Appeal 2007-0458
Application 10/247,533
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant invented a distributed network browser viewable interface
for assisting users to more easily and quickly search on the internet.
Specifically, the interface includes a directory of displayed items and a drop
down menu with multiple selectable keywords. When a user selects a
keyword, at least one displayed item is highlighted based on the respective
relationship with the keyword. See generally Specification ¶¶ 0006-7.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A distributed network browser viewable interface, comprising:
a directory of displayed items; and
a first drop down button relating to a search topic viewable on the
interface, the first drop down button having a respective drop down menu
capable of being actuated via the first drop down button, the drop down
menu having a plurality of selectable keywords;
wherein when one of the keywords is selected by a user, one or more
displayed items will be highlighted based on their respective relationships
with the selected keyword.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Yagasaki US 6,125,353 Sep. 26, 2000
Rebane US 6,539,392 B1 Mar. 25, 2003
(filed Mar. 29, 2000)
Coombs US 6,603,490 B1 Aug. 5, 2003
(filed Dec. 10, 1999)
Brown US 6,665,838 B1 Dec. 16, 2003
(filed Jul. 30, 1999)
B. Shneiderman, Dynamic Queries for Information Seeking, in Readings in
Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think, Stuart K. Card et al. eds.,
at 235-43 (1999) (“Card”).
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