Network announcement platform
OwnerHamid Reza Zarafsharinventor
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Abstract
Network announcements are cached on an announcement card, so that the phonemes do not have to be read from disk every time an announcement is needed. Memory is provided on the announcement card to hold the phonemes of announcements are they are used by the announcement system. A suitable caching algorithm is used to replace stored announcements with other announcements as needed. Each announcement card stores its own set of announcements, which may or may not be the same as another announcement card. Thus, on the average, announcements may be more readily available, increasing the speed and capacity of the network announcement system without major modification.
Claims7
A network announcement platform comprising:
- a processor;
- a disk drive storing phonemes that form a plurality of network announcements;
- a memory;
- and
- a plurality of announcement cards, each of said announcement cards including a memory for caching announcements.
A method for operating a network announcement platform comprising a processor, a disk drive storing phonemes that form a plurality of network announcements, a memory;
- and a plurality of announcement cards, each of said announcement cards including a memory for caching announcements, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for an announcement;
- assigning an announcement card to said request;
- determining whether said announcement is in said memory by said announcement card:
- and
- delivering said announcement from said memory by said announcement card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.