Appeal No. 08/911,596
Application No. 2001-2049
Representative independent claim 34 is reproduced as
follows:
34. A program storage device readable by a machine,
tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the
machine to perform method steps for developing a communication
interface for a data processing system, comprising the steps of:
detecting an availability of a resource operable for storing
data values during the execution of an application, said
availability of the resource being able to be selectively
modified in response to execution of the data processing
application, said execution including translating a first
plurality of user input signals to a first plurality of
translated data values; and
displaying a said availability of the resource, wherein an
indication of availability was selectively modified in response
to storing said plurality of translated data values in a first
portion of said resource, and wherein the indication is operable
for changing from a first state to second state in response to a
preselected threshold.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Greiner, “Health care for your PC” (Symantec Corp’s Norton
Utilities for Windows 95), Computing Canada Vol. 22 n16, Aug. 1,
1996, p. 28.
Microsoft, “Microsoft MS-DOS User’s Guide” Microsoft Corp.
1988 pp. 335, 354, 355 [User’s Guide].
Microsoft, “Computer Dictionary” Microsoft Press 1992 pp.
69, 109, 227, 228, 110 [Microsoft].
IBM, “VoiceType Dictation for Windows for Windows, User’s
Guide”, Jan 1995, pp. 1, 9, 24, 54, 76, 172, 173 [Voice Type].
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