Patents Assigned to United Video, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5016115
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously transmitting information to a plurality of standard facsimile (fax) receivers in which each receiver may have timing and response characteristics which vary from other receivers, including the steps of transmitting by a selective carrier path a unitary signal from a unitary transmitter location to a plurality of fax receivers time-spaced ring signals, the number of ring signals being at least equal to the number of ring signals to which each of the receivers is responsive, delaying further transmission a preselected length of time during which the individual receivers generate standard calls, station identification and other signals which are irrelevant to the transmitter, transmitting predetermined command signals which are simultaneously received by the facsimile receivers as required to place all receivers in condition to receive a fax message, delaying further transmission at a preselected length of time during which the individual receivers generate standard confirmation to rec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: United Video, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Calkins