Appeal 2007-1571
Application 10/198,335
Appellants’ claimed invention relates to electrical device user
interface customization providing for the reconfiguration of an existing
arrangement of a particular user interface to the electrical device. The
customized device user interface incorporates changes in a particular
interface layout in accordance with a plurality of selections made by a user.
Implementation of a selected device interface is facilitated providing a
customized interface to a user when accessing the interface via a browser.
(Specification 11-13).
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and it reads as follows:
1. A method for facilitating customization of an electrical device user
interface, comprising:
receiving a device interface selection for reconfiguring an existing
arrangement of a particular user interface to the electrical device; and
facilitating implementation of the selection such that a customized
electrical device user interface is presented to a user when accessing the
interface via a browser executing on a separate electrical device.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Van Oostenbrugge US 2002/0054086 A1 May 9, 2002
Prichard US 2003/0025732 A1 Feb. 6, 2003
(filed Jul. 31, 2001)
Allor US 2003/0222904 A1 Dec. 4, 2003
(filed May 30, 2002)
Claims 10, 13-16, 18, 20, and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Prichard. Claims 1-9, 11, 12, 17, 19, 21,
22, and 24-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As evidence of
obviousness, the Examiner offers Prichard in view of Allor with respect to
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