Ex parte LOCKWOOD - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-2678                                                        
          Application No. 08/347,270                                                  


               Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                          
          1.  An automatic data processing system for processing                      
          business and financial transactions between entities from                   
          remote                                                                      
          sites which comprises:                                                      
                      a central processor programmed and connected to                 
          process a variety of inquiries and orders transmitted from                  
          said                                                                        
          remote sites;                                                               
                      said central processor including:                               
                          means for receiving information about said                  
          transactions from said remote sites;                                        
                          means for retrievably storing said                          
          information;                                                                
                          at least one terminal at each of said remote                
          sites including a data processor and operational sequencing lists           
          of program instructions;                                                    
                          means for remotely linking said terminal to                 
          said central processor and for transmitting data back and                   
          forth                                                                       
          between said central processor and said terminal;                           
                          said terminal further comprising means for                  
          dispensing information and services for at least one of said                
          entities including:                                                         
                          a video screen;                                             
                          means for holding operational data                          
          including programming, informing, and inquiring sequences of                                        
          data;                                                                       
                          means for manually entering information;                    
                          means for storing information, inquiries                    
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