Toy vehicle accessory and related system
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsGerry Cody, Ron Friedman
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Abstract
An improved toy system is disclosed herein. In one aspect, the toy system includes a toy vehicle that can be uniquely identified. The toy vehicle includes a wireless tag that contains identifying information that is unique to the toy vehicle. In another aspect, the system includes a toy vehicle reader that can identify a toy vehicle that is proximate to the reader. The toy vehicle reader can wirelessly communicate with the tag, and in particular with a chip on the tag, on the proximate toy vehicle. In one embodiment, the toy vehicle reader utilizes Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to read the tags on vehicles.
Claims20
A toy system, comprising:
- a toy vehicle including a Near Field Communications (NFC) tag with a unique identification associated with the toy vehicle;
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- a toy vehicle accessory having an electronic system comprising an NFC reader that is used to communicate with the NFC tag of the toy vehicle to determine the unique identification, the electronic system including a wireless communication component configured to communicate the unique identification to a mobile device that is usable independently from the toy vehicle accessory, the toy vehicle accessory having a housing and a movable portion removably coupleable to the housing, the movable portion including the NFC reader.
A toy system, comprising:
- a toy including a Near Field Communications (NFC) tag with a unique identification associated with the toy;
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- a toy accessory having an electronic system comprising an NFC reader that is used to communicate with the NFC tag of the toy to determine the unique identification, the electronic system including a wireless communication component configured to communicate the unique identification to a mobile device that is usable independently from the toy accessory, the toy accessory having a housing and a movable portion removably coupleable to the housing, the movable portion including the NFC reader.
A toy system, comprising:
- a toy including a Near Field Communications (NFC) tag with a unique identification associated with the toy;
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- a toy accessory comprising:
- an electronic system including an NFC reader that is used to communicate with the NFC tag of the toy to determine the unique identification, and a communication component configured to communicate the unique identification to a mobile device;
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- a holding portion that can move between a closed position and an open position to support the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.