Document machine with programmable promotional advertising and information display, and related method
First Claim
1. A document machine with selectively programmable promotional display capability comprising a document input station, a scanner operatively associated with said input station, a display screen, computer structure operatively interconnecting said input station, said scanner and said screen, and including memory structure, manager-accessible programming control structure operatively associated with said computer structure, and display-enabling software installed in the machine for access and use by said computer structure, operable, under the influence of said programming control structure, to enable (a) input scanning and memory capturing, as images, of the information contained in one or more selected promotional-content documents, and (b), thereafter, and under the control of said computer structure, displaying on said display screen the promotional contents of those documents.
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Abstract
A document machine with a display screen and computer-controlled memory structure which has been configured to allow the scanning in, storing, and later presentation to users of the machine, of informational and promotional imagery.
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1. A document machine with selectively programmable promotional display capability comprising
a document input station, a scanner operatively associated with said input station, a display screen, computer structure operatively interconnecting said input station, said scanner and said screen, and including memory structure, manager-accessible programming control structure operatively associated with said computer structure, and display-enabling software installed in the machine for access and use by said computer structure, operable, under the influence of said programming control structure, to enable (a) input scanning and memory capturing, as images, of the information contained in one or more selected promotional-content documents, and (b), thereafter, and under the control of said computer structure, displaying on said display screen the promotional contents of those documents.
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7. In a scanning document machine having a display screen, performing the steps comprising
entering, by scanning, the promotional information content of a selected document, selectively and programmably preparing that scan-entered promotional information for scheduled presentation on the machine'"'"'s display screen, and presenting the scheduled promotional information on the screen in accordance with the selected presentation schedule therefor.
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8. In a scanning document machine having a display screen, performing the steps comprising,
entering, by scanning, the promotional information content of a selected document, selectively preparing that scan-entered promotional information for presentation on the machine'"'"'s display screen, and presenting the prepared promotional information on the screen in a manner consistent with the selected preparation.
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10. A manager-programmable, document-machine-based, point-of-activity promotional/informational display system for engaging a machine user comprising
a document machine including a document scanner, a memory, and programming controls operable to configure the operations of said scanner and said memory, a display screen operatively associated with said scanner and said memory, and software installed in said machine enabling manager programming of the machine, via operation of said programming controls, to enable (a) selected scanner inputting, (b) memory acquiring, and (c) scheduled display-screen outputting of the information content in a document in relation to use of the machine by a point-of-activity user.
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