Ex Parte EDWARDS et al - Page 2




             Appeal No. 2004-1201                                                                                     
             Application No. 09/051,118                                                                               

                    Representative claim 75 is reproduced below:                                                      
                    75.  A computer terminal for accessing a location in a network by                                 
             activating a link in a file, which link contains a location address or an                                
             identifier for a location address, the terminal comprising:                                              
                    i)  a retriever for retrieving one or more files;                                                 
                    ii)  a searcher for searching a file so retrieved to locate links                                 
             embedded therein;                                                                                        
                    iii)  an assignor for assigning, to each of a plurality of links so                               
             located, a respective different identifier;                                                              
                    iv)  display for displaying said identifiers;                                                     
                    v)  a keypad for use by the user to input an identifier from among                                
             the displayed identifiers; and                                                                           
                    vi)  activator responsive to input of an assigned identifier to activate                          
             the associated link.                                                                                     

                           The following references are relied on by the examiner:                                    
             Redford                                 5,459,489                   Oct. 17, 1995                      
             DeRose                                  5,644,776                   July   1, 1997                     
             Cline et al. (Cline)                     5,721,851                   Feb. 24, 1998                      
             Stein et al. (Stein)                     5,748,927                   May   5, 1998                      
                                                              (filing date May 10, 1996)                              
             Dolan et al. (Dolan)                     5,801,702                   Sept. 1, 1998)                     
                                                                      (filing date Mar. 9, 1995)                      

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