Appeal No. 2002-0883
Application No. 08/759,899
the arrangement of graphical elements shown on the user screen
includes a background, icons and open application windows.
NORTON NAVIGATOR, by Symantec Corporation, provides multiple
desktops. See page 2 of Appellants' specification.
Figure 1 illustrates a prior art graphical user interface
10. The desktop can hold a plurality of icons 22. Desktop icons
22 may represent any type of file, including program files, a
shortcut, documents and folders. By double clicking on a program
file, the program is run. See page 6 of Appellants'
specification. A second prior art graphical user interface 24 is
shown in Figures 1b-1e. This graphical user interface is sold by
Symantec Corporation as NORTON NAVIGATOR. The graphical user
interface 24 supports one or more desktops 26. Figure 1b
illustrates a first desktop 26a and Figure 1c illustrates a
second desktop 26b. See page 7 of Appellants' specification.
Figure 2 illustrates a graphical user interface 40 which is
the preferred embodiment. The graphical user interface 40 not
only supports multiple desktops, but also supports multiple work
spaces. See page 9 of Appellants' specification. Figure 2 shows
a cube 44 which illustrates on the face of the cube different
desktops. The uppermost face 46a indicates the active desktop
42. The remaining faces 46b and 46c are used to switch to
22
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