Patent ID: 7510521

Claim:
A method for soothing or calming a child, the method comprising: receiving in an audio enabled toy comprising a handheld stuffed animal, a first signal caused by a first at least one external triggering event; determining from within said audio enabled toy, a first playback operating mode from a plurality of playback operating modes based on said received first signal caused by said first at least one external triggering event, wherein said plurality of playback operating modes comprises a constant heartbeat mode, an increasing heartbeat mode and a decreasing heartbeat mode; selecting by said audio enabled toy, at least one sound that mimics a mother's sound from a plurality of mother's sounds based on said determined playback operating mode; generating an audio signal representing said at least one sound; receiving in said audio enabled toy, a second signal caused by a second at least one external triggering event; determining from within said audio enabled toy, a second playback operating mode from said plurality of playback operating modes based on said received second signal caused by said second at least one external triggering event; and changing said first playback operating mode to said second playback operating mode.