Patent ID: 9106760
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
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.