×

Multimessage automatic telephone polling methods and apparatus

  • US 4,438,296 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1980
  • Issued: 03/20/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. Automatic announcement apparatus comprising:

  • means for recording on a record media a plurality of messages, each of said plurality of messages being recorded in sequence and including a designation code uniquely defining that message, said means for recording including magnetic recorder means, microphone means selectively connectable to said magnetic recorder means for recording a message on said record media, means for selectively supplying one of a plurality of unique designation codes to said magnetic recorder means for recording on said record media and means responsive to an actuation of said microphone means for indicating that said means for selectively supplying one of a plurality of unique designation codes to said magnetic recorder means must be actuated;

    means for selectively reproducing from said record media one message at a time including said unique designation code, said reproducing means having a playback station at which a next message to be reproduced is positioned;

    memory means for storing a plurality of data words, each data word defining a particular operation and including bit information representing a designation code corresponding to one of said plurality of messages; and

    processor means for reading each of said plurality of data words in a sequence from said memory means, said processor means comparing said bit information representing a designation code corresponding to one of said plurality of messages in each data word read with said unique designation code of said next message to be reproduced as positioned at said playback station and attempting to execute said particular operation defined by said data word and to reproduce said next message to be reproduced by said reproducing means only if an affirmative comparison of said bit information and said designation code of said next message is present, said processor means reading a following data word from said memory means without attempting to execute said particular operation defined for a data word for which a negative comparison resulted.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×