Appeal No. 2002-0279
Application No. 09/164,795
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A user interface method, within a computer system, for
transferring image data from scanner software to a software
application, said method comprising:
(a) launching a preview scan of a document creating preview
scan data of said document;
(b) displaying said preview scan data on a monitor connected
to said computer system;
(c) selecting a region of interest from said preview scan
data displayed on said monitor;
(d) receiving, into a memory in said computer system, an
input signal, wherein said input signal selects said software
application, and further wherein said software application was
previously loaded into said memory in said computer system;
(e) launching, with said scanner software, a final scan of
said document creating said image data, wherein said image data
of said document corresponds to said selected region of interest;
(f) receiving said image data in said memory in said
computer system; and
(g) sending said image data to said selected software
application.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Sobol et al. 5,907,665 May 25, 1999
(filed Oct. 11, 1995)
“IBM ADF Color Scanner User’s Guide”, (IBM) IBM Corporation, Jul.
1995, pp. 1-22, screen shots pp. 23-40.
“PhotoImpact Version 3.0 User Guide”, (PhotoImpact) Ulead
Systems, Inc., Jan. 1996, pp. 1-2, 72-77, 80, 152-153, 157, 161-
163, 182.
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