Appeal No. 2004-0172
Application No. 09/528,628
sufficient to fill the time interval.
Representative independent claim 31 is reproduced as
follows:
31. A method comprising:
receiving an indication of a starting frame of a video
sequence;
automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of the
selected starting frame of the sequence;
receiving an indication of the time interval of the
sequence; and
automatically displaying a thumbnail depiction of a series
of frames following said starting frame sufficient to fill said
time interval.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Shore et al. (Shore) 5,760,767 Jun. 2, 1998
Desai et al. (Desai) 6,034,746 Mar. 7, 2000
Claims 31, 35-37 and 41-43 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by Shore.
Claims 32-34, 38-40 and 44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Shore and Desai.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective
positions of appellant and the examiner.
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