Patent ID: RE44115

Claim:
An apparatus for taking an electronic message from a user and actively notifying a receiver , comprising: an image input device for receiving a camera configured to capture an image for inclusion in a first electronic message from said user while in a first state, and receiving a configured to receive surrounding information in real time while in a second state; a message storing device; a message playing device; a controller electrically connected to said image input device camera , said message storing device , and said message playing device, and having the controller configured to have said first electronic message stored into said message storing device while in said first state and determining further configured to determine whether a change of said surrounding information exceeds a threshold level , while in said second state, wherein said first electronic message including the image captured by the camera is configured to be read out from said message storing device and played by said message playing device when in response to a determination that said change of said surrounding information exceeds said threshold level; and a case accommodating said image input device camera , said message storing device, said message playing device , and said controller therein.