Appeal No. 1999-2637
Application 08/813,864
attached to a host computer by a work station controller
(WSC), the improvement in the WSC comprising:
means for enabling shared addressing of multiple display
sessions through the single address on the NPT; said shared
addressing of multiple display sessions on the NPT enabling
means including means for checking for a shared addressing
request in set-up from the NPT and means responsive to an
identified shared addressing request in set-up from the NPT
for setting a shared addressing flag; and
focus change command means for identifying a focus change
request from the NPT for a requested display session of the
multiple display sessions sharing the single address on the
NPT and for changing focus to said requested display session
of the multiple display sessions; only one of the multiple
display sessions having the focus at any time.
In rejecting Appellants’ claims, the Examiner relies on
the following references:
Ashkin et al. (Ashkin) 4,918,598 Apr. 17,
1990
Clark et al. (Clark) 5,359,660 Oct. 25,
1994
Marisetty et al. (Marisetty) 5,768,598 Jun.
16, 1998
Botterill et al. (Botterill) 5,682,169 Oct.
28, 1997
Claims 1, 17, and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as obvious over Botterill and Marisetty. Claims 2, 5-
8, 11-16, 18, 20, and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as obvious over Botterill, Marisetty, and Ashkin.
Claims 3, 4, 9, and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
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