Interactive toys
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1. A method of playing, comprising:
- first mechanically interacting, by a first player, with a first toy at a first location;
transmitting a signal from the first toy to a second toy responsive to said mechanically interacting, said signal selected from a preselected group of signals; and
exhibiting of a mechanical behavior of said second toy to a second player, at a second, remote, location, responsive to said first mechanical interaction, wherein said mechanical behavior is selected from a preselected group of responses, each of the responses corresponding to at least one of the preselected group of signals,wherein the first and second toys are in different rooms.
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Abstract
A plurality of individual toys, at least a first one of which generates acoustic signals and at least a second one of which receives acoustic signals. When the second toy receives acoustic signals from the first toy, it responds, for example, by generating a sound and/or controlling its motion. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the toys flock and/or form a procession of toys which follow a leader toy, for example a mother goose and a plurality of following and preferably quacking goslings.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of playing, comprising:
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first mechanically interacting, by a first player, with a first toy at a first location; transmitting a signal from the first toy to a second toy responsive to said mechanically interacting, said signal selected from a preselected group of signals; and exhibiting of a mechanical behavior of said second toy to a second player, at a second, remote, location, responsive to said first mechanical interaction, wherein said mechanical behavior is selected from a preselected group of responses, each of the responses corresponding to at least one of the preselected group of signals, wherein the first and second toys are in different rooms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A toy network, comprising:
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a central station at a first location, which generates a transmission for relay, said transmission selected from a preselected group of signals; an intervening computer comprising a receiver and a transmitter and adapted to relay the transmission; and a plurality of toys at a plurality of second locations, each of said plurality of toys comprising a receiver adapted to receive said transmission via said intervening computer, wherein all the toys receive the same transmission. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A toy kit comprising:
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a first child-safe toy adapted to generate first signals and to exhibit a first behavior, said first signals selected from a preselected group of signals; at least one second child-safe toy adapted to receive second signals via a receiver and to exhibit a second behavior, responsive to the received second signals, said second behavior selected from a preselected group of behaviors, each of the behaviors corresponding to at least one of the preselected group of signals; and an intermediate device adapted to receive the first signals from the first toy via a receiver and transmit the second signals via a transmitter to the second toy responsive to the first signals. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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