Appeal No. 95-4377
Application 08/160,348
The invention relates to a data processing system which a
cursor is used to select displayed objects (e.g., icons) and more
particularly to altering the appearance of the cursor to indicate
that a predefined process has been selected which is thereafter
to be applied to the selected object or objects. Appellant
treats both claims as standing or falling together (Brief at 4).
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A graphic method for efficient execution of a predefined
process within a data processing system having a keyboard, a
plurality of objects and a movable cursor displayed therein, said
method comprising the steps of:
specifying a predefined process within said data processing
system, said predefined process comprising a plurality of
keystrokes, said plurality of keystrokes specifying a user
defined executable process which may be applied to one or more
objects within said data processing system;
associating said predefined process with said movable cursor
within said data processing system;
altering a graphic appearance of said movable cursor in
response to said association of said predefined process with said
movable cursor; and
executing said predefined process on a particular object
within said data processing system in response to a graphic
selection of said particular object by a user utilizing said
movable cursor.
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