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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:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
David Mayer, Bay Village, OH (US);
Mary Mcclain, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Allison Marsh, Ravenna, OH (US);
Eva Jin, PuDong District, CN;
Tiger Qiao, Shanghai, CN;
David Mayer, Bay Village, OH (US);
Mary McClain, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Allison Marsh, Ravenna, OH (US);
Eva Jin, PuDong District, CN;
Tiger Qiao, Shanghai, CN;
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electronic greeting card containing a recordable audio module with a pre-recorded audio or music clip which allows a user to sing along with the pre-recorded audio or music clip and record it within the audio module in the card. The greeting card contains a slide trigger that activates the pre-recorded sound clip upon opening the greeting card. A second push-button trigger controls playback of the pre-recorded music clip while simultaneously recording the user singing along to the pre-recorded music. The card also contains a preview function that allows a consumer to try the recording function before purchasing the greeting card. In preview mode, the recorded message is played back, simultaneously with the pre-recorded clip, only once and then erased. Once a consumer has purchased the card, the preview function can be disabled whereby the user-recorded sound clip is saved, and whereby the user-recorded sound clip is played back simultaneously with the pre-recorded sound clip.