Appeal No. 1999-2666 Page 11
Application No. 08/565,584
We turn next to the rejection of claims 17 and 22 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Lanier in view of Okada,
further in view of Eisen. We find that Eisen does not
overcome the deficiencies of Lanier and Okada, and would not
be combinable with the game of Okada for the reasons discussed
above with respect to Lanier. In addition, we find that Eisen
teaches (col. 2, lines 28-47) a help system in which the
amount of help information presented to the user is decreased
as learning progresses. The information is tracked by the
number of times the user has received help in a functional
area. The user sets a threshold for the number of times that
a level of help information is to be displayed for a
particular functional area. When the threshold is reached,
the information presented is reduced. Eisen further discloses
(col. 4, lines 10-13), that when the user-set thresholds have
been met, the application or system overview information would
not be shown, unless requested via the regular help facility.
Eisen additionally discloses (col. 4, lines 4 and 5) that
information can be displayed without the user having to
request it. However, in Eisen (col. 2, lines 54-64)
The user is always in control of the amount of
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