Ex parte LOCKWOOD - Page 4




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


                          on-line means for transmitting said                         
          information, inquiries, and orders to said central processor;               
                          on-line means for receiving data                            
          comprising operator-selected information and orders from                    
          via said linking means;                                                     
                          means for outputting said informing and                     
          inquiring sequences on said video screen in       accordance                
          with                                                                        
          preset routines and in response to data entered through said                
          means for entering information;                                             
                          means for controlling said means for                        
          storing, means for outputting, and means for transmitting,                  
          including means for fetching additional inquiring sequences in              
          response to a plurality of said data entered through said                   
          means                                                                       
          for entering and in response to information received from said              
          central processor;                                                          
                          said informing sequences including                          
          directions for operating said terminal, and       for presenting            
          interrelated segments of said operational data describing a                 
          plurality of transaction operations;                                        
                          said programming sequences including means                  
          for interactively controlling the operation of said video                   
          screen,                                                                     
          data receiving and transmitting means; and for selectively                  
          retrieving said data from said means for storing;                           
                       said means for storing comprising means for                    
          retaining said operational sequencing list and means                        
          responsive                                                                  
          to the status of the various means for controlling their                    
          operation;                                                                  
                       said central processor further including:                      
                          means responsive to data received from                      
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