TERMINAL FOR LIBRARIES AND THE LIKE
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Abstract
A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal.
30 Citations
195 Claims
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1-22. -22. (canceled)
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23. A self-service library terminal comprising:
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a display;
a transducer;
a code reader arranged to read a code on an article involved in a loan transaction; and
,a controller coupled to the display, the transducer, and the code reader, wherein the controller is arranged to control the code reader so to as read the code on the article, wherein the controller is arranged to control the display so as to lead a patron through the loan transaction, wherein the controller is arranged to control the transducer so as to provide an audible feedback to the patron, wherein the audible feedback has first and second on-states depending upon operation of the self-service library terminal by the patron, wherein the audible feedback during the first on-state is different than the audible feedback during the second on-state, wherein the first on-state is provided when a loan of a circulating item is permitted, and wherein the second on-state is provided when a loan of a circulating item is not permitted. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36)
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34. (canceled)
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37-182. -182. (canceled)
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183. A self-service library terminal comprising:
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a display;
a transducer;
a code reader arranged to read a code on an article involved in a loan transaction; and
,a controller coupled to the display, the transducer, and the code reader, wherein the controller is arranged to control the code reader so to as read the code on the article, wherein the controller is arranged to control the display so as to lead a patron through the loan transaction, wherein the controller is arranged to control the transducer so as to provide an audible feedback to the patron, wherein the audible feedback has first and second on-states depending upon operation of the self-service library terminal by the patron, wherein the first on-state comprises a happy tone, and wherein the second on-state comprises a sad tone. - View Dependent Claims (184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195)
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Specification