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`WASHINGTON, D. C. 20231
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`Art Unit:
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`Examiner: Felicia Ives
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`In re application of:
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`LAWRENCE B. LOCKWOOD
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`Serial No: 08/210,301
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`Filed: March 16, 1994
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`For:
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`AUTOMATED SALES AND
`SERVICES SYSTEM
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`AMENDMENT
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`Box Non-fee Amendment (Pats)
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`The Honorable Commissioner
`of Patents and Trademarks
`Washington, D. c. 20231
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`Dear Sir:
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`In response to the Examiner's Communication mailed April 1,
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`1996,
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`applicant offers
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`this
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`amendment
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`to be
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`entered as
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`a
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`substitute for
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`the amendment filed November 2,
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`1995 which is
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`hereby withdrawn.
`In response to the Office Action mailed September 26, 1995,
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`please amend this application as indicated below:
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`In The Specification
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`On page 19,
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`line 4; page 42,
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`line 24; page 45,
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`line 25; page
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`46,
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`line 15; page 51,
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`lines 10, 13, and 16; page 58,
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`lines 7, 10,
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`14, 16 and 26; and on page 59,
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`lines 4 and 7, replace "R" with --
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`Delete Claims 8 and 9.
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`Amend Claims 1, 7, 11 and 12 as indicated below.
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`1.
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`(Once Amended)
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`A computer search system for retrieving
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`information, comprising:
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`means for storing interrelated textual
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`information and
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`graphical information;
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`means
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`for
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`interrelating said textual
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`and graphical
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`information;
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`a plurality of entry path means
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`for searching said
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`stored interrelated textual and graphical information, said entry
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`path means comprising:
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`textual
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`search entry path means
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`for
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`searching said
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`textual
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`information and for
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`retrieving interrelated graphical
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`information to said searched text;
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`graphics entry path means for searching said graphical
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`information and for retrieving interrelated textual
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`information
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`to said searched graphical information;
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`selecting means for providing a menu of said plurality
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`of entry path means for selection;
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`automatic data processing means for executing inquiries
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`provided by a user in order to search said textual and graphical
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`information through said selected entry path means
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`and
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`for
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`fetching data as a function of other data;
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`indicating means for indicating a pathway that accesses
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`information
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`related in one
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`said entry path means
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`to
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`information accessible in another one of said entry path means;
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`accessing means
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`for providing access to said related
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`information in said another entry path means; and
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`output means
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`for
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`receiving search results from said
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`processing means and said related information from said accessing
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`means
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`and
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`for providing said search results
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`and
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`received
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`information to such user.
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`In Claim 7,
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`line
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`3,
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`replace
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`"assisting means" with
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`--informing means--.
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`11.
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`(Once Amended) The search system according to Claim 1
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`which further comprises:
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`[A computer search system for retrieving
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`information, comprising:
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`means for storing interrelated textual
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`information and
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`graphical information;
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`means
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`for
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`interrelating said textual
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`and graphical
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`information;
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`a plurality of entry path means
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`for searching said
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`stored interrelated textual and graphical information, said entry
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`path means comprising:
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`textual
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`information
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`and
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`for
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`retrieving
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`interrelated graphical information to said searched text;
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`graphics
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`entry path means
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`for
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`searching said
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`graphical
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`information and for
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`retrieving interrelated textual
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`information to said searched graphical information;]
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`title finder entry path means for assisting a user
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`in uncovering titles stored in said stored textual information
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`[; selecting means for providing a nmnu of said
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`plurality of entry path means for selection;
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`processing means for executing inquiries provided
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`by
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`a user
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`in order
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`to search said textual
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`and graphical
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`information through said selected entry path means;
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`indicating means
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`indicating a pathway that
`accesses information related in one of said entry path means to
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`information accessible in another one of said entry path means;
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`accessing means
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`for providing access
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`to said
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`related information in said another entry path means; and
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`output means
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`for
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`receiving search results from
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`said processing means
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`and said.
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`related information from said
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`accessing means
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`and
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`for providing said search results
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`and
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`received information to such user].
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`12.
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`(Once Amended)
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`A computerized system for selecting and
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`ordering a variety of
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`informationI goods and services, which
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`comprises:
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`-a
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`plurality
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`of
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`computerized
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`data
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`processing
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`installations
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`programmed
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`for
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`processing
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`orders
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`for
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`said
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`informationI goods and services;
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`at
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`least
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`one
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`computerized
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`station,
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`said
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`station
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`including:
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`a micro-processor;
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`a device for displaying graphical and textual material;
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`at
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`least one mass memory device controlled by said
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`micro-processor;
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`means for addressing at least one of said computerized
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`data processing installations,
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`and
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`for
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`sending thereto and
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`receiving therefrom, coded messages and batches of data;
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`program means for controlling the display tdisplaying]
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`on said display device[,] 9; inquiries and acceptable answers;
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`user operated means for selecting at least one of said
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`acceptable answers;
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`means
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`for
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`accumulating
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`a
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`set
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`of
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`said acceptable
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`answers;
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`automatic data processing means for processing said set
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`of answers as a function of other data;
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`means
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`for
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`storing
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`in
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`said mass-storing
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`device,
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`interrelated textual information and graphical information;
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`means
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`for
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`interrelating said textual
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`and graphical
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`information;
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`a plurality of entry path means
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`for searching said
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`stored interrelated textual and graphical information;
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`means,
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`responsive to said. means
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`for processing,
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`for
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`executing inquiries provided by said user and for searching said
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`textual and graphical
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`information through said selected entry
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`path means;
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`said means for executing and searching,
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`including means
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`I for addressing at
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`least
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`one of
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`said installations
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`and
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`for
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`retrieving data related to said answer; and
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`means
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`responsive to said
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`means
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`for processing,
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`for
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`transferring orders for said information, goods and services to
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`said installations.
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-7 and 10-12 remain pending in this application.
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`1. Applicant respectfully traverses the rejection under 35
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`USC
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`112,
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`first paragraph,
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`and points
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`to the below4listed
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`materials in the disclosures to support every element in each of
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`the claims.
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`For
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`the
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`sake
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`of brevity,
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`disclosure
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`of
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`the
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`instant
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`application will be referred to as "A '301", application serial
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`number 822,115 will be referenced as "A '115", and the disclosure
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`of U.S. Patent No. 4,359,631 and 4,567,359 which specifications
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`are incorporated by reference on page 21,
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`lines 15—18 of
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`the
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`specification, will be referred to respectively as "P '631" and
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`"P '359".
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`Support for the invention as recited in the remaining claims
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`can
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`be
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`found
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`in various parts
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`of
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`the parent patents
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`and
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`applications as follows:
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`In the
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`following outline "r" refers to a drawing reference,
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`"p" refers to a page,
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`"c" refers to a column, and "1" refers to
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`
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`lines.
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`To facilitate the understanding of terms used in the claim
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`language and specification,
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`the following definitions are from
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`the IBM Dictionary of Computing.
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`'Menu'
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`is defined as;
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`"A list
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`of options displayed to the user by a data processing system,
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`from which the user
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`can select
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`an action to be
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`initiated."
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`'Entry'
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`is defined as;
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`"In programming languages,
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`a
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`language
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`construct within a procedure, designating the start of
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`the
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`execution sequences of the procedure.
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`A procedure may have more
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`than one entry.
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`Synonym for entry pointJ'
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`'Entry point'
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`is
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`defined as;
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`"In a database,
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`the record that
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`is first accessed
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`upon entry into a database, caused by a user's command."
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`'Path'
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`is defined as;
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`"The route used to locate files;
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`the storage
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`location of a file."
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`'Search' is defined as;
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`"A function or mode
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`that enables the user to locate occurrences of such things as
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`particular character strings,
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`embedded commands, or boldface
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`letters in a document.
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`The process of looking for a particular
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`item."
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`'Retrieve'
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`is defined as;
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`"To locate data in storage and
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`read it so that it can be processed, printed or displayed."
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`Claim 1
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`A computer search system for retrieving information,
`a.
`comprising:
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`means for storing interrelated textual
`graphical information;
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`information and
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`The means for storing interrelated textual
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`information and
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`graphical information are the video discs (P '631: r 27/P '359: r
`~‘———_—-——-———
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`
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`9/A '115: r 14/A '301: r 9, r 114), and RAMs and/or on-line mass
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`storage P '631: r 28/P '359: r 14/A '115: r 17 and A '301: r 117.
`m
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`The latter constitute storage of the information downloaded from
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`the
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`central
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`station which
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`consists
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`of
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`transitory travel
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`information (P '631: c 3,
`M
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`1 26-34),
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`insurance policy information
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`(P '359: c 7, 1 5-13),
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`loan schedule information (A '115: p 10,
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`1
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`3-10)
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`and times and prices information (A '301: p 26,
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`1 1-6).
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`The storage means associated with the central station, financial
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`institution, or network (P '631: r 42/P '359: r 23/A '115: r 8/A
`———‘1__,
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`'301: r 108, r 223, r 281). Although single and/or dual storage
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`devices are taught at
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`the remote station in P '631,
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`P
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`'359, A
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`'115 and A '301, a single hard disk drive can perform a similar
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`function.
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`For example,
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`P
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`'359 taught a mass memory device as
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`being a Winchester hard disk drive with 40 Mbytes of online disk
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`storage.
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`b.
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`means
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`for
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`interrelating said textual
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`and graphical
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`information;
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`The graphical and textual information on the video disc and
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`other memory devices
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`are
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`interrelated through
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`the various
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`processor hardware and software components (A '301: p 21,
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`l 19-p
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`23, 1 13).
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`Graphical
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`information in the
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`form of
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`the
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`"fictitious
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`officer" offers a means for interrelating textual
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`information (P
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`'359: c 1,
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`1 60-61; c 5,
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`1 32-36; c 6,
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`1 46-c 7,
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`l 13/A '115: p
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`7,
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`1 7-11; p 8, 1 1-17; p 10,
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`1 3-12/A '301: p 13,
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`1 16-21; p 35,
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`1 9—15; p 36,
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`1 3-22; p 37,
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`1 8-20; p 38,
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`1 22-p 39,
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`1 3).
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`In the second alternate embodiment’of the invention (Figures
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`12-17)
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`the data sources 223 store audio-visual segments (A '301 p
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`46,
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`1 7-13)
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`that
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`include video presentations of various choices
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`of available goods and services, and selection menus
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`(A '301: p
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`48,
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`1 3—9).
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`The goods and services presentations include both
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`graphical and textual information (A '301: p 16,
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`1 9-11; p 18,
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`1
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`14-19),
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`including use in the educational, medical and health
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`industries (A '301: p 60, 1 14-18).
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`for searching said
`a plurality of entry path. means
`c.
`stored interrelated textual and graphical information, said entry
`path means comprising:
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`searching said
`for
`search entry path means
`textual
`information and for
`retrieving interrelated graphical
`textual
`information to said searched text;
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`Menus are provided in every disclosed embodiment to retrieve
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`both related and unrelated graphical and textual
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`information.
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`Interrelated iterative search routines are provided in every
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`disclosed embodiment
`data.
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`to retrieve related graphical and textual
`V
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`"The menu display 233 presents a series of selections in
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`which choices are available to navigate through the numerous
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`decision-making branches of possible interactions.
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`The main menu
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`presents the general categories of products and services which
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`are available such as: retail,.travel,
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`financial and grocery...
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`For example, key #5 would be - repeat, key #6 would be - return
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`to main menu, key #7 would be - new selection and so forth...
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`
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`The customer can quickly locate a specific product or service by
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`defining his
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`selections
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`through the menu...
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`the menu
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`also
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`displays a numbered key for entry on the control device for an
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`order of a product or service.
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`Product ordering menu questions
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`would include; quantity, color, sizes and styles" (A '301: p 53,
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`l 13-p 54,
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`l 25). Hence,
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`the textual menu selections lead to the
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`retrieval of interrelated graphical presentations of products or
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`services ("...a typical audio-visual presentation..." A '301: p
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`53,
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`1 20).
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`A textual menu with selections made on a keypad or keyboard
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`can give access to textual information such as a flight schedule
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`(P '631: c 3,
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`l 20),
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`insurance policy quotations (P '359: c 6,
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`1
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`51-53), a loan schedule (A '115: p 8, 1 10-17/A '301: p 36,
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`l 14-
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`22), or the price of a product,
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`the cost of a service, and any
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`other information necessary to make a buying decision (A '301: p
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`15,
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`l 26-p 16,
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`l 11; p 54,
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`1 3-16).
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`For example, retieval of
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`interrelated graphical
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`information to searched text is necessary
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`to present the local and remote travel information (A '301: r 2,3
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`and 6).
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`A requested sales presentation typically includes pictorial
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`representations
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`of
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`hotel
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`facilities
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`and
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`textual
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`travel
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`information (A '301:
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`p 27,
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`l
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`24
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`-
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`p 28,
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`l 6).
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`(see also
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`subparagraph (f) of Claim 1).
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`graphics entry path means for searching said graphical
`d.
`information and for retrieving interrelated textual
`information
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`to said searched graphical information;
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`The display of graphical
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`information such as
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`a video
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`presentation of particular financial services by the "fictitious
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`officer" (P '359: c 1,
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`1 31-41/A '115: p 7,
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`1 8-ll/A '301: p 35,
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`1 10-13),
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`and various types of graphical and textual data (A
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`'301: p 29,
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`l 17-P 30,
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`1 2)
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`lead to the retrieval of graphical or
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`textual presentations of alternate options.
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`"...the customer is
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`asked [by the audio-visual display of the "fictitious officer"]
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`if he/she wishes to purchase a policy...
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`If the answer is yes,
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`the customer is asked to select the insurance coverage [words and
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`numbers] and insurance company [names, words, addresses] desired"
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`(P '359: c 7,
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`1 14-24).
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`P '631 does not
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`teach a graphic entry
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`path means for searching interrelated textual information.
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`The system presents a search path that can be characterized
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`as graphical or based on graphics in two different ways. First,
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`"the terminal
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`is programmed to audio-visually elicit
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`from the
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`customer
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`the
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`information necessary to provide
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`an
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`insurance
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`quotation from the various companies"
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`(P '359:
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`c 2,
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`1 12-15).
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`Thus,
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`the search and selection of
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`the appropriate insurance
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`policy's textual quotations are performed through an audio-visual
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`means, i.e., a graphical means.
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`Second,
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`the selection may be performed by selecting one of
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`several audio-visual presentations or travelogs "For example,
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`a
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`typical sales presentation for selecting hotel accommodations...
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`would include displaying pictorial
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`representations of hotels,
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`11
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`
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`i.e., overview,
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`rooms, restaurants, sporting facilities, swimming
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`pools, and tennis courts. Applicable textual travel information
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`such
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`as
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`Canadian
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`custom
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`and
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`immunization
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`regulations
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`correlatively stored with the hotel's
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`information would
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`be
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`displayed textually. This textual information would be backed by
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`maps of the area."
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`(A '301: p 27,
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`1 24-p 28,
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`l 6 and r 2 and 3).
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`Accordingly,
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`the search is performed on pictoral or graphical
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`information to retrieve related textual information.
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`The entire presentation originates from multiple graphical
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`entry paths,
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`i.e., English or Spanish.
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`"Once
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`the system is
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`activated the recording of an image and sound of a fictitious
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`loan officer... graphically.appears on the video screen.v The
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`fictitious loan officer takes the applicant
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`through a language
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`selection routine.
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`In this case,
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`the applicant is asked in both
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`English and Spanish in what
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`language the loan transaction is to
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`be conducted."
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`(A '301: p 36,
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`1 3-10).
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`(see also subparagraph
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`(f) of Claim 1).
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`selecting means for providing a menu of said plurality
`e.
`of entry path means for selection;
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`In all embodiments (P '359 through A '301), menus including
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`text and photographs are provided by display on video screens
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`generated by the processors at the remote terminal sites or at
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`the control center
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`(A '301:
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`p 17,
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`1 19-24).
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`"The various
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`programs
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`for
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`executing
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`the
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`operations
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`of
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`the
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`sales
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`and
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`information terminal and the data processing center computer 222
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`12
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`
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`are of a 'menu-type' and can best be understood with reference to
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`the flow diagrams of Figures 13-16" (A '301: p 49,
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`1 20-24).
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`f. automatic data processing means for executing inquiries
`provided by a user in order to search said textual and graphical
`information through said selected entry path means
`and
`for
`fetching data as a function of other data;
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`The automatic data processing means for executing inquiries
`
`by complex multi-level decision-making and fetching sequences are
`
`not found in P '631; but are disclosed for the first time in P
`
`'359.
`
`Examples of multi-level decision-making and
`
`fetching
`
`sequences include:
`
`(i)
`
`relaying
`
`requested
`
`information
`
`selectively
`
`gathered from the operator to the data processing center and
`
`receiving therefrom processed data to be displayed to the
`
`operator (P '359: c 6,
`
`1 2-9; c 7,
`
`1 5-24);
`
`(ii) reprogramming the entire video presentation system
`
`depending upon the language selected by the operator
`
`(P
`
`'359: c 6,
`
`1 41-45/A '115: p 8,
`
`1 3-6/A '301: p 36,
`
`1 7—10);
`
`(iii)
`
`fetching from storage previously selected data,
`
`i.e., related quotations, which alter and modify the search
`
`process (P '359: c 6,
`
`1 46-50/ A '115: p 8,
`
`l 10-17/A '301:
`
`p 36, 1 14-22);
`
`(iv)
`
`framing the sequence of questions presented to the
`
`operator according to the type of insurance or loan selected
`
`(P '359: c 6,
`
`1 51-56/A '115: p 9,
`
`1 10-14/A '301: p 36,
`
`1
`
`14-20); and generally analyzing certain key answers in order
`
`13
`
`
`
`to determine the decision or next step to be taken (A '115:
`
`p 9,
`
`1 23-25/A '301: p 38, 1 4-7);
`
`(v)
`
`using operator determinants to select the display
`
`segments and to formulate the message to be sent
`
`to the
`
`central processor (A '301: p 24,
`
`l 21—p 25, l 5);
`
`(vi)
`
`contrary to the process disclosed in P
`
`'631,
`
`conducting
`
`and
`
`processing
`
`some
`
`of
`
`the
`
`customer's
`
`qualifications as will be explained in section 2;
`
`(vii)
`
`implementation of an address matrix to search
`
`and
`
`compose
`
`local,
`
`local/remote
`
`and
`
`remote multimedia
`
`displays (A '301: p 27,
`
`1 13-20); and
`
`(viii)
`
`searching hierarchical databases to facilitate
`
`the retrieval of multimedia information (A '301:
`
`p 27,
`
`l
`
`25) .
`
`indicating means for indicating a pathway that accesses
`9.
`information related in one of
`said entry path means
`to
`information accessible in another one of said entry path means;
`
`The presentation by the "fictitious officer" of various
`
`choices, provide pathway indications to graphical
`
`and textual
`
`information.
`
`Furthermore, once a particular pathway is used to access
`
`selected information such as
`
`an insurance quotation, "...the
`
`customer is asked [by the audio-visual display of the "fictitious
`
`officer"] if he/she wishes to purchase a policy...
`
`If the answer
`
`is yes,
`
`the customer
`
`is asked to select the insurance coverage
`
`and insurance company desired" (P '359: c 7,
`
`1 14-24). Thus,
`
`the
`
`14
`
`
`
`insurance policy selection pathway is indicated in order
`
`to
`
`access information related to the insurance quotation pathway.
`
`Indicating pathways of loan selection information related to loan
`
`acquisition (A '115, p 9,
`
`l 3-9/A '301, p 37, 1 8-15).
`
`Pathways to information related to a basic selection made by
`
`the operator through another pathway are generated by means of
`
`the PROM (A '301:
`
`p 24,
`
`1 12-25).
`
`"To facilitate customer
`
`interaction,
`
`the graphical display could include city maps
`
`designated by zip code areas so the applicant could indicate the
`
`location of his or her current residence.
`
`Other
`
`interrelated
`
`displays would present
`
`types of dwellings,
`
`i.e., single,
`
`family
`
`or
`
`commercial,
`
`of pictorial
`
`representations which
`
`aid the
`
`applicant in determining his or her loan needs" (A '301: p 41,
`
`1
`
`23-p 42, 1 3).
`
`for providing access to said related
`accessing means
`h.
`information in said another entry path means; and
`
`The
`
`complex, multi-level
`
`routines
`
`described
`
`under
`
`subparagraph (f)
`
`above provide access to the information in a
`
`related entry path ("...is the ability of retrieving interrelated
`
`information either textual or graphical, by accessing one topic."
`
`A '301: p 29,
`
`1 18-25).
`
`The
`
`PROM-generated
`
`pathways
`
`also
`
`provide
`
`access
`
`to
`
`information from remote sources.
`
`("...to deliver
`
`a series of
`
`specific disc segment addresses or pathways..." A '301: p 24,
`
`1
`
`25-p 25,
`
`1 5: p 29, 1 17-p 30,
`
`1 2).
`
`15
`
`
`
`receiving search results from said
`for
`i. output means
`processing means and said related information from said accessing
`means
`and
`for providing said
`search results
`and
`received
`information to such user.
`
`The video screens and printers constitute the output means
`
`(P '359: r 2 # 8/A '115: r 2 # 18/A '301: r 4 # 8).
`
`Claim 2
`
`The search system according to Claim 1, wherein said textual
`information comprise words, phrases, numbers and letters stored
`in said at least one database.
`
`The previous quotation necessarily includes words, phrases,
`
`numbers and letters (see f.(iii) above).
`
`Claim 3
`
`The
`graphical
`images.
`
`search system according to Claim 1, wherein said
`information include maps, charts, pictures, and moving
`
`The travel presentations for selecting hotel accommodations
`
`include maps, charts, photographs, pictures,
`
`and illustrative
`
`drawings
`
`("...displaying pictoral
`
`representations of hotels,
`
`i.e., overview,
`
`rooms, restaurants, sporting facilities,
`
`swimming
`
`pools and tennis courts...maps of the area." A '301: p 27,
`
`1 24-p
`
`28,
`
`1 6).
`
`The "fictitious officer" is a moving image and is created by
`
`audio-visual means
`
`(p '359: c 4,
`
`l 24-29/A '115: p 7,
`
`l 7-16/A
`
`'301: p 36,
`
`1 3—7).
`
`16
`
`
`
`Claim 4
`
`The search system according to Claim 1, wherein one of said
`graphical and textual information comprises audio information.
`
`Presentations
`
`by
`
`the "fictitious officer"
`
`include audio
`
`information (P '359: c 5,
`
`1 32-36/A '115: p 7,
`
`1 7-11/A '301: p
`
`36,
`
`1 3-7).
`
`The voice synthesizer converts text
`
`to speech (P
`
`'359: c 5, 1 7-15 and r 2 # 16/A '115: p 7, 1 13-16/A '301: p 35,
`
`1 15-18).
`
`91212.;
`
`search system according to Claim 1, wherein said
`The
`graphical and textual information are stored on a CD-ROM disc.
`
`CD-ROM discs and video discs are equivalent optical memory
`
`devices. Both are disclosed (A '301: p 21, l 25-P 22,
`
`1 4).
`
`Claim 6
`
`The search system according to Claim 1, further comprising a
`micro-computer for executing operations of said search system,
`and for storing said graphical and textual information.
`
`Micro-computers are used in the various processors (P '359:
`
`r 10, r 14/A '115: r 13/A '301: r 113).
`
`Claim 7
`
`The search system according to Claim 1, wherein said textual
`entry path means and said graphical entry path means
`include
`informing means for assisting a user in searching said graphical
`and textual information.
`
`The "fictitious officer" informs and assists the user
`
`in
`
`searching graphical and textual
`
`information (P '359: c 5,
`
`l 32-
`
`17
`
`
`
`36/A '115: p 7,
`
`1 7—11: p 8,
`
`1 6-9/A '301: p 35,
`
`1 9-13: p 36,
`
`1
`
`10-14).
`
`Furthermore,
`
`in A '301,
`
`the PROM assists in gathering of
`
`information (A '301: p 25,
`
`1 12-19).
`
`Claim 10
`
`The search system according to Claim 1, wherein said textual
`search entry path means comprises a topic tree entry path means
`for dividing said textual information into topics.
`
`The topics are provided by the various menu displays
`
`(A
`
`'301:
`
`p
`
`22,
`
`1
`
`12-p
`
`23,
`
`1
`
`4;
`
`p
`
`53,
`
`1
`
`l3-P 54,
`
`1
`
`16).
`
`"Organizational chart Figure 2 describes audio-visual chapter
`
`segments organized in topics and subtopics which constitute the
`
`tour
`
`information and which are identifiable and accessible by
`
`frame numbers" (A '301: p 22,
`
`1 12-15).
`
`Claim 11
`
`The system according to Claim 1 which further comprises:
`
`title finder entry path means for assisting a user in
`uncovering titles stored in said stored textual information.
`
`As illustrated in Figure 4 of P '359,
`
`the system presents a
`
`means to recover the titles (auto, home,
`
`life and health) of the
`
`available insurance policies.
`
`In A
`
`'301,
`
`as disclosed on page 29,
`
`lines 17-25,
`
`the
`
`hierarchical organization of
`
`the databases allows
`
`retrieving
`
`interrelated information by accessing one topic.
`
`The list of
`
`topics,
`
`i.e.,
`
`titles are uncovered by the selection process
`
`disclosed on page 27,
`
`line 13 through page 29,
`
`line 10.
`
`18
`
`
`
`Claim 12
`
`selecting and ordering a
`A computerized system for
`a.
`variety of information, goods and services, which comprises:
`
`In each disclosure,
`
`the invention is a system for selecting
`
`and ordering a variety of information, goods and services.
`
`of
`plurality
`a
`b.
`for
`programmed
`installations
`information, goods and services;
`
`computerized
`processing
`
`data
`orders
`
`processing
`for
`said
`
`The central
`
`stations and remote
`
`terminals constitute a
`
`plurality of computerized data processing installations.
`
`The computerized stations include the remote stations of P
`
`'359, A '115, and A '301.
`
`c.
`including:
`
`at
`
`least
`
`one
`
`computerized
`
`station,
`
`said station
`
`a micro-processor;
`
`The remote stations have a micro-processor (see Claim 6).
`
`d.
`
`a device for displaying graphical and textual material;
`
`The
`
`video
`
`screens
`
`and
`
`the printers
`
`can
`
`be
`
`used
`
`for
`
`displaying textual and graphical material
`
`(see Item (i) of Claim
`
`1).
`
`least one mass memory device controlled by said
`at
`e.
`micro-processor;
`
`19
`
`
`
`
`
`The video memory, hard disk drives and the RAMs constitute
`
`mass memory devices controlled by the micro-processors (see Item
`
`(a) of Claim 1).
`
`f. means for addressing at least one of said computerized
`data processing installations,
`and
`for
`sending thereto and
`receiving therefrom, coded messages and batches of data;
`
`The data communication links and controlling hardware are
`
`means
`
`for
`
`addressing
`
`the
`
`computerized
`
`data
`
`processing
`
`installations (P '359: c 4,
`
`l 1-13/A '115: p 3,
`
`l 21-24/A '301: p
`
`31,
`
`1 16-19).
`
`for controlling the display on said
`program means
`g.
`display device of inquiries and acceptable answers;
`
`Computer programs are used for controlling the display of
`
`both graphical and textual
`
`information (P '359: c 4,
`
`l 33-38/A
`
`'115: p 6, 1 13-23/A '301: p 34,
`
`1 16-27).
`
`user-operated means for selecting at least one of said
`h.
`acceptable answers;
`
`The keyboards and the keypads
`
`(P '359: r 13/A '115: r 19/A
`
`'301: r 13) are user-operated.
`
`1. means for accumulating a set of said acceptable answers;
`
`The answers are stored in the RAMs
`
`(P '359: r ll/A '115: r
`
`17/A '301: r 117) and on-line mass storage devices.
`
`j.
`
`automatic data processing means for processing said set
`
`20
`
`
`
`of answers as a function of other data;
`
`The automatic data processing means are constituted by the
`
`hardware and software in P
`
`'359, A '115 and A '301 (see Items
`
`(a),
`
`(c),
`
`(d) and (f) of Claim 1).
`
`device,
`storing in said mass-storing
`for
`means
`k.
`interrelated textual information and graphical information;
`
`For
`
`the devices
`
`storing the
`
`interrelated textual
`
`and
`
`graphical information (see Item (a) of Claim 1).
`
`means
`1.
`information;
`
`for
`
`interrelating said textual
`
`and graphical
`
`For the interrelation between the information (see Item (b)O
`
`of Claim 1).
`
`for searching said
`a plurality of entry path means
`m.
`stored interrelated textual and graphical information;
`
`For the plurality of entry paths (see Items (c) and (d) of
`
`Claim 1).
`
`for
`for processing,
`responsive to said means
`means,
`n.
`executing inquiries provided by said user and for searching said
`textual and graphical
`information through said selected entry
`path means;
`
`For the inquiry executing means (see Item (f) of Claim 1).
`
`including means
`said means for executing and searching,
`0.
`for addressing at
`least one of
`said installations
`and
`for
`retrieving data related to said answer; and
`
`21
`
`
`
`
`
`In P
`
`'359,
`
`A
`
`'115 and A
`
`'301,
`
`the central station is
`
`addressed when necessary to retrieve information (P '359: c 2,
`
`l
`
`48-55/A '115: p 2, 1 20-p 3 1 8/A '301: p 15,
`
`1 16-22; p 17,
`
`1 22-
`
`p 18,
`
`1 7).
`
`for
`for processing,
`responsive to said means
`means
`p.
`transferring orders for said information, goods and services to
`said installations.
`
`In each embodiment orders are transferred to a central
`
`processing installation (P '359: c 6,
`
`l 5-16/A '115: p 4,
`
`1 3-
`
`11/A '301: p 31, 1 25-p 32, 1 8).
`
`From the above, one may conclude that all
`
`the inventions
`
`cited were fully disclosed and supported in P '359, A '115 and A
`
`'301 without any objectionable gap or hiatus.
`
`2.
`
`Applicant
`
`traverses the rejection of
`
`the claims
`
`for
`
`obviousness under
`
`35 USC
`
`103
`
`in view of Lockwood et al.,
`
`and submits that P '359, A '115 and A '301 introduced new and
`
`unobvious improvements over P '631.
`
`One of the main distinguishing features of this invention is
`
`recited in Claim 1 as follows:
`
`for executing inquiries
`"automatic data processing means
`provided by a user in order to search said textual and graphical
`information through said selected entry path means
`and
`for
`fetching data as a function of other data;"
`
`and in Claim 12 as follows:
`
`"means for accumulating a set of said acceptable answers;
`
`22
`
`
`
`automatic data processing means for processing said set of
`answers as a function of other data."
`
`Thus, according to the invention as claimed,
`
`the information
`
`to be presented to the operator
`
`is retrieved through complex
`
`multi-level decision-making and fetching sequence routines which
`
`are not taught by the Lockwood et a1. reference. Typically, as
`
`disclosed
`
`in
`
`the
`
`instant
`
`specification,
`
`the
`
`operator
`
`is
`
`questioned in a sequence which varies according, not only to the
`
`last data entered by the operator, but often in accordance with
`
`other data fetched from various sources.
`
`For example, as shown
`
`in Figure
`
`5
`
`after
`
`questioning
`
`the
`
`operator,
`
`the
`
`system
`
`establishes the determinants,
`
`then selects data inquiries to be
`
`sent
`
`to the
`
`reservation system,
`
`transmits
`
`those
`
`inquiries,
`
`receives and stores the answer before displaying new information
`
`to the operator.
`
`In this case,
`
`the system does not
`
`simply display the
`
`information in direct response to a menu selection and only the
`
`information identified on the menu
`
`list.
`
`Instead,
`
`the PROMs
`
`combine the operator's last entry with "other data" to generate
`
`the request for information to be sent to the remote center.
`
`As illustrated in Figures 9 and 11, after the operator has
`
`requested a quotation,
`
`the system inquires whether a previous
`
`quotation has been provided.
`
`If the answer
`
`is positive,
`
`the
`
`system requests entry of
`
`an identification number, uses
`
`the
`
`23
`
`
`
`identification number
`
`to fetch the previous quotation,
`
`then
`
`display it to the operator.
`
`Thus,
`
`the fetching process results
`
`from the combination of two entries.
`
`As
`
`illustrated in Figure
`
`10,
`
`references
`
`142-146,
`
`and
`
`explained on page 38,
`
`lines 3-21 of the specification,
`
`the system
`
`proceeds
`
`to an analysis of
`
`the
`
`information entered by
`
`the
`
`operator
`
`in combination with other data before providing an
`
`answer.
`
`other
`
`examples of non-obviousness
`
`improvements are
`
`provided by the fact that in P '631,
`
`the credit card validity and
`
`credit approval,
`
`and recording of
`
`the transaction are done at
`
`remote credit card centers (P '631, c 8,
`
`1 21-26).
`
`The terminal
`
`simply transmits to the center the credit card data generated by
`
`the card reader or
`
`on
`
`the keyboard,
`
`and the amount of
`
`the
`
`purchase. There is no local processing of the information.
`
`In A '115 and in the instant application,
`
`the terminal
`
`acquires a financial profile of the customer,
`
`then computes the
`
`credit worthiness of the applicant
`
`(A '115: p 5,
`
`l 25-p 6,
`
`l 4/A
`
`'301: p 33, l 25-p 34,
`
`l 6). Thus,
`
`the "set of answers" provided
`
`by the operator is processed as a function of other data such as
`
`eligibility standards.
`
`Also,
`
`in the second alternate embodiment disclosed in the
`
`instant application,
`
`the credit verification and approval is done
`
`by the data processing center (A '301: p 56,
`
`1 26-p 57, l 10).
`
`24
`
`
`
`In other words,
`
`the claimed system has the novel capability of
`
`processing the answer given by the operator in combination with
`
`prior answers and/or other data to formulate or compose a new
`
`inquiry,
`
`to request other information from a central processor,
`
`or
`
`a
`
`response a
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