Universal remote control with digital recorder
First Claim
1. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;
a housing;
a control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the control circuitry being located within the housing;
a digital voice recorder, disposed within the housing, which records and plays back at least one audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command.
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Abstract
An improved universal remote control unit (URC) for home entertainment units. The URC has the typical remote controller module for controlling appliances such as TV, stereo, VCR or DVD. Additionally, the URC has a built-in digital recorder module for recording the consumer'"'"'s voice, or any audio messages from the appliances. The digital recorder module can be implemented with a microphone, a voice recorder chip and a speaker, all integrated with the URC unit. The digital recorder module can even use the battery that is typically used by the URC. The URC alternatively can be implemented with a memory and display screen, coupled to the number keys. Such arrangement allows the telephone information to be punched in, using the numeric keys on the URC, stored in the memory for display.
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10 Claims
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1. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;
a housing;
a control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the control circuitry being located within the housing;
a digital voice recorder, disposed within the housing, which records and plays back at least one audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command. - View Dependent Claims (2)
- URC”
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3. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;
a housing;
a control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the control circuitry being located within the housing;
a digital voice recorder which records and plays back at least one audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command;
couple means to attach the digital voice recorder to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
- URC”
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8. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;
a housing;
a plurality of keys on the housing, comprising a set of numerical keys corresponding to the numerals “
0”
through “
9”
;
a control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s pressing of the keys, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the control circuitry being located within the housing;
a memory which stores the numerical keys entered by the user;
a display on the housing to display the numerical keys entered by the user. - View Dependent Claims (9)
- URC”
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