Appeal Number: 2006-3172
Application Number: 10/420,685
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to presenting inter-relationships in a tree-
map1. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A method for presenting inter-related nodes in a treemap, the
treemap comprising hierarchical information to a rectangular 2-D
display in a space-filling manner in which the entirely of a designated
display space is utilized, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting a proximity event about a representation for a node in the
treemap;
determining through said representation at least one inter-related
node; and,
highlighting said nodes and drawing a linkage in said treemap
between said nodes.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Theisen US 6,259,458 B1 Jul. 10, 2001
Wills US 6,304,260 B1 Oct. 16, 2001
Hodgson US 6,774,911 B2 Aug. 10, 2004
(Jun. 23, 2002)
1 A treemap is a visualization technique that maps hierarchical information to a
rectangular 2-D display in a space-filling manner in which the entirety of a
designated display space is utilized. (Spec 2).
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