Compressive communication and storage system

A compressive communications system, including a sending station and a receiving station, each of said sending and receiving stations including a plurality of communication paths, the system comprising:

• a communications highway connecting said plurality of sending communication paths to said plurality of receiving communication paths;
• means included at said sending station for sequentially and selectively encoding information bits to be sent over said communications highway, said encoding means including a frequency selective resonant device located in each of said plurality of communication paths for providing a signal representing a respective information bit, said signal having a frequency correlated to the resonant frequency of said frequency resonant device in said paths;
• means included in each of said plurality of communication paths for amplifying and selectively inverting the phase of each of said information bits;
• and
• means at said receiving station for decoding said encoded information bits, said decoding means including a corresponding frequency selective resonant device in each path responsive to a corresponding predetermined resonant frequency for retrieving from said path an information bit associated therewith.

A compressive storage and retrieval system for the storage and retrieval of digital information bits, the system including:

• means for converting multiple simultaneously available patterns of digital information bits into a predetermined number of coded information bits;
• means for adding said coded information bits into a single composite signal;
• means for storing said single composite signal in a storage medium;
• and
• means for retrieving said digital information bits by converting said composite signal into simultaneously available bit indications coresponding to said patterns of simultaneously available digital information bits.

A digital modulation method comprising the steps of:

• modulating one of a group of signals with a bit of a group of bits through use of first circuit having a first signal adder and a first feedback loop including a first resonant circuit of predetermined center frequency, said first feedback loop for iteratively applying a feedback signal from an output of said first circuit to said first signal adder for addition with a low power signal present at an input of said first signal adder;
• utilizing a switch circuit controlled by the bit stream to apply said feedback signal to said signal adder, whereby energy at said first circuit output increases with each successive iteration for enabling transmission of a carrier signal modulated with a bit of said bit stream;
• demodulating the modulated carrier signal utilizing a second circuit having a second signal adder and a second feedback loop including a second resonant circuit having a corresponding center frequency as said first resonant circuit, said second feedback loop iteratively applying a feedback signal at an output of said second circuit to said second signal adder for addition with said modulated carrier signal present at said second signal adder;
• and,
• detecting the amplitude of the signal present in the second circuit to obtain bits of said bit stream.

A superresonant circuit comprising:

• means for receiving a stream of encoded data signals, each encoded data signal being received in successive time intervals,
• means for completely decoding a respective encoded data signal within a time duration of its corresponding time interval, wherein each data signal is encoded as a single frequency modulated pulse, said circuit further comprising:
• an output connection;
• a signal adder means for receiving said stream of encoded data signals at a first input;
• a phase shift element responsive to said single frequency modulated pulse;
• feedback means for providing a signal from said output connection to a second input of said adder means, said feedback and signal adder means operating to recirculate said signal within said superresonant circuit a plurality of times to enable decoding of said encoded signal within said time interval, wherein said superresonant circuit enables said signal to progressively tune to said single frequency of band of signals with each recirculation, wherein .eta. recirculations occur to produce a detectable signal in said superresonant circuit, said .eta. recirculations occurring in a period of time less than or equal to a time rate of change of said data signals, and wherein each said encoded signal occupies a bandwidth of a transmission channel reduced in proportion to the number .eta. recirculations as observed at said output connection.

A superresonant circuit for encoding a stream of data signals, said circuit comprising:

• means for receiving data signals in successive time intervals;
• means for completely generating an encoded data signal for the received data signal within a time duration of a single time interval of said data signal, wherein said encoded signal is frequency encoded, wherein said superresonant circuit further comprises an output;
• a signal adder means for receiving a continuous band of signals at multiple frequencies at a first input;
• a phase shift element responsive to a signal at a specific frequency;
• feedback means for providing a signal from said output connection to a second input of said adder means, said feedback and signal adder means operating to recirculate said signal within said superresonant circuit a plurality of times to enable encoding of said data signal within said one time interval, wherein said superresonant circuit further comprises means for suppressing energy in response to a said received data signal, and wherein .eta. recirculations occur to produce said frequency encoded signal in said superresonant circuit, said .eta. recirculations occurring in a period of time less than or equal to a time rate of change of said data signals.