Message display and transmission system utilizing magnetic storage drum having track with message zone for storing binary-encoded word and display zones for storing corresponding binary display matrix

Claim 1

IN A MASSAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION OF: A SOURCE OF INPUT DATA IN BINARY WORD FORM; A STORAGE DRUM HAVING DISPLAY TRACK WITH A MESSAGE ZONE AND A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY ZONES, WITH SAID MESSAGE ZONE PORVIDING FOR STORING THE BINARY WORDS; MESSAGE TRANSMISSION MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING THE BINARY WORDS FROM SAID MESSAGE ZONE TO AN OUTPUT LINE; A CATHODE RAY DISPLAY TUBE; MEANS FOR SWEEPING THE CATHOD BEAM HORIZONTALLY AND VERICALLY; MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY OF THE BEAM; A SYMBOL STORAGE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SYMBOLS STORED THEREIN, WITH EACH STORED SYMBOL HAVING A RECTANGULAR COORDINATE MATRIX OF ONES AND ZEROS WHICH PICTORIALLY DIFINES THE SYMBOL, AND WITH EACH STORED SYMBOL HAVING A CORRESPONDING BINARY WORD; MEANS FOR COMPARING AN INPUT BINARY WORD WITH THE SYMBOL STORAGE BINARY WORDS TO SELECT A PARTICULAR SYMBOL MATRIX; MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE SELECTED SYMBOL MATRIX TO THE DISPLAY ZONES OF SAID DISPLAY TRACK OF SAID STORAGE DRUM; MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE DISPLAY ZONES OF SAID DISPLAY TRACK TO SAID BEAM INTENSITY CONTROL FOR DISPLAYING THE SELECTED SYMBOL ON SAID TUBE; AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MESSAGE TRANSMISSION MEANS TO TRANSMIT THE DATA FROM SAID MESSAGE STORAGE ZONE.