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US 3,949,375 AGranted
Computer automated information system
AssigneeDMA Data Industries, Inc.
InventorLouis A. Ciarlo
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Abstract
A computer automated information system is adapted for use by the public and is installed in public gathering places for readily dispensing information regarding, for example, travel accommodations and the like. The system includes display and print-out components associated with the computer and interfaced for dispensing selected information quickly, accurately and economically, and is modular and compact to minimize maintenance and maximize versatility.
Claims10
An information storage, processing, retrieval and display system comprising:
- information storage and processing means;
- first and second interfacing means connected to the storage and processing means;
- user operated keyboard means connected to the first interfacing means for transmitting information requests through said interfacing means to the storage and processing means;
- output register means connected to the second interfacing means for receiving information through said interfacing means from the storage and processing means in accordance with the information requests;
- information retrieval and display means connected to the output register means and driven thereby for retrieving and displaying information in accordance with the information requests;
- printing means associated with the information retrieval and display means for printing the retrieved and displayed information;
- the printing means including a print request actuator operated by the user for providing a print request output, a printer connected to the print request actuator and actuated by the output therefrom, a supply of paper and means connected to the print request actuator and to the supply of paper and responsive to the print request output for actuating the supply of paper into cooperative relation with the printer whereupon the printer prints the retrieved and displayed information;
- said means for actuating the supply of paper including a flip-flop, print interfacing means connected through a normally open switch to the flip-flop, control means connected to the supply of paper and to the print interfacing means, logic means connected to the print request actuator and responsive to the print request output for operating a relay to close the normally open switch, the output of the flip-flop in one state being applied through the closed switch to the print interfacing means, and effective for driving said means to activate the control means for actuating the supply of paper into cooperative relation with the printer to print the retrieved and displayed information;
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- input register means connected to the retrieval and display means and to the second interfacing means for applying an interrupt from the retrieval and display means through said interfacing means to the storage and processing means when a retrieval and display sequence has been completed.
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An information storage, processing, retrieval and display system comprising:
- information storage and processing means;
- first and second interfacing means connected to the storage and processing means;
- user operated keyboard means connected to the first interfacing means for transmitting information requests through said interfacing means to the storage and processing means;
- output register means connected to the second interfacing means for receiving information through said interfacing means from the storage and processing means in accordance with the information requests;
- information retrieval and display means connected to the output register means and driven thereby for retrieving and displaying information in accordance with the information requests;
- the information retrieval and display means including;
- information search logic means connected to the output register means and driven thereby for retrieving information in accordance with the information requests;
- reader means connected to the information search logic means and driven thereby for providing controlling outputs;
- a microfilm and screen arrangement associated with the reader means and controlled by the controlling outputs therefrom for displaying the retrieved information;
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- input register means connected to the retrieval and display means and to the second interfacing means for applying an interrupt from the retrieval and display means through said interfacing means to the storage and processing means when a retrieval and display sequence has been completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.