Adjustable-speed electronic method of composing information
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1. An electronically controlled method of selecting and copying selected information segments from an input series of information segments so as to create an output sequence constituting a new information body, comprising the steps of:
- (a) utilizing an electronic apparatus fo establish a transfer location into which all of the information segments are to pass in sequence;
(b) utilizing the electronic apparatus to set a dwell time for each of the successive information segments to pause in the transfer location;
(c) moving the input series of information segments into and through the transfer location and visibly displaying each information segment in the transfer location during that dwell time;
(d) as the information segments occupy the transfer location, copying selected ones of them into the output sequence;
(e) at the end of each dwell time interval, allowing the next succeeding information segment in the input series to enter the transfer location;
(f) after such movement of the input series, from time to time manually controlling the apparatus to select a different dwell time; and
(g) after the change in dwell time, again moving the input series into and through the transfer location so that during such further passage of the input information segments the time available to the operator for deciding upon each prospective transfer is the thus-modified dwell time.
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Abstract
A method of composing information by electronically advancing a sequence of information elements at controlled speed in an even step-wise fashion into a fixed transfer location while visibly displaying each of them there during a dwell time to permit the operator to decide whether to select it for manually directed copying into an output sequence. The speed of advance of the sequence of information elements and hence the dwell time for display of each information element is manually adjusted from time to time.
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1. An electronically controlled method of selecting and copying selected information segments from an input series of information segments so as to create an output sequence constituting a new information body, comprising the steps of:
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(a) utilizing an electronic apparatus fo establish a transfer location into which all of the information segments are to pass in sequence; (b) utilizing the electronic apparatus to set a dwell time for each of the successive information segments to pause in the transfer location; (c) moving the input series of information segments into and through the transfer location and visibly displaying each information segment in the transfer location during that dwell time; (d) as the information segments occupy the transfer location, copying selected ones of them into the output sequence; (e) at the end of each dwell time interval, allowing the next succeeding information segment in the input series to enter the transfer location; (f) after such movement of the input series, from time to time manually controlling the apparatus to select a different dwell time; and (g) after the change in dwell time, again moving the input series into and through the transfer location so that during such further passage of the input information segments the time available to the operator for deciding upon each prospective transfer is the thus-modified dwell time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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Current AssigneeGene W. Arant
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Original AssigneeGene W. Arant
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InventorsArant, Gene W.
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Primary Examiner(s)Paula; Cesar B
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Application NumberUS09/397,325Time in Patent Office3,057 DaysField of Search707/531, 707/526, 707/529, 345/730, 345830-834, 715/526, 715529-531, 715830-834US Class Current715/273CPC Class CodesG09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by oth...
