Appeal No. 2000-0467
Application 08/511,645
(for example printing or word counting) on the first object
wherein the object remains intact and is not consumed by the
service) or a container object (i.e., an object to which the file
is moved such as a window, folder or document); second)
performing a service with respect to said first object if said
second object is a service object (i.e., a printer); and, third)
moving the representation of the first object from said first
location to a new location associated with said second object if
said second object is a container object (i.e., a folder),
regardless of a source of the first object.
Upon careful review of Berry, we find that Berry clearly
teaches the step of “determining whether the second object is
either a service object which performs a service that provides a
computational result on data or a container object.” In
particular, we find that Berry discloses this limitation when
defining that the second object can have either container
behavior (i.e., folder) or device behavior (i.e., service object
or printer). We further find that “[a]n object’s behavior
determines such aspects as which views are provided, which user
actions are supported, and what should happen in data transfer
operations, such as when another object’s icon is dragged to and
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