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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428189 | Electronic assistant and method An electronic assistant issues audible, spoken, digitally recorded, medication reminders at programmed times, entered using a microphone and a recessed rotary switch that requires a tool for access. The device repeats medication reminders, and, if the reminders are ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7376051 | Clock with selected audio messages A clock has a solid state memory or other storage medium containing many messages, each of which preferably is appropriate to a particular date, time of day, week, season, etc. The clock is self-contained, without connection to any network for message content. In se... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7362661 | Device for teaching time A device for teaching one about telling time is provided. The device includes a clock face with rotatable minute and hour hands. The minute and hour hands are adapted so that a user of the device can rotate them manually to indicate a preselected time. The device is... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7336565 | Talking alarm clock An educational alarm clock radio is provided that speaks a new word each day when the alarm goes off, the words each being stored in a memory cartridge as an individual increments of information in a sequential set of increments. When the alarm goes off, the word of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7317664 | Multiplayer gaming button A multiplayer gaming button for tracking dealer position and betting schedules. The multiplayer gaming button includes a single input configured to set the primary countdown timer without using any other inputs and/or a primary countdown timer configured to be set t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317803 | Medicine administration method The medicine administration method employs a reminder device with a digital recorder, a visual display device, an audio speaker, a microphone, a resonator and light, a power supply, a computer processor unit, and appropriate controls encased in a housing. A code sig... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295969 | Digital recording and playback system with voice recognition capability for concurrent text generation A recording and playback system is provided. The system includes an audio capturing device configured to receive an analog input and an encoder coupled to the audio capturing device configured to generate a digital signal based on the analog input. The system furthe... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280439 | Sunlight simulating microprocessor alarm clock The present invention relates to an improved countermeasure for circadian and sleep disruption as caused by a traditional alarm clock. It incorporates a lighting system at the alarm clock that, prior to the preset waking time, will emit a light that gradually increa... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7240005 | Method of controlling high-speed reading in a text-to-speech conversion system A method of high-speed reading in a text-to-speech conversion system including a text analysis module (101) for generating a phoneme and prosody character string from an input text; a prosody generation module (102) for generating a synthesis parameter... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7206260 | Interval timer An interval timer that is constructed of a polygonal shaped housing which has a time display screen and a pressure activating button within one surface of the housing and another surface of the housing includes a mode selection switch, time increment button and seco... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187625 | Shofar timekeeping apparatus and method Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for audibly playing through a speaker (12) of a timekeeping apparatus (1) comprising a visual replica of a shofar (11), at least one shofar call sound (14) in response to a timing device (17 | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177235 | Timer with selectable alert modes A multi mode alert timer having a timer display, switches for start stop and reset functions and audible, visible, and tactile alert signal selection and a housing where a user may select a timer alert signal including the individual alert signals or any combination... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7148745 | Sleep mode recovery One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a circuit. For example, the circuit can include a first stage amplifier coupled to receive a reference voltage. The circuit can also include a second stage amplifier coupled with an output of the circuit and the fir... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7042337 | Communication and data entry device A personal communication and data entry device comprises a portable housing, an internal controller coupled to the housing, a paging device coupled to the controller, and at least one of a voice recording device, a cellular telephone transceiver, a radio transceiver... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7006894 | Interactive medication cassette This invention relates to an interactive medication cassette with a machine readable and writable information strip that contains information corresponding to the medication in the cassette. The interactive medication cassette holds the medication and couples the co... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999731 | Control of an alert mechanism by communication of an event-associated command A method and apparatus for associating a command with an event at a first device, communicating the command to a second device when the event occurs and causing an action at the second device depending on the command. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998736 | Apparatus and method for controlling driving of linear motor An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a linear motor, which is configured to increase efficiency of a linear compressor and stably drive the linear motor when the linear motor is overloaded. The apparatus includes a detector that detects a current appli... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980149 | Mood response system A mood response system enables a user to communicate audio messages to another, which correspond with the emotional state of the user, over a speaker. The mood response system comprises a handheld controller disposed with a keypad, a message set switch, and three me... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6967902 | Voice feedback timer system A portable timer with an alarm, wherein the timed period is limited to multiples of certain discrete periods of time (i.e. fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, one hour, two hours, etc.) without reference to the actual time of the day or to any specific minute or hour o... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967900 | Combination clock radio, weather station and message organizer A combination clock radio, weather station and message organizer includes a base unit having a visual display, a controller located in the base unit including a central processor for controlling operation of the combination, and a temperature sensor for obtaining ou... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966779 | Educational audio/visual clock An educational audio visual clock having an image window adjacent each numeral on the clock face to show the images of twelve Presidents of the United States at any given time. Images are on an image plate behind the clock face and display the images of the first tw... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962494 | Teaching aid A teaching aid for teaching a user how to tell time. The teaching aid includes a clock assembly comprising a face member and a plurality of arm members. The arm members is rotatably coupled to the face member of the clock assembly whereby the arm members are designe... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961286 | Combination noise blocking headset and alarm clock A combination noise blocking headset and alarm clock, having a pair of padded earpieces for blocking out ambient noise so that a commuter can sleep or read on a subway or train without distractions, and having an alarm clock unit within one of the earpieces for waki... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958953 | Real time clock circuit having an internal clock generator Under the present invention a real time clock circuit, within a set-top box, is provided with an internal clock generator for generating multiple clock signals. Once generated, a first clock signal is divided into an initial set of values representing time and optio... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6920089 | System and method for delivery of audio content correlated to the calendar date and/or time of day An apparatus and method are provided for automatically playing a recorded message, from a uniquely formatted encrypted CD, correlated to a specific date and a time of day as an option on a CD clock radio or the like. Disclosed are means for distinguishing the unique... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906983 | Autonomous ear-plug alarm with separate setting device An ear-plug alarm comprises a base station which sets the time, and ear-piece which provides autonomous timing and alarm functions after it is disconnected from the base station. The base station is implemented in personal computer software with an appropriate inter... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904001 | Apparatus and methods of providing enhanced control for consumers Apparatus and method are described for controlling aspects of a users life to provide additional safety, efficiency, and comfort. A clock is described allowing a user to readily track the time spent according to a plurality of tasks, and switch between tasks with a ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6845063 | Electronic medical emergency voice bracelet system An audible medical emergency system for a patient comprising a bracelet which is battery operated and is worn on patient. The bracelet contains about 60 seconds of audible information about the wearer's health, including warnings about allergies to drugs, medical co... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6665233 | Electronic timekeeping and broadcasting device and method of use An electronic timekeeping and broadcasting device for use near a user's ear while resting includes a cover portion with a speaker inside the cover, a digital voice synthesizer connected to the speaker, and an electronic clock connected to the synthesizer,... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6406301 | Clock teaching aid A teaching device adapted to teach the reading of an analogue clock face comprising first and second components one of which is transparent, one of said components being marked to represent a clock face displaying minutes and on which a minute clock had c... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6307813 | Approximate conversational timepiece A timepiece for exactly indicating the approximate time, has a timepiece face without a minute hand and an indicator for indicating the approximate time in conversational terms. The indicator may be visual or oral. The conversational terms either never in... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6173060 | Voice-controlled timing and calculating device A voice-controlled timing and calculating device includes a microphone to receive a user's vocal signal, a voice amplifier amplifying the vocal signal, a comparison circuit comparing the vocal signal with information stored in a memory to retrieve an asso... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6072384 | Bed wetting prevention system A system for assisting in the prevention of bed wetting. The bed wetting prevention system includes a device that produces an alarm to wake the child at intervals during the night. The alarm device is only deactivatable at a remote location, such as the b... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6008720 | Portable timer alarm device with ear attachment A timer alarm device is supported on an ear as an earring by pinching an earlobe of the ear with an arm and a clip. Spring force to pinch the earlobe is produced by permitting a spring provided on the clip to run on a corner of a flat part. A timer circui... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5999494 | Data recorder A data recorder constructed in the form of a hand set (10) with an actuating mechanism function switch (14) and a time switch clock coupled to an audible signal transmitter with a time setting means, the reset key or the reset function is inhibited until ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5952928 | Driver alertness maintaining device A driver alertness maintaining device that includes timer/output mechanism circuitry that is programmable by the user to select and repeatedly output an audible alerting message through a speaker at a user selected interval; the driver alertness maintaini... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5870354 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus capable of detecting an input for controlling an output A data storing/reproducing apparatus includes a storing unit for storing inputted data, a range designating unit for designating an arbitrary range within the inputted data, an outputting unit for outputting the data stored in the storing unit, and a cont... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5835455 | Audio prescription instruction device A reprogrammable device for removably receiving a medicine container and for providing audio instructions to a patient for taking a medication. When a medicine container is removed from the device by the patient so that the patient may take the medicine, ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5754629 | Information processing system which can handle voice or image data A schedule management system which can display a schedule on a screen and enables the user to enter schedule topics promptly and accurately without performing complicated operation is provided. An external voice is input through a microphone or a network ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5706258 | Timed repeating instructions apparatus and method An apparatus and method for instructing an impaired individual to perform an act using: a voice recorder capable of recording a series of different voice recordings of a person whose voice is recognized by the individual to provide a series of different r... | 01/06/1998 |
