US 6,889,039 B2 · Memory management terminal and method for handling acoustic samples

Abstract

A memory management terminal for handling recorded acoustic samples and generating an electronic representation of the acoustic sample for being represented in categories in a hierarchical memory structure, and including means in order to enable later retrieval of the acoustic samples, where the terminal has means for enabling each electronic representation of the acoustic sample to be assigned a category-label and that electronic representations with the same category-label can be played back together. The terminal includes: means for assigning each electronic representation of said acoustic sample with a category-label, means for recording the electronic representation of the acoustic sample, means for storing each category-labelled group of electronic representations, means for retrieving the electronic representations with a certain category-label, playback means and means for organising the electronic representations. The claimed invention also includes a method for handling recorded acoustic samples and generating an electronic representation of the acoustic sample in order to enable later retrieval of the electronic representations.

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Dependent claims

A method for handling recorded acoustic samples in a mobile phone represented in categories in a hierarchical memory structure comprising:

recording an acoustic sample and generating an electronic representation of said acoustic sample in said memory structure, said electronic representation of said acoustic sample being retrievable from said memory structure and played back,
assigning a label of each electronic representation of said acoustic sample, said label includes a category in said memory structure and a name for said electronic representation of said acoustic sample, said assigning including:
assigning each electronic representation of said acoustic sample a default or user-defined category in said memory structure,
assigning a name for said electronic representation of said acoustic sample,
assigning a sorting criteria, and
assigning date, time and duration of record to the electronic representation of said acoustic sample,
displaying the name of said electronic representation of said acoustic sample under the assigned category in said memory structure, the displaying including an indication whether said acoustic sample has been played back or not, and
playing back said electronic representation of said acoustic sample from a selected category in said memory structure
wherein the mobile phone is compatible for use in a GSM network.

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A memory management terminal comprising a mobile phone for handling recorded acoustic samples represented in categories in a hierarchical memory structure comprising:

recording means for recording an acoustic sample and generating an electronic representation of said acoustic sample in said memory structure, said electronic representation of said acoustic sample being retrievable from said memory structure and played back,
inputting means for assigning a label of each electronic representation of said acoustic sample, said label includes a category in said memory structure and a name for said electronic representation of said acoustic sample, wherein said assigning of a label to each electronic representation of said acoustic sample includes:
assigning each electronic representation of said acoustic sample a default or user-defined category in said memory structure,
assigning a name for said electronic representation of said acoustic sample,
assigning a sorting criteria, and
assigning date, time and duration of record to the electronic representation of said acoustic sample, and
outputting means for displaying the name of said electronic representation of said acoustic sample under the assigned category in said memory structure and said electronic representation of said acoustic sample, and an indication whether said acoustic sample has been played back or not
wherein the mobile phone is compatible for use in a GSM network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Memory management terminal and method for handling acoustic samples

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