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Multiple option electronic scheduler and rescheduler

  • US 5,113,380 A
  • Filed: 08/24/1989
  • Issued: 05/12/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic rescheduler for more efficiently rescheduling a prior appointment to a new appointment time comprising:

  • a memory for storing plural daily time appointments each day for a multiday time period,multiple differently configured interrogating circuits for the memory,manually operated switching means for independently selecting different ones of said interrogating circuits,each such interrogating circuit accessing the memory for a different unequal, fractional portion of a selected time period than the other interrogating circuits, and excluding the accessing of the memory for other periods within the selected daily time period, thereby to more efficiently locate a new time-of-day for a rescheduled appointment,means entering into the rescheduler the prior appointment to be rescheduled,read-out means responsive to the selected interrogating circuit for reading-out and communicating the free time slots that are available for a rescheduled appointment, from the accessed portion of the memory,cancelling means for cancelling the prior appointment and entering a new rescheduled appointment into the memory chosen from the free time slots that are communicated as being available.

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