeal No. 1999-2217
Application No. 08/735,776
appeal.
The disclosed invention relates to a method of displaying
within a graphical pointer of a data processing system a
graphical representation of a graphical pointing device (e.g.,
a mouse).
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method within a data processing system of
graphically indicating a valid input, wherein said data
processing system includes a display device and a
graphical pointing device having a plurality of user-
activated buttons, said method comprising:
displaying a graphical display within said
display device, said graphical display including one or
more regions and a graphical pointer that has a location
within said graphical display determined by said
graphical pointing device;
identifying a particular region among said one
or more regions; and
displaying, within said graphical pointer, a
graphical representation of said graphical pointing
device, said graphical representation of said graphical
pointing device including a plurality of areas that each
correspond to a respective one of said plurality of user-
activated buttons, wherein an aspect of said plurality of
areas indicates whether or not pressing two of said user-
activated buttons substantially simultaneously will
generate a valid input when said graphical pointer is
positioned within said particular region.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Frid-Nielsen 5,655,093 Aug. 5,
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