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Telecommunications interface

CA 1260581 A · Owner: Bell Communications Research, Inc. · Inventors: Kline, Robert V.; Brown, Earl F.

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A telecommunications interface is disclosed. The inventive telecommunications interface is capable of collecting multiple asynchronous video audio, graphic and, data signals from a variety of different kinds of sources and retransmitting such signals in a suitable form for display or detection with one or more types of receiver equipment at one or more locations. The interface operates at rates ranging from several hundred bits per second to several gigabits per second. The telecommunications interface includes a dual port RAM whose input and output operate asynchronously. Signals from the user sources are stripped of timing and source identification information and are written into the …

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  • Granted September 26, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 26, 2006.
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FiledDecember 2, 1986
GrantedSeptember 26, 1989
Term endedSeptember 26, 2006
Patent numberCA 1260581 A
Classification (IPC)H04N7/15 +1 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedDec 2, 1986Patent grantedSep 26, 1989Term endedSep 26, 2006

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