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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2002
Applicants:

Hardison G. Martin, Louisville, KY (US);

Kenneth A. Tench, Louisville, KY (US);

Anthony W. Simpson, Goshen, KY (US);

John D. Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);

Inventors:

Hardison G. Martin, Louisville, KY (US);

Kenneth A. Tench, Louisville, KY (US);

Anthony W. Simpson, Goshen, KY (US);

John D. Johnson, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

Innovative Electronic Designs, LLC, Louisville, KY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04H 20/71 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The instant invention provides a system and method of broadcasting audio and visual information to a plurality of audio reproduction devices and visual display devices utilizing a plurality of control computers linked thereto by a communications network. The invention employs a plurality of pre-recorded digital audio files and corresponding visual representation thereof to allow a user to construct message sequences for broadcast with a minimum of system input. Furthermore, a user may specify a plurality of broadcast zones to broadcast audio and visual messages.


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