Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1975-10-14
1979-02-20
Nusbaum, Mark E.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
235380, 235385, 364419, 364403, 340572, G08B 1324, G06F 1524
Patent
active
041410785
ABSTRACT:
An automated library circulation control system includes a plurality of remote book processing terminals and a computer controlling the terminals and processing data between the terminals and the computer to maintain a current inventory of the circulation status of the library books. The system provides for automatic charging of library materials by patrons, record keeping of all library transactions, modification and interrogation of computer data files, intercommunication between the computer and a remote data processor and detection of unauthorized removal of books from the library. Each terminal has a card reader for patron identification, an optical reader for book identification, an electromagnetic activator for magnetizing and demagnetizing a magnetic strip in each book, a printer for printing charge-out information, and a display screen and keyboard for communications between patron and computer. In charging a book, a patron inserts his card in the card reader and places the book in a book tray in the terminal. The optical scanner reads bar coded symbols on a label on the front of the book. The computer compares the card reader and optical scanner inputs with its data files to determine that the patron is authorized to charge out books and that the book is authorized to be checked out. If authorization is given, the transaction is recorded by the computer which then enables the printer to provide a print-out of the transaction for the patron.
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Bridges, Jr. Louis E.
Parsons Terry L.
Innovated Systems, Inc.
Nusbaum Mark E.
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