Ex Parte FREACH et al - Page 6




                    Appeal No. 2002-0883                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 08/759,899                                                                                                                            


                              We further find that Goh teaches that Figure 2 depicts a                                                                                    
                    typical window 104.  Window 104 comprises a work space 202, a                                                                                         
                    title bar 204, a resizing button 206, horizontal and vertical                                                                                         
                    scroll bars 208, 209 and scroll buttons 210, 211.  Work space 202                                                                                     
                    is a display area containing graphical representation of the                                                                                          
                    objects, such as icons, that the user is manipulating.  See                                                                                           
                    column 3, lines 65 through column 4, lines 3.                                                                                                         
                              We further find that Goh teaches a system and method for                                                                                    
                    displaying a work space of greater effective area than that of                                                                                        
                    the display screen using a four-dimensional graphical user                                                                                            
                    interface.  See column 4, lines 26-31.  A four-dimensional                                                                                            
                    graphical user interface is used for displaying a plurality of                                                                                        
                    windows 104 simultaneously.  The user selects one or more windows                                                                                     
                    to be displayed on the faces of the polyhedron.  The user may                                                                                         
                    select as many windows as the polyhedron has faces.  In the                                                                                           
                    preferred embodiment, the polyhedron is a cube; thus up to six                                                                                        
                    windows 104 may be displayed simultaneously.  See column 5, lines                                                                                     
                    12-20.                                                                                                                                                
                              Furthermore, we find that Figure 5 depicts a display of a                                                                                   
                    four-dimensional graphical user interface of the present                                                                                              
                    invention.  A cube 500 is displayed.  Six different windows 104                                                                                       
                    have been texture mapped onto cube 500, one window 104 per face.                                                                                      

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