Appeal 2007-0493
Application 10/289,967
Patent 6,144,380
7. The related applications consist of:
Grandparent Application 08/147,143 (now U.S. Patent 6,243,071);
First divisional Application 08/454,061 (Abandoned);
Second divisional Application 08/454,423 (U.S. Patent 5,802,516);
Original Application 08/801,251 (U.S. Patent 6,144,380); and
Reissue Application 10/289,967.
8. As filed, grandparent application 08/147,143 contained
claims 1-38, including representative independent claims 1, 19, and 24, and
dependent claims 20 and 25, which are reproduced below:
1. A method of controlling a display screen of an electronic
book having a processor connected to the display screen, a memory
connected to the processor, one or more buttons, and a pointer, the
method comprising:
opening a book package residing, at least in part, in the memory
of the computer;
displaying a view of a current page of the book on the display
screen, the view including at least one navigation button;
displaying a navigation dialog box on the display screen when
the navigation button is selected, the navigation dialog box having at
least a bookmark button and a return to menu button;
placing a bookmark at a preselected page when the bookmark
button is selected; and
displaying a menu page in the electronic book when the return
to menu button is selected, the menu page listing one or more
destinations within the electronic book.
19. A method of processing handwriting written with a pointer
on a screen display of a pointer-based computer having a processor
connected to the screen display, a memory connected to the processor,
a pointer, contents of an electronic book, and one or more buttons, the
method comprising:
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