Appeal No. 2002-2023 Paper 31
Application No. 08/689,526 Page 9
defines "continuous traveling of the cursor" to mean "that the cursor travels on the
screen corresponding to travel of the mouse", i.e., "the conventional cursor movement
system" (c. 4, ll. 42-46). Kanamaru defines "discontinuous traveling of the cursor" to
mean that "where the cursor travels between the windows that are separated from each
other, the cursor is shifted at a stroke from one window to [the] other, regardless of [the]
travel of the mouse" (c. 4, ll. 36-41). In Kanamaru case 1, cursor K is on icon 1.
Clicking on icon 1 shifts the cursor to window 3, i.e., the cursor "discontinuously travels
between two separated designated areas on
the screen (c. 6, ll. 14-20). The cursor
moving system determines that the cursor is
on icon 1 and moves it to window 3 (c. 6, ll.
21-28). In Kanamaru case 2, the cursor is
within window 1 and is shifted to window 2 by
"ordinary continuous traveling of the cursor"
"between the mutually adjacent designated
areas" (c. 6, ll. 29-38). Kanamaru case 3
assumes the cursor is not set for
discontinuous travel. In case 3, "a cursor K
located within window 3 is moved in such a
direction that no windows or the like exist" (c.
6, ll. 39-43). The system "searches the other
designated areas which may lie in the cursor's
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