Appeal 2007-2519
Application 10/616,208
We note the secondary Amro reference teaches, in one embodiment, a
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) that implements “graphical widgets” that
may be resized to allow easier user input (see Amro col. 5, ll. 35-45). We
find Amro discloses that manual input (e.g., tapping a stylus to select a
return widget) is required to return the display to its original (smaller) size,
as follows:
The mechanism of the present invention provides graphical
widgets displayed on a screen. A graphical widget is a graphical
input mechanism that can be resized to allow easier user input.
Input may be received by the graphical widget in its reduced
form, but is more difficult. These graphical widgets are
displayed in a predefined size and layout in these examples.
These graphical widgets are small in size and not typically
suitable for user input, but when selected or tapped, a graphical
widget will increase or grow in size to a preprogrammed
percentage of the size of the screen and display a small "return"
or "get back" graphical widget. This return widget is used to
return the graphical widget to its original size. Alternatively,
instead of selecting a return widget, the user may reselect the
graphical widget to cause the graphical widget to be resized to
the original size [emphasis added].
(Amro, col. 5, ll. 42-57).
When in its expanded form, the graphical widget is of a size
that allows the user to input data using a stylus. Further, the size
may be of one that allows the user to be able to see text being
entered. When the return widget is selected, the graphical
widget is returned to its original size and layout. This return
widget may be a graphical object, such as, for example, a small
button displayed in association with the graphical widget
[emphasis added].
(Amro, col. 5, l. 60 through col. 6, l. 1).
For example, a user of a PDA desires to fill in a name and
number in a contact list. The user may tap a name test field,
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