Appeal No. 1999-2615
Application No. 08/644,120
transaction and it is this second internal control object which is freely modifiable in place
of the original internal control object. Thus, the user is permitted to see the results of
proposed changes without actually changing the original internal control objects until
and unless the user decides to make those changes.
Representative independent claim 31 is reproduced as follows:
31. A computer-implemented method for editing a control in a computer
system, comprising:
selecting said control for an editing transaction, wherein said
control comprises a standard interface compliant control and a first
internal control object;
creating a second internal control object in response to said
selecting said control for said editing transaction, wherein said second
internal control object is a copy of said first internal control object;
displaying said second internal control object after said creating
said second internal control object;
receiving first user input indicating a desired change to said control;
changing said second internal control object in response to said
receiving said first user input, wherein said changing produces a changed
second internal control object;
displaying said changed second internal control object;
determining if said change is desired to be applied to said first
internal control object in response to second user input;
applying said change to said first internal control object if said
change is desired to be applied to said first internal control object.
The examiner relies on the following references:
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