Method and apparatus for communicating information
CA 2257980 A1 · Owner: Envia, Inc. · Inventors: Cummings, Mark R.
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A method and apparatus for communicating information between a remote location and a user. Information from the remote location or the user is received by the inventive apparatus and processed by configurable circuitry (50) to a form that can be received and used by the intended recipient. The configurable circuitry can be changed manually by a human user (140) or remotely through the receipt of the appropriate signals. Accordingly the apparatus can be , reconfigurable to be able to receive information that is transmitted in different forms from those forms that are receivable before reconfiguration.
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- Filed June 10, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 10, 2017.
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