ELECTRONIC TOY AND METHODS OF INTERACTING THEREWITH
First Claim
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1. An electronic toy comprising:
- a body defining an interior adapted to receive a prize and an opening into the interior; and
a controller configured to;
make the interior inaccessible through the opening;
output instructions;
receive input in response to the instructions;
determine whether the input satisfies a predetermined criterion; and
make the interior accessible again through the opening when the input satisfies the predetermined criterion.
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Abstract
Electronic toys and methods of interacting with electronic toys are provided, in which the electronic toys include a body defining an interior and an opening into the interior plus a prize removably located in the interior and accessible through the opening. A controller is configured to: make the prize inaccessible through the opening; output instructions to make the prize accessible; receive input in response to the instructions; determine whether the input satisfies a predetermined criterion; and make the prize accessible again through the opening when the input satisfies the predetermined criterion.
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26 Claims
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1. An electronic toy comprising:
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a body defining an interior adapted to receive a prize and an opening into the interior; and a controller configured to; make the interior inaccessible through the opening; output instructions; receive input in response to the instructions; determine whether the input satisfies a predetermined criterion; and make the interior accessible again through the opening when the input satisfies the predetermined criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of interacting with an electronic toy to access a prize contained within a body of the toy, the body defining an interior and an opening into the interior, the method comprising:
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placing the prize in the interior to be accessible through the opening; altering the toy to make the prize inaccessible through the opening; outputting instructions; receiving input in response to the instructions; determining whether the input satisfies a predetermined criterion; and altering the toy when the input satisfies the predetermined criterion to make the prize accessible. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An electronic toy, comprising:
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a body defining an interior and an opening into the interior; a display; first and second compartments located within the interior; a plush doll removably positionable in the first compartment; and a controller operably coupled to the display and configured to; alter the toy from a nominal configuration, where the first compartment is accessible through the opening and the second compartment is inaccessible, to an active configuration, where the second compartment is accessible through the opening and the first compartment is inaccessible; output instructions on the display; receive input in response to the instructions; determine whether the input satisfies a predetermined criterion; and alter the toy from the active configuration back to the nominal configuration when the input satisfies the predetermined criterion so that the plush doll is once again visible and accessible through the opening. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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