Appeal 2007-1340
Application 09/996,125
14. Gong teaches that "[a] problem related to this cached handling of page
information is that an inexperienced user may be unaware that a page
currently being redisplayed contains 'old' information (i.e. information
retrieved from cache), when the user expects to see only 'new'
information." (Col. 1, ll. 29-33.) Gong further explains that,
"[a]lthough browsers generally provide a 'reload' selector (e.g. a
function selectable on the display screen, such as a menu item, icon or
button), the inexperienced user requiring new information may not
realize that he or she is viewing old information, and therefore fail to
explicitly request reloading of the respective page." (Col. 1, ll. 36-
41.) "Consequently, information in a re-displayed page could be mis-
interpreted by the user, with resulting degradation of productivity of
the user per se and their computer equipment." (Col. 1, ll. 43-46.)
15. In a section entitled "Typical Browser Display Format," Gong
describes a Web browser "'Reload' button that when selected causes
the browser to request reloading of the page currently being viewed
(from a remote origin server, via the network, etc.)." (Col. 3, ll. 40-
43.) Gong teaches that "[a]lthough the not-shown Reload button on
toolbar bar 6 is explicitly labelled 'Reload', its function and/or
appropriate occasions for its use may not be understood by an
inexperienced user; inasmuch as such users generally has no
indication that such reloading is either required or desirable." (Col. 3,
ll. 50-54; Figure 2.) Gong teaches that toolbar buttons such as the
Reload button "are selectable by operation of ('clicking on') a switch
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