Data output format modifying system
First Claim
1. A system for placing a stream of data signals representing characters arranged for a television display into a format for acceptance by a communications printer for printing out of the data with a selected number of characters per line, comprising:
- a data adapter member including;
signal storage means composed of two memory units connected for receiving and temporarily storing successive portions of the stream of character data signals;
output means;
control signal generating means for generating signals required to instruct a communications printer to begin printing out a new line of characters; and
control means connected to said memory units and generating means for causing successive data signal portions to be written into alternate ones of said memory units and to be read out from said memory units in alternation, each data signal stream portion being read out in successive segments to said output means, each segment containing signals representing such selected number of characters, and for supplying to said output means, during intervals between read out of successive segments, the signals required to instruct the printer to begin a new line of characters, said output means emitting signals corresponding to the signals supplied thereto; and
a printer controller member connected to receive the signals emitted by said output means and to supply the information contained in those signals to a communications printer.
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Abstract
A system for placing data in a format for acceptance by a general purpose communications printer, the data originally being in a format for providing a television display to news wire service subscribers, and being originally in a format composed of signals representing a succession of characters. The data is temporarily stored and then read out in segments each containing signals representing the number of characters per line in the printer output, printer control signals are inserted between segments, and the resulting composite signal is then conducted to the printer locations, where it is placed in a form which can be applied to a printer.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for placing a stream of data signals representing characters arranged for a television display into a format for acceptance by a communications printer for printing out of the data with a selected number of characters per line, comprising:
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a data adapter member including;
signal storage means composed of two memory units connected for receiving and temporarily storing successive portions of the stream of character data signals;
output means;
control signal generating means for generating signals required to instruct a communications printer to begin printing out a new line of characters; and
control means connected to said memory units and generating means for causing successive data signal portions to be written into alternate ones of said memory units and to be read out from said memory units in alternation, each data signal stream portion being read out in successive segments to said output means, each segment containing signals representing such selected number of characters, and for supplying to said output means, during intervals between read out of successive segments, the signals required to instruct the printer to begin a new line of characters, said output means emitting signals corresponding to the signals supplied thereto; anda printer controller member connected to receive the signals emitted by said output means and to supply the information contained in those signals to a communications printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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