Appeal No. 2006-0653
Application 09/211,337
OPINION
According to appellants’ disclosed invention, a file
contains at least one reference to at least one image, stylesheet
or object. There also exists a folder that contains each image,
stylesheet or object referenced, that is, linked to this file.
The mirroring functionality of the claimed invention is best
shown in the flow chart of Figure 5, the discussion of which
begins at the bottom of page 10 of the specification as filed.
According to the showing in this figure, if a file exists, the
disclosed and claimed invention performs a requested operation on
both the file and the folder in step 514 because of this linking
capability. Correspondingly, if a folder exists, the invention
performs a corresponding requested operation on both the folder
and the file in this same step. Example operations include
delete, cut, copy, move, undo or restore. Therefore, such linked
files and folders may be treated as a single entity by providing
a file and folder system for storing linked entities and by
mirroring file or folder operations performed on one or the
other. Whatever operation is performed on a folder, the same
operation is also performed on the file.
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