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REMOTE CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

  • US 20160337497A1
  • Filed: 03/21/2016
  • Published: 11/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for remotely triggering verbally invokable actions on a smartphone without producing audible sounds, the apparatus comprising:

  • a memory for storing a first digitized voice file and a second digitized voice file;

    a wireless communication module for establishing wireless communication with the smartphone using a wireless communication protocol;

    first and second user accessible buttons, wherein the first user accessible button is associated with the first digitized voice file and the second user accessible button is associated with the second digitized voice file; and

    a computer processor configured to execute non-transitory instructions to;

    detect a user actuation of one of the first and the second user accessible buttons;

    retrieve a one of the first and second digitized voice files from the memory that is associated with the actuated button in response to the detection of the actuated button; and

    transmit the retrieved one of the first and the second digitized voice files to the smartphone using the wireless communication module according to the wireless communication protocol to remotely trigger one of the verbally invokable actions on the smartphone that is associated with the transmitted digitized voice file.

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