Transaction terminal with unlimited range of functions
US3970992A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F19/201
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A user transaction terminal which may be connected for communication with a large scale data processing system includes a card handling subsystem which receives and transports user information cards; a user communication subsystem which includes a keyboard and an optical display; a hardware control subsystem which operates terminal hardware, a transaction statement subsystem which prints and dispenses written records of user transactions; a terminal communication subsystem which provides communication with a data processing system; a processor support subsystem which assists a control subsystem by performing control functions which are more easily implemented with hardware than software; and a control subsystem which includes a programmed microprocessor which is connected to the other subsystems via an information bus to coordinate and control the operations of the other subsystems. The keyboard includes a plurality of mutually exclusive keyboard fields, each relating to a different type of information. These fields include a function selection field, a from account field, a to account field, and a numeric field. The transaction selection, from account, and to account fields each i…
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