Portable audio database device with icon-based graphical user-interface
US6453281B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/68
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving information to and from a memory of a hand-held audio database device. The audio database device includes a graphics display provided on a hand-held housing for displaying graphical information. A microphone and a speaker are provided on the housing to receive and broadcast audio information from and to a user, respectively. The audio database device includes a memory configured to store graphical icons and to support a hierarchical memory structure comprising categories, wherein the icons graphically represent the categories. A user-actuated navigation control is provided on the housing and permits a user to navigate the categories in the hierarchical memory structure and to select a desired category. A processor is coupled to the memory, the display, and the navigation control and effects displaying of one of the icons on the display when the user is navigating a corresponding one of the categories, and storing of the audio information in the desired category of the memory.
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