Appeal No. 1999-2723
Application 08/674,082
allowable subject matter. Claims 77-97, 124-129, 131-139,
141-144 and 216 have been cancelled.
The disclosed invention pertains to a software
implementation of paper Post-it notes. More particularly,®
the invention allows notes to be attached to documents on the
computer desktop, and the notes can be moved from one location
to another, such as between documents, between desktops, or
between documents and desktops without regard to the
boundaries associated with the windows of the documents or the
desktops.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising the steps, performed by a data
processing system, of:
executing program code in the data processing system
so that first and second windows are displayed, so that the
second window has a client area, and so that the first window
has a note; and,
moving the note from the first window directly to the
second window so that the note is attached to content within
the client area of the second window directly upon releasing
the note and so that the note remains separate from the
content.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Gough et al. (Gough) 5,559,942 Sep. 24, 1996
(filed May 10,
1993)
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