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US3253263A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Code to voice inquiry system and twospeed multi-unit buffer mechanism

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1961-04-10
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Granted: 1966-05-24
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Expires: 1981-04-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lyle H Lee
  • 👤 Richard B Mulvany
  • 👤 Robert C Treseder

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 17:39
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/16; H04L12/18; H04L12/1804; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/487; H04M3/493

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 229 words
A CODE TO VOICE INQUIRY SYSTEM COMPRISING A FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A PLURALITY OF AUDIO TYPE VOCABULARY ELEMENTS RECORDED THEREIN, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM AT A HIGH SPEED IN EXCESS OF ANY SPEED AT WHICH SUCH VOCABULARY UNITS WHEN PICKED UP FROM THE FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM ARE AURALLY RECOGNIZABLE, A PLURALITY OF SECOND RECORDING MEDIA, MEANS FOR DRIVING EACH SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM AT A FIRST, HIGHER SPEED AND AT A SECOND, SLOWER SPEED, SELECTOR MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A CODED INQUIRY FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM TO A SELECTED ONE OF THE SECOND RECORDING MEDIA, AND FOR PICKING UP SELECTED ONE OF SUCH VOCABULARY ELEMENTS FROM SAID FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM WHILE THE LATTER IS BEING DRIVEN AT ITS HIGH SPEED AND FOR RECORDING SUCH SELECTED VOCABULARY ELEMENTS IN SEQUENCE ON SUCH SELECTED SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM WHILE THE LATTER IS BEING DRIVEN AT ITS FIRST, HIGHER SPEED TO THEREBY COMPOSE AND RECORD A MESSAGE ON SUCH SELECTED SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM IN ANSWER TO SUCH INQUIRY, AND MEANS FOR PICKING UP SUCH MESSAGE FROM SUCH SELECTED SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM WHILE THE LATTER IS BEING DRIVEN AT ITS SECOND, SLOWER SPEED AND TRANSMITTING SUCH MESSAGE, IN AUDIO FORM, BACK TO THE SOURCE OF THE CODED INQUIRY, THE SECOND, SLOWER SPEED OF THE SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM BEING ONE AT WHICH SUCH MESSAGE PICKED UP THEREFROM IS AURALLY RECOGNIZABLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 229 words
A CODE TO VOICE INQUIRY SYSTEM COMPRISING A FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A PLURALITY OF AUDIO TYPE VOCABULARY ELEMENTS RECORDED THEREIN, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM AT A HIGH SPEED IN EXCESS OF ANY SPEED AT WHICH SUCH VOCABULARY UNITS WHEN PICKED UP FROM THE FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM ARE AURALLY RECOGNIZABLE, A PLURALITY OF SECOND RECORDING MEDIA, MEANS FOR DRIVING EACH SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM AT A FIRST, HIGHER SPEED AND AT A SECOND, SLOWER SPEED, SELECTOR MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A CODED INQUIRY FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM TO A SELECTED ONE OF THE SECOND RECORDING MEDIA, AND FOR PICKING UP SELECTED ONE OF SUCH VOCABULARY ELEMENTS FROM SAID FIRST RECORDING MEDIUM WHILE THE LATTER IS BEING DRIVEN AT ITS HIGH SPEED AND FOR RECORDING SUCH SELECTED VOCABULARY ELEMENTS IN SEQUENCE ON SUCH SELECTED SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM WHILE THE LATTER IS BEING DRIVEN AT ITS FIRST, HIGHER SPEED TO THEREBY COMPOSE AND RECORD A MESSAGE ON SUCH SELECTED SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM IN ANSWER TO SUCH INQUIRY, AND MEANS FOR PICKING UP SUCH MESSAGE FROM SUCH SELECTED SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM WHILE THE LATTER IS BEING DRIVEN AT ITS SECOND, SLOWER SPEED AND TRANSMITTING SUCH MESSAGE, IN AUDIO FORM, BACK TO THE SOURCE OF THE CODED INQUIRY, THE SECOND, SLOWER SPEED OF THE SECOND RECORDING MEDIUM BEING ONE AT WHICH SUCH MESSAGE PICKED UP THEREFROM IS AURALLY RECOGNIZABLE.

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