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US 5,852,803 AGranted
Apparatus, system and method for recording and/or retrieving audio information
AssigneeChips International, Inc.
InventorsJames C. Ashby, III, Roy G. Tiemann
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method is provided for recording and retrieving voice information into a label attachable to a product. The voice information provides a more readily identifiable indicator of the characteristics or contents of the product than conventional written information or labels attached to the product. The label can be accessed from voice information submitted into or from a remote programmer attachable to, or in communication with, the label.
Claims4
A method for audio labeling products with a reusable label, comprising:
- releasibly securing a label bearing an audio recorder to a first product;
- sending a first verbal message concerning said first product to said label;
- recording said first verbal message in said recorder;
- subsequently retrieving said first verbal message in audio format from said recorder;
- releasing said label from said first product and thereafter releasibly securing said label to a second product;
- while erasing said first verbal message, sending a second verbal message concerning said second product to said label;
- recording said second verbal message in said recorder;
- and
- subsequently retrieving said second verbal message in audio format from said recorder.
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An instructional apparatus, comprising:
- a bar code label attachable to a product;
- recording means capable of recording a vocal message into a storage device corresponding to said bar code label, wherein said recording means comprises a voice recorder capable of recording said vocal message as telephone quality voice input;
- and
- retrieving means capable of reproducibly retrieving said vocal message indicative of an identifiable characteristic associated with said product, wherein
- said retrieving means comprises a speaker operable to reproduce and vocalize said recorded vocal message as telephone quality voice output.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.