Appeal No. 2006-2225
Application No. 09/815,439
Sub-items representing depth and/or breadth information relating
to the item are automatically retrieved from a storage medium and
selected dynamically based on at least one predetermined factor.
An interface is then built within the graphical user interface from
the sub-items and presented to the user.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of presenting catered information to a user, the
method comprising:
a) identifying in a graphical user interface an item to
be presented to the user;
b) automatically retrieving sub-items from a storage
medium, the sub-items representing at least one of a
depth information and a breadth information relating to the
item, the sub-items selected dynamically based on at least one
predetermined factor;
c) building an interface within the graphical user
interface from the sub-items;
d) presenting the interface to the user; and
e) recording user interface activity in the storage
medium.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Bates et al. (Bates) 5,390,295 Feb. 14, 1995
Raman 5,748,186 May 05, 1998
Bodnar et al. (Bodnar) 6,310,634 Oct. 30, 2001
(Filed Oct. 13, 2000)
John I. Kiger, The Depth/Breadth Trade-off in the Design of Menu-driven User Interfaces,
Int’l J. Man-Machine Studies 20, p. 201-213, 1984 (“Kiger”).
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