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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4812999 | Data output control system A data output control system which comprises a first storage unit for storing data to be printed, an output unit for printing the data on an output medium, and a second storage unit for sotring a program. A third storage unit is provided for storing posit... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4807177 | Multiple format hand held label printer A multiple format hand held label printer includes a processor, a memory, a keyboard, a thermal printer and an advance mechanism for a tape of successive labels carried on a substrate. The processor reads operator keyboard inputs and formats both machine ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4763356 | Touch screen form entry system A personal computer connected to a display and touch screen panel is provided with a form entry system integrated therewith. The form entry system is adapted to display a predefined form and to automatically display a predefined tool, such as a keyboard, ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750135 | Method for dynamically creating a receiver definable local trading instrument displayable record from a remotely transmitted trading instrument common data stream In accordance with the method of the present invention, a local subscriber defines its own filter sets and/or local templates which are used to create new updateable local trading instrument displayable data records from a common remotely transmitted data... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4658366 | Methods and apparatus for accurately completing pre-printed forms For accurate completion of pre-printed forms on computer systems having printers with different characters-per-inch (CPI) printing capabilities, the desired data print locations of blank fields along respective print lines of a form are defined independen... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4651288 | Method and apparatus for filling out a form by a machine A method and an arrangement for filling out a form by means of a processor-controlled typewriter or similar machine which includes a form memory. The text keyed in, which is to be printed in a text field on the form defined in the form memory, is stored i... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4646250 | Data entry screen A data entry screen for an interactive data entry system provides a means for identifying to a user those fields where data may be entered and those fields in which data must be entered. Initially, the formatted data entry screen is displayed to the user ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4521096 | Apparatus for combining information from different forms to generate composite slips A slip processing apparatus especially adapted for generating transportation slips from gift purchase applications in a department store. A form memory stores an image of a plurality of identical transportation slips on a single sheet while a data memory ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4513382 | Electric utility automated distribution apparatus with improved data display A load management terminal for an electric utility automated distribution system includes a receiver for receiving central commands sent from an electric utility central station by power line carrier signals. A control unit is connected to the receiver fo... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4481603 | File processing method using expanding display windows for selected records and text fields An information processing system (10) has a terminal (12) which functions with a diskette storage (14). The terminal (12) includes a display screen (16) and keyboard (18) wherein an operator enters alphanumeric characters and predefined commands. A file o... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4403301 | Word processor adapted for filling in blanks on preprinted forms A microprogrammed word processor, e.g., a typewriter or accounting machine or billing machine, has both normal and special modes of operation. During the normal mode, as alphanumerics and control characters (e.g., space, tab, line feed) are keyed in, the ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4365314 | Electronic accounting machine with split display In an electronic accounting machine, a single line display shows both guiding messages entered by the programs of the machine and reply messages entered by an operator through a keyboard. The display is divided into a left part and a right part whose leng... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4330845 | Guess-ahead feature for a keyboard-display terminal data input system A guess-ahead feature for an interactive terminal having a keyboard and a display screen where input data is entered via the keyboard and displayed. Means are provided for continually evaluating input data to determine if it is the beginning of a string o... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4314357 | Form combining and recording device A form combining and recording device wherein form data and print data are combined in a single frame memory. A separate frame designation memory is provided for determining whether the contents of a particular location in the frame memory are print or fo... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4107784 | Management control terminal method and apparatus Management control terminal method and apparatus are provided in which the management control terminal as a whole is divided into two sections, namely, a custom application module (CAM) and a central master unit (CMU) which can be plugged together to form... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4092727 | Bowling scorer Scorekeeping means for computing bowling scores is provided having positionable input switches, one for each possible ball to be rolled, for recording ball-by-ball pinfall, strikes and spares; a computing device selectively energized to calculate individu... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4028680 | System for automatically processing and printing the contents and the format of a text An automatic text processing system, wherein a text is printed by a typewriter and simultaneously recorded line by line in corresponding blocks of a magnetic tape. The system automatically prints the address of the block in which each line is stored, wher... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4007362 | Method of information processing for the production of a printing form and a system for performing said method A method of information processing in which the sequence of points to be scanned on an original is selected, which sequence is freely selectable in both the coordinate directions. The original is scanned by scanning means producing electrical image signal... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3974496 | Data entry systems This invention relates to the presentation of at least two different sets of information to an observer simultaneously and in the same location, one superposed upon the other, one set of information concerning characters inscribed on a source carrier or d... | 08/10/1976 |
