Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Specific signal processing circuitry
Patent
1989-12-21
1992-08-18
Shepperd, John W.
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Facsimile
Specific signal processing circuitry
34082544, H04N 7087
Patent
active
051404192
ABSTRACT:
A communications system having centralized management and multiply-hierarchical addressing schemes is disclosed. The system may be used in connection with supplying video, audio and data such as weather-related text, graphics, and information to affiliated receivers in a network for broadcast or display. Receivers may be addressed singly or in groups and allowed to determine their own addresses from information keyed, directly or indirectly, to a receiver characteristic such as the unit serial number. Lists of commands denominated "scripts" and transmitted to receivers are used for controlling the various modes or states of the receivers.
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Galumbeck Alan D.
Mackinnon Russell D. N.
Pincock Douglas G.
Reid Frederick A.
Shepperd John W.
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