Systems and methods for processing data over telephone networks

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA OVER A TELEPHONE NETWORK BY MEANS OF MULTI-FREQUENCY SIGNALS EACH BEING CODED TO REPRESENT AN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER OF SAID DATA AND COMPRISING A DISTINCT PLURALITY OF SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTED A.C. FREQUENCY SIGNALS, WHICH COMPRISES OSCILLATOR CIRCUITRY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS AND ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A MULTI-FREQUENCY OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM A COMBINATION OF SEPARATE A.C. VOLTAGES DERIVED RESPECTIVELY FROM SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS, SAID OSCILLATOR CIRCUITRY INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ADAPTED TO APPLY SAID MULTI-FREQUENCY OUTPUT SIGNAL TO SAID TELEPHONE NETWORK, EACH SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY OPEN RESONANT CIRCUIT PATHS EACH OF WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT OPERATING FREQUENCY, AND A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS EACH CORRESPONDING TO A PRESELECTED ONE OF SAID CHARACTERS AND EACH INCLUDING SWITCHING MEANS ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO A MECHANICAL INPUT TO DIRECTLY EFFECT THE COINCIDENTAL CLOSURE OF A PRESELECTED ONE OF SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT PATHS IN EACH SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE RESULTANT SEPARATE VOLTAGES TO SAID TELEPHONE NETWORK, WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS EFFECTS THE SIMULTANEOUS SELECTION, COMBINATION AND TRANSMISSION OF SAID SEPARATE VOLTAGES COMPRISING ONE OF SAID CODED MULTIFREQUENCY SIGNALS.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA OVER A TELEPHONE NETWORK BY MEANS OF MULTI-FREQUENCY SIGNALS EACH BEING CODED TO REPRESENT AN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER OF SAID DATA AND COMPRISING A DISTINCT PLURALITY OF SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTED A.C. FREQUENCY SIGNALS, WHICH COMPRISES OSCILLATOR CIRCUITRY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS AND ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A MULTI-FREQUENCY OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM A COMBINATION OF SEPARATE A.C. VOLTAGES DERIVED RESPECTIVELY FROM SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS, SAID OSCILLATOR CIRCUITRY INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ADAPTED TO APPLY SAID MULTI-FREQUENCY OUTPUT SIGNAL TO SAID TELEPHONE NETWORK, EACH SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY OPEN RESONANT CIRCUIT PATHS EACH OF WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT OPERATING FREQUENCY, AND A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS EACH CORRESPONDING TO A PRESELECTED ONE OF SAID CHARACTERS AND EACH INCLUDING SWITCHING MEANS ACTUABLE IN RESPONSE TO A MECHANICAL INPUT TO DIRECTLY EFFECT THE COINCIDENTAL CLOSURE OF A PRESELECTED ONE OF SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT PATHS IN EACH SAID RESONANT CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE APPLICATION OF THE RESULTANT SEPARATE VOLTAGES TO SAID TELEPHONE NETWORK, WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS EFFECTS THE SIMULTANEOUS SELECTION, COMBINATION AND TRANSMISSION OF SAID SEPARATE VOLTAGES COMPRISING ONE OF SAID CODED MULTIFREQUENCY SIGNALS.