Method and system for the high-speed generation and transmission of a sequence of characters by means of voice frequencies

• US 5,859,913 A
• Filed: 09/25/1996
• Issued: 01/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fintel SA
• Original Assignee: Fintel SA
• Inventors: Goreta, Lucas, DuRoux, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Gregory, Bernarr E.
• Application Number:
  US08/719,795
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 380/9, 380/28, 380/33, 380/34, 380/35, 380/36, 380/37, 380/38, 380/39, 380/40, 380/41, 380/42, 380/43, 380/44, 380/49, 380/50, 380/52, 380/59, 380/23, 380/24, 380/25, 379/355, 379/356, 379/357, 379/359, 379/360, 379/361, 235/379, 235/380
• US Class Current: 380/52
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/30 wherein each code element is represented by a combination of frequencies
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/505 signals generated in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/066 Telephone sets adapted for data transmision
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/453 in which m-out-of-n signalling frequencies are transmitted

Abstract

Disclosed is a method enabling the generation, by means of voice frequencies, of a sequence of several characters and the high-speed transmission of these characters. This method comprises the step of the elimination, during transmission, of the blanks between two successive characters when these characters are distinct or are encoded distinctly.

Claims

1. A method of generating a sequence of characters and transmitting said sequence of characters, said method comprising the step of encoding said sequence of characters, in using voice frequency within a range from 100 to 3300 Hz without providing any intermediate silence between two successive characters:

when these characters are not identical;

or,

when these characters are not encoded identically whereby a speed transmission of said sequence of characters is increased.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the step of encoding said sequence of characters, without providing any intermediate silence, comprises the steps of:

processing the sequence of characters to be transmitted beforehand, so that two successive characters are not identical; and

performing a reverse operation, after transmission, in order to obtain an original sequence.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the step of encoding said sequence of characters, without providing any intermediate silence, comprising the steps of:

selecting N groups among N+1 groups of voice frequencies, N being greater than or equal to 2;

alternating regularly the N groups selected among the N+1 groups; and

,

encoding the characters by simultaneous transmission of N voice frequencies each chosen from said N groups at a rate of, at the most, one per group.

4. A method according to claim 1, a matrix of the characters to be transmitted being a matrix of sixteen DTMF characters, wherein said method comprises the steps:

selecting a first set of two groups of voice frequencies and a second set of two groups of voice frequencies from among three groups of four voice frequencies;

alternating said first set of two groups and said second set of two groups; and

encoding the characters by simultaneous transmission of two voice frequencies, each two voice frequencies being chosen alternately from among said first and second set of two groups at a rate of one voice frequency chosen, at the most, per group.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the sequence of several characters belongs to the group comprising:

telephone numbers;

identification codes; and

,

encryption data.

6. A system for generating a sequence comprising several characters representing data elements and for transmitting the data elements over a distance, said system comprising:

a portable object transmitting voice frequencies within the range 100 to 3300 Hz to a microphone of a terminal, said portable object comprising an encoder for encoding said sequence of characters, in using voice frequency without providing any intermediate silence between two successive characters;

when these characters are not identical;

or,

when these characters are not encoded identically whereby a speed transmission of said sequence of characters is increased;

a communication network for transmission of the characters representing the data elements from the microphone of the terminal to a distant computer; and

said computer comprising means for reconstituting an original sequence of characters and processing of said sequence.

7. A system for generating a sequence comprising several characters representing data elements and for transmitting the data elements over a distance, said system, comprising:

a portable object transmitting voice frequencies to a microphone of a terminal, said portable object comprising;

a generator for generating N+1 groups of voice frequencies, with N not less than 2;

means for selecting N groups of voice frequencies each chosen from among the N+1 groups of voice frequencies;

means for alternating combinations of N groups;

means for encoding the characters by simultaneous transmission of N voice frequencies, each chosen from said N groups at a rate of at the most, one per group;

a communications network for transmission of the characters representing the data elements from the microphone of the terminal to a distant computer; and

,

said computer comprising means for reconstituting an original sequence of characters and processing of said sequence.

8. A portable object transmitting voice frequencies to a microphone of a terminal, said portable object comprising:

means for generating N+1 groups of voice frequencies, with N not less than 2;

means for selecting N groups of voice frequencies, each chosen from among the N+1 groups of voice frequencies;

means for alternating combinations of N groups; and

,

means for encoding a sequence comprising several characters by simultaneous transmission of N voice frequencies, each chosen from said N groups at a rate of at the most, one voice frequency per group.

9. A multi-frequency terminal to enter a sequence of characters to be transmitted on a telephone network, said terminal comprising;

means for generating N+1 of voice frequencies, with N not less than 2;

means for selecting N groups of voice frequencies each chosen from among the N+1 groups of voice frequencies;

means for alternating combinations of N groups; and

,

means for encoding the characters by simultaneous transmission of N voice frequencies, each chosen from said N groups at a rate of, at the most, one voice frequency per group.