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Message playback device and message playback method

US6076052A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1997
Grant dateJun 13, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L21/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an flash memory which is an IC memory, a playback time proportional to a period of time when a rewind key is continuously pressed down, or a playback time proportional to a period of time when the rewind key is continuously pressed down while time-stamp information is played back, and a message is read out and played back from a message address at a destination for playback corresponding to the playback time. With this feature, a message address at a destination for playback can be changed according to a period of playback time corresponding to a period of time when the rewind key is continuously pressed down.

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