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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul S. Van Lente, Holland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Interiors Technology Corp., Holland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A digital memo recorder in a vehicle for recording/play-back of messages and tagging the messages for future reference. The digital recorder is microprocessor controlled to allow direct sequential access for playing back messages. An auditory and visual indication reminds a user of stored messages. Vehicle performance characteristics may be stored as message reminders for future reference. A communications medium couples the digital recording device to the various vehicle functions for courtesy retrieval. The communications medium may be both hard-wired and wireless.