Appeal No. 96-2616
Application 08/280,271
The invention is directed to a method for displaying text in its context on a display screen in
such a manner that eye contact is maintained with a line of text as the display changes to show the line in
its context.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of displaying text on a physical display screen using a key word search, the text
comprising a plurality of lines of characters, each line having said key word, from one or more data
files, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) displaying the plurality of lines, each line having said key word, on the display screen;
(b) selecting one of the displayed lines having said key word; and
(c) displaying selected lines immediately preceding and immediately succeeding the selected line
in the same data file in physical position above and below, respectively, the selected line and said key
word, wherein the text of the selected line retains its physical position, both horizontally and vertically,
on the physical display screen.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Inoue et al. (Inoue) 5,142,669 Aug. 25, 1992
Wroblewski et al. (Wroblewski) 5,339,391 Aug. 16, 1994
(filed Aug. 4, 1993)
APS Text Search & Retrieval Classroom Manual, Planning Research Corporation (June 1989)
(APS).
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the
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