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Interactive story book and methods for operating the same

  • US 5,851,119 A
  • Filed: 10/07/1996
  • Issued: 12/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating an interactive electronic story book apparatus comprising the steps of:

  • providing a story book including a plurality of pages having graphic characters depicted thereon;

    providing a touch sensitive graphics area;

    overlying said story book on said touch sensitive graphics area;

    providing a plurality of speech phrases in a memory device associated with said touch sensitive graphics area, said speech phrases being associated with predetermined characters on predetermined pages of said story book;

    opening said story book to one of said plurality of pages;

    associating a predetermined group of speech phrases with said open page of said story book;

    assigning said speech phrases to predetermined areas on said touch sensitive graphics area which correspond with the location of said characters on said open page of said story book; and

    selectively outputting said speech phrases responsive to touch input derived from said predetermined area of said touch sensitive graphics area.

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