# US 9,439,239 B2 · Selective transmission storage and playback for communication device

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- Number: US 9,439,239 B2
- Document ID: US9439239B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/169,880
- Filed: 2014-01-31
- Published: 2015-04-23
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-10-22
- Assignees: William H. Jennings
- Applicants: William H. Jennings
- Inventors: William H. Jennings; Gerald Cooper
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439239B2

## CPC

- H04W 88/023: {with message or information receiving capability}
- H04H 60/27: Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
- H04W 4/10: Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
- H04H 60/37: for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N)

## Abstract

A transmission playback device for selectively storing discrete transmission data is configured for use with a telecommunications accessory device. The playback device includes a memory assembly having a pair of identical storage buffers. A first storage buffer has memory designated for continuously recording transmission data, and a second storage buffer has memory designated for selectively storing a discrete message from the transmission data. A controller exchanges the designations of each storage buffer upon a request by a user such that the second storage buffer becomes designated for continuously recording transmission data and the first storage buffer becomes designated for selectively storing a discrete message from the transmission data.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A transmission playback device for selectively storing discrete transmission data and configured for use with a telecommunications accessory device, comprising:
a memory assembly including a first storage buffer and a second storage buffer, wherein the first and second storage buffers are identical;
the first storage buffer having memory designated for continuously recording transmission data;
the second storage buffer having memory designated for selectively storing a discrete portion of the transmission data;
a controller operated by actuation means including an actuation button for exchanging the designations of each storage buffer upon a request by a user and playing back the stored transmission data,
wherein when the first storage buffer is designated for continuously recording transmission data, and the second storage buffer is designated for selectively storing a discrete portion of the transmission data, the controller causes the first buffer to be designated for selectively storing a discrete portion of the transmission data and the second buffer to be designated for continuously recording transmission data upon receipt of said user request.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The transmission playback device of claim 1, wherein the transmission playback device is adapted to connect to the telecommunications accessory device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The transmission playback device of claim 1, wherein the actuation button is integrally molded on the accessory device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The transmission playback device of claim 1, wherein a length of the discrete transmission is a function of a length of time that the actuation button is depressed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The transmission playback device of claim 1, wherein operation of the actuation button causes said playing back of the stored transmission data in the absence of a transmission, and wherein said playing back is terminated automatically and further operation of the actuation button is ignored in the presence of a transmission.