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Operator prompting system

  • US 4,135,662 A
  • Filed: 06/15/1977
  • Issued: 01/23/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a processing system comprising a data processor, operator input means operatively connected to the processor for transmitting data to the processor and display means operatively connected to the processor for visually indicating numeric data, the processor receiving data from the operator input means and processing the received data to provide numeric display signals, the display means receiving the numeric display signals and in response thereto visually indicating corresponding numeric data and with a plurality of possible error conditions existing in conjunction with the processor, the improvement comprising an operator prompting system, the processor including means for detecting an error condition and providing an error signal indicative of the presence of such condition, the prompting system including generating means for receiving the error signal and in response thereto generating a message signal, the display means including means receiving the message signal and in response thereto visually indicating the nature of the error condition as an alphabetically spelled phonetic operator prompt message, the prompting system further including means for receiving the error signal and in response thereto preventing the numeric display data signals from being received by the display means, whereby the operator is apprised of the nature and existence of the particular error condition without distraction of attention from the normal data entry routine.

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