Product identifier reading, product use instructions speaking system
First Claim
1. A product identifier reading, product use instructions speaking system, which comprises:
- (a.) a user read and speak unit having hardware and software to;
(i.) read a product identifier of a product to obtain a product identification;
(ii.) communicate said product identification via a communication link to a server;
(iii.) in response to said communicated product identification, receive product use instructions for said product from said server;
(iv.) convert said product use instructions to speech; and
(v.) speak said product use instructions;
(b.) a server having hardware and software to;
(i.) receive said product identification from said user read and speak unit;
(ii.) store separate product use instructions for a plurality of different product identifications;
(iii.) match said product identification to a specific stored set of product use instructions;
(iv.) communicate said product use instructions to said user read and speak unit via said communication link; and
, (c.) a communication link adapted to communicatively connect said user read and speak unit to said server.
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Abstract
A method of communicating product use instructions to a user for a product having a readable identifier includes (a) providing a plurality of product containers, each with a product identifier; (b) providing a user read and speak unit having hardware and software to read a product identifier, communicate the product identification via a communication link to a server, receive product use instructions from the server, convert the product use instructions to speech, and speak the product use instructions; (c) providing a server having hardware and software to cooperate with the unit and accomplish the foregoing. The system using this combination of one or more units, a server and a communications link, may use telephones, computers or stand-alones for the units.
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26 Claims
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1. A product identifier reading, product use instructions speaking system, which comprises:
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(a.) a user read and speak unit having hardware and software to;
(i.) read a product identifier of a product to obtain a product identification;
(ii.) communicate said product identification via a communication link to a server;
(iii.) in response to said communicated product identification, receive product use instructions for said product from said server;
(iv.) convert said product use instructions to speech; and
(v.) speak said product use instructions;
(b.) a server having hardware and software to;
(i.) receive said product identification from said user read and speak unit;
(ii.) store separate product use instructions for a plurality of different product identifications;
(iii.) match said product identification to a specific stored set of product use instructions;
(iv.) communicate said product use instructions to said user read and speak unit via said communication link; and
,(c.) a communication link adapted to communicatively connect said user read and speak unit to said server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of communicating product use instructions to a user for a product having a readable identifier, which comprises:
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(a.) providing a plurality of product containers, each of said plurality of product containers including a storage area for a product, and including a product identifier;
(b.) providing at lest one user read and speak unit having hardware and software to;
(i.) read a product identifier of a product to obtain a product identification;
(ii.) communicate said product identification via a communication link to a server;
(iii.) in response to said communicated product identification, receive product use instructions for said product from said server;
(iv.) convert said product use instructions to speech; and
(v.) speak said product use instructions;
(c.) providing a server having hardware and software to;
(i.) receive said product identification from said user read and speak unit;
(ii.) store separate product use instructions for a plurality of different product identifications;
(iii.) match said product identification to a specific stored set of product use instructions;
(iv.) communicate said product use instructions to said user read and speak unit via said communication link;
inputting said user input means to create product use instruction text;
(d.) providing a communication link adapted to communicatively connect said user read and speak unit to said server;
(e.) reading a product identifier of a product of said plurality of products with one of said at least user read and speak unit and communicating through said link to and from said server to cause said user read and speak unit to speak said user instructions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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