Appeal 2007-0436
Application 10/125,620
configuration of the displayed popup window indicates association with the
areas of the GUI containing the values whose combination provokes a
message to appear. The window’s position relates to the GUI portion of most
recent user interaction. (Specification 2). Once the GUI user addresses the
message, the popup window is automatically dismissed. (Specification 2).
As an example, Figure 2C of the application provides an illustration of
a GUI 200 displaying a popup 210 containing a textual error message. Popup
210 is displayed to indicate an invalid combination in the context of the
application associated with the GUI. (Specification 7). Here, the numeric
value “25” in text box 202 corresponding to “water temperature” and the
radio button selection corresponding to the scale 206 are invalid “Liquid
Water Temperature[s]” since water typically freezes at 32 degrees
Fahrenheit. (Id.) Context-providing indicator portions 211 and 213 of
popup 210 point to text-entry box 202 and radio button 206 to indicate that
the error message displayed in popup 210 arises from the combination of
values taken from these two fields. (Specification 7).
As the arguments set forth in Appellant’s Brief focus on no particular
claim, the claims stand or fall together. 37 C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii). Claim
1 is representative of the claim limitations argued and provides a basis for
our analysis:
1. A method of displaying a message to a user in a graphical
user interface (GUI), comprising:
displaying said message in a popup shaped to indicate
association with a plurality of areas of the GUI forming a context for
said message, said message resulting from a combination of values in
said plurality of areas of said GUI, said popup being located, at least
2
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