Interactive hand held apparatus with stylus
First Claim
1. An interactive, handheld apparatus comprising:
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a display screen on the housing, the display screen configured to display a plurality of images;
an electronic position location system, wherein the electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen;
a stylus for selecting one or more of the plurality of images on the display screen;
a directional control pad on the housing;
a memory device comprising computer code for an educational program, wherein the memory device is operatively coupled to the processor; and
a light associated with the stylus, wherein the light associated with the stylus is illuminated to indicate that the stylus is available for use during operation of the educational program.
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Abstract
An interactive, handheld apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a display screen on the housing, an electronic position location system, a stylus for selecting images on the display screen, a directional control pad on the housing and a memory device. The electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen. The memory device includes computer code for an educational game and is operatively coupled to the processor. A light is associated with the stylus. The light is illuminated to indicate that the stylus is available for use during operation of the educational game.
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15 Claims
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1. An interactive, handheld apparatus comprising:
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a housing;
a display screen on the housing, the display screen configured to display a plurality of images;
an electronic position location system, wherein the electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen;
a stylus for selecting one or more of the plurality of images on the display screen;
a directional control pad on the housing;
a memory device comprising computer code for an educational program, wherein the memory device is operatively coupled to the processor; and
a light associated with the stylus, wherein the light associated with the stylus is illuminated to indicate that the stylus is available for use during operation of the educational program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An interactive, handheld apparatus comprising:
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a housing;
a display screen on the housing, the display screen configured to display a plurality of images;
an electronic position location system, wherein the electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen;
a stylus for selecting one or more of the plurality of images on the display screen;
a directional control pad on the housing;
a memory device comprising computer code for an educational game, wherein the memory device is operatively coupled to the processor;
a light associated with the stylus; and
control logic configured to control illumination of the light, wherein the light is illuminated at specific points during the course of the educational game to indicate that the stylus is available for use. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An interactive, handheld apparatus comprising:
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a housing;
a display screen on the housing, the display screen configured to display a plurality of images;
an electronic position location system, wherein the electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen;
a stylus for selecting one or more of the plurality of images on the display screen;
a directional control pad on the housing; and
a memory device comprising computer code for a first educational program that uses the stylus, computer code for a second educational program that uses the directional button, computer code for informing a user to use the stylus with the first educational program and the directional control pad with the second educational program, wherein the memory device is coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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