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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1992
David J Brigida, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Marvin K Brown, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Francis Fado, Highland Beach, FL (US);
Victor S Moore, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Thomas K Pate, Boca Raton, FL (US);
James J Tout, Jr, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Patrick F Camilleri, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert L Donaldson, Annapolis,, MD (US);
Michael N Gray, Annapolis,, MD (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A portable paperless parcel tracking system capable of reading bar codes on packages, capturing signatures and alphanumeric data related to the parcels when entered into a touch panel display, disabling manual or finger touch entry when a stylus is near the surface of the display, storing the parcel related data electronically and transmitting the data to a host at a convenient time.