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Apparatus and method for communicating textual and image information between a host computer and a remote display terminal

CA 1288516 C · Owner: Moore Business Forms, Inc. · Inventors: Bijnagte, Leendert M.

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A system and method for storing retrieving, displaying, printing and otherwise manipulating color images stored in a central "host" computer from a realtor's remote data terminal includes a host computer which stores and maintains a database containing listings of real estate properties on the market. The host computer also optionally can store image information relating to specific properties. Images can be loaded from remote terminals over telephone lines to the host system on an interactive basis. Images can then be retrieved from the host system also on an interactive basis, for display printing, or storage on, a storage medium associated with the remote display terminals. Images may …

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  • Granted September 3, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 3, 2008.
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FiledJune 22, 1988
GrantedSeptember 3, 1991
Term endedSeptember 3, 2008
Patent numberCA 1288516 C
Classification (IPC)G06F5/00 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedJune 22, 1988Patent grantedSep 3, 1991Term endedSep 3, 2008

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