Patent ID: 6056550
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An educational interaction device including:a housing with a rectangular configuration having a front face, a rear face, a top face, a bottom face, and a pair of side faces coupled therebetween defining an interior space, the housing having an inverted U-shaped handle pivotally coupled to the top face thereof and a pair of prongs integrally coupled to one of the side faces thereof and extending outwardly therefrom;a phone handset having a pair of circular portions with a handle coupled therebetween with a first speaker situated within a top circular portion fur emitting audible signals therefrom, the phone handset having a coiled insulated wire coupled between a bottom circular portion of the handset and the housing;a liquid crystal display situated at a central extent of the front face of the housing adjacent the top face thereof for displaying a plurality of alphanumeric characters;a numeric keypad representative of a telephone keypad situated on the front face of the housing below the liquid crystal display;a second speaker positioned on the front face of the housing for emitting audible signals therefrom;a plurality of lamps situated on the front face of the housing for illuminating upon the actuation thereof;a plurality of switches positioned on the front face of the housing for transmitting a corresponding unique signal upon the depression thereof;a tape player mechanism situated within the interior space of the housing for playing back a plurality of audio and information signals recorded on cassette tapes removably insertable in the tape player mechanism such that prerecorded audio and information signals can be readily provided via the tape player mechanism, the tape player mechanism further having a plurality of buttons for controlling the tape player mechanism, the plurality of buttons including a stop button, a fast forward button, a rewind button, and a play button, the tape player mechanism connected to the speakers for transmitting the audio signals to the speakers;a speech synthesizer with associated memory means connected to the speakers for emitting therefrom a plurality of audio signals representative of various instructions;a sound generation device connected to the speakers for emitting therefrom a plurality of audio signals representative of various sounds; andcontrol means in communication with the display, keypad, lamps, switches, tape player mechanism, speech synthesizer, and sound generation device, the control means adapted to transmit general instructions from the speaker via the speech synthesizer and further transmit specific instructions stored in a cassette tape from the speakers via the tape player mechanism, the control means further adapted to illuminate various combinations of the lamps and transmit various sounds from the speakers via the sound generation device as a function of the receipt of the signals received from the switches and the depression of keys of the keypad.