Appeal No. 2004-0870 Page 3
Application No. 09/477,419
previously active task is minimized, and the window associated with the new task is
enlarged. (Id. at 2.)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
14. A method for displaying data to users in a computer system,
comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of windows which function as containers for the
data of a plurality of different tasks, respectively;
displaying the window of data for an active one of the tasks and
displaying a minimized representation for the window of each inactive
task;
detecting the selection of a task other than the active task;
replacing the display of the window for the active task with a
minimized representation for that window and displaying the window for
the selected task, in response to said selection.
Claims 1-4, 6-15, 17-23, 25-32, and 34-41 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent No. 5,333,256 ("Green") and U.S. Patent
No. 6,043,816 ("Williams"). Claims 5, 16, 24, and 33 stand rejected under § 103(a) as
obvious over Green; Williams; and U.S. Patent No. 6,333,752 ("Hasegawa").
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