Appeal No. 2004-0870 Page 13
Application No. 09/477,419
the reference shows that because a user has selected the " IP Internet" location 15,
the content window 14 displays the content of that location. The non-selected locations
(e.g., "| Segment 1," "| Segment 2") are shown only as minimized representations in
the scoping window 16.
In response to selection of a different location, Williams' content window
substitutes the content of the newly selected location for the previously selected one.
For example, Figure 1b of the reference shows the content of "| Segment 1" in
response to its selection. The non-selected locations, which now include
" IP Internet," are shown only as minimized representations in the scoping window 16.
Fig. 1b. In summary, Williams teaches displaying the content of only a selected
location while automatically reducing non-selected locations to minimized
representations.
As aforementioned, Green teaches that a user can manually minimize undesired
windows to interact with an active window. The reference also recognizes a problem
with such an arrangement. To wit, "[w]hen the user switches back and forth between
the windows that contain the needed information, he or she is frequently required to
perform a number of window manipulation operations in order to make
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