Appeal No. 1998-3126 10
Application No. 08/479,569
We are not persuaded by appellants' assertion (brief,
page 7) that none of the references discloses the same
functionality of "providing an explanation of an application
programs selectable functions without the need to invoke a
separate menu-driven help system." We find that claim 54, as
drafted, does not require explanation of a function without the
need to invoke a separate menu-driven system. The claim recites
"an application program executing on the computer providing a
plurality of user selectable functions," and recites how a
selectable function is retrieved. Thus, we find no limitation
reciting that an explanation of a function is provided without
invoking a separate menu-driven system.
We note that in appellants' invention (figure 18 and
specification, pages 39-44) menu bar 512 contains selectable
buttons 514, 516, 518, 520, and 522. The help pushbutton 522 is
used to access on-line documentation by activating a second level
information pop-up window 750. However, by selecting a
pushbutton, such as 514 or 516, while holding down the keyboard
help key, a description of the function of the pushbutton is
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