Memory device having a cyclically configured data memory and having plural data portals for outputting/inputting data

A method of efficiently disseminating data, comprising the steps of:

• providing stored data and a plurality of data portals arranged in a manner defined by modular arithmetic;
• establishing systematic, relative, cyclical movement between the stored data and the data portals;
• utilizing the movement to determine a location of the data relative to the data portals;
• selecting at least one of the data portals in accordance with the location determined and outputting the data at the selected at least one data portal in accordance with the relative, cyclical movement to a telecommunications line;
• and
• transmitting the data to a remote station by means of the telecommunications line.

A method of accessing information held in data locations, comprising the steps of:

• providing a systematic arrangement of plural data locations;
• providing a plurality of data portals arranged in a manner defined by modular arithmetic;
• establishing systematic, relative, cyclical movement between the data locations and the data portals;
• calculating a momentary location within the data locations of a given part of the information;
• and
• selecting one of the data portals based on the calculated momentary location and accessing the information held in the data locations via the selected portal in accordance with the relative, cyclical movement.

A memory device comprising:

• a data storage unit storing data in a systematic arrangement;
• a plurality of data portals arranged in a manner defined by modular arithmetic and connected to said data storage unit;
• means for establishing relative, systematic, cyclical movement between the data stored in said data storage unit and said data portals;
• and
• means for determining a location of the data relative to said data portals at a given time based on the movement between the data and said data portals.

A memory device comprising:

• a data storage unit comprising a plurality of storage devices systematically interconnected in a manner defined by modular arithmetic;
• a plurality of data portals connected to said data storage unit in a manner defined by modular arithmetic;
• a data pump that establishes systematic, recirculating, relative movement between data stored in said storage devices of said data storage unit and said data portals;
• and
• a calculator that determines location of the data relative to said data portals based on the movement.

A memory device comprising:

• a data storage unit having a systematic arrangement of data locations for storing data;
• a plurality of data portals connected to said data locations and arranged in a manner defined by modular arithmetic;
• a generator configured to establish relative, systematic, cyclical movement between said data locations and said data portals;
• and
• a controller configured to select one data portal from among said plurality of data portals in accordance with a data location calculation based on the relative movement, and to interconnect said selected one data portal with one of a plurality of communications lines connected with said memory device.

A memory device comprising:

• a memory storage medium confining cyclically propagating data;
• a plurality of data portals connected to said storage medium and arranged around said memory storage medium in a manner defined by modular arithmetic and in such a manner that said data portals repetitively encounter the cyclically propagating data;
• and
• a unit calculating a momentary location of the cyclically propagating data based on a propagation rate of the data.

A method comprising the steps of:

• providing data memory for storing data in a systematic, cyclical arrangement;
• providing a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs;
• providing sequential, systematic and cyclical relative movement between the stored data and the data outputs;
• selecting one of the data outputs in accordance with a selection signal and a data location calculation based on the relative movement;
• and
• outputting at least a segment of the stored data from the selected data output to one of a plurality of telecommunications lines.

A method of efficiently disseminating data, comprising the steps of:

• providing a systematic arrangement of stored data and a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs;
• establishing relative, systematic, cyclical movement between the stored data and the data outputs;
• utilizing the movement to determine a location of the data relative to the data outputs;
• selecting at least one of the data outputs in accordance with the location determined and outputting the data at the selected at least one data output in accordance with the relative, cyclical movement to a telecommunications line;
• and
• transmitting the data to a remote station by means of the telecommunications line.

A method of accessing information held in data locations, comprising the steps of:

• providing a systematic arrangement of plural data locations;
• providing a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs;
• establishing relative, systematic, cyclical movement between the data locations and the data outputs;
• calculating a momentary location within the data locations of a given part of the information;
• and
• selecting one of the data outputs based on the calculated momentary location and accessing the information held in the data locations via the selected output in accordance with the relative, cyclical movement.

A memory device comprising:

• a data storage unit for storing data in a systematic arrangement;
• a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs connected to said data storage unit;
• means for establishing relative, systematic, cyclical movement between the data stored in said data storage unit and said data outputs;
• and
• means for determining a momentary location of the data relative to said data outputs based on the movement between the data and said data outputs.

A memory device comprising:

• a data storage unit comprising a plurality of storage devices systematically interconnected in a manner defined by modular arithmetic;
• a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs connected to said data storage unit;
• a data pump that establishes relative, systematic, recirculating movement between data stored in said storage devices of said data storage unit and said data outputs;
• and
• a unit that determines location of the data relative to said data outputs based on the movement.

A memory device comprising:

• a data storage unit having a systematic arrangement of data locations for storing data;
• a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs connected to said data locations;
• a generator configured to establish systematic, cyclical, relative movement between said data locations and said data outputs;
• and
• a controller configured to select one data output from among said plural data outputs in accordance with a data location calculation based on the relative movement, and to interconnect said selected one data output with one of a plurality of outgoing communications lines.

A memory device comprising:

• a memory storage medium confining cyclically propagating data;
• a systematic arrangement of plural data outputs connected to said storage medium in such a manner that said data outputs repetitively encounter the cyclically propagating data;
• and
• a unit determining a location at a given time of the cyclically propagating data based on a propagation rate of the data.

A system for distributing selected ones of a plurality of titles stored in a central station to remote stations that respectively select from among the plurality of titles by means of customer premise equipment respectively housed at the remote stations, comprising:

• a mass data storage device in the central station for storing data representing the plurality of titles in a predetermined order and according to a predetermined, systematic data arrangement;
• a plurality of communications ports providing an interface between said mass data storage device and a communications network interconnected between the central station and the plurality of remote stations, said communications ports having a mathematically predefined positional or temporal relationship to the stored data and to each other;
• wherein
• said mass data storage device and said plurality of communications ports are connected in such a manner that the stored data systematically and repetitively encounters each of said communications ports according to a predetermined sequence and timing defined by the systematic data arrangement and the mathematically predefined relationship of said communications ports.