Universal remote control with digital recorder
First Claim
1. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;
a housing;
a first control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the first control circuitry being located within the housing;
a digital voice recorder, disposed within the housing, which records audio signal from both a user and the user'"'"'s ambience, and plays back said audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, said digital voice recorder and said first control circuitry being operationally independent of each other;
a power supply located within said housing, said power supply being adapted to provide power to said first control circuitry and said digital voice recorder.
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Abstract
An improved universal remote control unit (URC) for home entertainment units. The URC has the typical remote controller module for controlling appliances such as TV, stereo, VCR or DVD. Additionally, the URC has a built-in digital recorder module for recording the consumer'"'"'s voice, or any audio messages from the appliances. The digital recorder module can be implemented with a microphone, a voice recorder chip and a speaker, all integrated with the URC unit. The digital recorder module can even use the battery that is typically used by the URC. The URC alternatively can be implemented with a memory and display screen, coupled to the number keys. Such arrangement allows the telephone information to be punched in, using the numeric keys on the URC, stored in the memory for display.
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7 Claims
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1. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;a housing; a first control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the first control circuitry being located within the housing; a digital voice recorder, disposed within the housing, which records audio signal from both a user and the user'"'"'s ambience, and plays back said audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, said digital voice recorder and said first control circuitry being operationally independent of each other; a power supply located within said housing, said power supply being adapted to provide power to said first control circuitry and said digital voice recorder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;a housing; a first control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the first control circuitry being located within the housing; a digital voice recorder which records and plays back at least one audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, said digital voice recorder and said first control circuitry being operationally independent of each other; couple means to attach the digital voice recorder to the housing, wherein the couple means comprises an elastic band wrapping around the housing.
- URC”
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7. A universal remote control (“
- URC”
) to control at least one electronic appliance, comprising;a housing; a first control circuitry which, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, remotely controls the operation of the at least one electronic appliance, the first control circuitry being located within the housing; a digital voice recorder which records and plays back at least one audio signal, responsive to a user'"'"'s command, said digital voice recorder and said first control circuitry being operationally independent of each other; couple means to attach the digital voice recorder to the housing, wherein the couple means comprises at least one pair of clamps to attach the digital voice recorder to the housing.
- URC”
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