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In Sept. 1995 my father passed away.
During the month of October of 1995 it was discovered that my father was the sole source of many family stories
and wisdom that had been handed down to me. Now that he was gone there was no other source that had the same
mix of experience or advice.
The void of my being able to relate to my fathers experience is what created the inspiration to create the process
and means to record, collate and make available on a broad basis this kind of wisdom, story telling and experience.
On May 23, 2002 a concentrated and recorded effort was engaged, to create a service that would preserve our
life stories, experiences annd wisdom. Even today the result is dynamic in that improvments are being made regularly.

Why would you want it? How would the service be used?
Example 1:
Sue Simple has just learned that her grandmother is approaching her final time in this life.
Sue realizes that her grandmother is the principal source of all the family history and is the principal storyteller within her family.
When grandmother is gone so will be much of the recollection’s accuracy of lessons and stories from generations before her.
Realizing she can establish an account with the GraceTime system that offers a way to record vocal conversations via cell phone by
simply dialing a number and selecting her personal area for recording she establishes an account.
Because of the transcription services offered by the GraceTime system she can go back and edit any
prior recorded stories / information or establish and record a new category.

What really impresses her is that the GraceTime system is a IP (internet) based multimedia system.
GraceTime assigns a unique storage address to this select information.
Sue can also record or upload other related multimedia including but not limited to audio, pictures, text, and movies via
her personal computer or other digitally connected device. The GraceTime System will in return make the recordings
permissibly available virtually for reproduction (viewing, listening, and editing) and have means available for producing
a soft or hardcopy for her edification or personal possession.

After Sue’s family and her grandmother finish recording all they want, they will have the option to create
keepsakes for existing and future generations of their family and friends. They will be able to label any picture,
memory stick, digital media, memorial marker or scrapbook with a bar code, number, IP address,
(Remote ID method**) attachment and link all the previous mentioned to a central, virtual or other
source for reproducing the multimedia formatted information.

When Sue’s grandchildren want to see or hear grandma, they could take the recorded medium
(memory stick or other) and plug it into any appropriate player equipped for that medium and play it.
They also have the choice of using a portable remote digital connected device to query by the ID
label / number or subject to arrive at Grandmas virtual repository of information about that query.

If Grandma and the family permit the saved information to be public, then any one who is virtually connected
to the GraceTime multimedia storage service can access the saved information.
The entrant of course would be registered and have the proper permissions.
The entrants will have the opportunity to search and enjoy all possible information they have permission to.

Remember it could be an old friend or great, great grandchild of grandmas looking at her grave
/ memorial 50 years from now. At that time one might indeed simply take a remote wireless digital
multimedia LCD devise that is equipped with a digital ID reader (Remote ID method**) and scan the grave
/ memorial / marker. Within seconds the remote device detects the ID, connects to the virtual
location of multimedia pre-recorded information and automatically initiates a interactive presentation.
The presentation will allow the user to query or simply listen to the highlights of who grandma says
she is, what she has done or learned. She will come to virtual life for your families’ enjoyment and enlightenment.

Example 2
John Smith has just found out that his life is coming to an end. However he has 6 months or so to do what he needs to do.
Because John is a younger man he is realizing his children and grandchildren will probably not get the benefit of his
experience or knowledge.
To record and store the knowledge and experience he wants to leave behind he sets up an account with GraceTime.

In order to insure as much knowledge transfer as possible John collects all the pictures, text, videos and memorabilia
he can and records on his personal GraceTime virtual site.

He also starts recording via a cell phone transcription connection, all the memories and family heirloom stories
he can remember. The stories or information he can’t remember exactly he reinforces by arranging conversation
sessions with those that know the stories better and have other imagery, audio or multimedia to contribute.

Within a few months John could have a fairly composite collection and presentation of what he wants to pass on.
Of course all this will be held private as John and his family have made that decision.
John will leave it to his survivors to decide the privacy issues for his information in the future.

The Legal Details...
INVENTION DISCLOSURE                                             Litman Law … Docket 24749
June 1, 2004                                                                          (PTO register 549683)

1. Title of the Invention: "GraceTime® "   "GraceTime®" registration of Service mark = US PTO 78481593
2. Inventor: Danny L Stark                  Olathe, Ks 66062
3. Circumstances and Date of Conception:
In Sept. 1995 my father passed away. During the month of October of 1995 it was discovered that my father was
the sole source of many family stories and wisdom that had been handed down to me. Now that he was gone there
was no other source that had the same mix of experience or advice.

The void of my being able to relate to my fathers experience is what created the inspiration to create the process and means to record, collate and make available on a broad basis this kind of wisdom, story telling and experience.

On May 23, 2002 a concentrated and recorded effort was engaged, with this product and a dated journal record being the result.

4. Description of the Invention:

invention

Description of the Parts –
Many of the parts, application and software systems that make up the overall GraceTime method
and process are standard off the shelf items. It is when you combine them and apply the multiple
parts to one purpose that the GraceTime aggregate process of a means to record, collate and make
available on a broad basis, life experiences, wisdom and story telling in a local (or remote) mode becomes very unique.

The interval parts of this system available upon request...