Patent ID: 6804539
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: A63H,H04M

Abstract:
An audio prompted interface device using a time domain multiple selection protocol 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 said processor, said memory, said power supply, said audio broadcaster, said input receiver, and said timer are hidden within, so as to not alter the external appearance of said device housing, 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 speed of presentation of said series of audible prompts is increased according to feedback in an adaptive feedback loop wherein said speed of presentation is increased until a level of mistakes made by said user matches a threshold level at which said speed of presentation is increased no further.