Patent ID: 7886020

Claim:
A system for accessing web site content, the system comprising: a computer peripheral device including: a. a housing; b. a connection cable that connects the housing unit to a computer; c. a plurality of figures, each figure having a base with unique structure characteristics; d. a receptacle on the housing that is configured to receive the base of one of the plurality of figures; e. a plurality of switches, a unique combination of which are actuated by the base of a figure inserted in the receptacle; and f. a controller in the housing that is electrically connected to the connection cable and to the plurality of switches, wherein the controller identifies which one of the plurality of figures is inserted in the receptacle of the housing based on states of the plurality of switches; and a computer connected to the computer peripheral device by the connection cable, wherein the computer communicates with said controller and stores a web site address associated with an identifier for each of the plurality of figures, said controller generates the identifier for the figure inserted in the receptacle of the housing and sends the identifier to the computer, and wherein the computer activates a web browser application on the computer to access content from a web site using a web site address corresponding to an identifier received from said controller in the computer peripheral device.