Interactive real time visual conversation system for face-to-face communication
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1. A communication system for providing face-to-face interactive real time text messaging, the system comprising:
- (a) a first and a second terminal, each terminal having a keyboard for entering text and a display for displaying entered and received text, each terminal configured to transmit and receive text from the other terminal, the first terminal configured to delete text received and displayed by the second terminal; and
(b) a communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal, the communication link configured to enable communication between the first and the second terminal in a face to face position and preclude communication beyond a face to face position.
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Abstract
An interactive real time visual face-to-face communication system provided with keyboard entry and associated display for each terminal. The terminals are configured to allow the display of pre-determined messages on a receiving terminal without corresponding display on the sending terminal, as well as allow for deletion of a conversation from either respective terminal.
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1. A communication system for providing face-to-face interactive real time text messaging, the system comprising:
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(a) a first and a second terminal, each terminal having a keyboard for entering text and a display for displaying entered and received text, each terminal configured to transmit and receive text from the other terminal, the first terminal configured to delete text received and displayed by the second terminal; and
(b) a communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal, the communication link configured to enable communication between the first and the second terminal in a face to face position and preclude communication beyond a face to face position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method providing two way interactive text messaging, the method comprising:
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(a) locating a first and a second terminal in a face to face position;
(b) keying text into the first terminal;
(c) displaying the keyed text at the first terminal;
(d) transmitting the displayed text from the first terminal to the second terminal;
(e) displaying the transmitted text at the second terminal in conjunction with a first terminal identifier; and
(f) deleting displayed text at the second terminal in response to a command from the first terminal.
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5. A method providing two way interactive text messaging, the method comprising:
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(a) locating a first and a second terminal in a face to face position;
(b) selecting one of a first set of predefined messages in the first terminal by a first associated shortcut key;
(c) displaying the selected text at the first terminal;
(d) transmitting the displayed text from the first terminal to the second terminal;
(e) displaying the transmitted text at the second terminal in conjunction with a first terminal identifier; and
(f) selecting one of a different second set of predefined messages in the second terminal by a second associated shortcut key. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A face-to-face text communication system comprising:
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(a) a first terminal having a first keyboard and a first display;
(b) a second terminal having a second keyboard and a second display, both the first terminal and the second terminal configured to transmit and receive text from and to each other, the first terminal configured to invoke a predetermined display on the second terminal without displaying the predetermined display on the first terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A face-to-face text communication system comprising:
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(a) a first terminal having a first keyboard and a first display;
(b) a computer having a second keyboard and a second display, both the first terminal and the computer configured to transmit and receive text from and to each other, the first terminal configured to invoke a predetermined display on the computer without displaying the predetermined display on the first terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A communication system for providing face-to-face interactive real time text messaging, the system comprising:
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(a) a first and a second terminal, each terminal having a keyboard for entering text and a display for displaying entered and received text, each terminal configured to transmit and receive text from the other terminal, each terminal including translating programming for translating entered text from a first language to a different second language; and
(b) a communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal, the communication link configured to enable communication between the first and the second terminal in a face to face position and preclude communication beyond a face to face position. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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