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Interactive talking toy

  • US 6,290,566 B1
  • Filed: 04/17/1998
  • Issued: 09/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-controlled toy system for interacting with a computer-controlled fanciful figure comprising:

  • at least one fanciful figure including a microphone, a speaker and an electrical power source;

    at least one computer;

    a bidirectional communication link interconnecting the fanciful figure and the at least one computer and enabling communication of speech from said microphone to said computer and from said at least one computer to said speaker; and

    translation software residing in the at least one computer and being operative to translate at least some of said speech in a first language into a second language, whereby a user speaking to said at least one fanciful figure in either of said first and second languages can receive a response in the other of said first and second languages.

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