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Apparatus and method for transmission of communications
Assignee: NIRAVOICE
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Filing: 1981-07-13
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Granted: 1983-06-07
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Expires: 2001-07-13
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for transmission of information in digital form comprising apparatus for providing a plurality of signals coded into a multiplicity of digital code elements in accordance with a first modulation technique; and apparatus for providing a plurality of coded addresses for transmission, each of the coded addresses representing a digital code in accordance with a second modulation technique corresponding to a combination of code elements of individual ones of the plurality of signals.
Inventors
- 👤 Nira Schwartz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 08:03
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/14; G06F11/1402; G06F11/1415; G06F11/1441; H; H04; H04J; H04J99/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
Apparatus for transmission of information in digital form comprising: means for providing a plurality of signals in parallel coded into a multiplicity of digital code elements in accordance with a first modulation technique; and means for providing a plurality of coded addresses for transmission, each of said coded addresses representing a digital code in accordance with a second modulation technique corresponding to a combination of code elements of individual ones of said plurality of signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
Apparatus for transmission of information in digital form comprising: means for providing a plurality of signals in parallel coded into a multiplicity of digital code elements in accordance with a first modulation technique; and means for providing a plurality of coded addresses for transmission, each of said coded addresses representing a digital code in accordance with a second modulation technique corresponding to a combination of code elements of individual ones of said plurality of signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and also comprising means for transmitting said coded addresses in accordance with said first modulation technique.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and also comprising means for transmitting said coded addresses in accordance with said second modulation technique.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and also comprising means for receiving and decoding said coded addresses in order to provide said plurality of signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 and also comprising means for receiving and decoding said coded addresses in order to provide said plurality of signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 and also comprising means for receiving and decoding said coded addresses in order to provide said plurality of signals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and also comprising means for sampling a plurality of analog signals for providing said plurality of signals.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 and also comprising means for sampling a plurality of analog signals for providing said plurality of signals.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 and also comprising means for sampling a plurality of analog signals for providing said plurality of signals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 and also comprising means for sampling a plurality of analog signals for providing said plurality of signals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 and also comprising means for sampling a plurality of analog signals for providing said plurality of signals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 and also comprising means for sampling a plurality of analog signals for providing said plurality of signals.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 6 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 7 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 8 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 9 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 10 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 11 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 12 and wherein said means for providing a plurality of coded addresses comprise memory means storing a plurality of addresses corresponding to a plurality of combinations of code elements.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to any of claims 1-24 and wherein said first modulation technique is PCM and said second modulation technique is FM.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to any of claims 1-24 and wherein said first modulation technique is PCM and said second modulation technique is pulse width modulation.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to any of claims 1-24 and wherein said first modulation technique is PCM and said second modulation technique is AM.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus for transmission of information in digital form comprising: first means for modulating a carrier wave by means of a first modulation technique which defines time slots corresponding to digital information bits; and second means for modulating said carrier wave by means of a second modulation technique which is applied discretely to individual time slots.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
55 words
Apparatus for transmission of information in digital form comprising: first means for modulating a carrier wave by means of a first modulation technique which defines time slots corresponding to digital information bits; and second means for modulating said carrier wave by means of a second modulation technique which is applied discretely to individual time slots.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus according to claim 28 and wherein said second modulation means comprises means for modulating said carrier wave by said second modulation technique at each individual time slot, separately.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
33 words
Apparatus according to claim 28 and wherein said second modulation means comprises means for modulating said carrier wave by said second modulation technique separately at groups of a plurality of individual time slots.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to any of claims 28-30 and also comprising means for receiving the transmitted modulated carrier wave and decoding same in accordance with said second modulation technique.
Claim 34
Independent Claim
75 words
A method for transmission of information in digital form comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of signals in parallel coded into a multiplicity of digital code elements in accordance with a first modulation technique; and providing a plurality of coded addresses for transmission, each of said coded addresses representing a digital code in accordance with a second modulation technique corresponding to a combination of code elements of individual ones of said plurality of signals.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
75 words
A method for transmission of information in digital form comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of signals in parallel coded into a multiplicity of digital code elements in accordance with a first modulation technique; and providing a plurality of coded addresses for transmission, each of said coded addresses representing a digital code in accordance with a second modulation technique corresponding to a combination of code elements of individual ones of said plurality of signals.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
54 words
A method for transmission of information in digital form comprising the steps of: modulating a carrier wave by means of a first modulation technique which defines time slots corresponding to digital information bits; and modulating said carrier wave further by means of a second modulation technique which is applied discretely to individual time slots.
Claim 37
Independent Claim
54 words
A method for transmission of information in digital form comprising the steps of: modulating a carrier wave by means of a first modulation technique which defines time slots corresponding to digital information bits; and modulating said carrier wave further by means of a second modulation technique which is applied discretely to individual time slots.
Claim 38
Independent Claim
23 words
A method according to either of claims 32 and 33 and also comprising the step of transmitting the digital information in modulated form.
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