Appeal No. 1998-0872
Application No. 08/438,479 Page 10
are displayed in color, such as green for satisfactory, red for
emergency, etc. To obtain more information about an object, the
operator may use the mouse to select the object. A control menu
is displayed in a window overlapping the map, but map
manipulation may be continued with the menu showing. Selecting a
room or building label on the map causes relevant information,
such as occupants, to be displayed. As shown in figure 4, leader
lines and incident summaries are displayed on the map.
Considering these teachings of Smart with William's
disclosure of verifying the identity of an individual before
unlocking a door to allow entry into a secured area, we find that
an artisan would have been taught to allow the operator of Smart
to control an output device, such as lock/unlock a door to allow
an individual to enter an area. Because the system of Smart
provides the operator with information regarding the occupants of
an area and the operator is provided with access to all security
functions, including area access control functions, we agree with
the examiner (answer, page 8) that providing the operator of the
security system of Smart with the ability to lock/unlock doors
would have been obvious and would provide control of the security
environment. As to how the door lock/unlock feature of Williams
would be implemented in Smart, we disagree with appellant (brief,
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