Appeal No. 2001-2101
Application No. 09/111,495
manipulation using a graphical pointer controlled by a pointing
device such as a mouse. The command structure is modified using
a direct manipulation “drag-and-drop” procedure in which command
items are moved from a first location to a second location within
the command structure, or from a first command structure location
to a second location outside the command structure.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A computer system comprising:
a display device;
a pointing device; and
processor means for generating a graphical user
interface on said display device, said graphical user
interface including a window having a command structure, and
further including a graphical pointer controlled by said
pointing device, wherein said processor means dynamically
modifies said command structure at runtime in response to
direct manipulation of said command structure using said
graphical pointer to drag a command item across a portion of
the graphical user interface.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Hahn et al. (Hahn) 5,751,287 May 12, 1998
Solimene et al. (Solimene) 5,828,376 Oct. 27, 1998
(filed Sep. 23, 1996)
Claims 1-6 and 8-24 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Solimene in view of Hahn.
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