Recording system and method

• US 9,106,760 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2012
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meng He
• Original Assignee: William L. Marino
• Inventors: He, Meng, Marino, William L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Flanders, Andrew C
• Application Number:
  US13/600,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/68 with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation recording of telephone conversations H04M1/656

Abstract

An electronic device such as a smart phone, in combination with an application program residing at least partially therein and run at least partially thereby effectively enables selective retroactive recording to capture already-passed audible events when an audible trigger is recognized. When used in conjunction with an internet-based social media network or an interested contact list, audible events that meet certain pre-determined criteria may be automatically shared.

Claims

1. In combination, an electronic device and an application program residing at least partially therein and run at least partially thereby:

the electronic device being from the group including a cell phone, a smart phone, a digital audio recorder, and a computer, and comprising;

an input receiver for enabling selection of application program functions;

an audio receiver;

an audio to digital converter;

a first-in-first-out digital memory;

a data storage; and

a digital output;

the application program comprising;

a trigger selecting function by which an audible trigger is user-selected via the input receiver;

a temporary recording function by which an audio signal is continuously received by the audio receiver, converted to a primary digital record by the audio to digital converter, and stored into the first-in-first-out memory, the temporary recording function having a first predetermined time period after which the receiving, converting and storing are performed in a first-in-first-out loop having a length equal to the first predetermined time period;

a monitoring function through which one of the received audio signal and the converted digital record is monitored in real time for a first occurrence of the user-selected audible trigger in the audio signal;

a transfer function through which the contents of the first-in-first-out memory are transferred to the data storage upon recognition of an occurrence of the user-selected audible trigger by the monitoring function;

an appended memory function through which the audio signal is further received by the audio receiver, converted to a secondary digital record by the audio to digital converter, and

appended to the primary digital record in the data storage for a secondary predetermined time period after the first occurrence to create an extended digital record; and

an output function through which the extended digital record is output via the digital output;

in which

the primary predetermined time period is user-selectable through the input receiver;

the second predetermined time period is user-selectable through the input receiver;

the trigger selecting function includes a library of selectable audio triggers;

the trigger selecting function includes a trigger inputter for receiving user-inputted triggers;

the trigger inputter is adapted to receive the user-inputted triggers via the audio receiver; and

wherein the extended digital record is presented to a user as a text file which contains the trigger on a highlighted format.

2. In combination, an electronic device and an application program residing at least partially therein and run at least partially thereby:

the electronic device being from the group including a cell phone, a smart phone, a digital audio recorder, and a computer, and comprising;

an input receiver for enabling selection of application program functions;

an audio receiver;

an audio to digital converter;

a first-in-first-out digital memory;

a data storage; and

a digital output;

the application program comprising;

a trigger selecting function by which an audible trigger is user-selected via the input receiver;

a temporary recording function by which an audio signal is continuously received by the audio receiver, converted to a primary digital record by the audio to digital converter, and stored into the first-in-first-out memory, the temporary recording function having a first predetermined time period after which the receiving, converting and storing are performed in a first-in-first-out loop having a length equal to the first predetermined time period;

a monitoring function through which one of the received audio signal and the converted digital record is monitored in real time for a first occurrence of the user-selected audible trigger in the audio signal;

a transfer function through which the contents of the first-in-first-out memory are transferred to the data storage upon recognition of an occurrence of the user-selected audible trigger by the monitoring function;

an appended memory function through which the audio signal is further received by the audio receiver, converted to a secondary digital record by the audio to digital converter, and

appended to the primary digital record in the data storage for a secondary predetermined time period after the first occurrence to create an extended digital record; and

an output function through which the extended digital record is output via the digital output;

in which

the primary predetermined time period is user-selectable through the input receiver;

the second predetermined time period is user-selectable through the input receiver; and

in which the monitoring function further causes the one of the received audio signal and the converted digital record to be further monitored in real time for a tertiary predetermined time period for a further occurrence after the first occurrence of the user-selected trigger during the further receiving, converting, and appending by the appended memory function, and the appended memory function further creates a tertiary digital record there-from, and appends the tertiary digital record to the primary and secondary digital records in the data storage to create the extended digital record.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein the extended digital record is presented to a user as a text file which contains the trigger on a highlighted format.

4. The combination of claim 3 in which the trigger selecting function enables triggers to be inputted from an external network.

5. In combination, an electronic device and an application program residing at least partially therein and run at least partially thereby:

the electronic device being from the group including a cell phone, a smart phone, a digital audio recorder, and a computer, and comprising;

an input receiver for enabling selection of application program functions;

an audio receiver;

an audio to digital converter;

a first-in-first-out digital memory;

a data storage; and

a digital output;

the application program comprising;

a temporary recording function by which an audio signal is continuously received by the audio receiver, converted to a primary digital record by the audio to digital converter, and stored into the first-in-first-out memory, the temporary recording function having a first predetermined time period after which the receiving, converting and storing are performed in a first-in-first-out loop having a length equal to the first predetermined time period;

a monitoring function through which one of the received audio signal and the converted digital record is monitored in real time for a first occurrence of a pre-programmed audible trigger in the audio signal;

a transfer function through which the contents of the first-in-first-out memory are transferred to the data storage upon recognition of an occurrence of the pre-programmed audible trigger by the monitoring function;

an appended memory function through which the audio signal is further received by the audio receiver, converted to a secondary digital record by the audio to digital converter, and

appended to the primary digital record in the data storage for a secondary predetermined time period after the first occurrence to create an extended digital record; and

an output function through which the extended digital record is output via the digital output;

in which the monitoring function further causes the one of the received audio signal and the converted digital record to be further monitored in real time for a tertiary predetermined time period for a further occurrence after the first occurrence of the pre-programmed audible trigger during the further receiving, converting, and appending by the appended memory function, and the appended memory function further creates a tertiary digital record there-from, and appends the tertiary digital record to the primary and secondary digital records in the data storage to create the extended digital record.