Appeal 2007-0145
Application 10/183,797
the term "inactivating" does not suggest anything about visibility of the
window contents (compare claims 3-5). For example, a window is
"inactive" if the window is not being worked in even if it is visible.
Moreover, "inactivating the protected window" is so broad that it includes
turning off the computer or putting the computer into a sleep mode.
The limitation "inactivating the protected window" is open-ended and
includes inactivating other windows in addition to the protected window,
i.e., it is not limited to inactivating only the protected window. Therefore, a
system that inactivates the computer with a screen saver will inactivate the
protected window (as well as unprotected windows). The claims do not
require that the "protected window" is one of plural windows displayed as
overlapping windows on the monitor at the same time as Appellants'
Figure 3. In fact, the desktop (the graphical user interface that appears when
a windows environment is started) is itself considered a window.
It is noted that "inactivating the protected window" does not say
anything about how the protected window is "reactivated." Claim 6, for
example, recites "reactivating the inactivated window." The protected
window could be reactivated by the movement of a mouse or typing a key
on the keyboard as with a conventional screen saver. Claim 7 recites that
reactivating comprises entering a unique password as with a conventional
password protected screen saver discussed in the next section.
The "computer readable program code means for inactivating the
protected window" in claim 8, the program storage device for "inactivating
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