On-line branch for data processing systems

• US 3,341,820 A
• Filed: 10/13/1964
• Issued: 09/12/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Earl J. Grillmeier Jr, George C. Beason, James D. Turner Jr, William Jeremiah Hale
• Original Assignee: Earl J. Grillmeier Jr, George C. Beason, James D. Turner Jr, William Jeremiah Hale
• Inventors: Grillmeier, Earl J. Jr., Beason, George C., Hale, William J., Turner, James D. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/403,528
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• US Class Current: 705/42
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/22 using successive scanning, e.g. polling G06F13/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/108 Remote banking, e.g. home banking

Claims

14. IN A BRANCH SUB-SYSTEM OF AN ON-LINE SYSTEM IN WHICH RECORDS MAINTAINED AT A CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING STATION MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES MADE TO ANY RECORD AT ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF BRANCH LOCATIONS, THE COMBINATION, IN A BRANCH, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MULTIPLE-ROW KEYBOARD-OPERATED INPUTOUTPUT DEVICES CAPABLE OF HAVING THE KEYBOARD SET EITHER REMOTELY IN RESPONSE TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS APPLIED THERETO OR MANUALLY;

INFORMATION TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING INPUT AND OUTPUT MEASSAGES IN SERIAL FORM BETWEEN THE CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING STATION AND THE SELECTED INPUTOUTPUT DEVICE;

SCAN COUNTER MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY SCANNING ALL OF THE INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICES IN A BRANCH AND OPERABLE TO SELECT A GIVEN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE BY HALTING IN THE EVENT THAT SAID GIVEN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE IS CONDITIONED TO TRANSMIT AN INPUT MESSAGE TO THE CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING STATION, TO ENABLE COMMUNICATION TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE GIVEN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE AND THE CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING STATION;

GATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE AND OPERABLE TO CAUSE AN INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE SELECTED BY THE SCAN COUNTER MEANS TO BE COUPLED TO THE CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING STATION OVER THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF AN INPUT MESSAGE THERETO;