System and method of tracking time and activating an alarm using a distributed network

• US 7,224,260 B1
• Filed: 04/12/2001
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Franz-Marcus Nowak
• Original Assignee: Franz-Marcus Nowak
• Inventors: Nowak, Franz-Marcus
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAI T
• Application Number:
  US09/835,257
• Time in Patent Office: 2,238 Days
• Field of Search: 340/286.02, 340/384.1, 340/309.15, 340/309.4, 340/601, 368/10, 368/12, 368/13, 368/73
• US Class Current: 340/286.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

A clock includes a publicly accessible distributed network, a user interface, and a timing device or a personal computer. The timing device is configured to track universal time and harvest user selected media including text, graphics, sound, video and/or multimedia. The timing device plays the selected media in a programmed order with commercial media at a launch time. After harvesting the publicly accessible network, the media is played in a progressive sequence before the personal computer or the timing device interfaces a Site.

Claims

1. A system for providing a multi-media alarm, comprising:

a publicly accessible network;

a user interface in communication with the publicly accessible network; and

a handheld timing device in communication with the user interface, the timing device being configured to track a universal time and harvest a user selected media that is played in a programmed order with a selected commercial media at a user determined time through the handheld timing device, wherein the timing device is further configured to play multimedia that provides an increase in at least one of a user'"'"'s state of arousal or consciousness.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the media comprises an audio and a video content.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a transceiver interfaced to the timing device.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the transceiver is tuned to receive a broadcast containing a Coordinated Universal Time signal.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the timing device and the transceiver are a unitary device.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising an audio output and a display that play the user and the commercial selected media, the output and display being a unitary part of the timing device.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the timing device is further configured to translate the user and the commercial selected media into a progressive alarm.

8. The system of claim 1 further comprising a Host Site in communication with the publicly accessible network, wherein the Host Site is configured to combine the user selected media with the commercial selected media while downloading the user selected media with the commercial selected media into the timing device.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising a Host Site interfaced to the publicly accessible network, wherein the Host Site and the timing device are configured to program the time and an alarm in the timing device.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising a speech synthesizer that is a unitary part of the timing device.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising a closed captioning system that is a unitary part of the timing device.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the timing device comprises an atomic clock.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the timing device is configured to access a DumpSite selected by at least one of a content provider, a commercial provider, a user, or a default Site after playing the media.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the DumpSite is coupled with the publicly accessible network, further wherein the Host Site and the user interface are configured to select the DumpSite.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the timing device is configured to filter the user selected media by removing selected media.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the harvested media is stored in memory dispersed across the Internet.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein the timing device is configured to complete sweepstakes entries by entering data into sweepstakes forms.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein the handheld timing device comprises a computer.

19. A system for providing a multi-media alarm, comprising:

a publicly accessible network;

a Host Site interfaced to the publicly accessible network; and

a handheld timing device in communication with a user interface, the timing device being configured to track universal time and harvest a user selected audio and visual addresses through the Host Site, the timing device further comprising a media player configured to play the audio and visual information by access the audio and visual addresses and playing audio and visual information in a programmed order with a selected commercial media at a predetermined time in a real time, wherein the timing device is further configured to play multimedia that provides an increase in at least one of a user'"'"'s state of arousal or consciousness.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the timing device is configured to access a DumpSite selected by at least one of a content provider, a commercial provider, a user, or a default Site after playing the media, wherein the DumpSite is coupled with the publicly accessible network, further wherein the Host Site and the user interface are configured to select the DumpSite.

21. A system for providing a multi-media alarm, comprising:

a publicly accessible network;

a user interface in communication with the publicly accessible network; and

a handheld timing device in communication with the user interface, the timing device being configured to track a universal time and harvest a user selected media that is played in a programmed order with a selected commercial media at a user determined time through the handheld timing device, wherein the timing device is configured to filter the user selected media by removing selected media.

22. A system for providing a multi-media alarm, comprising:

a publicly accessible network;

a user interface in communication with the publicly accessible network;

a handheld timing device in communication with the user interface, the timing device being configured to track a universal time and harvest a user selected media that is played in a programmed order with a selected commercial media at a user determined time through the handheld timing device;

a Host Site interfaced to the publicly accessible network, wherein the Host Site and the timing device are configured to program the time and an alarm in the timing device; and

a speech synthesizer that is a unitary part of the timing device.

23. A system for providing a multi-media alarm, comprising:

a publicly accessible network;

a user interface in communication with the publicly accessible network;

a handheld timing device in communication with the user interface, the timing device being configured to track a universal time and harvest a user selected media that is played in a programmed order with a selected commercial media at a user determined time through the handheld timing device;

a Host Site interfaced to the publicly accessible network, wherein the Host Site and the timing device are configured to program the time and an alarm in the timing device; and

a closed captioning system that is a unitary part of the timing device.

24. A system for providing a multi-media alarm, comprising:

a publicly accessible network;

a user interface in communication with the publicly accessible network; and

a handheld timing device in communication with the user interface, the timing device being configured to track a universal time and harvest a user selected media that is played in a programmed order with a selected commercial media at a user determined time through the handheld timing device, wherein the timing device is configured to filter the user selected media by removing selected media, wherein the timing device is configured to complete sweepstakes entries by entering data into sweepstakes forms.