Appeal No. 2004-0820
Application No. 09/317,312 Page 6
using Microsoft Windows (which Glaser references) you can scroll
without moving the mouse. One can place the mouse over the
scroll bar (top or bottom) and upon pressing the mouse button,
scrolling occurs, even though the mouse has not moved. Appellant
asserts (brief, pages 4 and 5) that in Glaser, if a user scrolls
without moving the mouse, no coordinates are transmitted, and no
scrolling is induced in the other computers. Appellant asserts
(brief, page 5) that Glaser discusses copying of mouse cursors,
but only when they are in the whiteboard area 60. Appellant
notes that in Glaser, pointer icon 66 (figure 3) is an ordinary
mouse cursor, and asserts (brief, pages 8 and 9) that in figure
4, Glaser generates an arrowhead on an audience computer, which
extends from picture 54, and that arrowhead 68 is nothing more
than a graphical image. Appellant further asserts (brief, page
12) that as is clear from the flowchart in figure 11, decision
block 204 inquires whether the cursor is within whiteboard 60.
If not, nothing happens, the logic returns to block 202. Thus,
if a cursor is placed in scroll bar 62 or 64 in figure 2, it is
not copied because the scroll bars lie outside whiteboard 60. It
is further argued (brief, page 13) that Glaser's intent is to
display other parties's cursors, not to give parties control of
other parties' computers. Additionally, appellant asserts (id.)
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