Message communication systems with interstation information storage and transmission

Claim 1

A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A TRANSMISSION LINE, A SIGNAL UTILIZING DEVICE AND A PLURALITY OF STATIONS SERIALLY INTERCONNECTED IN SAID LINE TO SAID UTILIZING DEVICE, EACH OF SAID STATIONS INCLUDING MEANS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, FIRST MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY APPLYING SIGNALS PRODUCED AT ITS STATION TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE, MEANS FOR CONDITIONING SAID FIRST MEANS FOR SAID LATTER APPLYING, SECOND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY APPLYING SIGNALS PRODUCED AT OTHER OF SAID PLURALITY OF STATIONS TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE, MEANS FOR CONDITIONING SAID SECOND MEANS FOR SAID LATTER APPLYING, THIRD MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY STORING SIGNALS PRODUCED AT OTHER OF SAID PLURALITY OF STATIONS, AND MEANS FOR CONDITIONING SAID THIRD MEANS FOR SAID LATTER STORING, MEANS FOR CONDITIONING SAID SECOND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY APPLYING SAID STORED SIGNALS TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE, SAID FIRST MEANS WHEN CONDITIONED APPLYING SAID SIGNALS PRODUCED AT ITS STATION TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE WHEN SAID UNCONDITIONED SECOND MEANS IS NOT APPLYING SIGNALS PRODUCED AT OTHER OF SAID PLURALITY OF STATIONS TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE, SAID THIRD MEANS WHEN CONDITIONED STORING SAID SIGNALS PRODUCED AT OTHER OF SAID PLURALITY OF STATIONS WHEN SAID FIRST MEANS IS APPLYING, AND SAID SECOND MEANS APPLYING SAID STORED SIGNALS TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE WHEN SAID FIRST MEANS IS NOT APPLYING.