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Doll companion integrating child self-directed execution of applications with cell phone communication, education, entertainment, alert and monitoring systems

  • US 9,126,122 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2011
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A toy device, comprising:

  • a doll housing having an exterior surface configured with a visually-distinguishable indicator marker, said indicator marker comprising a colored shape, letter, number, or symbol on the exterior surface of the doll body;

    a doll computer system disposed within said doll housing, wherein said doll computer system comprises at least one processor-readable storage medium, comprises at least one processor in communication with said at least one processor-readable storage medium, and comprises multiple sets of processor-executable application instructions for executing each of said applications;

    a display screen in operational communication with said at least one processor;

    an NFC initiator disposed within said doll housing, in signal communication with said at least one processor, and having a radio frequency field-generating portion generating a radio frequency field with said radio frequency field-generating portion disposed directly interior of said indicator marker; and

    multiple passive NFC-type tags separate from said doll housing, not connected to a power source, each embedded with a set of application-associated data corresponding to one of said set of processor-executable application instructions on said storage medium;

    wherein, when one of said NFC-type tags is brought within four centimeters of said indicator marker, said NFC-type tag is powered by said radio frequency field and transmits said set of application-associated data to said NFC initiator;

    wherein said at least one processor performs the steps of;

    (1.) receiving said transmitted set of application-associated data from said NFC initiator;

    (2.) associating said transmitted set of application-associated data from one of said tags with one of said processor-executable application instructions on said storage medium; and

    (3.) executing the corresponding one of said processor-executable application instructions based on receipt of said transmitted set of application-associated data.

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