Interactive toys
AssigneeBeepCard Ltd.
InventorsAlon ATSMON, Amit Antebi, Moshe Cohen, Sharon Shimoni
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Abstract
A plurality of individual toys, at least a first one of which generates acoustic signals and at least a second one of which receives acoustic signals. When the second toy receives acoustic signals from the first toy, it responds, for example, by generating a sound and/or controlling its motion. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the toys flock and/or form a procession of toys which follow a leader toy, for example a mother goose and a plurality of following and preferably quacking goslings.
Claims30
A method of playing, comprising:
- first mechanically interacting, by a first player, with a first toy at a first location;
- transmitting a signal from the first toy to a second toy responsive to said mechanically interacting;
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- exhibiting of a mechanical behavior of said second toy to a second player, at a second, remote, location, responsive to said first mechanical interaction,
- wherein the first and second toys are in different rooms.
A toy network, comprising:
- a central station at a first location, which generates a transmission for relay;
- an intervening computer comprising a receiver and a transmitter and adapted to relay the transmission;
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- a plurality of toys at a plurality of second locations, each of said plurality of toys comprising a receiver adapted to receive said transmission via said intervening computer,
- wherein all the toys receive the same transmission.
A method of operating toys, comprising:
- generating a human detectable signal for play purposes, by a first toy;
- detecting the human detectable signal generated by the first toy, by a second toy;
- analyzing the signal by the second toy;
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- performing a play function by the second toy, responsive to said analyzing of the generated human detectable signal, without receiving any other command signal from the first toy.
A toy kit comprising:
- a first child-safe toy adapted to generate first signals and to exhibit a first behavior;
- at least one second child-safe toy adapted to receive second signals via a receiver and to exhibit a second behavior, responsive to the received second signals;
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- an intermediate device adapted to receive the first signals from the first toy via a receiver and transmit the second signals via a transmitter to the second toy responsive to the first signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.