Systems and methods for interactive responses by toys and other connected devices

A method comprising:

• sensing a user action;
• determining an identifier for the user action, the user action being associated with a range of possible command sequences to execute;
• broadcasting a reinforcement request message, the reinforcement request message relating to a query for one or more reinforcement values relating to the user action and the range of possible command sequences to execute associated with the user action;
• receiving at least one broadcast message, each broadcast message in the at least one broadcast message comprising a plurality of identifiers;
• determining a highest priority identifier amongst the plurality of identifiers received in the at least one broadcast message;
• identifying a command sequence associated with the highest priority identifier;
• and
• executing the command sequence, wherein the highest priority identifier is determined based on evaluation criteria relating to the one or more reinforcement values.

An interactive response system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one network interface;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions including a method, the method comprising:
• receiving at least one broadcast message, each broadcast message in the at least one broadcast message comprising a plurality of identifiers;
• identifying a packlet in the at least one broadcast message;
• parsing the packlet into the plurality of identifiers;
• comparing a format of the plurality of identifiers in the packlet to a predefined hierarchy;
• determining a highest priority identifier amongst the plurality of identifiers based on the comparison of the plurality of identifiers to the predefined hierarchy;
• identifying a command sequence associated with the highest priority identifier;
• and
• executing the command sequence.

An interactive response system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one network interface;
• at least one sensor;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions including a method, the method comprising:
• sensing a user action using the at least one sensor;
• determining an identifier for the user action, the user action being associated with a range of possible command sequences to execute;
• broadcasting a reinforcement request message, the reinforcement request message relating to a query for one or more reinforcement values relating to the user action and the range of possible command sequences to execute associated with the user action;
• receiving at least one broadcast message, each broadcast message in the at least one broadcast message comprising a plurality of identifiers;
• determining a highest priority identifier amongst the plurality of identifiers received in the at least one broadcast message;
• identifying a command sequence associated with the highest priority identifier;
• and
• executing the command sequence, wherein the highest priority identifier is determined based on evaluation criteria relating to the one or more reinforcement values.

A method comprising:

• sensing a user input;
• sending an advertising message requesting an appropriate action relating to the user input;
• receiving, one or more response messages in response to the advertising message requesting the appropriate action, each response message in the one or more response messages specifying a command sequence identifier and an associated reinforcement value;
• applying at least one of the command sequence identifiers and its associated reinforcement value to a predefined policy to determine a highest priority command sequence identifier;
• and
• initiating a command sequence associated with the highest priority command sequence identifier as the appropriate action.