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Control system for room reservation
Assignee: UMC Electronics Co USA
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Filing: 1968-11-01
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Granted: 1972-04-11
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Expires: 1988-11-01
Abstract
Abstract This disclosure relates to a system which displays the availability of categories of items over a predetermined number of units of time. Provision is made to constantly update the display by incrementing or decrementing the appropriate item categories between initial and final dates of use of any item. The units of time may be classified into groups to allow an expired group of units of time to be annexed to the last group of units of time to continuously utilize the system over a predetermined future time period.
Inventors
- 👤 William G Lince
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 11:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/02; G06Q10/028; G06Q10/0285; G08; G08B; G08B5/00; G08B5/22; G08B5/221
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for continuously visually displaying the status of an inventory of items over a period of time defined by a plurality of units of time, comprising a plurality of numerical display devices each corresponding to a unit of time, said devices being arranged to display the availability of a number of items for a unit of time, said devices being arranged in sequential order of units of time to display the availability of the items over the defined time period, means for selecting a number of items and the units of time said selected number of items are to be utilized, and means responsive to said selection means for decrementing the numerical information in the display devices corresponding to the selected units of time by the selected number of items.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
131 words
A system for continuously visually displaying the status of an inventory of items over a period of time defined by a plurality of units of time, comprising a plurality of numerical display devices each corresponding to a unit of time, said devices being arranged to display the availability of a number of items for a unit of time, said devices being arranged in sequential order of units of time to display the availability of the items over the defined time period, means for selecting a number of items and the units of time said selected number of items are to be utilized, and means responsive to said selection means for decrementing the numerical information in the display devices corresponding to the selected units of time by the selected number of items.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said display devices corresponding to units of time are divided into groups of units of time, and means for resetting the display devices of each group to indicate an additional group of units of time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said units of time are days and said groups comprise a plurality of successive days.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 3 wherein each succeeding three groups of days total 31 and no group is greater than 11 days.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 1 further including means for displaying a plurality of categories of items for said predetermined units of time, and said means for selecting includes category selection means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the items are rooms and the units of time are days.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
68 words
A system for displaying the availability of a plurality of rooms for a predetermined number of days, comprising a plurality of counting registers sequentially displaying the available number of rooms for each day, means for selecting the days a number of rooms are to be reserved, and means responsive to said selection means for decrementing the registers corresponding to the selected days by the selected number of rooms.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
68 words
A system for displaying the availability of a plurality of rooms for a predetermined number of days, comprising a plurality of counting registers sequentially displaying the available number of rooms for each day, means for selecting the days a number of rooms are to be reserved, and means responsive to said selection means for decrementing the registers corresponding to the selected days by the selected number of rooms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said day registers are classified into groups, a plurality of month indicators for each group, means for selecting a month of operation for each group, and means for energizing the indicator of the month selected.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
The system of claim 7 wherein the number of days displayed are selected to display N months, said day registers being classified into groups where a given plurality of groups add to at least 1 month, each of said groups having 12/N month indicators associated therewith where said month indicators are adapted to display each 12/Nth month.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 9 further including a month selector for each group of days, and means responsive to said month selector for energizing the indicator on each group for the selected month.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 9 further including means for selecting a particular 12/Nth month for operation, and means responsive to selection means to enable said group to accept information only in the month selected.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
98 words
A system for visually displaying a number of stores in inventory for each of a predetermined number of serial units of time, comprising a plurality of counter means each corresponding to a unit of time, said counter means being arranged to visually display the number of available stores for each unit of time, means for selecting a predetermined number of stores for use between two units of time, and means responsive to selection of said two units of time for changing the number displayed by said counters between said two units of time by the selected predetermined number.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
98 words
A system for visually displaying a number of stores in inventory for each of a predetermined number of serial units of time, comprising a plurality of counter means each corresponding to a unit of time, said counter means being arranged to visually display the number of available stores for each unit of time, means for selecting a predetermined number of stores for use between two units of time, and means responsive to selection of said two units of time for changing the number displayed by said counters between said two units of time by the selected predetermined number.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
148 words
The system of claim 12 wherein said counter means are responsive to pulses to change the number displayed therein, and further comprising a number register arranged to receive and store the number of selected stores, a temporary number storage register, means providing a sequence of timing signals, means responsive to a first number of said timing signals for clearing said temporary storage register, means responsive to a succeeding second number of said timing signals for setting the number in said number register in said temporary storage register, means for generating a series of pulses, means responsive to setting of said temporary storage register for applying pulses of the series to selected counter means and utilizing the pulses to decrement the number in said temporary storage register, and means for interrupting application of the pulses to said counter means when the number in said temporary storage register reaches zero.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
106 words
The system of claim 12 wherein said counter means are responsive to pulses to change the number displayed therein and further comprising a number register for statically storing the selected number of stores, a buffer register, means for setting the number in said number register in said buffer register, means providing a train of pulses, means for applying the pulses of said train to one or more counter means and to said buffer register to decrement the number in said buffer register, and means for interrupting application of the pulses to said one or more counter means when the number in said buffer register reaches zero.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
153 words
A system for continuously displaying a number of items available for use in each of one or more categories for a predetermined number of units of time comprising record means for visually showing the number of items, category of items, initial unit time of use, and final unit time of use, storage means for storing the number of items, category of items, initial unit time of use and final unit time of use, means for reading said record means and storing the information thereon in said storage means, numerical display means for displaying the number of each item available for use in each category for each unit of time, and means responsive to said storage means, for changing the number in each of said numerical display means in a category between said initial unit time of use and said final unit time of use by the number of items on said record means.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
153 words
A system for continuously displaying a number of items available for use in each of one or more categories for a predetermined number of units of time comprising record means for visually showing the number of items, category of items, initial unit time of use, and final unit time of use, storage means for storing the number of items, category of items, initial unit time of use and final unit time of use, means for reading said record means and storing the information thereon in said storage means, numerical display means for displaying the number of each item available for use in each category for each unit of time, and means responsive to said storage means, for changing the number in each of said numerical display means in a category between said initial unit time of use and said final unit time of use by the number of items on said record means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
89 words
The system of claim 15 further including a buffer register, means for setting the number of items in said storage means in said buffer register, means providing a train of pulses, means for applying the pulses of said train to said numerical display means between said initial unit time and said final unit time and to said buffer register to decrement the number in said buffer register, and means for interrupting application of the pulses to said numerical display means when the number in said buffer register reaches zero.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
79 words
The system of claim 15 where the units of time are days, said numerical display means being arranged in groups of days where a plurality of groups of days total at least 31 days, 12/N month indicators associated with each group of days, where N is the number of months displayed by said system, and means for energizing a month indicator for each group of days in accordance with the month in which said each group of days resides.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
112 words
A system for continuously visually displaying a number of items available for use in each of one or more categories for each of a predetermined number of units of time comprising a plurality of counter means each adapted to display the number of items available for a unit of time, means for selecting and storing the number of itemS, category of items, initial unit time of use and final unit time of use, and means responsive to said storage means for changing the number in each counter in a category between said initial unit time of use and said final unit time of use by the number of items selected and stored.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
112 words
A system for continuously visually displaying a number of items available for use in each of one or more categories for each of a predetermined number of units of time comprising a plurality of counter means each adapted to display the number of items available for a unit of time, means for selecting and storing the number of itemS, category of items, initial unit time of use and final unit time of use, and means responsive to said storage means for changing the number in each counter in a category between said initial unit time of use and said final unit time of use by the number of items selected and stored.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1975-04-11 | 1975-10-11 | 1976-04-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1979-04-11 | 1979-10-11 | 1980-04-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1983-04-11 | 1983-10-11 | 1984-04-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |