Information retrieval apparatus with user interface for displaying and printing of retrieved data in different selected sequences

Claim 1

A method of information retrieval and printing of primary information stored within a memory of a processing apparatus, based upon secondary information, comprising the steps of: inputting secondary information as selected by a system user; comparing the inputted secondary information with sets of descriptive annexed secondary information stored in the memory as annexed to respective pieces of the primary information; retrieving one of the respective pieces of the primary information with descriptive annexed secondary information which is determined as corresponding to the inputted secondary information during said step of comparing; and printing the retrieved primary information comprising the sequential steps of scrolling various pages of the retrieved primary information manually on display means, designating and fixedly displaying a first page of the retrieved primary information manually on the display means, scrolling remaining pages of the retrieved primary information, designating and fixedly displaying additional pages of the retrieved primary information sequentially, the additional pages being displayed fixedly overlapping each other on the display means, and printing the designated pages of the retrieved primary information sequentially in order, the fixedly displayed pages reviewable prior to said substep of printing.

Claim 2

A method of information retrieval and printing of primary information stored within a memory of a processing apparatus, based upon secondary information, comprising the steps of: inputting secondary information as selected by a system user; comparing the inputted secondary information with sets of descriptive annexed secondary information stored in the memory as annexed to respective pieces of the primary information; retrieving one of the respective pieces of the primary information with descriptive annexed secondary information which is determined as corresponding to the inputted secondary information during said step of comparing; and printing the retrieved primary information comprising the sequential steps of scrolling various pages of the retrieved primary information manually on display means, designating and fixedly displaying a first page of the retrieved primary information manually on the display means, scrolling remaining pages of the retrieved primary information, designating and fixedly displaying additional pages of the retrieved primary information sequentially, the additional pages being displayed fixedly overlapping each other on the display means, and printing the designated pages of the retrieved primary information sequentially in order, the fixedly displayed pages reviewable prior to said substep of printing.