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Interactive I/O terminal

  • US 5,880,444 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1997
  • Issued: 03/09/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An interactive I/O terminal for supplying information to a user and for receiving information input by the user to prepare a transaction, requiring a plurality of operations, for approval and processing by a remote host system which requires the results of the operations to so approve and process, said interactive I/O terminal comprisinga plurality of processing units, each processing unit adapted to perform one of the operations required by the transaction based on information input by the user;

  • an I/O display panel for displaying a predetermined screen having a display area on which messages are to be displayed and a plurality of operation keys which are operated by the user to input information used by said plurality of processing units, said I/O display panel outputting signals corresponding to the operation keys operated by the user to the plurality of processing units;

    first control means, coupled to said I/O display panel, for controlling said I/O display panel so that a plurality of messages corresponding to the plurality of operations are concurrently displayed on the display area in said screen formed on said I/O display panel;

    second control means, coupled to said I/O display panel, for controlling said I/O display panel so that said screen is maintained on said I/O display panel until the user has input information using said operation keys in accordance with said plurality of messages displayed on the display area, said plurality of processing units operating independently and outputting results in accordance with information corresponding to signals output from said I/O display panel in response to the operations of said operation keys by the user;

    communication means, coupled to said plurality of processing units, for transmitting at one time all of the results outputted by said plurality of processing units to the host system and for receiving a response from the host system; and

    processing means, for completing the operation in accordance with the response received by said communication means.

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