Patent ID: 6179682
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy telephone adapted to teach children how to operate a telephone and to facilitate memorization of important telephone numbers, the toy telephone comprising:a keypad including a plurality of switches; a message recorder; a message controller; a speaker; a microphone; and a microprocessor;said keypad switches connected as inputs to said microprocessor;said microprocessor configured to receive input data in the form of both sequential and contemporaneous entries manually entered through said keypad switches, said microprocessor further configured to generate one of a plurality of output control signals, each individual output control signal being associated with a unique predefined sequence of pushbutton entries corresponding to a conventional telephone number, said output control signal operatively connected to at least one of said message controller and said voice recorder, such that in response to various said pre-defined pushbutton sequences corresponding to the entering of a conventional telephone number through said keypad switches, voice messages are recorded and pre-recorded messages are selectively reproduced over said speaker.