Toy electronic information storage media and playback system

A toy information storage and transducing system comprising:

• a removable storage medium and a player,
• said storage medium having one or more first memory regions for storing at least sound data, and a plurality of electrical contact points, each contact point being associated with at least one of said one or more of first memory regions,
• said player including
• selection means located in said player for generating a selection input in response to a user input at said player;
• interface means located in said player and responsive to said selection input to selectively establish electrical connection between said player and one or more of said contact points to access said at least sound data from said one or more first memory regions;
• transducing means coupled to said interface means for generating sounds from said accessed sound data;
• and
• beat display means for visually indicating a beat rhythm corresponding to the sounds generated therefrom.

A toy information storage and transducing system comprising:

• a removable storage medium and a player,
• said storage medium having one or more first memory regions for storing at least one of image data or sound data, and a plurality of electrical contact points, each contact point being associated with at least one of said one or more first memory regions,
• said storage medium having first and second opposing sides each having a surface area substantially greater than the surface area of any other side of said storage medium, and said plurality of contact points including first and second subsets of contact points, said first and second subsets being associated with first and second subsets of said one or more first memory regions, respectively,
• said player including
• selection means located in said player for generating a selection input in response to a user input at said player;
• interface means located in said player and responsive to said selection input to selectively establish electrical connection between said player and one or more of said contact points to access said at least one of image data or sound data from said one or more first memory regions, such that said interface means establishes electrical connection with ones of said first subset of contact points when said storage medium is oriented with said first side towards said interface means and establishes electrical connection with ones of said second subset of contact points when said storage medium is oriented with said second side towards said interface means;
• and
• transducing means coupled to said interface means for generating at least one of images or sounds from said accessed image or sound data.

A toy information storage and transducing system comprising:

• a removable storage medium and a player,
• said storage medium having one or more first memory regions for storing at least one of image data or sound data, and a plurality of electrical contact points, each contact point being associated with at least one of said one or more first memory regions,
• said player including
• selection means located in said player for generating a selection input in response to a user input at said player;
• interface means located in said player and responsive to said selection input to selectively establish electrical connection between said player and one or more of said contact points to access said at least one of image data or sound data from said one or more first memory regions;
• transducing means coupled to said interface means for generating at least one of images or sounds from said accessed image or sound data;
• timer means for calculating elapsed time values associated with accessing said selected at least one of images data or sounds data;
• and
• display means for displaying said time values.