Appeal No. 2002-0665 Application 08/977,519 a) providing on a client computer a computer operating system having an icon to be accessed displayed on a screen, the icon providing links to an executable program of and information displayable by said operating system on the client computer; b) providing a web browser on the client computer operable by said computer operating system and displayable on said screen; c) determining, for the operating system icon to be accessed, an executable program linked to said icon, a data file used by said program, and the location of said program and data file; d) assigning a HTML tag to the program and data file of said operating system icon to be accessed; and e) constructing a web page, viewable on said web browser, of the accessed icon and linked program and data file such that the HTML tag is displayed on said web page and executable by said web browser to execute said program on said operating system. The following reference is relied on by the examiner: Slivka et al. (Slivka) 6,061,695 May 9, 2000 (filing date Dec. 6, 1996) Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Slivka alone. Rather than repeat the positions of the appellants and the examiner, reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective details thereof. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007