METACOM

Portable Readable Message Receiving Apparatus, Communication Systems Serving Such Readable Message Receiving Apparatus-Namely, Message Transmitting Keyboard Terminals, Acoustic Couplers, Telephone Apparatus, and Central Computer Apparatus for Receiving, Storing and Effecting Transmission of Readable Messages from Multiple Transmitting Keyboard Terminals to Multiple Selected Readable Message Receiving Devices

Communication Services Incident to the Operation of Multiple Message Transmitting Terminals, the Reception and Storage of Multiple Messages from Multiple Readable Message Transmitting Keyboard Terminals, the Storing of Such Messages in Central Computer Equipment, and Effecting the Transmission of Such Stored Messages to Specifically Identified Readable Message Receiving Apparatus for the Purpose of Providing Subscribers with Facilities for Sending and Receiving Messages Via Computer Equipment