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System for multiple output of spoken messages

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1961-06-06
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Granted: 1965-09-28
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Expires: 1981-06-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Walter K French

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 12:20
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K21/00; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/16; G11; G11B; G11B3/00; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
A SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLU COMPOSING SPEECH MESSAGES IN A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT CHANNELS, SAID MESSAGES BEING COMPOSED OF AT LEAST ONE WORD, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING WORD STORAGE MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY STORING A PLURALITY OF WORDS IN THEW FORM OF AUDIO SIGNALS AT DISCRETE ADDRESSES, ADDRESS STORAGE MEANS TO STORE CONCURRENTLY A SERIES OF SELECTED DISCRETE ADDRESSES; OUTPUT CHANNEL GATING MEANS TO CONDITION SAID OUTPUT CHANNELS IS ACCORDANCE WITH A REPEATED TIME MULTIPLEX SEQUENCE, TO RECEIVE PORTIONS OF SAID AUDIO SIGNALS, THE TIME DURATION OF ONE SUCH MULTIPLEX SEQUENCE BEING A SMALL FRACTION OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO READ OUT THE AUDIO SIGNAL STORED AT ANY ONE OF SAID ADDRESSES; AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID WORD ADDRESS STORAGE MEANS OPERATING SYNCHRONOUSLY WITH SAID TIME MULTIPLEX SEQUENCE TO GATE PORTIONS OF THE AUDIO SIGNALS STORED AT SAID SERIES OF SELECTED ADDRESSES INDIVIDUALLY AND SEQUENTIALLY TO SAID OUTPUT CHANNEL GATING MEANS; WHEREBY SAID PREDETERMINED REPETITIVE SEQUENCE OF ADDRESSING AND GATING RESULT IN THE COMPOSITION OF SAID SPEECH MESSAGES IN EACH OF SAID OUTPUT CHANNELS.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 170 words
A SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLU COMPOSING SPEECH MESSAGES IN A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT CHANNELS, SAID MESSAGES BEING COMPOSED OF AT LEAST ONE WORD, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING WORD STORAGE MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY STORING A PLURALITY OF WORDS IN THEW FORM OF AUDIO SIGNALS AT DISCRETE ADDRESSES, ADDRESS STORAGE MEANS TO STORE CONCURRENTLY A SERIES OF SELECTED DISCRETE ADDRESSES; OUTPUT CHANNEL GATING MEANS TO CONDITION SAID OUTPUT CHANNELS IS ACCORDANCE WITH A REPEATED TIME MULTIPLEX SEQUENCE, TO RECEIVE PORTIONS OF SAID AUDIO SIGNALS, THE TIME DURATION OF ONE SUCH MULTIPLEX SEQUENCE BEING A SMALL FRACTION OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO READ OUT THE AUDIO SIGNAL STORED AT ANY ONE OF SAID ADDRESSES; AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID WORD ADDRESS STORAGE MEANS OPERATING SYNCHRONOUSLY WITH SAID TIME MULTIPLEX SEQUENCE TO GATE PORTIONS OF THE AUDIO SIGNALS STORED AT SAID SERIES OF SELECTED ADDRESSES INDIVIDUALLY AND SEQUENTIALLY TO SAID OUTPUT CHANNEL GATING MEANS; WHEREBY SAID PREDETERMINED REPETITIVE SEQUENCE OF ADDRESSING AND GATING RESULT IN THE COMPOSITION OF SAID SPEECH MESSAGES IN EACH OF SAID OUTPUT CHANNELS.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-09-27 1969-03-29 1969-09-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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