Patent ID: 6905391

Claim:
A toy comprising: (a) a scannable toy item; (b) an electronic scanner configured to identify the scannable toy item when the electronic scanner is brought within physical proximity to the scannable toy item; and (c) an audio playback device electronically coupled to the electronic scanner, wherein the audio playback device is configured to play an audio output that is uniquely associated with the scannable toy item, wherein the audio playback device is configured to play a first unique audio output in response to a first scan resulting in an initial identification of the scannable toy item by the electronic scanner and to play a second unique audio output in response to a second scan resulting in a subsequent indentification of the scannable toy item by the electronic scanner, and wherein the audio playback device is further configured to play an audio output that requests a child to scan the scannable toy item before the first scan of the scannable toy item.