RADIO FACSIMILE POSTAL SYSTEM

• US 3,594,495 A
• Filed: 01/30/1968
• Issued: 07/20/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Marvin Gaye
• Original Assignee: Marvin Gaye
• Inventors: Bond, Donald S.
• Application Number:
  US04/701,642
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• US Class Current: 725/144
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 3/02 Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32358 using picture signal storage, e.g. at transmitter H04N1/17 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32459 for changing the arrangement of the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4453 Covering, i.e. concealing from above, or folding

Abstract

A radio facsimile postal system including means for transmitting image signals representative of a written message to be communicated together with code signals uniquely identifying the addressee, and means for receiving the transmitted image and code signals and for reproducing the message from the image signals upon a radio facsimile recorder conditioned to respond only to the code signals identifying the assigned addressee.

Claims

1. A radio facsimile postal system providing privacy in the transmission of a written message from the sender of the message to its intended recipient, comprising:

first means providing said message for transmission to said intended recipient;

second means cooperating with said first means for generating image signals representative of said message including the name and address of said recipient;

third means responsive to the image signals representative of the name and address of said recipient for providing category code signals uniquely identifying said recipient and for multipleXing said code signals with the image signals representative of said message to form a composite radio facsimile signal for direct transmission to said recipient and in which the code signals precede the message image signals;

fourth means for transmitting said composite radio facsimile signal including the assigned code signal uniquely identifying the intended recipient and the image message signal intended for his receipt into a geographical area in which said recipient is located are in which are located great numbers of other possible recipients of the intended message but each identified by differing category codes; and

fifth means located at the address of the intended recipient for receiving said composite signals and conditioned to reproduce only those messages at his address location which are accompanied by said unique code signal assigned to him;

whereby privacy of transmission is fostered since said image message signal will only be reproduced at the address of the intended recipient to the exclusion of said other possible recipients in the same geographical area into which said composite signal is transmitted and since no intervening human factor forms part of the transmission system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said fourth means includes a microwave transmitter beamed at a relay satellite in synchronous equatorial orbit serving the geographical area in which said intended recipient and said other possible recipients are located.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said fourth means includes a community antenna television network serving the geographical area in which said intended recipient and said other possible recipients are located.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein there is also included sixth means for returning said written message to the sender thereof after the generation of image signals representative of the message to further enhance privacy in the message transmission as no human factor need intervene in order to destroy the message after the transmission thereof.