Systems and methods for generating, reading and transferring identifiers

• US 7,775,428 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2007
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Labels That Talk, Ltd
• Original Assignee: Labels That Talk, Ltd
• Inventors: Berkun, Kenneth A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US11/674,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20070272738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/375, 235/487, 235/472.01, 235/472.02, 235/462.45, 235/462.1
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1404 Methods for optical code recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/062 Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating, reading and transferring identifiers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a handheld system for associating a selected audio content with an object includes an identifier applied to a surface of the object and having a predetermined graphical format that is configured to encode the selected audio content, and a handheld device operable to encode the identifier and further operable to detect an audio content associated with the identifier.

Claims

1. A method to record a document transaction comprising:

producing a first identifier that encodes a first audio content spoken from a first person including at least one selected from the group consisting of the visually impaired and the mentally challenged;

affixing the first identifier to the document;

producing a second identifier that encodes a second audio content spoken from a second person to confirm or dispute the spoken understanding within the first audio content; and

affixing the second identifier to the document.

2. A method to record a document transaction comprising:

producing a first identifier that encodes a first audio content spoken from a visually impaired person;

affixing the first identifier to the document;

producing a second identifier that encodes a second audio content spoken from a witness to confirm or dispute the spoken understanding within the first audio content; and

affixing the second identifier to the document.

3. A method of verifying an identity of an individual, comprising:

producing an identifier that encodes and contains a first time point spoken message acquired from the individual;

applying the identifier having the encoded first time point spoken message to an identification article assigned to the individual;

acquiring a second time point spoken message from the individual; and

comparing the first time spoken message from the identifier with the second time point spoken message to verify the identity of the individual.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein producing the identifier further comprises providing the first time point spoken message to a handheld device operable to encode the identifier.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein applying the identifier further comprises reading the identifier with a handheld device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein acquiring the second time point spoken message includes delivering same to a handheld device operable to encode the second time point spoken message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transferring the first and second time point messages to a voice recognition device further comprises communicating the first and second time point messages to a computer having voice recognition software.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein comparing the first time point spoken message to the second time point spoken message comprises transferring the audio content of each message to a voice recognition device operable to make the comparison.