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A system for playback of messages. Context appropriate messages for an environment may be played back. Messages may be user behavior interactive and subject to user behavior initiated message playback conditions. User generated environment events may be automatically analyzed and user behavior inter

A system for playback of messages. Context appropriate messages for an environment may be played back. Messages may be user behavior interactive and subject to user behavior initiated message playback conditions. User generated environment events may be automatically analyzed and user behavior interactive messages may be automatically coordinated. An automated themed message playback apparatus may have a self-contained housing within which a stored themed message, an in situ user generated environment event sensor, and an automated themed message playback device are housed. User generated environment events may be automatically sensed in situ.

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1. A method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment comprising the steps of: storing multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages, said multiple messages each being appropriate for a given user generated environment event, and such st

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A method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment comprising the steps of: storing multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages, said multiple messages each being appropriate for a given user generated environment event, and such storage provided on an automated, battery powered, self-contained selectively positionable and repositionable message playback device within a self-contained housing;storing a user environment behavior initiated message playback condition appropriate for said given user generated environment event on said automated, battery powered, self-contained selectively positionable and repositionable message playback device within said self-contained housing;automatically in-situ sensing from within said environment by said automated, battery powered, self-contained selectively positionable and repositionable message playback device within said self-contained housing said given user generated environment event;automatically analyzing by said automated, battery powered, self-contained selectively positionable and repositionable message playback device within said self-contained housing, the time of day said given user generated environment event occurs with respect to said user environment behavior initiated message playback condition appropriate for said given user generated environment event;automatically identifying appropriate stored user environment behavior interactive messages appropriate to said given user generated environment event to play back based on said automated analysis;randomly varying message playback for said given user generated environment event to vary message content experienced by randomly selecting as an appropriate stored message from said multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages one of said stored multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages based on said steps of automatically identifying appropriate stored user environment behavior interactive messages appropriate to said given user generated environment event to play back based on said automated analysis and said step of varying message playback to vary message content for said given user generated environment event to be experienced by said user;selecting a new message as compared to at least one prior message from said stored multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages;playing said new message as compared to at least one prior message; andautomatically individually addressing said user by said automated, battery powered, self-contained selectively positionable and repositionable message playback device within a self-contained housing, by said selected appropriate stored message. 2. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said environment comprises an environment selected from the group consisting of an automobile, a refrigerator, and a pantry. 3. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said environment comprises a refrigerator environment, and wherein said step of automatically analyzing said given user generated environment event comprises the step of analyzing the time of day and analyzing the number of times said refrigerator environment has changed in a given period. 4. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said environment comprises a refrigerator environment, and wherein said step of storing multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages comprises the steps of storing at least one humor related behavior interactive message, storing at least one user goal related behavior interactive message, and storing at least one reminder related behavior interactive message. 5. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said step of automatically in-situ sensing comprises the steps of sensing refrigerator light activation, and sensing the number of times a refrigerator door has opened. 6. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said steps of automatically analyzing and automatically identifying comprise the step of accounting for dynamically changing circumstances in said environment during a reference period. 7. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 6 wherein said environment comprises a refrigerator environment, and wherein said reference period comprises a time of day. 8. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 7 wherein said time of day comprises a time of day selected from the group consisting of morning, afternoon, evening, night, breakfast time, lunch time, dinner time, and snack time. 9. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 6 wherein said step of varying message playback to vary message content comprises the step of playing back progressively more aggressive message content. 10. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 9 wherein said step of varying message playback to vary message content comprises the step of itemizing user generated environment events. 11. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein: said step of automatically in-situ sensing said given user generated environment event comprises the step of sensing a change in said environment; andsaid step of automatically identifying said user environment behavior interactive messages appropriate to said given user generated environment event comprises the step of identifying a different group of said user environment behavior interactive messages from which to select. 12. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein: said step of storing multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages comprises the step of storing time of day themed messages;said step of storing a user environment behavior initiated message playback condition comprises the step of conditioning message playback for a time of day;said step of automatically in-situ sensing said given user generated environment event comprises the step of sensing a change in said environment event for said time of day;said step of automatically analyzing said given user generated environment event with respect to said at least one user environment behavior initiated message playback condition comprises the step of evaluating said change in said environment at said time of day against said conditioning message playback for a time of day;said step of automatically identifying appropriate stored user environment behavior interactive messages appropriate to said given user generated environment event to playback based on said automated analysis comprises the step of selecting said user relevant time of day themed message;said step of automatically individually addressing said user comprises the step of individually addressing said user by a time of day themed message. 13. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 further comprising the step of relating message content to the number of the times said event has occurred in a given period. 14. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 13 wherein said step of relating comprises the step of playing back progressively more aggressive message content the higher the number of times the said event has occurred. 15. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 13 wherein said step of relating comprises the step of itemizing the number of the times said event has occurred. 16. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said step of randomly selecting one of said stored multiple user relevant environment themed behavior interactive messages comprises the step of randomly selecting from most relevant user environment behavior interactive messages. 17. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said step of automatically individually addressing said user the step of using text to speech. 18. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein said step of automatically individually addressing said user comprises the step of interactively addressing a user need prompted by the behavior of said user related to said environment. 19. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 18 wherein said step of interactively addressing a user need comprises the step of addressing a diet need. 20. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 wherein: said steps of storing comprise the step of storing in electronic memory;said step of automatically in-situ sensing comprises sensing with a first photocell and sensing with a second photocell, wherein said first photocell and said second photocell are differentially oriented;said steps of automatically analyzing and automatically coordinating comprise the step of using a microprocessor;said step of automatically individually addressing said user comprises the step of playing back with a speaker. 21. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 20 wherein said step of using a microprocessor comprises the step of using an MBED microprocessor. 22. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 21 wherein said step of using an MBED microprocessor comprises the step of text programming said MBED microprocessor, and further comprising the step of using a text to speech chip in conjunction with said MBED microprocessor. 23. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 further comprising the step of providing user control to select the message playback capabilities appropriate to a desired environment. 24. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 23 wherein said step of providing user control comprises the step of providing user controls to select between an automotive environment and a refrigerator environment. 25. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 23 wherein said step of providing user control comprises the step of providing user control to select between a pantry environment and a refrigerator environment. 26. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 23 wherein said step of providing user control comprises the step of providing user control to select between an automotive environment, a pantry environment, and a refrigerator environment. 27. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 further comprising the step of logging said at least one automatically sensed user generated environment event. 28. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 27 wherein said step of logging said at least one automatically sensed user generated environment event comprises at least one event selected from the group consisting of the time of day, the number of times an event has occurred, and the number of times a light has activated. 29. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 27 further comprising the step of providing said at least one logged automatically in-situ sensed user generated environment event to a user. 30. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 further comprising the step of engaging in an ecommerce transaction. 31. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 further comprising the step of utilizing sponsored message content. 32. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 31 wherein said step of utilizing sponsored message content comprises the step of utilizing at least one advertising message. 33. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 1 further comprising the step of utilizing food relevant content messages. 34. The method for automatically playing back context appropriate messages for an environment as described in claim 31 further comprising the step of utilizing a smartphone connection.