Radio-style hollow appliance for interactive use with a computer
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1. A radio-style hollow appliance connected to a computer, said hollow appliance comprising:
- input means and display means arranged in such a manner so as to resemble input and display features on a radio, and software means running on said computer, said software means providing a response to commands received from said input means and displaying information related to said input means on said display means.
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Abstract
A hollow appliance that serves to imitate existing electronic appliances by offloading their functional capability to a computer or the Internet. By providing a simple human and computer interface, human requests are conveyed to the computer via pushbutton and knob-type interactions as exercised on conventional radio-style electronic appliances and the computer fulfills the desired functions instead of the appliance itself.
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18 Claims
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1. A radio-style hollow appliance connected to a computer, said hollow appliance comprising:
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input means and display means arranged in such a manner so as to resemble input and display features on a radio, and software means running on said computer, said software means providing a response to commands received from said input means and displaying information related to said input means on said display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An answering machine-style hollow appliance connected to a computer, said hollow appliance comprising:
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input means arranged in such a manner so as to resemble input features on an answering machine, and software means running on said computer, said software means providing a response to commands received from said input means so as to emulate an answering machine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. A video-style hollow appliance connected to a computer, said hollow appliance comprising:
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input means and display means arranged in such a manner so as to resemble input and display features on a video camera, and software means running on said computer, said software means providing a response to commands received from said input means and displaying information related to said input means on said display means.
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