STORAGE DIFFERENT FROM RETRIEVAL (E.G., OPTICAL RECORDING ANDMAGNETIC REPRODUCTION):
(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein storage medium sensing for signal retrieval is diverse from storage medium modification for signal storage.
(1) Note. The term "diverse" refers to physically different changes, e.g., magnetic, optical, mechanical.
(2) Note. For classification herein the diverse types of storage and retrieval must be claimed together. Alternative embodiments of an invention claimed separately are classified elsewhere.
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17, for conversion of the information from a variation in one characteristic to a variation in a different characteristic of the storage medium.
85, for transfer of stored information from a storage medium to another of diverse type.
