Appeal No. 2006-1456
Application No. 09/896,802
detecting scrolling output;
responsive to the scrolling output, determining a URL of a web
page; and
accessing the web page by a web browser.
3. A method for using a scroll mouse to browse a set of linked web
pages, comprising the steps of:
displaying a source page that is a member of a set of linked web
pages;
detecting scrolling output of a scroll mouse while the source page is
displayed;
determining a sense of direction of the scrolling output;
responsive to the sense of direction, determining a URL associated
with a destination page that is member of the set of linked web pages; and
accessing the destination web page by a web browser.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Bates 5877766 Mar. 2, 1999
Armstrong 6198473 Mar. 6, 2001
Cheng 6211878 Apr. 3, 2001
Barros 6307573 Oct. 23, 2001
Smailagic 6567079 May 20, 2003
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 14, 27 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Cheng.
Claims 2-4, 8-13, 15-17, 21-26, and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being obvious over the combination of Cheng and Armstrong.
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