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Communications systems having a selective facsimile output
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1974-03-29
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Granted: 1975-11-18
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Expires: 1994-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A switched communications system including store and forward facilities is provided in accordance with the teachings of the present invention wherein, in an exemplary embodiment, any of a plurality of teleprinter or teletypewriter peripherals may be given access to the communication system and input information thereto destined for one or more peripherals thereof. Input information from a transmitting peripheral is stored under the control of a central switching system which acts to inspect the destination information associated therewith. If a destination peripheral employing facsimile equipment has been designated, a facsimile controller is enabled and destination information associated with the facsimile pheripheral defined is provided thereto from the central switching system. In response to the destination information, telephone communication to the defined facsimile peripheral is initiated by said facsimile controller and an indication is provided thereby to the central switching system when a communications link with the defined facsimile peripheral has been established and the defined facsimile peripheral is ready to receive facsimile information. Phasing information is then exchanged between said facsimile controller and the defined facsimile peripheral and thereafter stored information destined for the facsimile peripheral defined is transformed into a digital signal capable of being decoded into a baseband signal and applied to said facsimile controller. The digital signals applied to the facsimile controller are decoded into a baseband signal which is then transformed into a suitable facsimile format and transmitted to the defined facsimile peripheral. Upon transmission of all of the stored information for the defined facsimile peripheral, the communications link established between the facsimile controller and the defined facsimile peripheral is terminated.
Inventors
- 👤 Sarah-Ann Bishop
- 👤 Joseph D Marmion
- 👤 Alan R Montante
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:41
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00962; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/324; H04N1/32406; H04N1/32411; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0065; H04N2201/0067
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 73
Claim 1
Independent Claim
51 words
Information translating apparatus comprising: means for receiving input message information in an ASCII code format; and means for selectively translating said input message information into a digital code format representative of a dot matrix encoding of said input message information, said digital code being decodable intO a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
51 words
Information translating apparatus comprising: means for receiving input message information in an ASCII code format; and means for selectively translating said input message information into a digital code format representative of a dot matrix encoding of said input message information, said digital code being decodable intO a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said means for selectively translating input message information into a digital code format representative of a dot matrix encoding of said input message information comprises: means for separating said input message information into lines of message information; means for performing a dot matrix encoding of each line of message information into a digital code; and means for selectively forwarding portions of the resulting digital code so that the same may be decoded into a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said means for selectively forwarding acts on a demand basis to forward portions of said resulting digital code as said portions are requested by a facsimile decoding and transmitting device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
79 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said means for performing dot matrix encoding of each line of message information into a digital code comprises means for dividing each line of input message information representing a line of alphanumeric character information into a plurality of lines of raster scan information and means for developing a digital signal representing the dot matrix code equivalents for each line of raster scan information for said line of alphanumeric character information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 4 wherein at least one of said plurality of lines of raster scan information is representative of spacing information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
74 words
Information translating apparatus comprising: means for receiving input information in a format acceptable to teleprinter means, said input information including message information to be conveyed and destination information defining the locations of peripherals to which said message information is to be conveyed; and means for selectively translating said message into a digital code format representative of a matrix encoding of said message information, said digital code being decodable into a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
74 words
Information translating apparatus comprising: means for receiving input information in a format acceptable to teleprinter means, said input information including message information to be conveyed and destination information defining the locations of peripherals to which said message information is to be conveyed; and means for selectively translating said message into a digital code format representative of a matrix encoding of said message information, said digital code being decodable into a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 6 additionally comprising means for analyzing said destination information present in information received and for enabling said means for selectively translating whenever said defined location includes a peripheral having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said means for analyzing additionally includes means for limiting message information present in an individual message to a predetermined number of lines of message information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
70 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said means for analyzing acts to form an additional message for the same destination whenever message information associated with an individual message exceeds said predetermined number of lines, said additional message comprising lines of message information exceeding said predetermined number of lines and each additional message formed also being limited to said predetermined number of lines by said means for analyzing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said means for receiving includes information storage means, said input information being written on said information storage means for storage and subsequent forwarding.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
67 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said information storage means includes designated storage locations, each storage location accepting a predetermined number of units of information for storage purposes, said means for receiving input information accumulating input information as the same is received and upon receipt of said predetermined number of units of information, causing the same to be written in a designated storage location.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
101 words
The infoRmation translating apparatus according to claim 11 wherein all destination information associated with a given message is initially written within a single storage location with sufficient message information to fill said storage location, said means for analyzing causing said signal storage location to be read and writing information in individual storage locations for each destination location defined by the destination information associated with said given message, each individual storage location written by said means for analyzing including said sufficient message information originally written in said single storage location and destination information defining only a single location of a destination peripheral.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
75 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 12 wherein each individual storage location written by said means for analyzing additionally includes information cross linking that location to other locations containing additional message information whereupon message queues are formed for each destination peripheral specified in the input information received and information cross linking that location to other locations containing destination information defining other peripheral locations whereupon an output queue is formed for input message information received.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
183 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 7 wherein means for selectively translating said message into a digital code format representative of a matrix encoding of said message information comprises: first, second and third buffer means; means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means; means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means; means for performing a dot matrix encoding employing a plurality of raster scan lines for message information loaded in said second buffer means and providing digitally coded signals representing each raster line scan produced; means for loading in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given raster line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of message information loaded in said second buffer means into said third buffer means; and means for selectively forwarding portions of said digitally coded signals loaded into said third buffer means so that the same may be decoded into a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
78 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means additionally acts to limit the number of alphanumeric characters read for a line of alphanumeric character information to a predetermined number of characters and information in a given line of alphanumeric character information exceeding said predetermined number of characters being treated as a second line of alphanumeric character information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
110 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said means for loading in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given raster line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of message information additionally acts to keep track of which raster line scan of said plurality has been loaded as digitally coded signals into said third buffer means and when digitally coded signals representing the last raster line scan of said plurality have been loaded into said third buffer means to cause said means for reading to load new information corresponding to a next line of alphanumeric character information from said first buffer means into said second buffer means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
113 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first bUffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means additionally acts to monitor remaining lines of alphanumeric character information in said buffer means and when the last line of information has been read therefrom causes said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information to load a next predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means if any units of received message information remain to be loaded into said first buffer means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said means for selectively forwarding causes new digitally coded signals representing a next raster line scan to be loaded into said third buffer means after the last portion of digitally coded signals presently loaded therein have been selectively forwarded.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
110 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said means for loading in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given raster line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of message information additionally acts to keep track of which raster line scan of said plurality has been loaded as digitally coded signals into said third buffer means and when digitally coded signals representing the last raster line scan of said plurality have been loaded into said third buffer means to cause said means for reading to load new information corresponding to a next line of alphanumeric character information from said first buffer means into said second buffer means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
113 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means additionally acts to monitor remaining lines of alphanumeric character information in said buffer means and when the last line of information has been read therefrom causes said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information to load a next predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means if any units of received message information remain to be loaded into said first buffer means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
113 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 19 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means additionally acts to monitor remaining lines of alphanumeric character information in said buffer means and when the last line of information has been read therefrom causes said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information to load a next predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means if any units of received message information remain to be loaded into said first buffer means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
78 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 21 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means additionally acts to limit the number of alphanumeric characters read for a line of alphanumeric character information to a predetermined number of characters and information in a given line of alphanumeric character information exceeding said predetermined number of characters being treated as a second line of alphanumeric character information.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
34 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said means for analyzing additionally includes means for limiting message information present in an individual message to a predetermined number of lines of message information.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
70 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 23 wherein said means for analyzing acts to form an additional message for the same destinAtion whenever message information associated with an individual message exceeds said predetermined number of lines, said additional message comprising lines of message information exceeding said predetermined number of lines and each additional message formed also being limited to said predetermined number of lines by said means for analyzing.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 14 wherein said means for receiving includes information storage means, said input information being written on said information storage means for storage and subsequent forwarding.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
67 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 25 wherein said information storage means includes designated storage locations, each storage location accepting a predetermined number of units of information for storage purposes, said means for receiving input information accumulating input information as the same is received and upon receipt of said predetermined number of units of information, causing the same to be written in a designated storage location.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
101 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 26 wherein all destination information associated with a given message is initially written within a single storage location with sufficient message information to fill said storage location, said means for analyzing causing said single storage location to be read and writing information in individual storage locations for each destination location defined by the destination information associated with said given message, each individual storage location written by said means for analyzing including said sufficient message information originally written in said single storage location and destination information defining only a single location of a destination peripheral.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
94 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 27 wherein said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means acts to read individual storage locations of message queues in line queues for defined locations including peripherals having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized analog baseband signal, the information stored in an individual storage location being read and fully loaded in said first buffer means during a single operation of said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
31 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 28 wherein said means for loading a predetermined number of units acts to read and load storage locations of a message queue in sequence.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
34 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 29 wherein said means for analyzing additionally includes means for limiting message information present in an individual message to a predetermined number of lines of message information.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
110 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 30 wherein said means for loading in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given raster line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of message information additionally acts to keep track of which raster line scan of said plurality has been loaded as digitally coded signals into said third buffer means and when digitally coded signals representing the last raster line scan of said plurality have been loaded into said third buffer means to cause said means for reading to load new information corresponding to a next line of alphanumeric character information from said first buffer means into said second buffer means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
113 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 31 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means additionally acts to monitor remaining lines of alphanumeric character information in said buffer means and when the last line of information haS been read therefrom causes said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information to load a next predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means if any units of received message information remain to be loaded into said first buffer means.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
48 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 32 wherein said means for selectively forwarding causes new digitally coded signals representing a next raster line scan to be loaded into said third buffer means after the last portion of digitally coded signals presently loaded therein have been selectively forwarded.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
70 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 33 wherein said means for analyzing acts to form an additional message for the same destination whenever message information associated with an individual message exceeds said predetermined number of lines, said additional message comprising lines of message information exceeding said predetermined number of lines and each additional message formed also being limited to said predetermined number of lines by said means for analyzing.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
70 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 7 additionaly comprising means for controlling the operation of a facsimile communications device operative over telephone networks, said facsimile communications device responsive, when enabled, to said digital code to transmit facsimile signals, to ''''On Hook'''' and ''''Off Hook'''' orders to connect and disconnect from said telephone networks and to issue advisory tone information when coupled to said telephone networks but not fully enabled.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
107 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 35 wherein said means for controlling the operation of a facsimile device comprises: means responsive to said destination information and said means for analyzing for issuing an Off Hook order for the purposes of an acquisition of dial tone; and means responsive to an issuance of an initial Off Hook order and the expiration of a selected interval of time sufficient to assure an acquisition of dial tone for issuing an appropriately timed and ordered sequence of On Hook and Off Hook orders to synthesize dialing of a telephone access code assigned to said location defined by said destination information.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
258 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 36 wherein said means for issuing an appropriately timed and order sequence of On Hook and Off Hook orders to synthesize dialing comprises: means for developing a telephone access code assigned to said location defined by said destination information; digit total and digit value register means; means for loading a value representing the number of digits in said telephone access code into said digit total register means; means for individually loading the unit value of each digit in said telephone access code into said digit value register means in the order in which said digits appear in said telephone access code; means for issuing an On Hook order, an Off Hook order and decrementing the value present in said digit value register means until the value in said digit value register means equals a reference value, said On Hook order persisting for a first interval and said Off Hook order persisting for a second interval when said value in said digit value register is other than said reference value and said Off Hook order persisting for a third interval when said value in said digit value register means equals said reference value; and means for decrementing the value in the digit total register means and loading the unit value of the next digit in the telephone access code into said digit value register means each time the value in said digit value register means equals said reference value until said value in the digit total register means equals a reference value.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 37 wherein said Off Hook order persists for a fourth interval when the value loaded into said digit value register means for the first digit of said telephone access code equals a selected value.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
86 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 36 wherein said means for controlling additionally comprises: means responsive to the completion of the issuance of On Hook and Off Hook orders for the dialing of a telephone access code to issue orders for repetitively coupling and partially enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter causing the uncoupling thereof from said telephone networks, said repetition of orders persisting for a predetermined period whereupon said advisory tone information followed by a listening interval are repeated for said predetermined period.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
76 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 39 wherein said means for controlling additionally includes: means responsive to an answer indication within said predetermined period from the location whose telephone access code was dialed for issuing orders for fully enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter forwarding said digitally coded message information thereto; and means responsive to an absence of an answer indication upon an expiration of said predetermined period for issuing an On Hook order.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 40 wherein said means responsive to an answer indication within said predetermined period additionally acts to issue an On Hook order at the completion of forwarding said digitally coded message information.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
86 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 37 wherein said means for controlling additionally comprises: means responsive to the completion of the issuance of On Hook and Off Hook orders for the dialing of a telephone access code to issue orders for repetitively coupling and partially enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter causing the uncoupling thereof from said telephone networks, said repetition of orders persisting for a predetermined period whereupon said advisory tone information followed by a listening interval are repeated for said predetermined period.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
76 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 42 wherein said means for controlling additionally includes: means responsive to an answer indication within said predetermined period from the location whose telephone access code was dialed for issuing orders for fully enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter forwarding said digitally coded message information thereto; and means responsive to an absence of an answer indication upon an expiration of said predetermined period for issuing an On Hook order.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 43 wherein said means responsive to an answer indication within said predetermined period additionally acts to issue an On Hook order at the completion of forwarding said digitally coded message information.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
41 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 44 wherein said Off Hook order persists for a fourth interval when the values loaded into said digit value register means for the first digit of said telephone access code equals a selected value.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
34 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 36 wherein said means for analyzing additionally includes means for limiting message information present in an individual message to a predetermined number of lines of message information.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 36 wherein said means for receiving includes information storage means, said input information being written on said information storage means for storage and subsequent forwarding.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
183 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 36 wherein means for selectively translating said message into a digital code format represeNtative of a matrix encoding of said message information comprises: first, second and third buffer means; means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means; means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means; means for performing a dot matrix encoding employing a plurality of raster scan lines for message information loaded in said second buffer means and providing digitally coded signals representing each raster line scan produced; means for loading in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given raster line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of message information loaded in said second buffer means into said third buffer means; and means for selectively forwarding portions of said digitally coded signals loaded into said third buffer means so that the same may be decoded into a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 48 wherein said means for receiving includes information storage means, said input information being written on said information storage means for storage and subsequent forwarding.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
34 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 49 wherein said means for analyzing additionally includes means for limiting message information present in an individual message to a predetermined number of lines of message information.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
258 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 50 wherein said means for issuing an appropriately timed and order sequence of On Hook and Off Hook orders to synthesize dialing comprises: means for developing a telephone access code assigned to said location defined by said destination information; digit total and digit value register means; means for loading a value representing the number of digits in said telephone access code into said digit total register means; means for individually loading the unit value of each digit in said telephone access code into said digit value register means in the order in which said digits appear in said telephone access code; means for issuing an On Hook order, and Off Hook order and decrementing the value present in said digit value register means until the value in said digit value register means equals a reference value, said On Hook order persisting for a first interval and said Off Hook order persisting for a second interval when said value in said digit value register is other than said reference value and said Off Hook order persisting for a third interval when said value in said digit value register means equals said reference value; and means for decrementing the value in the digit total register means and loading the unit value of the next digit in the telephone access code into said digit value register means each time the value in said digit value register means equals said reference value until said value in the digit total register means equals a reference value.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
86 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 51 wherein said means for controlling additionally comprises: means responsive to the completion of the issuance of On Hook and Off Hook orders for the dialing of a telephone access code to issue orders for repetitively coupling and partially enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter causing the uncoupling thereof from said telephone networks, said repetition of orders persisting for a predetermined period whereupon said advisory tone information followed by a listening interval are repeated for said predetermined period.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
76 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 52 wherein said means for controlling additionally includes: means responsive to an answer indication within said predetermined period from the locAtion whose telephone access code was dialed for issuing orders for fully enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter forwarding said digitally coded message information thereto; and means responsive to an absence of an answer indication upon an expiration of said predetermined period for issuing an On Hook order.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 53 wherein said means responsive to an answer indication within said predetermined period additionally acts to issue an On Hook order at the completion of forwarding said digitally coded message information.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
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The information translating apparatus according to claim 54 wherein said Off Hook order persists for a fourth interval when the values loaded into said digit value register means for the first digit of said telephone access code equals a selected value.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
70 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 55 wherein said means for analyzing acts to form an additional message for the same destination whenever message information associated with an individual message exceeds said predetermined number of lines, said additional message comprising lines of message information exceeding said predetermined number of lines and each additional message formed also being limited to said predetermined number of lines by said means for analyzing.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
78 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 56 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means additionally acts to limit the number of alphanumeric characters read for a line of alphanumeric character information to a predetermined number of characters and information in a given line of alphanumeric character information exceeding said predetermined number of characters being treated as a second line of alphanumeric character information.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
110 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 57 wherein said means for loading in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given raster line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of mesage information additionally acts to keep track of which raster line scan of said plurality has been loaded as digitally coded signals into said third buffer means and when digitally coded signals representing the last raster line scan of said plurality have been loaded into said third buffer means to cause said means for reading to load new information corresponding to a next line of alphanumeric character information from said first buffer means into said second buffer means.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
113 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 58 wherein said means for reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer means and loading each line read in sequence into said second buffer means additionally acts to monitor remaining lines of alphanumeric character information in said buffer means and when the last line of information has been read therefrom causes said means for loading a predetermined number of units of received message information to load a next predetermined number of units of received message information into said first buffer means if any units of received message information remain to be loaded into said first buffer means.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
48 words
The information translating apparatus according to claim 59 wherein said means for selectively forwarding causes new digitally coded signals representing a next raster line scan to be loaded into said third buffer means after the last portion of digitally coded signals presently loaded therein have been selectively forwarded.
Claim 63
Independent Claim
130 words
A method of information translation comprising the steps of: receiving input information in a format acceptable to teleprinter means, said input information including message information to be conveyed and destination information defining the locations of peripherals to which said message informAtion is to be conveyed; analyzing said destination information present in said input information to ascertain if a destination peripheral having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized analog baseband signal is defined; and selectively translating message information into a digital code format decodable into a synthesized analog baseband signal when a destination peripheral having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized baseband signal is ascertained, said selective translation of message information being achieved by performing a dot matrix encoding of said message information.
Claim 64
Independent Claim
130 words
A method of information translation comprising the steps of: receiving input information in a format acceptable to teleprinter means, said input information including message information to be conveyed and destination information defining the locations of peripherals to which said message informAtion is to be conveyed; analyzing said destination information present in said input information to ascertain if a destination peripheral having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized analog baseband signal is defined; and selectively translating message information into a digital code format decodable into a synthesized analog baseband signal when a destination peripheral having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized baseband signal is ascertained, said selective translation of message information being achieved by performing a dot matrix encoding of said message information.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
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The method of information translation according to claim 61 additionally comprising the step of limiting message information which is selectively translated and associated with an individual message to a predetermined number of lines of message information.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
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The method of information translation according to claim 62 wherein whenever an individual message is limited to said predetermined number of lines of message information, said method of information translation includes the additional step of forming remaining lines of message information in said individual message units into an additional message for the same destination peripheral.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of information translation according to claim 61 wherein the step of receiving input information includes the steps of: accumulating a predetermined number of units of input information for storage purposes; storing each predetermined number of units of message information accumulated in designated storage locations on an information storage means; and cross linking designated storage locations employed for various portions of an individual message to form a message queue.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
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The method of information translation according to claim 64 wherein all destination information associated with an individual message is initially logged in a single designated storage location together with sufficient message information to fill said storage location, the method of information translation additionally comprising the step of relogging destination information in such manner that destination information specifying individual destination peripherals together with said sufficient message information is stored in individual storage locations, and each such storage location being cross-linked to storage locations having other destination information therein as well as those containing message information.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
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The method of information translation according to claim 61 wherein the step of selectively translating message information into a digital code format comprises the steps of: loading a predetermined number of units of received message information into a first buffer; reading message information corresponding to lines of alphanumeric character information in sequence from said first buffer and inserting each line read in sequence into a second buffer; performing a dot matrix encoding employing a plurality of raster scan lines for message information loaded in said second buffer and providing digitally coded signals representing each raster line scan produced; writing in sequence digitally coded signals representing a given line scan of said plurality of raster line scans of message information inserted in said second buffer into a third buffer; and selectively forwarding portions of said digitally coded signals written in said third buffer so that the same may be decoded into a synthesized analog baseband signal.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
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The method of information translation according to claim 61 additionally comprising the step of controlling the operation of a facsimile communications device operative over telephone networks, said facsimile communications device responsive, when enabled, to said digital code format to transmit facsimile signals, to On Hook and Off Hook orders to connect and disconnect from said telephone networks and to issuE advisory tone information when coupled to said telephone networks but not fully enabled.
Claim 71
Dependent Claim
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The method of information translation according to claim 67 wherein the step of controlling the operation of a facsimile communications device includes the steps of: issuing an Off Hook order for the purposes of an acquisition of dial tone in response to a detection of destination information defining a peripheral having a requirement for an information format derivable from a synthesized analog baseband signal; maintaining said Off Hook order for a period which is sufficient to assure an acquisition of dial tone; and issuing an appropriately timed and ordered sequence of On Hook and Off Hook orders to synthesize dialing of a telephone access codes assigned to the location defined by said destination information.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method of information translation according to claim 68 wherein the step of controlling additionally comprises the steps of issuing orders at the completion of the dialing order sequence for repetitively coupling and partially enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter causing the uncoupling thereof from said telephone networks, said repetition of orders persisting for a predetermined period whereupon said advisory line information followed by a listening interval are repeated for said predetermined period.
Claim 73
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of information translation according to claim 69 wherein the step of controlling additionally comprises the steps of: issuing orders for fully enabling said facsimile communications device and thereafter forwarding digitally coded message information thereto if an answer indication from the destination peripheral whose telephone access code was dialed is received within said predetermined period; and issuing an On Hook order if an answer indication is not received prior to an expiration of said predetermined period.
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| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-11-17 | 1979-05-19 | 1979-11-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-11-17 | 1983-05-19 | 1983-11-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-11-17 | 1987-05-19 | 1987-11-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |