TERMINAL FOR LIBRARIES AND THE LIKE

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11688568

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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.

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MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANYP O BOX 33427 ST PAUL MN 55133

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fergen, James E North St. Paul, MN 13 77
Grunes, Mitchell B Minneapolis, MN 49 2977
Kieffer, Michael J Apple Valley, MN 12 57
Marsolek, Gerald G South St. Paul, MN 11 51
McLeod, Kathleen M London, CA 12 57
Nelson, John E Woodbury, MN 79 1237
Schwietz, Joseph E JR Forest Lake, MN 4 7
Wurz, Ronald C Chalfont, PA 5 39

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