Single action audio prompt interface utilising binary state time domain multiple selection protocol
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1. An audio prompted interface device using a time domain multiple selection protocol comprising:
- a device housing, a processor and cooperating memory and a power supply mounted in said housing, an audio broadcaster mounted in said housing and cooperating with said processor for audibly broadcasting outside of said housing a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster, an input switch mounted in said housing for receiving input from a user, said input for biasing of said input switch in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts, a timer cooperating with said processor, said processor correlating said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within a sequential series of time domains timed by said timer, said processor correlating said single time domain with said single prompt and executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory, wherein said processor, said memory, said power supply, said audio broadcaster, said input receiver, and said timer are hidden within, so as to not alter the external appearance of said device housing, wherein audio data comprising said series of audible prompts is compressed so as to increase speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts, and wherein said speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts is increased according to feedback in an adaptive feedback loop wherein said speed of presentation is increased until a level of mistakes made by said user matches a threshold level at which said speed of presentation is increased no further.
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An interface protocol for the functional manipulation of complex devices such as personal telecommunication devices without the necessity of the visual feedback via textual or graphic data, wherein the sensor functions change with time rather than placement, so that a user action biases a binary state switch, which is correlated to a timed audible audio data stream, the correlation indicating the desired action selected by the user. The device can be embedded in a product such as a plush toy without altering the external aesthetics of the product.
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1. An audio prompted interface device using a time domain multiple selection protocol comprising:
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a device housing, a processor and cooperating memory and a power supply mounted in said housing, an audio broadcaster mounted in said housing and cooperating with said processor for audibly broadcasting outside of said housing a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster, an input switch mounted in said housing for receiving input from a user, said input for biasing of said input switch in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts, a timer cooperating with said processor, said processor correlating said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within a sequential series of time domains timed by said timer, said processor correlating said single time domain with said single prompt and executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory, wherein said processor, said memory, said power supply, said audio broadcaster, said input receiver, and said timer are hidden within, so as to not alter the external appearance of said device housing, wherein audio data comprising said series of audible prompts is compressed so as to increase speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts, and wherein said speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts is increased according to feedback in an adaptive feedback loop wherein said speed of presentation is increased until a level of mistakes made by said user matches a threshold level at which said speed of presentation is increased no further. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In an audio prompted interface device which includes a device housing, and mounted in said housing a processor and cooperating memory, a power supply, an audio broadcaster, an input switch, and a timer, a binary state time domain multiple selection protocol method comprising the steps of:
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(a) audibly broadcasting outside of said housing from said broadcaster a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster, (b) receiving input to said input switch from a user, said input biasing said input switch in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts, (c) timing, by said timer, a sequential series of time domains, (d) correlating, by said processor, said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within said sequential series of time domains, (e) correlating, by said processor, said single time domain with said single prompt, and (f) executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory, (g) increasing a speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts according to feedback in an adaptive feedback loop wherein said speed of presentation is increased until a level of mistakes made by said user matches a threshold level at which said speed of presentation is increased no further.
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