Appeal No. 2002-1875
Application 09/245,776
interpreted to correspond to selecting (interrogating), for
example, a button on the displayed device to receive additional
information about the function of that button for use in
discussing the problem with the customer (specification, page 5,
lines 14-16; page 16, line 21 to page 17, line 2). While,
perhaps, claim 9 could read on the installation configurations of
Figs. 8b and 8c, where a model of a receiver is shown and can be
rotated (specification, page 5, lines 12-13; page 15, line 14 to
page 16, line 7), it does not appear that this option provides
for "interrogating the display."
As to claim 9, the examiner finds that Taylor discloses a
"query for a model of a set-top box for which the user needs
assistance" at column 4, lines 57-60; "means for displaying the
set-top box selected ..." at column 3, lines 10-15; and "mean for
interrogating the display of said selected set-top box" at
column 3, lines 15-20 (FR3; EA4-5).
Appellants argue that Taylor does not disclose a "query for
a model of a set-top box for which the user needs assistance."
It is argued that Taylor discloses a VCR icon for the purpose of
software-based remote control and the icon does not correspond to
a "query" for model of a set-top box, but even it did, it does
not teach a query "for a model of a set-top box" (Br8-9).
The examiner states that Taylor discloses several graphical
icons representing devices, which is like appellants' Fig. 8d
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