Ex Parte Harris - Page 13

              Appeal 2007-0325                                                                                         
              Application 09/780,248                                                                                   

         1           25. Thus, the reference to a web browser in Auction This! suggests                                
         2               automatically updating said displaying on each of said plurality of                           
         3               computers with new information.                                                               
         4           26. Dinwoodie shows adding video streaming to an auction site                                     
         5               (Dinwoodie, col. 6, ll. 51-60).                                                               
         6           27. As the Examiner indicated, it was notoriously old and well known at                           
         7               the time of the invention to pause video, which is a species of the genus                     
         8               of stop action.                                                                               
         9           28. Thus, Dinwoodie shows or suggests streaming video or stop motion                              
        10               video.                                                                                        
        11           29. Ladner shows three-dimensional display of items for sale (Ladner,                             
        12               Fig. 24 and col. 1, ll. 6-14).                                                                
        13           30. Barzilai relates sales and auction environments (Barzilai, col. 1, ll. 48-                    
        14               51).                                                                                          
        15           31. Thus, the art applied shows or suggests a three-dimensional view of                           
        16               an item for sale in an auction environment.                                                   
        17           32. Scaer shows the use of transient display to provide supplemental data,                        
        18               triggered by cursor hovering, otherwise known as screen tips (Scaer, col.                     
        19               2, ll. 7-12, 41-43).                                                                          
        20           33. Screen tips are used to provide help on items in a display.                                   
        21           34. Bid amounts and an item for sale in Barzilai and Shoham are instances                         
        22               of items in a display for which help would be appropriate.                                    



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