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US 11,600,245 B2Granted
System, apparatus, and method for providing an interactive device
AssigneeNational Christmas Products LLC
InventorMichael M. McRae
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Abstract
A method is disclosed. The method includes providing an interactive device having at least one of a display screen and an audio component, pairing the interactive device with a user device, transferring data to the interactive device, and displaying images via the display screen or emitting sound via the audio component based on the transferred data. The interactive device is a non-transmitting device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- providing an interactive device having at least one of a display screen and an audio component;
- pairing the interactive device with a user device;
- allowing one-way data stream transfer from the user device to the interactive device based on the pairing;
- preventing data transfer from the interactive device to the user device based on the pairing;
- and
- displaying images via the display screen or emitting sound via the audio component based on the one-way data stream transfer;
- wherein the interactive device is a non-transmitting device;
- and
- wherein the interactive device is a non-camera-equipped device or a non-microphone-equipped device.
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An interactive device that is pairable with a user device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a data storage;
- a controller configured to pair the interactive device with the user device, the pairing allowing only one-way image and audio data stream transfer from the user device to the interactive device, and the pairing preventing image and audio data stream transfer from the interactive device to the user device;
- a display screen controlled by the controller;
- and
- an audio component controlled by the controller;
- wherein the display screen displays images and the audio component emits sound based on the one-way image and audio data stream transfer;
- and
- wherein the interactive device is a non-camera-equipped device.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a plurality of interactive devices, each interactive device having a display screen and an audio component;
- pairing at least one of the plurality of interactive devices with at least one of a plurality of user devices to provide a paired set of at least one paired interactive device and at least one paired user device;
- streaming data from the at least one paired user device to the at least one paired interactive device of the paired set;
- and
- preventing data transfer from the at least one paired interactive device to the at least one paired user device based on the pairing;
- displaying images via at least one display screen of the at least one paired interactive device or emitting sound via at least one audio component of the at least one paired interactive device based on the streamed data;
- wherein the at least one paired interactive device of the paired set is a non-recording device;
- and
- wherein each interactive device of the plurality of interactive devices is a non-camera-equipped device and a non-microphone-equipped device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.