Appeal No. 96-1842
Application 08/193,356
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-11, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for controlling the display of plural windows on a
display apparatus. Specifically, the position of a second
window is maintained at a constant distance from a movable
point on the display.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display;
means for displaying a first window containing first
information and a second window containing second information
on the display;
cursor means for indicating a first point on the display;
means for positioning said second window on said display
at a selected horizontal distance and a selected vertical
distance from said first point, said second window being
movable with said first point while maintaining said selected
horizontal and vertical distances from said first point when
said first point is moved to other positions on the display,
said second window excluding the first point.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Berry et al. (Berry) 4,789,962 Dec. 6, 1988
Kinata et al. (Kinata), Working With Word, Second Edition,
Published by Microsoft Press, 1988, pages 360-363.
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