Appeal No. 95-3908
Application No. 07/890,350
said keyboard comprising a transparent touch key input
matrix on a top surface of said casing overlying a matrix of
liquid crystal display elements formed in said casing beneath
said top surface comprising said display, the keys of said
transparent touch key matrix in alignment with the display
elements of said liquid crystal matrix,
circuit control means for operating said mass storage
memory means, said user interface means and said display and
comprising:
means for recording alphanumeric and graphic display data
in said compact mass storage memory,
means to random access said data in response to
inquirable and inquisitorial input via said iconic input keys,
and
circuit means for synchronizing the reproduction of said
data for display and audio output whereby the display and
reproduction of said data is arranged in one compact housing
for the synchronized reproduction of the display of
information concurrently with the audio reproduction of
information directly associated with the displayed information
based upon user inputted inquirable and inquisitorial entries
via said iconic input keys.2
The examiner relies on the following references:
Thom Des. 277,962 Mar. 12, 1985
Washizuka 4,639,225 Jan. 27, 1987
Dunn 4,667,299 May 19, 1987
Krenz 4,669,053 May 26, 1987
2While neither appellant nor the examiner addresses the
limitation of a “storage capacity that is more than that of
conventional memories” in the claim, we find the language a
bit odd since what is “conventional” now or when the instant
application was filed or during the term of any patent which
may issue is a continuously changing parameter.
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