CONVENIENT ELECTRONIC GAME CALLING DEVICE

• US 20150015361A1
• Filed: 09/26/2014
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Edward J. Sceery, Richard Harold Krukar
• Original Assignee: Edward J. Sceery, Richard Harold Krukar
• Inventors: Sceery, Edward J., Krukar, Richard H.
• Application Number:
  US14/499,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20150015361A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/4.42
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 31/004 Game callers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

A convenient electronic sound producing device is an electronic sound producing device that is physically configured to be easy to use in the field. A control module faces the use while the sound is projected away from the user. A pistol grip can be used to ease holding and using the call. A remote can further ease operation and allow control from a distance. A timer allows for nearly autonomous operation. Control modules can be fixed to a firearm, bow, crossbow, or camera to minimize the user'"'"'s movement while simultaneously calling and preparing for a shot. A pinning hole or a stake can allow for reliably fixing the sound producing device to a surface, to vegetation, or to other objects.

Claims

1. An animal call system operating in cooperation with a cell phone comprising an input device, a display, a communications module, an internal speaker and a non-volatile memory, the animal call system comprising:

a plurality of stored call sounds that are stored in the non-volatile memory of the cell phone;

a user interface wherein a user manipulates the input device and observes the display to interact with the user interface to choose a selected call sound from amongst the stored call sounds;

an animal and bird simulating module that accesses the stored call sounds and causes the selected call sound to be produced by at least one speaker wherein the internal speaker is one of the at least one speaker;

a presentation displayed on the display that offers a plurality of served call sounds from which the user selects a desired call sound;

a sound retrieval module that obtains the desired call sound from a server and wherein the sound retrieval module stores the desired call sound in the non-volatile memory such that the desired call sound becomes one of the stored call sounds.

2. The animal call system of claim 1 wherein an external speaker is another of the at least one speaker, wherein the communications module wirelessly communicates with the external speaker, and wherein the external speaker produces the selected call sound.

3. The animal call system of claim 1 further comprising a remote actuator wherein a user operates the remote actuator to trigger the playing of the selected sound;

4. The animal call system of claim 1 further comprising:

a remote controller wherein the user manipulates the remote to choose the selected sound and to remotely trigger the playing the selected sound on the speaker.

5. The animal call system of claim 1 wherein the user manipulates the cell phone to choose the selected sound and to remotely trigger the playing of the selected sound on one of the at least one speaker.

6. The animal call system of claim 1 wherein the cell phone further comprises a timing module that produces a timed actuation signal that triggers the animal and bird simulating module to cause the selected call signal to be produced by the at least one speaker.

7. The animal call system of claim 1 further comprising a payment module wherein the payment module tenders a payment to a payment processor to thereby obtain access to the served sound.

8. The animal call system of claim 1 further comprising a remote actuator and a weapon attachment that attaches the remote actuator to a weapon wherein the user operates the remote actuator to trigger the playing of the selected call sound.

9. The animal call system of claim 1 wherein the external speaker further comprises an external non-volatile memory and wherein the selected call sound is stored in the external non-volatile memory.

10. The animal call system of claim 1 wherein the cell phone is an inactivated cell phone wherein the cell phone is inactivated because it is not associated with a cellular network.

11. The animal call system of claim 1 wherein the cell phone is an inactivated cell phone wherein the cell phone is inactivated because it ignored by a cellular network with which it was previously associated.

12. The animal call system of claim 1 further comprising:

a remote actuator and a weapon attachment that attaches the remote actuator to a weapon wherein the user operates the remote actuator to trigger the playing of the selected call sound;

a remote controller wherein the user manipulates the remote controller to choose the selected sound;

a payment module wherein the payment module tenders a payment to a payment processor to thereby obtain access to the served sound;

an external speak that is another of the at least one speaker, wherein the communications module wirelessly communicates with the external speaker, and wherein the external speaker produces the selected call sound;

wherein the user optionally manipulates the cell phone to choose the selected sound and to remotely trigger the playing of the selected sound on one of the at least one speaker;

a timing module that produces a timed actuation signal that triggers the animal and bird simulating module to cause the selected call signal to be produced by the at least one speaker;

wherein the server offers a plurality of served call sounds to the user;

wherein the cell phone is an inactivated cell phone wherein the cell phone is inactivated because it is ignored by a cellular network with which it was previously associated; and

recovery information for recovering lost sounds for the user wherein the user has lost certain of the stored sounds that thereby become lost sounds

13. A system comprising:

a remote actuator in communication with a cell phone, the cell phone comprising an input device, a display, a communications module, an internal speaker and a non-volatile memory wherein a plurality of stored call sounds are stored in the non-volatile memory;

wherein the cell phone further comprises a user interface wherein a user manipulates the user interface to choose a selected call sound from amongst the stored call sounds;

wherein the cell phone further comprises an animal and bird simulating module that accesses the stored call sounds and causes the selected call sound to be produced by at least one speaker wherein the internal speaker is one of the at least one speaker;

wherein the cell phone further comprises a presentation displayed on the display that offers a plurality of served call sounds from which the user selects a desired call sound;

wherein the cell phone further comprises a sound retrieval module that obtains the desired call sound from a server and wherein the sound retrieval module stores the desired call sound in the non-volatile memory such that the desired call sound becomes one of the stored call sounds; and

wherein the user operates the remote actuator to trigger the playing of the selected call sound by the at least one speaker.

14. The system of claim 13 further comprising a weapon attachment that attaches the remote actuator to a weapon wherein the user operates the remote actuator to trigger the playing of the selected call sound.

15. The system of claim 13 further comprising a weapon and wherein the weapon comprises the remote actuator.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein an external speaker is another of the at least one speaker, wherein the communications module wirelessly communicates with the external speaker, and wherein the external speaker produces the selected call sound.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the server stores recovery information for recovering lost call sounds wherein certain of the stored call sounds are lost to thereby become lost sounds.

18. A system comprising:

a server that offers a plurality of served call sounds to a user of a cell phone wherein the user selects one of the served call sounds to be a selected call sound, wherein a sound retrieval module retrieves the selected call sound from the server and stores the selected sound in a non-volatile memory as one of a plurality of stored call sounds and wherein the user operates the cell phone to thereby play the stored sounds from a speaker; and

recovery information for recovering lost sounds for the user wherein the user has lost certain of the stored sounds that thereby become lost sounds.

19. The system of claim 18 further comprising a payment processing module and a fulfillment module wherein the cell phone is allowed to obtain the selected sound from the fulfillment module only after a corresponding payment to the payment processing module.

20. The system of claim 18 further comprising permission information that restricts the playing of a sound obtained from the server to a particular cell phone.