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Monitor display control method and apparatus for data input unit

  • US 4,141,001 A
  • Filed: 02/17/1977
  • Issued: 02/20/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A monitor display control method for displaying data of various types in predetermined respective addressable positions of a display unit, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing a display unit having plural addressable positions, each position having a first and second portion, said display unit further having a common portion for displaying data input to said unit;

    (b) receiving and displaying, in said common portion, data manually input to said unit by an operator;

    (c) displaying, in said first portion, a plurality of item designations corresponding to various types of said data manually input;

    (d) designating, based on operator input and in accordance with said plurality of item designations displayed in the first portion, the type of data in said common portion; and

    (e) addressably transferring said input data from said common portion to the second portion of that respective addressable position corresponding to said type of data designated in step (d).

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