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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1993
Gordon Bremer, Clearwater, FL (US);
Kenneth D Ko, Clearwater, FL (US);
Luke J Smithwick, New Port Richey, FL (US);
AT&T Corp., Murray, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a simultaneous voice and data communications system, a voice signal is mapped into an N-dimensional signal space constellation as a vector, and added to a reference signal point, i.e., a data symbol, where the data symbol is selected from a constellation of data symbols every signaling interval as a function of a data signal. The constellation signal space is further divided into a number of shaped regions, where each region is associated with a different one of the data symbols. The shape of each region is selected as a function of the characteristics of the voice, or audio, signal. In particular, each region illustratively has a rectangular shape.