Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records
Patent
1981-01-12
1982-12-07
Pitts, Harold I.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
235381, 235487, 235494, 235419, G06K 500
Patent
active
043629288
ABSTRACT:
To reduce the number of different software packages required for document controlled systems of the type used in automated fueling systems, automated bank teller systems, and the like, a "format" character is encoded in a preestablished location on the card used to activate the system. Typically, the system activation cards include an identity section having a maximum number of characters in it which may be utilized to perform the identity function. Different system users, however, frequently divide this identity section into different formats of groups of characters separated by "space" characters. Insertion of space characters into the encoded indentification field on the card, however, uses valuable space which otherwise may be required for the full identification functions in the system. By employing a separate format identity character, a wide variety of formats may be possible while using all of the characters possible in the identity field for their chosen function. The system then processes the data in response to the format character in accordance with the decoding of that character to insert the necessary "space" characters into the message process prior to its application to a suitable utilization circuit or device. When this function is implemented into software, a single software program may be universally used with a large number of applications of the system instead of the previous requirement of a different software package for each different message format required by different customers or users.
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Engineered Systems Inc.
Pitts Harold I.
Ptak LaValle D.
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