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US 2006/0234602 A1Published application
Figurine using wireless communication to harness external computing power
AssigneeSpeechgear, Inc.
InventorRobert Palmquist
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Abstract
The invention is directed toward a figurine that utilizes wireless communication to harness computing power of an external computer. The figurine may capture visual or audible input and wirelessly transfer the input to the external computer, either directly or via a network. The external computer processes the input, generates output, and transfers the output to the figurine. The output can then be presented to a child as though the figurine processed and generated the output directly.
Claims29
A system comprising:
- a figurine that captures input and wirelessly communicates the input;
- and
- a computer that receives the input from the figurine, generates output based on the input, and wirelessly communicates the output to the figurine, wherein the figurine presents the output to a user.
An interactive toy figurine comprising:
- an data capture device to capture audio or video data;
- and
- a wireless transmitter/receiver to wirelessly transfer data captured by the data capture device and receive output associated with the data captured by the data capture device.
A method comprising:
- capturing data from a user at a figurine;
- wirelessly communicating the data to an external computer;
- receiving from the external computer a response to the data;
- and
- outputting the response to the user from the figurine.
2 more elements
A system comprising:
- a computer;
- and
- a figurine communicatively coupled to the computer, wherein the figurine provides input to the computer, receives output from the computer and outputs the output to a user, and wherein functionality of the figurine is expandable via upgrades to the computer.
A system comprising:
- a figurine that captures input and wirelessly communicates the input;
- and
- a parents unit that receives the input and generates an alarm based on the input.
A system comprising:
- a computer;
- and
- a figurine communicatively coupled to the computer;
- one or more system compatible objects, wherein the figurine interacts with the one or more objects by harnessing computing power of the computer, wherein the system compatible objects include indicia identifiable by the figurine to ensure that software on the computer can ensure interaction between the figurine and the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.