Audiographics communication system
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1. An integrated audiographics communications system comprisinga common telephone line,a plurality of audiographics telephone terminals connected to said common telephone line, each of said terminals includingmeans for dialing a telephone number to establish a single telephone connection between two or more of said terminals,display means,light pen means for enabling a user to visually write text or draw graphics information on said display means,means for simultaneously transmitting and receiving data over only said signal telephone connection, said data including spoken audio information and digital text or graphics transmit information,said display means including means for visually displaying said received text or graphics data, thereby providing a common display between said terminals having an ordinary telephone connection to one another,an integrated speakerphone for providing an audio speech signal corresponding to said spoken audio data simultaneously with the visually displayed text or graphics data,means for generating said digital graphics transmit information corresponding to said written text or drawn graphics information, andaudio means for generating audio transmit information corresponding to spoken audible information.
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Abstract
An interactive graphics and audio communications system is disclosed. The system enables users to communicate audibly and graphically over a single telephone connection.
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1. An integrated audiographics communications system comprising
a common telephone line, a plurality of audiographics telephone terminals connected to said common telephone line, each of said terminals including means for dialing a telephone number to establish a single telephone connection between two or more of said terminals, display means, light pen means for enabling a user to visually write text or draw graphics information on said display means, means for simultaneously transmitting and receiving data over only said signal telephone connection, said data including spoken audio information and digital text or graphics transmit information, said display means including means for visually displaying said received text or graphics data, thereby providing a common display between said terminals having an ordinary telephone connection to one another, an integrated speakerphone for providing an audio speech signal corresponding to said spoken audio data simultaneously with the visually displayed text or graphics data, means for generating said digital graphics transmit information corresponding to said written text or drawn graphics information, and audio means for generating audio transmit information corresponding to spoken audible information.
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4. In an integrated audiographics system including a plurality of audiographics telephone terminals connected to a common telephone line, each of said terminals comprising
means for establishing a telephone connection with one or more of said terminals, display means, light pen means for enabling a user to visually write text or draw graphics information on said display means, means for transmitting data over said common telephone line to another one of said terminals, said data including audio and text or graphics information, means for receiving said transmitted data over said common telephone line from another of said terminals, said display means including means for visually displaying said received text or graphics data thereby providing a common visual display between said terminals having a telephone connection to one another, and an integrated speakerphone for providing an audio signal corresponding to said received audio data simultaneously with said displayed text or graphics data.
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6. In an integrated audiographics system including a plurality of audiographics telephone terminals connected to a common communication line, each of said terminals comprising
display means for visually displaying text or graphics data, light pen means for enabling a user to visually write text or draw graphics information on said display means, means for generating text or graphics digital transmit information, means for generating audio digital transmit information, means for dialing an access number to establish a connection over said communication line between two or more of said terminals, means for transmitting and receiving digital data over said common communication line, said digital data including audio and text or graphics information, display means for visually displaying said received text or graphics digital data thereby providing a common visual display between said terminals having a telephone connection to one another, means for converting said digital audio data to analog data, and an integrated speakerphone for providing an audio signal corresponding to said receiver audio analog data.
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7. An integrated audiographics communication system comprising
a common telephone line, a plurality of audiographics telephone terminals connected to said common telephone, each of said terminals including means for dialing a telephone number to establish a telephone connection between two or more of said terminals, display means, light pen means for enabling a user to visually write text or draw graphics data on said display means, means for generating text or graphics transmit data corresponding to said written text or graphics data, means for generating audio transmit data corresponding to audible data, means for combining said audio and text or graphics transmit data, and means for transmitting said combined data over said telephone line without significant degradation of said audio or graphics quality.
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9. In an integrated audiographics system including a plurality of audiographics telephone terminals connected to a common telephone line, each of said terminals comprising
means for dialing a telephone number to establish a telephone connection between two or more of said terminals, means for generating text or graphics digital transmit information, means for transmitting and receiving digital data over said common telephone line, said digital data including text or graphics information, display means for visually displaying said received text or graphics digital data thereby providing a common visual display between said terminals having a telephone connection to one another, and light pen means for enabling a user to visually write text or draw graphics information on said display means.
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Current AssigneeSPI Soft PAC International, SUVA Corporation A Corporation of CA
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Original AssigneeSPI Soft PAC International
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InventorsSullivan, Thomas M., Matthews, Thomas P., Pleva, Robert M.
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Primary Examiner(s)Dwyer, James L.
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Application NumberUS06/527,797Time in Patent Office1,330 DaysField of Search179/2 A, 179/2 TV, 179/2 DP, 179/81 B, 179/90 BUS Class Current379/93.19CPC Class CodesH04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networ...H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical...H04M 11/066 Telephone sets adapted for ...
