Appeal No. 1999-2257 Page 3
Application No. 08/767,220
microprocessor for implementing the method, said
stored textual information being comprised of
sections of textual information, each of said
sections being identified by a respective section
identifier, said method comprising the steps of:
receiving a user entry from a user of said
electronic book;
parsing said user entry by recognizing said user
entry as a read mode request if said user entry
corresponds to any one of said section identifiers,
and by recognizing said user entry as a search mode
request if said user entry does not correspond to
any one of said section identifiers,
displaying, when said user entry is recognized
as a read mode request, at least a portion of said
section of textual information having said section
identifier to which the user entry corresponds; and
searching, when said user entry is recognized as
a search mode request, through each of said sections
of textual information for at least one occurrence
of said user entry, displaying on said display
screen of said electronic book a list of the section
identifiers of those sections of textual information
in which said at least one occurrence of said user
entry is found, receiving a second user entry from
said user, and displaying a portion containing the
first user entry of the section of textual
information having said section identifier to which
the second user entry corresponds.
The prior art applied by the examiner in rejecting the
claims follows:
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