Appeal No. 97-3660
Application 08/055,802
of claims 1, 3, 6 and 10, the corresponding data fields of the
two records are compared and those data fields which show a
difference as a result of the comparison are displayed in a
distinct attribute different from that of the record already
on display, and in an overlaid manner over the corresponding
data fields thereof.
Consequently, the claimed invention requires the reading
of two records with corresponding data field or fields, the
display of the first record in one default or basic attribute,
and then the display, in an overlaid manner, of those data
fields in the second record which exhibit a difference from
the corresponding data fields in the first record, in a second
attribute distinct from the first. The second record has to
be selected by a user.
We reject the appellants’ argument that Snodgrass’
querying a database does not satisfy the claim feature of
enabling selection of a record. Since the query results in
identification of a particular record which satisfies the
conditions of the query, in our view it does enable the
selection of a record.
7
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007