Ex Parte BUSEY et al - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2001-1057                                                                                        
              Application No. 08/741,470                                                                                  


              through the computer network causes a document stored on the network, such as a                             
              world wide Web page, to be received and displayed in the browser region of a user’s                         
              computer.                                                                                                   


                     Representative independent claim 5 is reproduced as follows:                                         


                     5.  A method for synchronizing browse and chat functions on a computer                               
              connected to a computer network, comprising:                                                                
                     establishing browser and chat regions on a display device;                                           
                     receiving a first document from a first document address through the computer                        
              network and, in response thereto displaying the first document in the bowser region;                        
                     receiving chat content from a chat session through the computer network and, in                      
              response thereto, displaying  the chat content in the chat region; and                                      
                     receiving request originating from the chat session through the computer network                     
              and, in response thereto receiving a second document from a second document                                 
              address through the computer network, and displaying the second document in the                             
              browser region.                                                                                             



                     The examiner relies on the following reference:                                                      
                     Anupam et al. [Anupam]              5,862,330            Jan. 19, 1999                               
                                                                       (filed July 16, 1996)                              





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