Appeal No. 1999-2716
Application 08/561,178
sorting and displaying text data objects using a computer
system. More
particularly, the invention is directed to the simplification
of the process by which a user designates parameters
associated with the text data objects and the order in which
the parameters are sorted.
Representative claim 20 is reproduced as follows:
20. A method for using a computer system to sort and
display text data objects, comprising the steps of:
a. imaging, on a display device controlled by the
computer system, a query dialog box,
wherein the query dialog box displays each of a plurality
of parameters associated with each of the text data objects,
forms a plurality of spaces for listing values associated with
each displayed parameter, and further forms a space for
selecting a sort order;
b. designating, for each displayed parameter, a
parameter value;
c. constructing a sort order from the displayed
parameters in the space for selecting a sort order;
d. selecting, using the computer system, text data
objects satisfying the designated values; and
e. sorting, using the computer system, the selected
text data objects according to the constructed sort order.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
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