Appeal No. 2001-1073 Application No. 08/747,356 an edit image creating means for creating an edit image with the node icons, the data icon, and the link graphic; an edit-time display manner storage means for storing an edit-time display manner including information on at least the display position of the node icon within the edit image; an image display means for displaying the edit image created by said edit image creating means; an input control means for controlling an input signal that was entered from a given input device using the edit image displayed on said image display means and preserving information about the input signal; and a screen shift changing means for detecting an edit operation for a screen shift processing from the information preserved in said input control means, and updating the scenario stored in said scenario storage means according to the edit operation. The Examiner relies on the following references: Peterson et al. (Peterson) 5,652,714 July 29, 1997 (filed Sep. 30, 1994) Hansen et al. (Hansen) 5,675,753 Oct. 7, 1997 (filed Apr. 24, 1995) Kogan et al. (Kogan) 5,809,317 Sep. 15, 1998 (effectively filed Dec. 30, 1992) Claims 1-3, 5-8, 10, 14-17 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Peterson in view of Hansen and Kogan. 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007