Intercommunicating toy

• US 20030003839A1
• Filed: 12/10/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Chun-Ping
• Application Number:
  US10/006,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20030003839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/175
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

An intercommunicating toy comprises a toy body; a storage device inside the toy body for storing a first data; a communication interface inside the toy and electrically connected to the storage device for transmitting a second data to update the first data in the storage device; a controller inside the toy body and electrically connected to the storage device for controlling the communication interface in order to update the storage device; and a wireless communication device inside the toy body for providing an intercommunication effect with another intercommunicating toy according to a control command of the controller.

Claims

1. An intercommunicating toy comprising:

a toy body;

a storage device inside said toy body for storing a first data;

a communication interface inside said toy and electrically connected to said storage device for transmitting a second data to update said first data in said storage device;

a controller inside said toy body and electrically connected to said storage device for controlling said communication interface in order to update said storage device; and

a wireless communication device inside said toy body for providing an intercommunication effect with another intercommunicating toy according to a control command of said controller.

2. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said storage device is an updateable memory.

3. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 2 wherein said updateable memory is a flash memory.

4. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said first data is a software and said second data is a new software.

5. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said second data is obtained from a computer through said communication interface, and said computer is connected to an internet.

6. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said communication interface is a parallel port.

7. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said communication interface is a serial port.

8. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said controller includes a system control/voice process device.

9. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said wireless communication device is a radio frequency (RF) wireless communication device.

10. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said wireless communication device is an infrared rays (IR) wireless communication device.

11. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 1 wherein said communication interface is a wireless communication interface for providing said intercommunicating toy to wirelessly download said second data from a computer.

13. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 12 wherein both said first toy and said second toy have an updateable memory.

14. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 13 wherein said software is updated through a communication interface;

said communication interface is connected to a computer;

said computer is connected to a web site of an internet.

15. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 14 wherein said communication interface is a parallel port.

16. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 14 wherein said communication interface is a serial port.

17. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 12 wherein both said first wireless communication device and said second wireless communication device are a radio frequency wireless communication device.

18. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 12 wherein both said first wireless communication device and said second wireless communication device are an infrared rays wireless communication device.

19. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 12 wherein said toys have a shape of an animal.

20. An intercommunicating toy according to claim 12 wherein said intercommunication effect includes a sound, a light and an act.

12. An intercommunicating toy comprising:

a first toy having a first wireless communication device; and

a second toy having a second wireless communication;

said first toy and said second toy communicate through said first wireless communication device and said second wireless communication device;

said second toy acts according to a first command of said first toy;

said first toy acts according to a second command of said second toy so as to make an intercommunication effect.