Appointment calendaring clock
AssigneeLeonard W. Miller
InventorsLeonard W. Miller, James B. Bear
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Abstract
An alarm clock which may be embodied in a clock radio includes an audio recording system and apparatus permitting its user at various times to record information regarding future appointments or other scheduling information, the input information being designated with a particular month and day to which it applies. The clock mechanism provides a playback of the various scheduling information provided at different times for a specific date when the alarm rings on that specific date so that the user is notified of his schedule on awakening.
Claims13
An alarm clock, comprising:
- means for recording plural spoken messages comprising:
- means for inputting a signal representing a date on which said messages are to be played;
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- means for generating signals in response to a human voice for recording on a storage medium, each such recording corresponding to a signal representing a date;
- and
- alarm means for playing back informtion recorded on said storage medium corresponding to a given date on said given date;
- and
- means for automatically eliminating from said storage medium said information following the playback of said information on said given date.
An appointment calendaring system, comprising:
- a tape recorder for recording plural spoken appointment messages, each message identified by a date on which it is to be replayed;
- means for automatically replaying the messages identified to correspond to a given date on said given date;
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- means for automatically leaving that portion of said tape corresponding to said date void of said messages following said date.
An alarm clock comprising:
- means for presetting a time of day at which said clock awakens a user;
- means for playing a prerecorded audio message at said preset time of day;
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- means for recording and simultaneously storing plural said prerecorded audio messages, each such message identified by a different date for playing.
An alarm clock, comprising:
- a tape recorder for recording plural spoken messages, each message identified by a date on which it is to be replayed;
- means for automatically playing back prerecorded messages corresponding to a given date each time said tape recorder records additional messages corresponding to said given date;
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- means for automatically replaying the messages identified to correspond to a given date on said date.
An alarm clock, comprising:
- a tape recorder for recording plural spoken messages, each message identified by a date on which it is to be replayed, said tape recorder comprising:
- a magnetic tape separated into segments corresponding to a given date;
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- means for automatically locating and preparing to replay said portion of said magnetic tape corresponding to said date on said date;
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- means for automatically replaying messages found on said portion of said magnetic tape corresponding to said date on said tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.