Patent ID: 6800013
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
An interactive toy comprising:a microphone for converting acoustic energy into corresponding electrical signals; a speaker for generating audible information; a networking interface for connecting to a network; a memory comprising: networking software for controlling the networking interface; control software capable of executing a plurality of tasks according to a corresponding plurality of commands; a toy identifier; audio data; and audio output software for generating the audio signals according to the audio data; a processing system for executing the control software, the networking software, and audio output software; and a speech recognition system for generating at least one of the commands according to the electrical signals from the microphone and providing the command to the control software; wherein the commands include a download command, and in response to the download command received from the speech recognition system, the control software directs the networking software to interface with a network server over the network to obtain the audio data.