Appeal No. 2004-2250
Application No. 09/542,154
user terminal. According to Appellants, a user can configure the
icons to cause data from any of the respective sources be
displayed on a monitor (specification, page 4).
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
a user terminal including a monitor;
a personalized toolbar presentable on the monitor and having
plural icons, each icon being associated with a respective
network address of a respective source of digitized content in
point-to-point wireless communication with the terminal, whereby
a user can configure an icon to cause data from the respective
source to be presented on the monitor, wherein
at least a first source represents one of: a feed from a
video camera located in a dwelling, a stock market feed with
portions of its stock information compiled into customized user-
defined portfolio, an electronic journal of a user’s personal
finances, and an intra-office or inter-office intercom associated
with a user or with a small group of people to which the user
belongs, at least a second source representing one of: a
telephone, and an in-home appliance.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
Examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Oran et al. (Oran) 5,617,526 Apr. 1, 1997
Nielsen 5,813,007 Sep. 22, 1998
Brown 5,914,714 Jun. 22, 1999
Anderson et al. (Anderson) 5,917,488 Jun. 29, 1999
Namma et al. (Namma) 6,182,116 Jan. 30, 2001
(filed Sep. 14, 1998)
Humpleman et al. (Humplemen) 6,288,716 Sep. 11, 2001
(filed Jun. 24, 1998)
Shuping et al. (Shuping) 6,313,855 Nov. 6, 2001
(filed Feb. 4, 2000)
Barnett et al. (Barnett) 6,369,840 Apr. 9, 2002
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