Telecommunications interface
May 21, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References Re31182 3796835 Video conferencing system using spatial reduction and temporal resolution Satellite communications system incorporating ground relay station through which messages between terminal stations are routed Apparatus for establishing multi-address and conference call connections Computer-communications concentrator for transmission and switching of packetized data 4431992 Structure of an access point toward a data pack broadcasting network Digital switching system Use of a tone bus to provide polling and data distribution apparatus for communication system terminal groups InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/865871 filed on 05/21/1986US Classes:370/419, Input or output circuit, per se (i.e., line interface)348/14.12, Transmission control (e.g., resolution or quality)370/466, Converting between protocols379/202.01, Conferencing379/908MULTIMEDIAExaminersPrimary: Olms, Douglas W.Assistant: Marcelo, Melvin Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04N 7/15 (20060101)H04L 12/56 (20060101) AbstractA telecommunications interface is disclosed. The inventive telecommunications interface is capable of collecting multiple asynchronous video, audio, graphic and data signals from a variety of different kinds of sources and retransmitting such signals in a suitable form for display or detection with one or more types of receiver equipment at one or more locations. The interface operates at rates ranging from several hundred bits per second to several gigabits per second.The telecommunications interface includes a dual port RAM whose input and output operate asynchronously. Signals from the user sources are stripped of timing and source identification information and are written into the dual port RAM, while output processors read previously stored user signals out from the dual port RAM. The output processor appropriately format the retrieved signals, which are then transmitted to the receiver equipment.Other References
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