Appeal No. 97-0642
Application 08/242,318
(e.g., katakana) to a different text domain (e.g., kanji)
(Br12). The conversion in Kato is completely automatic.
Sklarew alone appears to meet the limitations of claim 1.
As discussed, handwritten characters are from "one text
domain" (a "source text domain") and the font symbol
characters are from "another text domain" (a "destination text
domain"). The computer in Sklarew identifies text in a window
as being selected, e.g., the window shown in figure 12C.
While it is implied that Sklarew automatically converts
handwriting as it is entered, Sklarew also discloses that
conversion of the handwritten input to the corresponding font
symbol may be initiated by pressing the "MATCH" softkey
(misspelled as "HATCH" in figures 12D and 12E; col. 12,
lines 41-63). Sklarew discloses that editing "functions are
accomplished with handwritten Editing Symbols on the
(optional) screen or by touching the Softkeys with the stylus"
(col. 10, lines 50-53), where the editing symbols are editing
"gestures." This teaching would have suggested to one of
ordinary skill in the art of designing stylus-based interfaces
that other functions, such as the conversion function, could
be initiated by either a handwritten symbol (gesture) or a key
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