Appeal No. 2002-1771
Application 09/204,914
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a computer controlled user-
interactive display operation. The user interactivity with
objects representing files is monitored and a selected set of
high interactivity objects is displayed separate from but
simultaneously with the objects representing the files, as shown
in Fig. 3. In this manner, the user is presented with a much
smaller number of file objects upon startup based upon past
activity.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. In a computer controlled user-interactive display
operation, a system for providing user access to files
stored in the operation comprising:
means for displaying on a display screen, a plurality
of interactive objects, respectively representative of
substantially all of the files in the operation,
means for monitoring user interactivity with respect to
said interactive objects,
means responsive to said monitoring means for selecting
a set of high interactivity objects having user
interactivity greater than selected levels, and
means for displaying on said display screen, said set
of high interactivity objects separate from but
simultaneously with said displayed plurality of objects.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Siefert et al. (Siefert) 5,726,688 March 10, 1998
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