Appeal No. 1996-2581
Application No. 08/288,139
level such as keystrokes and mouse movements, user commands
are recorded at a “semantic” level which are independent of
the location of images on a display. An action processor
generates semantic commands by the lexical and syntactical
analysis of the selection and movement of images on a viewing
screen. These generated semantic commands are then sent to a
command processor for execution. Appellants assert at pages
2-5 of the specification that semantic commands are
application independent and also permit the accurate playback
of recorded commands even though the location of pertinent
images on a display screen changes from the time of recording
to playback.
Claim 8 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
8. A computing system comprising:
a viewing screen which displays images;
user interface means for enabling a user to
select and move images displayed by the viewing
screen;
a plurality of application processes, each
application process responsive to selection and
movement of the images on the viewing screen, and
each application process including:
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