Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Inventory
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-22
2005-02-22
St. Cyr, Daniel (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Inventory
C235S375000, C235S380000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06857568
ABSTRACT:
A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal.
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Fergen James E.
Grunes Mitchell B.
Kieffer Michael J.
Marsolek Gerald G.
McLeod Kathleen M.
3M Innovative Properties Company
Buss Melissa E.
Cyr Daniel St.
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