US3360778A
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Self-adaptive encoding and decoding system
Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1963-03-18
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Granted: 1967-12-26
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Expires: 1983-03-18
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Farrell Edward Jack
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:25
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L9/00; H04L9/06; H04L9/0618; H04L9/0637; H04L9/12; H04L9/14; H04L9/16; H04L2209/00; H04L2209/08; H04L2209/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
392 words
AN ADAPTIVE SIGNAL RESPONSIVE SYSTEM FOR HANDLING N PREDETERMINED MESSAGE TYPES COMPRISING: A SOURCE OF MESSAGE SIGNALS TO BE ENCODED FOR TRANSMISSION, SAID MESSAGES BEING WITHIN THE CLASS OF N MESSAGES; AT LEAST N ENCODING-SIGNAL STORAGE MEANS EACH FOR STORING A PREDETERMINED GROUPING OF J DISTINCT DIGITAL ENCODING SIGNALS; MEANS FOR RANDOMLY SELECTING ONES OF SAID ENCODINGSIGNAL STORAGE MEANS FOR ALTERNATION; ALERATION MEANS RESPONSIVELY COUPLED TO SAID RANDOMLY SELECTING MEANS FOR ALTERING, ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED PLAN, SELECTED ONES OF SAID DIGITAL ENCODING SIGNALS; ENCODING MEANS RESPONSIVELY COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE OF MESSAGE SIGNALS AND SAID N ENCODING-SIGNAL STORAGE MEANS FOR FORMING, ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED PLAN, ENCODED DIGITAL MESSAGE SIGNALS; SERIAL TRANSMISSION MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ENCODING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING SAID ENCODED DIGITAL MESSAGE SIGNALS SEQUENTIALLY IN GROUPS OF J DIGITS; AT LEAST N DECODING-SIGNAL STORAGE MEANS, EACH FOR INITIALLY STORING A PREDETERMINED DISTINCT GROUPING OF J DIGITAL DECODING SIGNALS, WHERE EACH OF SAID GROUPS OF DECODING SIGNALS CORRESPONDS TO AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID STORED ENCODING-SIGNAL GROUPINGS; SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SERIAL TRANSMISSION MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID ENCODED MESSAGE SIGNALS; AT LEAST N WEIGHT-FACTOR STORAGE MEANS, EACH FOR STORING PREDETERMINED WEIGHT INDICAING SIGNALS WHICH REPRESENTS WEIGHTS TO BE ACCORDED TO ASSOCIATED MESSAGE TYPES DURING DECODING OF SAID ENCODED MESSAGE SIGNALS; MESSAGE-CORRELATION DETERMINING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS, SAID PLURALITY OF DECODINGSIGNALS STORAGE MEANS IN PARALLEL, AND SAID PLURALITY OF WEIGHT-FACTOR STORAGE MEANS IN PARALLEL, AND OPERATIVE ON RECEIPT OF ENCODED MESSAGE SIGNALS TO PROVIDE MESSAGE-CORRELATION INDICATING SIGNALS, SAID MESSAGE-CORRELATION INDICATING SIGNALS BEING FORMED IN PARALLEL FOR THE RESPECTIVE DECODING SIGNAL GROUPINGS AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEGREE OF CORRELATION BETWEEN SAID RECEIVED ENCODED MESSAGE SIGNALS AND SAID DECODING SIGNALS; COMMUTATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SIGNAL RECEIVING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY GATING EACH OF SAID RECEIVED ENCODED MESSAGE SIGNALS INTO SAID MESSAGE-CORRELATION DETERMINING MEANS FOR EVALUATION AS RECEIVED; DECODING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID MESSAGE-CORRELATION DETERMINING MEANS FOR DETERMINING THE MESSAGE REREIVED IN RESPONSE TO SAID MESSAGE-CORRELATION INDICATING SIGNALS, AND PROVIDING MESSAGE IDENTIFICATION SIGNALS; ENABLING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID DECODING MEANS AND ACTUATED BY SAID MESSAGE IDENTIFICATIION SIGNLS FOR ENABLING ADAPTATION OF DIGITAL DECODING SIGNALS WHICH CORRESPOND TO INDICATED RECEIVED MESSAGE SIGNALS; AND ADAPTIVE MEANS RESPONSIVELY COUPLED TO SAID ENABLING MEANS FOR ADAPTING SELECTED ONES OF SAID DIGITAL DECODING SIGNALS TO CORRESOND TO ALTERATIONS MADE IN SAID DIGITAL ENCODING SIGNALS.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1970-12-25 | 1971-06-26 | 1971-12-26 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1974-12-25 | 1975-06-26 | 1975-12-26 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1978-12-25 | 1979-06-26 | 1979-12-26 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |