Appeal No. 2001-2688
Application No. 08/735,619
coordinates of the horizontal alphabetical coordinate and the
vertical movie type category.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of interactively accessing a database of
selections, each such selection being classifiable into at least
two classifications, such selections being stored in at least one
computer-accessible storage, comprising the steps of:
representing at least a portion of the database with a
geometric object corresponding to a virtual space having logical
coordinates in at least two dimensions, wherein each dimension
corresponds to one of the classifications, and wherein each
selection is assigned to a location with respect to the logical
coordinates in accordance with its classifications; and
displaying on a monitor pictorial icons representing at
least some of the selections stored in the database in accordance
with the logical coordinates of the selections.
REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the Examiner are as follows:
Strasnick et al. 5,671,381 Sep. 23, 1997
(Strasnick)
Grossman et al. 5,682,486 Oct. 28, 1997
(Grossman) (filed Mar. 14, 1995)
Williams 5,689,663 Nov. 18, 1997
(filed Jun. 6, 1995)
Clanton, III et al. 5,745,710 Apr. 28, 1998
(filed Jan. 11, 1996)
REJECTION AT ISSUE
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Clanton in view of Grossman.
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