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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott N MacDonald, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Haakon T Magnussen, Jr, Pinole, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altex Scientific Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364189 ; 34082506 ; 364138 ; 364579 ; 364900 ;
Abstract
A system for remotely controlling one or more instruments from a control terminal. Each instrument includes a stored menu of operations it can perform under control of the terminal and an accumulator for producing an index number which selects a particular operation from the menu. The terminal includes means for transmitting commands to direct the instrument to increment the index number and to transmit back to the terminal a textual description of the currently selected menu entry. The terminal further includes means for directing the instrument to perform the operation designated by the current menu entry.