Article for upholding personal affinity

• US 20110028067A1
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: While We'Re Apart LLC
• Original Assignee: While We'Re Apart LLC
• Inventors: Forks, Jason W., Colton, Wayne J.
• Application Number:
  US12/462,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20110028067A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/369
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/02 made of fabrics or stuffed
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds

Abstract

An article of manufacture for facilitating the maintenance of interpersonal relationships includes a plush toy and a audio playback module embedded within an area internal to the plush toy. The embedded playback module includes an electronic data storage device for storing audio message files; an audio output device; and a processor for accessing audio message files stored on the storage device and playing the message files through the audio output device. An external communication device is associated with the processor for uploading to the storage device of audio messages. The external communication device may be an on-the-go device or an embedded host.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture for facilitating the maintenance of interpersonal relationships, said article comprising:

a plush toy; and

a audio playback module embedded within an area internal said plush toy, wherein said playback module comprises;

an electronic data storage device adapted to store audio message files;

an audio output device;

a processor for accessing audio message files stored on said storage device and playing said message files through said audio output device; and

an external communication device associated with said processor, said communication device being adapted to facilitate upload to said storage device of audio messages.

2. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 1, wherein said plush toy comprises a teddy bear.

3. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 1, wherein said external communication device comprises a universal serial bus device.

4. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 3, wherein said universal serial bus device comprises a targeted host.

5. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 4, wherein said targeted host comprises a universal serial bus on-the-go device.

6. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 4, wherein said targeted host comprises a universal serial bus embedded host.

7. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 4, wherein said targeted host is adapted to interface with universal serial bus flash drive.

8. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 7, wherein said targeted host is further adapted to interface with a personal computer.

9. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 8, wherein said personal computer is programmed to maintain audio message files stored on said electronic data storage device.

10. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 4, wherein said targeted host is adapted to interface with a personal computer.

11. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 10, wherein said personal computer is programmed to maintain audio message files stored on said electronic data storage device.

12. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 3, wherein said universal serial bus device comprises a peripheral bus device interface.

13. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 12, wherein said peripheral bus device interface provides interconnectivity to a personal computer.

14. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 13, wherein said personal computer is programmed to maintain audio message files stored on said electronic data storage device.

15. An article of manufacture for facilitating the maintenance of interpersonal relationships, said article comprising:

a doll; and

a audio playback module embedded within an area internal said plush toy, wherein said playback module comprises;

an electronic data storage device adapted to store audio message files;

an audio output device;

a processor for accessing audio message files stored on said storage device and playing said message files through said audio output device; and

an external communication device associated with said processor, said communication device being adapted to facilitate upload to said storage device of audio messages.

16. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 15, wherein said external communication device comprises a universal serial bus device.

17. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 16, wherein said universal serial bus device comprises a targeted host.

18. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 17, wherein said targeted host comprises a universal serial bus on-the-go device.

19. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 17, wherein said targeted host comprises a universal serial bus embedded host.

20. The article of manufacture as recited in claim 19, wherein:

said targeted host is further adapted to interface with a personal computer; and

said personal computer is programmed to maintain audio message files stored on said electronic data storage device.