Multiplexing and demultiplexing of related time series data records

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR DEMULTIPLEXING M MULTIPLEXED SIGNALS WHICH ARE ORDERED IN SUCCESSIVE TIME BLOCKS, WITH EACH BLOCK INCLUDING ONE WORD FROM EACH OF SAID M SIGNALS, WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A BUFFER MEMORY HAVING FOUR STORAGE AREAS EACH OF CAPACITY OF RECEIVE ONE SUBMATRIX OF DATA WORDS WHERE EACH SUBMATRIX IS MADE UP OF P BLOCKS, (B) MEANS FOR STORING SAID SUBMATRICES OF SAID DATA WORDS ALTERNATELY IN A FIRST AND SECOND OF SAID AREAS, (C) MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY AND SUCCESSIVELY TRANSPOSING SUBMATRICES STORED IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND AREAS FOR STORAGE IN THIRD AND FOURTH AREAS OF SAID MEMORY WHILE STORING SAID SECOND SUBMATRIX AND A THIRD SUBMATRIX IN SAID SECOND AND FIRST AREAS, RESPECTIVELY, (D) A DRUM, AND (E) MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING DIFFERENT COLUMNS OF THE FIRST TRANSPOSED SUBMATRIX FROM SAID MEMORY TO SEPARATE TRACKS ON SAID DRUM AND FOR TRANSFERRING LIKE COLUMNS OF SUCCEEDING TRANSPOSED SUBMATRICES ON CORRESPONDING TRACKS ON SAID DRUM WITH THE COLUMNS OF SAID SUCCEEDING TRANSPOSED SUBMATRICES FORMING CONTINUOUS DRUM DATA DRACKS WITH THE COLUMNS OF THE FIRST TRANSPOSED SUBMATRIX WITH THE SIGNALS FORMING THE MULTIPLEXED TIME SERIES ON SEPARATE DRUM TRACKS IN THE RELATIONSHIPS EXISTING IN SAID SIGNALS BEFORE MULTIPLEXING.