Interpretive tone telecommunication method and apparatus

Claim 2

An interpretive tone telecommunication method comprising; (a) transmitting a sequence of discrete signals, each signal corresponding to a plurality of characters containing the particular character desired to be transmitted in said sequence; (b) receiving said sequence of signals, and temporarily storing in a ordered sequence a discrete value corresponding to each discrete signal received in said sequence; (c) comparing said ordered sequence of discrete values with a plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular words; (d) producing a first command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values exactly matches one of said pre-stored sequences of discrete values, (e) displaying a word corresponding to said pre-stored sequence of discrete values upon production of said first command signal, (f) producing a second command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values fails to exactly match any one of said pre-stored sequences of discrete values, (g) comparing in response to said second command signal a beginning subsequence comprising the first m values and an ending subsequence comprising the last n values of said ordered sequence of discrete values, where m and n are integers, with a second plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular prefixes and suffixes; (h) producing a third command signal if and when said beginning or ending subsequences of values exactly matches one sequence of said plurality of second pre-stored sequences of discrete values coresponding to particular prefixes and suffixes, and storing a code corrresponding to said matched prefix or suffix, truncating said ordered sequence of discrete values to produce a truncated word by removing said matched subsequence of values from said ordered sequence of values upon production of said third command signal; (i) comparing said truncated ordered sequence of discrete values with said first plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular words; (j) producing a first command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values exactly matches one sequence of said plurality of first pre-stored sequences of discrete values; (k) checking code bits stored with said matched ordered sequence to determine if said stored prefix or suffix code indicates an allowed prefix or suffix, and generating a fourth command signal if said prefix or suffix is allowed to be appended to said truncated word; (l) appending said prefix or suffix to said truncated word upon production of said fourth command signal to produce a concatenated word, and (m) displaying said concatenated word.

Claim 3

An interpretive telecommunication apparatus comprising; (a) means for producing a separate discrete value corresponding to each type of a set of allowable received signals, each of which said signals represents at least one character; (b) means for sequentially assembling and storing a sequence of said discrete values; (c) means for comparing said sequence of discrete values with each sequence of a plurality of pre-stored sequences of values, each said pre-stored sequence corresponding to a particular word comprised of a sequence of characters; (d) means for producing a first command signal if and when said sequence exactly matches one sequence of said plurality of pre-stored sequences, (e) means responsive to said command signal for displaying said word corresponding to said pre-stored sequence, (f) means for producing a second command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values fails to exactly match any one sequence of said plurality of pre-stored sequences of discrete values, (g) means responsive to said second command signal for comparing a beginning subsequence comprising the first m values and an ending subseqeunce comprising the last n values where m and n are integers, with a second plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of values corresponding to particular prefixes and suffixes; (h) means for producing a third command signal if and when said beginning or ending subsequences of values exactly matches one of said pre-stored sequences in said second plurality of pre-stored sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular prefixes and suffixes, and storing a code corresponding to said matched prefix or suffix (i) means for truncating said ordered sequence of discrete values to produce a truncated word by removing said matched subsequence of values from said ordered sequence of values upon production of said third command signal; (j) means for comparing said truncated ordered sequence of discrete values with said pre-stored sequences in said first plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular words; (k) means for producing a first command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values exactly matches one of said pre-stored sequences in said first plurality of prestored sequences of discrete values; (l) means for checking code bits stored with said matched ordered sequence to determine if said stored prefix or suffix code indicates an allowed prefix or suffix, and generating a fourth command signal if said prefix or suffix is allowed to be appended to said truncated word; (m) means responsive to said fourth command signal in appending said prefix or suffix to said truncated word to produce a concatenated word, and (n) means for displaying said concatenated word.

Claim 4

An interpretive telecommunication apparatus comprising; (a) means for producing a separate discrete value corresponding to each type of a set of allowable received signals, each of which said signals represents at least one character; (b) means for sequentially assembling and storing a sequence of said discrete values; (c) means for comparing said sequence of discrete values with each sequence of a plurality of pre-stored sequences of values, each said pre-stored sequence corresponding to a particular word comprised of a sequence of characters; (d) means for producing a first command signal if and when said sequence exactly matches one sequence of said plurality of pre-stored sequences, (e) means responsive to said command signal for displaying said word corresponding to said pre-stored sequence, (f) means for producing a second command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values fails to exactly match any one sequence of said plurality of pre-stored sequences of discrete values, (g) means responsive to said second command signal for comparing a beginning subsequence comprising the first m values and an ending subseqeunce comprising the last n values where m and n are integers, with a second plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of values corresponding to particular prefixes and suffixes; (h) means for producing a third command signal if and when said beginning or ending subsequences of values exactly matches one of said pre-stored sequences in said second plurality of pre-stored sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular prefixes and suffixes, and storing a code corresponding to said matched prefix or suffix (i) means for truncating said ordered sequence of discrete values to produce a truncated word by removing said matched subsequence of values from said ordered sequence of values upon production of said third command signal; (j) means for comparing said truncated ordered sequence of discrete values with said pre-stored sequences in said first plurality of pre-stored allowed sequences of discrete values corresponding to particular words; (k) means for producing a first command signal if and when said ordered sequence of discrete values exactly matches one of said pre-stored sequences in said first plurality of prestored sequences of discrete values; (l) means for checking code bits stored with said matched ordered sequence to determine if said stored prefix or suffix code indicates an allowed prefix or suffix, and generating a fourth command signal if said prefix or suffix is allowed to be appended to said truncated word; (m) means responsive to said fourth command signal in appending said prefix or suffix to said truncated word to produce a concatenated word, and (n) means for displaying said concatenated word.