US 7,798,885 B2 · Instant message toy phone

Abstract

A wireless toy phone system that may be used with toy figures, such as dolls. The system may include doll sized phones and child sized phones. The child sized phone may have a display screen and input buttons. A child can compose a message with a phone keypad on the child's phone and send the message to another child sized phone, which will display the message. The phone may also receive messages from other child sized phones. The child may also be able to send a message to a doll sized phone associated with a doll or other figure, and the doll sized phone may respond with lights or sounds or both. The child sized phone may then compose a response that is displayed on the child sized phone simulating a return message from the doll.

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Dependent claims

A toy messaging system comprising:

a user phone including an emitter for sending a signal;
a receiver including:
a pocket with receiver contacts which are exposed;
a logic circuit for receiving the signal and energizing the receiver contacts when the signal is received;
and
a doll phone sized to fit in the pocket including:
phone contacts which are exposed and sized to mate with the receiver contacts;
and
an indicator light operatively connected to the phone contacts;
wherein the indicator light in the doll phone may be activated by the logic circuit, through the receiver contacts and phone contacts.

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Instant message toy phone

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