Appeal No. 94-3603
Application 08/001,121
1. A method of controlling a display screen for
searching the contents of a memory device associated with a
pointer-based computer system and displaying the search
results on the display screen associated with the computer
system, the computer system having a processor and a
plurality of applications, at least one of which is running
on the processor, wherein the contents of the memory device
include a plurality of searchable application files that are
each associated with at least one of the plurality of
applications and each capable of containing a plurality of
records, the method comprising the steps of:
a) receiving a find command;
b) displaying a find dialog box on the display screen;
c) receiving a search string selection input by interaction
of a pointer with the display screen, and displaying the
search string in the find dialog box;
d) determining whether a global search mode or a local
search mode has been selected by interaction of the pointer
with the display screen;
e) executing the selected search, wherein,
when the local search mode is selected, a search
is made through the contents of each record in an
application file that is associated with an application
program that is currently running on the processor, and
when the local search mode is selected, a search
is made through each of the searchable application files and
a list is made of the application files searched and the
number of records within each application file that contain
the search string; and
f) displaying at least a portion of the search results on
the display screen.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Crandall et al. (Crandall) 5,165,012 November 17, 1992
(filed October 17, 1989)
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