Appeal No. 1999-0013
Application No. 08/649,972
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a digital data retrieving, organizing and display
system. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A digital data retrieving, organizing and displaying system for retrieving information
from a number of disparate sources relating to development of a complex system including
firmware, hardware and software and organizing and displaying on cards the information
as selected by an operator, the digital data retrieving, organizing and displaying system
comprising:
data map display means for facilitating the display of a data map
defining types of available information relating to the
development of the complex system, the data map including at
least one external card link;
a plurality of card display means each for facilitating the display of a
card having a selected type of information relating to the
development of the complex system; and
control means responsive to the operator input indicia for controlling
the data map display means and the card display means to
enable the display of a card having a selected type of
information as selected by the operator.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Jones et al. (Jones) 4,663,704 May 5, 1987
Lubkin et al. (Lubkin) 5,339,435 Aug. 16, 1994
Admitted Prior Art (APA) - page 6 of the specification concerning conventional use of
“HyperCard”.
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