Appeal No. 1996-1385
Application No. 08/006,139
having an associated direction;
signal processing means acting upon the first pair
of cursor movement signals to produce a corresponding second
pair of cursor movement signals;
display means for presenting a moveable cursor;
cursor generating means connected to said display
means so as to cause movement of said cursor in correspondence
to said second pair of cursor movement signals;
said signal processing means including means for
providing differing time response characteristics of said
cursor movement in correspondence to said operator actuation,
the time response including a faster cursor movement while the
operator actuation is a repositioning operation and a slower
cursor movement while the operator actuation is a dragging
operation.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Straayer et al. (Straayer) 4,680,577 July 14, 1987
Moore 4,816,810 Mar. 28, 1989
Edwards, “Modelling blind users’ interactions with an auditory
computer interface,” Int. J. Man-Machine Studies, Volume 30,
1989, pages 575-589.
Claims 4-12, 15-25 and 32-34 were finally rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to nonstatutory
subject matter. In response to the appeal brief, this
rejection has been withdrawn [supplemental answer, page 6].
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