Appeal No. 95-4544
Application 07/975,905
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 11, 13 through 15, 17 through 23, 25, and 26.
Claims 12, 16, and 24 have been canceled. Appellant filed an
after final amendment on November 14, 1994 amending claims 1, 2,
9, 10, 11, and 23, adding claims 27 and 28 and canceling claims
18 through 22. We note that this after final amendment has been
entered. In the Examiner's answer, the Examiner rejects claims 1
through 11, 13 through 15, 17, 23, and 25 through 28.
The invention relates to a system and method which permit
any or all of a plurality of users at remotely located personal
computers to edit a file resident in one of the computers.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A computer file editing system for a plurality of users at
different remote locations, comprising:
a plurality of personal computers, one for each of the users, each
of said plurality of personal computers including computer file display
means, at least one of said personal computers being designated host
computer for given file editing operations and having multi-tasking
processing means for coordinating the execution of said file editing
operations comprising edits of less than the entirety of a given
computer file inputted by at least the user of one of said personal
computers, and for coordinating the transfer of data corresponding with
and limited to said file editing operations from said host computer to
the display means of the others of said plurality of personal computers
whereby said file editing operations and said corresponding limited data
transfer are performed in a predetermined manner by said host computer;
and
interconnecting means for electrically interconnecting said host
computer with the others of said plurality of personal computers to
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