Appeal No. 2006-0837
Application No. 10/081,446
returned from a function call that indicates that the error/warning indication has been stored in
the error/warning storage structure. Subsequent function call returns do not indicate that the
error/warning indication has been stored in the error/warning storage structure. In one
embodiment, a hierarchical graphical error/warning log is provided that provides varying levels
of error/warning information in response to user input. Appellants’ specification at page 4, lines
2-10.
Claim 16 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as follows:
16. In a computing apparatus executing a computer aided design (CAD) application, a
method comprising:
receiving a user input to perform an operation on a CAD design;
detecting a failure during performance of the operation;
generating a failure indication upon detecting the failure; and
providing information to a user to facilitate the user in determining a location
of a cause of the failure within the CAD design and information about how to
recover from the failure.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Ben-Natan et al. (Ben-Natan) 5,740,354 April 14, 1998
Mueller 6,115,544 September 5, 2000
Burrows et al. (Burrows) 6,397,117 May 28, 2002
(Filed May 28, 1998)
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