Single action audio prompt interface utlizing binary state time domain multiple selection protocol
AssigneeCuro Interactive Incorporated
InventorPaul M. Toupin
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Abstract
An interface protocol for the functional manipulation of complex devices such as personal telecommunication devices without the necessity of the visual feedback via textual or graphic data, wherein the sensor functions change with time rather than placement, so that a user action biases a binary state switch, which is correlated to a timed audible audio data stream, the correlation indicating the desired action selected by the user. The device can be embedded in a product such as a plush toy without altering the external aesthetics of the product.
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An audio prompted telecommunication interface device using a binary state time domain multiple selection protocol comprising:
- a telecommunication device housing,
- a processor and cooperating memory and a power supply mounted in said housing,
- an audio broadcaster mounted in said housing and cooperating with said processor for audibly broadcasting outside of said housing a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster,
- a binary state input switch mounted in said housing for receiving binary state input from a user, said input for binary biasing of said input switch between opposite binary states in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts,
- a timer cooperating with said processor, said processor correlating said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within a sequential series of time domains timed by said timer,
- said processor correlating said single time domain with said single prompt and executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory, wherein, if said single action is a telecommunication action, said processor executing said single action in further cooperation with a telecommunication transceiver mounted in said housing,
- wherein said processor, said memory, said power supply, said audio broadcaster, said input receiver, said timer and said telecommunication transceiver are hidden within, so as to not alter the external appearance of said device housing.
In an audio prompted telecommunication interface device which includes a telecommunication device housing, and mounted in said housing a processor and cooperating memory, a power supply, an audio broadcaster, a binary state input switch, a timer, and a telecommunication transceiver, a binary state time domain multiple selection protocol method comprising the steps of:
- (a) audibly broadcasting outside of said housing from said broadcaster a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster,
- (b) receiving binary state input to said input switch from a user, said input binary biasing said input switch between opposite binary states in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts,
- (c) timing, by said timer, a sequential series of time domains,
- (d) correlating, by said processor, said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within said sequential series of time domains,
- (e) correlating, by said processor, said single time domain with said single prompt, and
- (f) executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory.
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