Appeal No. 1999-2257 Page 2
Application No. 08/767,220
“electronic Good Book.” More specifically, the stored text is
divided into the books of the Bible (e.g., Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John); each book is separated into chapters and
verses. When a user enters the name of a book, a read mode
request is executed whereby the beginning of the book is
displayed. When he enters a term or phrase that is not the
name of a book, a search mode request is executed whereby all
the books are searched for occurrence of the term or phrase.
A list of those books containing the entered word or phrase is
displayed for selection by the user. When he selects a book
from the list, that portion of the selected book that includes
the entered term or phrase is displayed. Accordingly, only a
single user entry need be made to display the beginning of a
desired section of the Bible, and only two entries need be
made if the first entry does not readily identify the desired
section.
Claim 25, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
25. A method of providing user access to stored
textual information in an electronic book having a
digital memory, entry keys, a display screen and a
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