Personal communication system, device and method
December 9, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3851875 3855998 Apparatus and method for indication and measurement of simulated emotional levels Interpersonal-introduction signalling system Mood-indicating jewelry with changeable display Method for detecting and recording physiological changes accompanying emotional stresses Electronic game using a player's physiological responses Combined digital and analog timepiece and radiation monitor assembly Introduction system for locating compatible persons Amusement device incorporating gas discharge tube InventorApplicationNo. 11008707 filed on 12/09/2004US Classes:455/41.2, Short range RF communication455/66.1, Having diverse art device398/107, Bidirectional (i.e., monitoring or acknowledge)84/609, Note sequenceD10/38, Wrist type455/414.1, Special service455/3.05, Two-way707/5, Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)455/3.01, WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM455/132, Plural receivers84/615, Selecting circuits707/1, DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING455/466, Auxiliary data signaling (e.g., short message service (SMS))455/552.1, Operable on more than one system707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)434/307A, Karaoke455/90.3Having particular housing or support of a transceiverExaminersPrimary: Le, LanaAssistant: Guzman, April S. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04B 7/00AbstractA personal communication system has first and second portable communication devices, each device including a display, a wireless transceiver, a memory having a plurality of stored audio files, a means to select one of the audio files, the audio file selection means being operable to permit a user to select one of the audio files, and an audio speaker. The wireless transceiver of the first device is operable to transmit a signal identifying an audio file selected by the user and the wireless transceiver of the second device is operable to receive the signal, and, upon receipt of the signal, to play the selected audio file on the audio speaker of the second device. The memory includes one or more attributes for each stored audio file, the attributes comprising a sequence attribute, a message type attribute or a target gender attribute. The sequence, message type or target gender attribute have one or more of a plurality of predetermined values and are associated with a characteristic of a song from which an associated audio file is obtained. The device is also operable to receive one or more selections from the user of the predetermined values of the sequence, message type or target gender attributes. | |
