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In Re U.S. P tent Application. 

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Serial No. 10/164J520 

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Serial No. 

3123722906 

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10/164,520 

In. the Claims: 

Please am.end the claims as shown: 

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1. (CUJTently Amended) A method for navigating within a multi-level hie:r.archical 

collapsing menu structure where each level in the menu contain~ plural items, each said item 

being at least one of a function, a pointer to a location. and a pointe.r to annther kve:l, said 

method comprising the steps of: 

providing a graphical user menu system displaying the items of a given 1evf'!l ::.nd 

enabling selection thereof, wherein access of said given level requires sequential access of 

each of the levels preceding said given level in the hierarchy; -anti 

automatically constructing an Active Path as a sequence of 

hierarchical active links as items are selected using the graphical user menu system 

without the need for any additional interaction with the graphical user system. with one said 

active link corresponding to each of the items selected, each said active link being 

iridependently selectable thereby providing direct access to the hierarchical JcveJ from which 

the corresponding item was selected without the need to navigate using said graphical user 

menu system; and 

displaying the Active Path as an alternative to the graphica1 user menu system for 

navigating the multi~level hierarchical collapsing menu structure after the user has finished 

selecting items using the graphical user system such that the Active Path is displayed after the 

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wher~in pre-selecting a given active ljnk t.ris:rgP.r.s the displayo(sibling menu it.ems on 

the Jeve] associ1;1.ted with said given active Ii11k without ci.i!-':hirhing the displayed Active Path. 

2. (Previously Presented) The method for navigating accnrning to claim 1, .further 

comprising: 

providing pre-defined short-cuts enabling direct access to a given menu item; and 

automatica.l]y constructing the Active Path when a pre-defined short-cut is execute.cf, 

with one said active link corresponding to each of the menu items necessary to accei:ls safrl 

given menu item using said graphical user menu system. 

3. (Canceled) 

4. (Original) The method for navigating acco,din.g to claim l, wherein selecting a given 

active link triggers the execution of a functio11 associated with said given active link. 

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5. (Original) The method for navigating according to claim 1, whP.rein selecting a given 

active link triggers display of information associated with said given ~~tive link. 

6. (Original) The method according to claim 1. wherein a user-defined short-cut i~ nefin.Ad 

on-the-fly by storing a short-cut identifier and an associated plurality of active links 111 a 

Jook-up table. 

7. (Currently Amended) The method for navigating according to claim ; l_, wherein 

pre-selecting a given aetive menu item displayed while prc-selectitu~ the giv~p active Jink 

triggers the display of subordinate menu items. 

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Applicant has amended claim 1 to incorporate the features of clahn. 3, now canceled 

without prejudice. Claim 7 has been amended to depend from CJaim 1 and to clarify features 

of the invention. Claims 1, 2, and 4-7 are now pending in the application. 

Applicant appreciates the Examjner's acknowledgement that Claim 2 contains 

allowable subject matter. 

Claims 1 and 3-7 stand rejected u11der 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over 

Guerrero (U.S. Patent No. 6,236,400). Applicant has amended Claim 1 to include the 

features of Claim 3, now cancel.ed without prejudice, and respectfully traverses the rejection 

as follows. 

Amended claim I recites a feature where pre-selecting ("browsing',) a given Active 

Link in the Active Path triggers the display of items on the level associated with the given 

Active Link without disturbing the displayed Active Path. It should be appreciated that the 

action of pre-selecting an Active Link is distinguished from the action of selecting an Active 

Link. Selecting an Active Link has two immediate effects: I) it causes the graphical user 

menu system to directly jump to and display the hierarchical level associated with the 

selected Active Link; and 2) it truncates the Active Path by removiug all Active Links· 

subsequent to the selected Active Link. 

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Guerrero fails to disclose or suggest the feature of pre-selec:ting or browsing an Active 

Link. Guerrero teaches a path list 504 (FIG. 5) and a choices Hst 506. Tb.P. path list 504 

displays the navigation path selected by the user. Entries in choices li~t 506 (e:.g., entries 

51 0A-5 lOF) display the available selections to the user at a given 1cvet in the hfr~nn'.<:':hy. Path 

list 504 initially displays the root level of the file system. hierarchy and choices list 506 

displays the root level's children. To navigate through the hierarchy~ the user selects an entry 

(e.g., entry 610F) in choices list 506, the selection is added to path list 504. If the selectinn 

has children, choices list 506 is updated to display the selection's childre11. If the selection is a 

leaf node, choices list 506 is removed and path list 504 is displayed in the vertical browser. 

By making a selection in path list 504, the user can traverse up the hierarchy to the level of 

the selection made in path list 504. The selection entries below the selected entry in path list 

604 are removed from path list 604. 

The office aotion asserts that Guerrero discloses the aforementioned features of Claim 

3 which have been incorporated into Claim 1. The office action cites Guerrero cot 8, lines 7 ~ 

11 in support of this assertion. The cited portion of Guerrero is as follows: 

Further~ in one or more embodiments of the invention, the user can 

return to any level of the hierarchy by selecting an entry in path 1ist 504 with 

the pointer device's cursor. When an entry in path list 504 is selected, the 

entries positioned below the selected entry in path list 504 are removed. 

Choices li.st 506 is reset to the choices available at that navigational point. 

Guerrero col. 8, lines 7-11 ( emphasis added by Applicant). 

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The above-cited portion is inappos.ite becaw-:e fails to disclose or suggest browsing a.n 

entry in the path list. Instead, the cited portion teathes .c::decting an entry in the path list 

which 1) causes the en.tries positioned below the setect~rl entry in path list 504 to be 

removed, and updates the Choices list to the choices av:::iiJable at that navigational point. 

Accordingly, Guerrero's teachings are silent with respect to the foature of the claimed 

invention regarding pre-selecting or browsing an Active Link. 

In support of the rejection of Claim 7. the office action cite.q Guerrero col. 7, lines 11-

14, The cited portion of Guerrero is as follows: 

In one embodiment of the inventio11, path list 504 i11itially displays the 

root level of the file system hierarchy and choices list 506 displays the root 

leve1's children. As a choice is selected from choices list 506, it is added to 

path list 504 and the children of the choice are displayed in choices Hst 506. 

FIGS. 6A-6D provide examples of a vertical browser according to an 

embodiment of the invention. Guerrero col. 7, lines 11-14. 

The above-cited portion is inapposite because it fails to disclose or suggest the feature of 

claim 7 wherein pre-selecting a given menu item displayed while pre-selecting the given 

active link triggers the display of subordinate menu items. Instead, the cited portion teaches 

selecting an entry in the path list which 1) causes the entries positioned be.low the selected 

entry in path list 504 to be removed, and updates the Choices list to the choices available at 

that navigational point. Accordingly, Guerrero's teachings are silent with respect to the 

feature of the claimed invention regarding pre-selecting or browsing an Active Link (Claim 

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1) let alone pre-selecting one of the menu items displayed while pre-selecting th~ Active Link 

(Claim 7). For all of the above reasons, Applica11t respectfully request.;; thRt the Exarniner 

reconsider and withdraw the re:jection of Claims 1 and 3-7. 

It is believed that the above Remarks represent a con1pletc response tn the Office 

Action and that the Application is now in condition for allowance. and such favorable 

determination is requested. 

If any questions regarding this Application should arise, the Examiner is encouraged 

to contact the undersigned. 

July 11, 2006 

Customer No. 3352-' 

By R••ip 

Ji an D. Feuchtwang, Esq. 

Re stration No. 41,017 

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