Appeal No. 1996-3362
Application No. 08/258,601
modes can be achieved.
Appellants' claim 1 recites a first step during which the
finger is applied with a force exceeding such threshold on a
first location of the touch-sensitive surface so as to
coarsely position the cursor on a first location of the
display screen near said desired location and a second step
during which the force exerted by said finger on said touch
sensor is reduced to a value below said force so as to select
the relative pointing mode. Appellants' claim 6 recites a
first means for positioning the cursor on the display screen
according to an absolute pointing mode and a second means for
positioning the cursor on the display screen according to a
relative mode, a means for comparing the force with a
predetermined threshold, means for selecting said first cursor
positioning means if the force rises above said predetermined
threshold and means for selecting said second cursor
positioning means if the force remains below said threshold.
Upon our careful review of Levine, we find that Levine
teaches an absolute pointing mode and a relative pointing mode
for the cursor control in column 7, line 50, through column 8,
line 13. Furthermore, we find that Levine teaches the
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