Interactive toy system
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1. An interactive toy comprising:
- a microphone for converting acoustic energy into corresponding electrical signals;
a speaker for generating audible information;
a networking interface for connecting to a network;
a memory comprising;
networking software for controlling the networking interface;
control software capable of executing a plurality of tasks according to a corresponding plurality of commands;
a toy identifier;
audio data; and
audio output software for generating the audio signals according to the audio data;
a processing system for executing the control software, the networking software, and audio output software; and
a speech recognition system for generating at least one of the commands according to the electrical signals from the microphone and providing the command to the control software;
wherein the commands include a download command, and in response to the download command received from the speech recognition system, the control software directs the networking software to interface with a network server over the network to obtain the audio data.
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Abstract
An interactive toy has a microphone, a speaker, a memory for storing a toy identifier, and an interface to provide communications with a computer system. The computer system connects to a server on a network. The interactive toy provides electrical signals from the microphone, as well as the toy identifier, to the computer system via the interface. The interface enables the computer system to control the speaker to generate audible information according to data received from the server. Alternatively, a processor and memory with networking capabilities may be embedded within the toy to eliminate the need for a computer system.
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1. An interactive toy comprising:
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a microphone for converting acoustic energy into corresponding electrical signals;
a speaker for generating audible information;
a networking interface for connecting to a network;
a memory comprising;
networking software for controlling the networking interface;
control software capable of executing a plurality of tasks according to a corresponding plurality of commands;
a toy identifier;
audio data; and
audio output software for generating the audio signals according to the audio data;
a processing system for executing the control software, the networking software, and audio output software; and
a speech recognition system for generating at least one of the commands according to the electrical signals from the microphone and providing the command to the control software;
wherein the commands include a download command, and in response to the download command received from the speech recognition system, the control software directs the networking software to interface with a network server over the network to obtain the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An interactive toy system comprising:
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a toy comprising;
a microphone for converting acoustic energy into corresponding electrical signals;
a speaker for generating audible information; and
a first memory for storing a toy identifier;
a processing system comprising;
a networking interface for connecting to a network;
an audio interface for accepting the electrical signals from the microphone, and for providing audio signals to the speaker to generate the audible information; and
a second memory comprising;
networking software for controlling the networking interface;
control software capable of executing a plurality of tasks according to a corresponding plurality of commands;
audio data; and
audio output software for generating the audio signals according to the audio data; and
a speech recognition system for generating at least one of the commands according to the electrical signals from the microphone and providing the command to the control software; and
a network server connected to the network for providing data to the processing system;
wherein the commands include a download command, and in response to the download command received from the speech recognition system, the control software directs the networking software to interface with the network server to obtain the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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