Appeal No. 95-4383
Application 08/110,456
31, program memory 21, and database 22. The user can use the
keyboard to enter and store discount information for any of
the carriers and/or classes (col. 1, lines 64- 68). The
sequence of steps required to enter discount data into the
system is shown in Figure 5 and described at column 5, line 53
et seq. After the user has entered the appropriate password
(block 500) and selected the discount data entry function from
the menu (block 501A), the system prompts the user to select
the carrier and class to which the discount applies (blocks
501 and 502) and the discount method, i.e., flat or percentage
(block 503).
The user is next prompted to enter the discount
type, at block 504, i.e. whether the discount is
applicable to each transaction, or whether it is
applicable only to a given group of transactions. If the
user operates the keys to indicate that the discount is
application for each transaction, the program exits, at
block 505, for example to return to the menu for entry of
further discounts, or other procedures. If the user
selects the discount to be applicable to a group of
transactions, the system then prompts the user to select
the group type, at block 506. This selection enables the
user (at block 507) to program the discount rate to be
either applicable to each transaction of the group to be
selected, or to be applicable to the group total after
the criteria for the group of parcels has been met.
[Col. 6, lines 8-22.]
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