Appeal No. 2006-1790
Application No. 10/042,030
goes to Tools, etc, to “load a set of user preferences,” and then, in response to an
activation of a clarification control (Tools, etc), the attribute is modified to clarify the
display of the document based on the set of user preferences to form the clarified
document (i.e., the new settings by the user will “clarify” the document in accordance
with the user’s preferences, so that the next time any document, including that same
document, is received, it will have the clarification set in accordance with the user’s
preferences).
It is true that the user, in IE, cannot look at a received document and, right before
his/her eyes on the display, activate a control and see an immediate change in
attributes. But, the claims do not require such. Claim 1, for example, requires the
receipt of a document. Both APA and IE perform that step. The document must then
be displayed. Again, both APA and IE will display the document on the Web browser.
The claim then requires a loading of a set of user preferences. IE permits this, albeit
not immediately while viewing the received document. Instead, in IE, the user
accesses, and changes the default settings by clicking on the appropriate buttons
(Tools, etc.), but this is not precluded by the instant claim language. The loading of the
user preferences must follow the display of the document according to the claim
language, and, as explained supra, this is exactly how IE may be operated. Finally, in
response to activating a clarification control, the attribute is modified to clarify display of
the document based on the user preferences. In IE, in response to activating the proper
buttons (Tool, etc.), i.e., a “clarification control,” an attribute (e.g., background color) is
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