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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5268846 | Method and apparatus for nonsequential multimedia data interchange in a data processing system The method and apparatus may be utilized for the efficient interchange of multimedia data in a data processing system. A sequential data stream is established which includes multiple variable length consecutive sections, each of which includes multiple da... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267236 | Asynchronous parallel data formatter An asynchronous parallel data formatter for use in mapping low speed serial asynchronous data signals into a higher speed signal includes a set of latches that receive the data from an elastic store. A time domain multiplexer receives signals from the lat... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5262964 | Method and apparatus for variable playback speed of multimedia data interchange within a data processing system The method and apparatus may be utilized for the efficient interchange of multimedia data in a data processing system. A sequential data stream is established which includes multiple variable length consecutive sections, each of which includes multiple da... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5243419 | Soft coding for HDTV Blocks of HDTV picture information are selected for transmission at a plurality of channel rates of an HDTV transmitter. The size of each block of HDTV picture information is dependent on a target distortion parameter for the HDTV picture information. As ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5048012 | Data link controller with flexible multiplexer A data link controller is provided which is suitable for use in ISDN applications, employing bit-oriented protocols. The data link controller can be operated in a time-division multiplexed mode or a non-time-division multiplexed mode. In the multiplexed m... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4935925 | Adaptive digital network interface A multiplexing data communication system (10) provides for communication between a plurality of microcomputer terminals (12) with a host computer (30). Communications from the microcomputer (12) are multiplexed over a T1 line (26) between two DMI interfac... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4839724 | Process for the digital transmission of information A process for the digital transmission of video signals, wherein the signals to be transmitted are coded according to a variable codeword length code, and this code is adapted at time intervals, preferably at regular time intervals, to a statistic of the ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4796025 | Monitor/control communication net with intelligent peripherals A monitor/control communication net with intelligent peripherals, that is, peripherals which are capable of monitoring and/or controlling various devices in accordance with messages received from a central panel cpu and which are also capable of reporting... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4788693 | Data communication replicator A data bus having a given size (e.g., 32 bits) provides for transfer of information between various logic and memory elements within, or among, one or more integrated circuits. Certain of the information transfers require the full information path, while ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4757518 | Coding digital data Digital data, such as audio data is coded by encoding apparatus, into a format of fixed-length multi-bit data words. At least one bit in the same predetermined bit position in each data word is a specific information data bit, such as channel status infor... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4734768 | Method for transmitting differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) values A method for transmitting DPCM values provides that a plurality of successive DPCM values are converted into data words of identical, optimally-minimal length and are combined with a preamble identifying the word length, the combination being undertaken t... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4730348 | Adaptive data compression system A data compression system for increasing the speed of data transmission system over a communication channel with a predefined data transmission rate. The system has two data compression units--one on each end of the channel, coupled to first and second da... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4709227 | Method and device for inserting a digital signal in a channel with higher flow rate A method and device for inserting a digital signal in a channel at a higher flow rate is provided, for example for transcribing from 704 Kbit/s into 2048 Kbit/s, wherein each binary element of the low flow rate channel is associated with a triplet whose f... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4694336 | Digital data transmission method A method for transmitting digital video signals wherein spectral values are sorted according to magnitude and leading zeros are suppressed. In this way, the average word per pixel length can be reduced to about 1 bit, with image quality remaining acceptab... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4630257 | Duplex speech transmission method and a system therefor A duplex speech transmission method is disclosed wherein a limited bandwidth transmission channel is divided in a plurality of successive time slots, alternate time slots being available for each of two parties to call in Speech signals from either of the... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4551720 | Packet switching system A packet switching system includes encoding circuitry for generating and intermittently transmitting a plurality of data packets in serial bit stream format. Each data packet consists of a plurality of data words and one or more address words where each s... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4457013 | Digital speech/data discriminator for transcoding unit A digital transcoding unit receiving incoming PCM-coded speech and data samples to be distributed after selective quantization to different outgoing channels, with fewer quantizing bits assigned to speech samples than to data samples, includes a discrimin... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4420833 | Unidirectional data transmission system A system broadcasts videotext data in the form of data packets originating from numerical data coming from several paths. Each packet has a prefix which contains synchronization and path identification code signals, a format signal which indicates the len... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4287591 | Communications transmission system The present invention relates to a communications transmission system wherein there is superposed, on the conventional analog telecommunication network, a digital network whose digital local exchanges are connected with digital subscriber stations. Both n... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4237552 | Time division multiplexed transmission systems for telephone or like signals with frequency band compression In a digital time division multiplexed telephone transmission system, a plurality of telephone signals are cyclically sampled and quantized so that each sampled value may be encoded into a binary codeword of a preset number of bits and that a series of co... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4205200 | Digital communications system utilizing controllable field size A digital communication system employs a technique of effectively controlling the size of the bytes making up a field of data to be serially transmitted from one station to another, particularly one wherein the byte size may be selectively changed during ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4168469 | Digital data communication adapter Communications between processor terminals are carried out through the use of communication adapters. Each adapter receives selected control signals for transmitting or receiving data over a serial communication link to or from a remote terminal. The tran... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4160877 | Multiplexing of bytes of non-uniform length with end of time slot indicator A data transmission system is described wherein data in a plurality of constituent streams are received at a multiplexer, processed to form a single composite stream comprising time slots each carrying data from one constituent stream, transmitted in the ... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4156111 | Apparatus for transition between network control and link control An apparatus in a digital communication system for receiving and/or transmitting link control bytes of eight bits or in the alternative information bytes of any number of bits. Dynamic switching to different byte size in an information field is accomplish... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4126764 | Partial byte receive apparatus for digital communication systems An apparatus in a digital communication system having the capability for transmitting or receiving a partial byte in the final byte position of the information field. Thus, a non-byte-oriented message may be blocked into bytes of any convenient size, and ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125746 | Partial byte transmit apparatus for digital communication systems An apparatus in a digital communication system having the capability for transmitting or receiving a partial byte in the final byte position of the information field. Thus, a non-byte-oriented message may be blocked into bytes of any convenient size, and ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4115662 | One way data transmission system There is provided a one-way data transmission system wherein a transmitter station transmits in the form of data packs data from a plurality of channels, the said packs being time multiplexed. One channel amongst the plurality of channels is allotted to transm... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4071887 | Synchronous serial data adaptor An integrated circuit synchronous data adaptor (SSDA) provides a bidirectional interface for synchronous data interchange. Internal control and interface logic including first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer memory enables simultaneous transmitting and receivi... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4058830 | One way data transmission system There is provided a one-way data transmission system wherein a transmitter station transmits in the form of data packs data from a plurality of channels, the said packs being time multiplexed. One channel amongst the plurality of channels is allotted to transm... | 11/15/1977 |
