Ex parte RABENHORST - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-3706                                                        
          Application 07/854,921                                                      


          have been canceled.                                                         





                    The invention relates generally to interactive                    
          graphic displays to explore relationships among variables in a              
          multi-dimensional database (specification, page 1, lines 6-7).              
          More specifically, an interactive main display presentation                 
          (Figure 2, numeral 200) can access a plurality of other                     
          mutually coupled presentations (specification, page 5, lines                
          17-18).  The main display comprises an array of smaller                     
          pictorial presentations (Figure 2, numeral 205), each of which              
          displays a relationship between two or more variables in the                
          data base (specification, page 5, lines 18-20).  The main                   
          display may also have presentations of the variables                        
          themselves and/or some function                                             
          of the variables (specification, page 5, lines 20-22).                      
                    The main display presentation provides a global view              
          of the entire database and the current set of transformations               
          and imposed conditions, while subsidiary presentations (Figure              
          3, numeral 310) provide more detailed and specialized                       
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