Story-telling doll
First Claim
1. A story-telling doll comprising:
- (a) a doll body;
(b) a processing system including at least one digital processor, said processing system being contained within said body;
(c) a programmable data storage device associated with said processing system and contained within said body;
(d) an audio output device associated with said processing system and contained within said body;
(e) at least one user-operable switch manually operable by manipulation of at least one region of said body, said at least one switch being operative to provide an input signal to said processing system; and
(f) a communications unit associated with said processing system and contained within said body, said communications unit being configured to operate under control of said processing unit in response to said input signal to;
(i) initiate a data communications link via a general purpose communications network with a remote content provider source, (ii) transmit to the remote content provider a request for download of at least one data file including audio content, and (iii) receive the at least one data file including audio content from the remote content provider, wherein said processor system is operative to save the at least one data file in said storage device and subsequently to play said audio content read from said at least one data file via said audio output device.
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Abstract
A story-telling doll includes a doll body (10) which contains a processing system (12) including at least one digital processor, a programmable data storage device (14) and an audio output device (16). At least one user-operable switch (SW1, SW2, SW3) is manually operable by manipulation of at least one region (18, 20, 22) of body (10) to provide an input signal to processing system (12). A communications unit (24), also contained within body (10), is configured to operate under control of processing unit (12) in response to the input signal to: (a) initiate a data communications link via a general purpose communications network with a remote content provider source, (b) transmit to the remote content provider a request for download of at least one data file including audio content, and (c) receive the at least one data file including audio content from the remote content provider. Processor system (12) is further configured to save the at least one data file in storage device (14) and subsequently to play the audio content read from the at least one data file via audio output device (16).
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22 Claims
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1. A story-telling doll comprising:
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(a) a doll body;
(b) a processing system including at least one digital processor, said processing system being contained within said body;
(c) a programmable data storage device associated with said processing system and contained within said body;
(d) an audio output device associated with said processing system and contained within said body;
(e) at least one user-operable switch manually operable by manipulation of at least one region of said body, said at least one switch being operative to provide an input signal to said processing system; and
(f) a communications unit associated with said processing system and contained within said body, said communications unit being configured to operate under control of said processing unit in response to said input signal to;
(i) initiate a data communications link via a general purpose communications network with a remote content provider source, (ii) transmit to the remote content provider a request for download of at least one data file including audio content, and (iii) receive the at least one data file including audio content from the remote content provider, wherein said processor system is operative to save the at least one data file in said storage device and subsequently to play said audio content read from said at least one data file via said audio output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
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7. (canceled)
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8. (canceled)
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12. A story-telling doll system for providing repeatedly updated audio content for playing by a plurality of dolls, the system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of story-telling dolls according to claim 0, each of said dolls being configured to transmit an identification code; and
(b) a remote content provider system including;
(i) a communications subsystem associated with the general purpose communications network;
(ii) a database subsystem including a registry of doll identification codes and associated content definitions; and
(iii) a content management subsystem associated with said communications subsystem and said database subsystem, said content management subsystem storing data files of a plurality of content types, said content management subsystem being responsive to said identification code to;
(A) retrieve from said database subsystem a content definition associated with each received identification code, and (B) make available for download at least one data file having a content type corresponding to the retrieved content definition. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A story-telling doll comprising:
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(a) a doll body;
(b) a processing system including at least one digital processor, said processing system being contained within said body;
(c) a programmable data storage device associated with said processing system and contained within said body;
(d) an audio output device associated with said processing system and contained within said body;
(e) at least one user-operable switch manually operable by manipulation of at least one region of said body, said at least one switch being operative to provide an input signal to said processing system; and
(f) a communications unit associated with said processing system and contained within said body, said communications unit being configured to operate under control of said processing unit to;
(i) establish a data communications link with a cellular telephone, and (ii) receive from the cellular telephone at least one data file including audio content, wherein said processor system is operative to save the at least one data file in said storage device and subsequently to play said audio content read from said at least one data file via said audio output device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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