did you follow the analog consideration ventured at the front of the patent I linked ?
If so, seeing you and I may be on the same page regarding that foot note....and the courts consideration regarding claim 1 and 19....IMO it comes down to this....The court is not considering claim 19 to be digital.
1. A record/playback device for use with a removable, interchangeable, flash memory recording medium which enables extended recording comparable with tape cassette dictating equipment, said device comprising:
a housing; a microphone element coupled to the housing and configured to receive and process sound into electrical signals; control circuitry coupled to the microphone element and including signal input circuitry, amplification circuitry,
analog-to-digital conversion circuitry, memory control circuitry, signal output circuitry and control logic circuitry for performing record and playback functional operations with respect to the electrical signals and other regulated components of the record/playback device; said switch means coupled to the control circuitry for selecting the desired functional operations to be performed; a receiving socket electrically coupled to the memory control circuitry and configured for electrical coupling with a flash memory module which operates as sole memory of the received processed sound electrical signals and is capable of retaining recorded
digital information for storage in nonvolatile form; a speaker coupled to the control circuitry for playback of recorded digital information; and a power source coupled to the control circuitry for supplying electrical power to the device.
19. A record/playback device for use with a removable, interchangeable, flash memory recording medium which enables extended recording comparable with tape cassette dictating equipment, said device comprising:
a housing; a microphone element coupled to the housing and configured to receive and process sound into electrical signals; control circuitry coupled to the microphone element and including signal input circuitry, amplification circuitry, memory control circuitry, signal output circuitry and control logic circuitry for performing record and playback functional operations with respect to the electrical signals and other regulated components of the record/playback device; said switch means coupled to the control circuitry for selecting the desired functional operations to be performed; a receiving socket electrically coupled to the memory control circuitry and configured for electrical coupling with a recording medium which is capable of retaining recorded
digital information for storage; a flash memory module which operates as sole memory of the received processed sound electrical signals and is capable of retaining recorded
digital information for storage in nonvolatile form; a speaker coupled to the control circuitry for playback of recorded
digital information; and a power source coupled to the control circuitry for supplying electrical power to the device.
fingers crossed yet again....lol
doni
