Electronic interactive community directory and portable player unit
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1. An electronic community directory comprising:
- a storage medium;
an information set of information stored on the storage medium in a retrievable form, wherein the information is related to a community and includes a plurality of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of members of the community; and
a functionality set of functions stored on the storage medium in a selectable form, wherein the functions relate to using the information and include a search function adapted to facilitate searching the information of the information set, a map function adapted to provide an electronic map showing the plurality of addresses, and a network access function adapted to connect the electronic community directory to a network wherefrom additional information relating to the community is available.
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Abstract
An electronic interactive community directory (10) and portable player unit (12) adapted to receive, store, and provide for playback or otherwise communicate an information set (14) of information relating to people, businesses, or other members associated with a community of homes, businesses, or other interests, wherein the information is presented using a variety of media elements. The directory (10) includes a search function (38); a map and direction generator function (40); and network access (42) for accessing additional community-related information and functionality.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic community directory comprising:
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a storage medium;
an information set of information stored on the storage medium in a retrievable form, wherein the information is related to a community and includes a plurality of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of members of the community; and
a functionality set of functions stored on the storage medium in a selectable form, wherein the functions relate to using the information and include a search function adapted to facilitate searching the information of the information set, a map function adapted to provide an electronic map showing the plurality of addresses, and a network access function adapted to connect the electronic community directory to a network wherefrom additional information relating to the community is available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electronic community directory comprising:
- a storage medium;
an information set of information stored on the storage medium in a retrievable form, wherein the information is related to a community and includes a people subset of information relating to people associated with the community, a businesses subset of information relating to businesses associated with the community, an organizations subset of information relating to organizations associated with the community, a governmental departments subset of information relating to governmental departments associated with the community;
an attractions subset of information relating to attractions associated with the community, an emergency contacts subset of information relating to emergency services contact information for the community; and
a functionality set of functions stored on the storage medium in a selectable form, wherein the functions relate to using the information and include a search function adapted to facilitate searching the information of the information set, a map function adapted to provide an electronic map showing the plurality of addresses, and a network access function adapted to connect the electronic community directory to a network wherefrom additional information is available. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic community directory system comprising:
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a storage medium;
an information set of information stored on the storage medium in a retrievable form, wherein the information is related to a community and includes a plurality of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of members of the community;
a functionality set of functions stored on the storage medium in a selectable form, wherein the functions relate to using the information and include a search function adapted to facilitate searching the information of the information set, a map function adapted to provide an electronic map showing the plurality of addresses, and a network access function adapted to connect the electronic community directory to a network wherefrom additional information relating to the community is available; and
a player unit adapted to retrieve and communicate the information set from the storage medium, wherein the player unit includes a hand-held portable housing, a player adapted to removably receive the storage medium, a display screen and speaker adapted to visually and audibly communicate the information stored on the removably received storage medium, an input mechanism adapted to allow a user to navigate the information communicated by the display screen and the speaker, a wireless communication device adapted to allow for wireless voice and data communication, and a network port adapted to selectively connect the player unit to a network wherefrom additional information relating to the community is available. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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