Appeal No. 1999-1799
Application No. 08/738,507
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a system and method for associating prerecorded
audio snippets with still photographic images using codes (rather than the audio data
itself) associated at/near the scene for the photographic image. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A system for associating a prerecorded audio snippet with a photograph,
comprising:
a) an audio data base containing a plurality of audio snippets, each snippet
having a corresponding identification code;
b) a scene identification display including an identification code associated
with the scene;
c) a camera having a sensor for sensing the identification code on the
display and including a memory for storing the identification code in association
with a photograph of the scene taken by the camera; and
d) means for retrieving the audio snippet corresponding to the
identification code and reproducing the audio snippet in conjunction with the display
of the photograph.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Yoshimura et al. (Yoshimura) 4,764,965 Aug. 16, 1988
Kinoshita 4,983,996 Jan. 08, 1991
Bell et al. (Bell) 5,276,472 Jan. 04, 1994
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