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Terminal apparatus

  • US 3,938,090 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1975
  • Issued: 02/10/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Terminal apparatus for assembling data representing a proposed business transaction, for communicating said data to a remotely located central data base and for receiving responses from said central data base concerning said proposed transaction, comprising in combination:

  • a magnetic stripe card reader for reading said data related to said proposed transaction coded on magnetic stripes;

    a keyboard for entering said data related to said transaction;

    a microprocessor for receiving and processing said data from said card reader and said keyboard and for producing outputs controlling said terminal apparatus;

    instruction lights operable in sequence for controlling the entry of said data into said terminal apparatus;

    a decoder responsive to first ones of said outputs for sequencing said lights;

    means responsive to second ones of said outputs for establishing a communications link with said central data base;

    detector means for detecting a first one of said responses from said central data base and providing a signal to said microprocessor representative of said first one of said responses;

    means responsive to third ones of said outputs subsequent to said detecting of said first one of said responses for applying said data to said communications link; and

    means receiving a second one of said responses for indicating subsequent steps in said proposed transactions.

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