Patent ID: 7402042

Claim:
An interactive electronic device for receiving a book associated with an interactive electronic learning system responsive to a selector, the book having selectable content, the device comprising: a housing assembly having a book well configured to receive the book; a physical user interface in the book well, the physical interface comprising an arrangement of selectable indicia; an electronic user interface in the housing assembly, the electronic user interface comprising a position sensor having an active range including the selectable content of the book when the book is in the book well and the selectable indicia of the book well; control electronics in the housing assembly, the control electronics comprising: non-volatile memory having therein instructions associated with the selectable content of the book and the selectable indicia of the book well; and a controller in electrical communication with the electronic user interface, the controller configured a) to operate in accordance with the instructions in the non-volatile memory, b) to determine a position of the selector when the selector is within the active range of the position sensor, c) to recognize a selection by the selector of the selectable content of the book or one of the selectable indicia of the book well, and d) to send to the electronic user interface a signal associated with the selection.