Ex parte WORTHINGTON - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-3394                                                        
          Application 08/405,964                                                      

          No. 7) filed September 15, 1997, and the amendment (Paper                   
          No. 10) filed October 20, 1997, have not been entered.                      
               We reverse.                                                            
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The disclosed invention relates to a system and method                 
          for organizing and planning events, tasks, and long-term goals              
          in an easily understandable and efficient manner.  In                       
          particular, a data module directed to a particular data topic               
          (e.g., birthdays, vacations, child care, etc.) includes a                   
          questionnaire-style system for collecting data that is                      
          designed to elicit as much information as possible within that              
          module's topic.                                                             
               Claim 1 is reproduced below.                                           
                    1.  A method for organizing and planning events,                  
               tasks and long-term goals, comprising the steps of:                    
                    providing at least one data module for generating                 
               data for a specific topic area;                                        
                    prompting a user in a questionnaire-style format to               
               provide data based on said specific topic area of at                   
               least one data module;                                                 
                    categorizing said data inputted by the user into                  
               appointment data and task data;                                        
                    inputting said appointment data into a calendar                   
               framework;                                                             

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