Image information accessing user terminal

Patent 4691340 Issued on September 1, 1987. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 22, 2005. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Sony Corporation

Application

No. 06/800822 filed on 11/22/1985

US Classes:

379/93.25Having remote database (e.g., videotex system)

Examiners

Primary: Rubinson, Gene Z.
Assistant: Connors, Matthew E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

H04M 11/08 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1984-11-28 JP

Abstract

A user terminal for use in a Videotex system includes an image number memory for storing image number data identifying specific ones of the images. A keyboard is provided for entering at least an image selection command, and the user terminal is responsive thereto to display the image whose image number data is stored in the image number memory. The image number memory automatically stores the image number data of the image currently displayed, or the image number memory may be made to store the image number data of at least one selected image in response to a reserve and register command.