Method and system for transferring data to an electronic toy or other electronic device

• US 20060199643A1
• Filed: 05/04/2006
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terry L. Gilton
• Original Assignee: Terry L. Gilton
• Inventors: Gilton, Terry L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,566,257 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/39
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/409 Data transfer via television network
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream

Abstract

A method for transferring data from a display device to an electronic device includes displaying a visual pattern on the display device. The visual pattern represents the data being transferred. In the electronic device, the visual pattern is received and processed to obtain the data represented by the visual pattern. The visual pattern may be formed by an array of data elements, each data element representing at least one bit of data being transferred to the electronic device. A series of such arrays may be sequentially displayed on the display device. The visual pattern may alternatively be formed by a bar code that represents bits of data being transferred to the electronic device. A series of bar codes may be sequentially displayed on the display device.

Claims

1. A method for transferring data from a display device to an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a visual pattern on the display device, the visual pattern representing the data being transferred; and

in the electronic device,

receiving the visual pattern, and

processing the received pattern to obtain the data represented by the visual pattern.

2-51. -51. (canceled)