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                Appeal 2007-1318                                                                             
                Application 09/726,779                                                                       
                            user input independently of the prototyping                                      
                            application.                                                                     

                            48. A method for generating a computer                                           
                            program, the method comprising:                                                  
                                   receiving user input specifying a prototype,                              
                            wherein the prototype comprises a series of                                      
                            functional operations, wherein at least one of the                               
                            operations has an associated one or more                                         
                            parameters;                                                                      
                                   in response to said receiving user input                                  
                            specifying the prototype, automatically generating                               
                            a graphical program, wherein automatically                                       
                            generating the graphical program comprises                                       
                            automatically generating a plurality of                                          
                            interconnected nodes that visually indicate                                      
                            functionality of the graphical program, wherein the                              
                            plurality of interconnected nodes are operable to                                
                            perform the series of functional operations;                                     
                                   wherein said automatically generating the                                 
                            graphical program comprises automatically                                        
                            generating a graphical user interface for the                                    
                            graphical program, wherein the graphical user                                    
                            interface for the graphical program comprises at                                 
                            least one graphical user interface element which is                              
                            associated with at least one of the one or more                                  
                            parameters;                                                                      
                                   wherein the graphical program is                                          
                            interpretable or compilable.                                                     






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