Electronic identification system
OwnerMichael Bowlinginventor
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Abstract
A portable, self-contained identification system comprises a base, a removable lid operatively and sealingly engageable with the base, whereby the removable lid and the base cooperate to form a sealed enclosure when the removable lid is engaged with the base. A recording device has a record microphone and a record switch and the playback device has a speaker and a playback switch. The recording switch is manually actuated to record the message and a playback switch is actuated by the depression and the release of the playback button, such that the playback switch is automatically actuated by removal of the removable lid to playback the message.
Claims20
A water-resistant portable, self-contained identification system for a user and for recording an identifying message and subsequent playback of the message, the system comprising:
- a base shell having no external openings;
- a removable lid shell having no external openings operatively and sealingly engageable with the base shell, the removable lid shell and the base shell cooperating to form a sealed enclosure when the removable lid is engaged with the base shell;
- an attaching device adapted to mount the system to the user;
- a recording device for recording the message, a memory storage device for storing the message, and a playback device for playing the message, each of the recording device, storage device, and playback device being housed within the enclosure;
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- a power supply operatively connected with the recording device and the playback device;
- the recording device having a record microphone and a record switch and the playback device having a speaker and a playback switch;
- wherein the recording switch is manually actuated to record the message and the playback switch is automatically actuated by removal of the removable lid shell to play back the message.
A method for identifying a user through an audio message, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sealable water-resistant enclosure comprising an upper and lower shell having a closed, protected mode and an open, unprotected mode, said upper and lower shell having no external openings;
- disposing within the enclosure a circuit board having a memory storage device, a recording device, and a playback device, the recording device further comprising a recording switch and a microphone and the playback device further comprising a playback switch and a speaker;
- providing the circuit board with a power supply;
- recording the audio message by actuating the record switch when the enclosure is in the open, unprotected mode;
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- automatically playing back the audio message when the sealed enclosure is placed in the open, unprotected mode.
An identification system for a user for providing an audio message, the system comprising:
- a sealable enclosure having a first closed, protected mode and a second open, exposed mode;
- a circuit board comprising a digital memory device, a recording device having a record switch and a microphone, and a playback device having a playback switch and a speaker;
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- a power supply operatively connected with the circuit board;
- wherein the audio message is recorded to the digital memory device when the recording switch is actuated and the audio message is automatically played back when the sealable enclosure is placed in the second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.