Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Harman

Jeffrey A. Harman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5826235
    Abstract: A communication package has, enclosed in a storage disc, a voice chip connected by power input bus terminals to a renewable, battery power system which provides easy battery accessibility. The storage disc preferably contains an acoustically resonant chamber and diffusion apparatus and preferably contains a removable barrier between the power system and the power input bus terminals that must be removed before the voice chip can be energized. A voice message is stored in the communication package by recording the voice message into a recording unit, replaying the voice message, optionally re-recording at least a portion of the message until the replay is satisfactory, converting the message to a compressed, digital "sound file" and then downloading this "sound file" onto the voice disc. Identifying information is converted into a compressed, digital "text file" and transmitted with the "sound file" to be displayed as a visual identification of the "sound file".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: The Messenger Group, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Harman
  • Patent number: 5719920
    Abstract: A communication package has, enclosed in a storage disc, a voice chip connected by power input bus terminals to a renewable, battery power system which provides easy battery accessibility. The storage disc preferably contains an acoustically resonant chamber and diffusion apparatus and preferably contains a removable barrier between the power system and the power input bus terminals that must be removed before the voice chip can be energized. A unitized interface system (UIS) is used to store a voice message in the communication package by recording the voice message, replaying the voice message, optionally re-recording at least a portion of the voice message until the replay is satisfactory and converting the voice message to a compressed, digital "sound file". Identifying information is encoded and converted into a compressed, digital "text file" and combined with the "sound file". The identifying information is separated from the combined files and is displayed or printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: The Messenger Group LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Harman