Patent ID: 7431300

Claim:
A conversation promoting apparatus comprising: a first utilitarian object, the first utilitarian object including at least one first selectively actuatable microchip preprogrammed with at least one first signal, a first transmitter for transmitting the at least one first signal when the first microchip is actuated, and a first receiver; and a second utilitarian object, the second utilitarian object including at least one second selectively actuatable microchip preprogrammed with at least one second signal, a second transmitter for transmitting the at least one second signal when the second microchip is actuated, and a second receiver for receiving the at least one first signal transmitted by the first utilitarian object, wherein, upon receipt of the at least one first signal transmitted by the first utilitarian object, the second utilitarian object emits the at least one first signal, and wherein the first receiver of the first utilitarian object receives the at least one second signal transmitted by the second utilitarian object and, upon receipt of the at least one second signal, the first utilitarian object emits the at least one second signal and wherein the first and second selectively actuatable microchips are programmed to cooperate to emit consecutive signals that comprise portions of a monologue.