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(12) Patent: | (11) CA 2486898 |
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(54) English Title: | TERMINAL FOR LIBRARIES AND THE LIKE |
(54) French Title: | TERMINAL POUR BIBLIOTHEQUES ET AUTRES |
Status: | Term Expired - Post Grant Beyond Limit |
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): |
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(72) Inventors : |
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(73) Owners : |
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(71) Applicants : |
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(74) Agent: | OYEN WIGGS GREEN & MUTALA LLP |
(74) Associate agent: | |
(45) Issued: | 2008-09-16 |
(22) Filed Date: | 1999-03-11 |
(41) Open to Public Inspection: | 1999-10-21 |
Examination requested: | 2004-12-08 |
Availability of licence: | N/A |
Dedicated to the Public: | N/A |
(25) Language of filing: | English |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): | No |
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A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal.
Un terminal pour bibliothèque permet à l'utilisateur d'effectuer une transaction d'emprunt sans assistance. Ledit terminal (i) présente une ligne de balayage visible depuis un lecteur de code à barres indiquant le positionnement correct du code en question sur un article en circulation, (ii) dirige l'utilisateur dans les étapes d'une transaction d'emprunt, (iii) fournit à l'utilisateur une rétroaction précise si un article n'est pas placé comme il faut sur la zone de réception, (iv) enregistre les articles en circulation à la sortie et à l'entrée, (v) enregistre des polices en mémoire d'images affichées sur l'écran plutôt que dans une mémoire de police distincte, (vi) comprend sous forme intégrée un lecteur de marqueur de sécurité, une imprimante, et un organe de commande dans le même boîtier, (vii) traite les transactions financières liées à l'emprunt d'articles en circulation, et/ou (viii) affiche des actions aidant l'utilisateur à corriger les erreurs qui surviennent dans l'utilisation du terminal.
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Description | Date |
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Inactive: Expired (new Act pat) | 2019-03-11 |
Letter Sent | 2014-12-18 |
Letter Sent | 2014-12-18 |
Inactive: IPC deactivated | 2011-07-29 |
Grant by Issuance | 2008-09-16 |
Inactive: Cover page published | 2008-09-15 |
Inactive: Office letter | 2008-09-03 |
Pre-grant | 2008-07-03 |
Inactive: Final fee received | 2008-07-03 |
Letter Sent | 2008-01-14 |
4 | 2008-01-14 |
Notice of Allowance is Issued | 2008-01-14 |
Notice of Allowance is Issued | 2008-01-14 |
Inactive: First IPC assigned | 2008-01-11 |
Inactive: IPC removed | 2008-01-11 |
Inactive: IPC removed | 2008-01-11 |
Inactive: Approved for allowance (AFA) | 2008-01-03 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 2007-01-26 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 2006-12-22 |
Inactive: S.30(2) Rules - Examiner requisition | 2006-07-12 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 2006-04-07 |
Inactive: First IPC derived | 2006-03-12 |
Inactive: IPC from MCD | 2006-03-12 |
Inactive: IPC from MCD | 2006-03-12 |
Inactive: IPC from MCD | 2006-03-12 |
Inactive: S.30(2) Rules - Examiner requisition | 2005-10-18 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 2005-08-17 |
Inactive: S.30(2) Rules - Examiner requisition | 2005-02-25 |
Amendment Received - Voluntary Amendment | 2005-02-11 |
Inactive: Cover page published | 2005-02-07 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 2005-01-20 |
Inactive: First IPC assigned | 2005-01-20 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 2005-01-20 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 2005-01-20 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 2005-01-20 |
Letter Sent | 2005-01-06 |
Letter sent | 2005-01-06 |
Application Received - Regular National | 2005-01-05 |
All Requirements for Examination Determined Compliant | 2004-12-08 |
Request for Examination Requirements Determined Compliant | 2004-12-08 |
Application Received - Divisional | 2004-12-08 |
Inactive: Single transfer | 2001-03-07 |
Application Published (Open to Public Inspection) | 1999-10-21 |
There is no abandonment history.
The last payment was received on 2008-02-19
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Note: Records showing the ownership history in alphabetical order.
Current Owners on Record |
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3M COMPANY |
Past Owners on Record |
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GERALD G. MARSOLEK |
JAMES E. FERGEN |
JOHN D. YORKOVICH |
JOHN E. NELSON |
JOSEPH E. SCHWIETZ |
KATHLEEN M. MCLEOD |
MICHAEL J. KIEFFER |
MITCHELL B. GRUNES |