Fast contact conversational video system

Patent 5034916 Issued on July 23, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 24, 2008. 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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Inventor

Ordish, Christopher J.

Assignee

Reuters Limited

Application

No. 261578 filed on 10/24/1988

US Classes:

709/204, COMPUTER CONFERENCING379/93.02, Access restricting379/93.12, Sales, ordering, or banking system379/93.18, Having tone code recognition for generating alphanumeric characters709/227COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER SESSION/CONNECTION ESTABLISHING

Examiners

Primary: Fleming, Michael R.
Assistant: Sheikh, Ayaz R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts

International Class

G06F 003/14

Abstract

An improved system (30) provides fast contact in a conversational video system by use of a screen pointer (200) in connection with a windowed display of a financial data page and a unique subscriber identification code with or without an interest message code. When an interest message code is provided, the prestored interest message is expanded and inserted in the command line. If a double click is employed with the mouse 200 screen pointer, contact is automatically initiated with the called party and the interest message transmitted. However, if only a single click is detected, the interest message is inserted in the command line without being automatically transmitted. The subscriber may then double click his mouse screen pointer (200) at the location of the code in the display (76) or may press the TRANSMIT key on the keyboard (72) to send the interest message to the called party. The system (30) may also use CONTACT LISTS to initiate conversational contacts.