Appeal No. 1997-3145 Page 12
Application No. 08/058,199
composite image. An example of a composite image is shown in
figure 1A.
Thus, from the teachings of Hama, Berry, and Waller, we
find that because Hama discloses overcoming a problem in the
art (i.e., alternate viewing of the entire image and the
selected portion of the image) by placing the enlarged partial
image 23 on a separate portion of the display screen 6 from
the original image 22 and enlargement indicator 25 so that the
entire image can be viewed along with the partial image, Hama
teaches away from overlaying the enlarged partial display 23
on top of the original display. We additionally find that
Berry discloses, inter alia, searching for a blank quadrant of
the screen to place the help information at a location other
than the operating point (cursor); determining which quadrant
to choose based upon a quadrant having information related to
the requested information, and automatic sizing of the help
information to fill the blank area of the screen if the blank
area is large enough. However, in Berry, the amount of help
information displayed by the system is determined by the
amount of blank space available. In addition, Berry does not
disclose display of information already on the display screen.
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