Single action audio prompt interface utilising binary state time domain multiple selection protocol
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1. An audio prompted interface device using a time domain multiple selection protocol for operating an electric product, the interface device comprising:
- a device housing,a processor and cooperating memory and a power supply mounted in said housing,an audio broadcaster mounted in said housing and cooperating with said processor for audibly broadcasting outside of said housing a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster,an input switch mounted in said housing for receiving input from a user, said input for biasing of said input switch in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts,a timer cooperating with said processor, said processor correlating said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within a sequential series of time domains timed by said timer,said processor correlating said single time domain with said single prompt and executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory,wherein audio data comprising said series of audible prompts is compressed so as to increase speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts,and wherein said series of audible prompts comprise a sequentially audibly broadcast list of names from a list of names in said memory, wherein said single prompt is a single name from said list and said single action corresponding to said single name is to dial a telephone number, from a corresponding list of telephone numbers, corresponding to said single name.
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An interface protocol for the functional manipulation of complex devices such as consumer electronic devices without the necessity of the visual feedback via textual or graphic data, wherein the sensor functions change with time rather than placement, so that a user action biases a binary state switch, which is correlated to a timed audible audio data stream, the correlation indicating the desired action selected by the user.
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1. An audio prompted interface device using a time domain multiple selection protocol for operating an electric product, the interface device comprising:
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a device housing, a processor and cooperating memory and a power supply mounted in said housing, an audio broadcaster mounted in said housing and cooperating with said processor for audibly broadcasting outside of said housing a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster, an input switch mounted in said housing for receiving input from a user, said input for biasing of said input switch in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts, a timer cooperating with said processor, said processor correlating said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within a sequential series of time domains timed by said timer, said processor correlating said single time domain with said single prompt and executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory, wherein audio data comprising said series of audible prompts is compressed so as to increase speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts, and wherein said series of audible prompts comprise a sequentially audibly broadcast list of names from a list of names in said memory, wherein said single prompt is a single name from said list and said single action corresponding to said single name is to dial a telephone number, from a corresponding list of telephone numbers, corresponding to said single name. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In an audio prompted interface device which includes a device housing, and mounted in said housing a processor and cooperating memory, a power supply, an audio broadcaster, an input switch, and a timer, a binary state time domain multiple selection protocol method comprising the steps of:
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(a) audibly broadcasting outside of said housing from said broadcaster a sequenced series of audible prompts supplied by said processor to said audio broadcaster, (b) receiving input to said input switch from a user, said input biasing said input switch in response to a single prompt of said series of audible prompts, (c) timing, by said timer, a sequential series of time domains, (d) correlating, by said processor, said response to said single prompt with a corresponding single time domain within said sequential series of time domains, (e) correlating, by said processor, said single time domain with said single prompt, and (f) executing a single action corresponding to said single prompt according to an instruction set in said memory, wherein said series of audible prompts comprise a sequentially audibly broadcast list of names from a list of names in said memory, wherein said single prompt is a single name from said list and said single action corresponding to said single name is to dial a telephone number, from a corresponding list of telephone numbers, corresponding to said single name. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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