Pitney Bowes Inc.

Dictaphone Corporation.

Wayne C Hoffman

John D Goldson

Keith K Leung

Kathleen Quinn

A device according to the invention is compatible with conventional magnetic tape loggers. Such a device is termed a message repeater, and it records and replays audio signals forming messages on a message channel, such as a telephone line or a radio channel. The message repeater includes circuits for converting the audio signals on a particular channel into corresponding digital signals and circuits for storing the digital signals. The message repeater also includes circuits for selectively recalling the signals that were stored and circuits for converting the signals that were recalled into analog audio signals. Messages on the selected message channel may be recorded and later replayed by the message repeater. Preferably, the message repeater includes a display with indications of the relative locations and lengths of the stored messages as well as a cursor or index. Furthermore, the message repeater preferably permits a selected message to be saved, thereby allowing the selected message to be replayed at the convenience of the operator. Additionally, the message repeater advantageously has fault detection circuits for determining if a fault has occurred in the other circuits.

Method and device for recording and replaying audio communications

An improvement in a changer apparatus of the type having a recording deck to which individual recording media are transported, one at a time, and an output stack for receiving and storing in stack configuration recording media that have been removed from the recording deck, including a device for laterally transporting a recording medium to the output stack, the improvement comprising a lifting element disposed at the output stack and contacted by the recording medium that is laterally transported to the output stack to raise those recording media then stored in the output stack, whereupon the laterally transported recording medium is positioned as the bottommost medium in the output stack.

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Norwalk, CT, United States of America

Wayne C Hoffman