Appeal No. 1997-4463
Application 07/988,712
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-18.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to an interactive
system for providing selected messages at multiple separate
sites, such as in a store, museum, or historic attraction.
The messages are stored at a central place, called a common
source, and, in response to a operation of an input device,
messages are output from the common source to an output
device, such as a speaker, at the site. The sites have
buffers with limited storage capacity. Messages are output
from the common source to the site at a rate corresponding to
the utilization rate at the site; that is, the buffers receive
snippets of information from the common source at high speed
and output this information to the output device at a much
slower speed. The system reduces the need for processors and
circuitry at the site.
Claim 1, the sole independent claim, is reproduced below.
1. An interactive system for providing from a
common source selected site-specific messages at a
plurality of separate sites comprising:
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