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Information retrieval and presentation systems with direct access to retrievable items of information

  • US 5,751,369 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1996
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information retrieval and display system which can be employed in a learn-then-perform mode of operation, said system comprising a module which has:

  • (a) a data reader for reading data from an encoded data storage device, and (b) a screen for displaying information generated from data read from said data storage device;

    said data storage device having means for storing in digital form data corresponding to;

    (a) a multiple choice menu, and (b) an item of information which can be retrieved from the data storage device by making a choice from said menu; and

    said system further comprising;

    a directory means for providing direct access to said item of information, said directory means being separate from and physically independent of said module and including an identifying code and a descriptor for each menu choice corresponding to an item of retrievable information; and

    control means having means for so controlling the operation of the data reader as to cause data representing a selected item of information to be retrieved from said data storage means and the item of information generated from said data presented on said screen when said data reader is activated by the identifying code for the menu choice to which the selected item of information corresponds, said control means also having control elements which are activatable by a system user to generate said identifier code.

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