Appeal No. 2005-0097
Application No. 09/645,172
providing a slider bar control button for the slider bar by
providing a thumbwheel control button on the graphical user
interface; and
integrating fine and coarse adjustment control into the
slider bar control button to allow precise manipulation of a
value for the setting.
32. A system for adjusting a setting value with a slider bar
displayed on a graphical user interface, the system comprising:
a slider bar control button comprising a three section bar
button with a first section for coarse adjustment, a second
section for fine adjustment up, and a third section for fine
adjustment down to allow precise manipulation of a value for a
setting; and
selector means for interacting with the slider bar control
button to perform the manipulation of the value for the setting,
wherein the slider bar control button moves at a slower pace when
one of the second and third sections is selected than when the
first section is selected with the selector means.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Kinoshita et al. 4,685,064 Aug. 04, 1987
(Kinoshita)
Rosenberg et al. 6,128,006 Oct. 03, 2000
(Rosenberg)
Goldberg 6,341,183 Jan. 22, 2002
Ubillos 6,486,896 Nov. 26, 2002
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 9 through 13, 28 through 32 and 40 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Ubillos.
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