Patent ID: 7120509

Claim:
An amusement system comprising: a cartridge configured to store data representative of sound and to produce electrical signals representative of sound, where the cartridge includes memory, a processing system, programming executable by the processing system to produce electrical signals representative of sound from the data representative of sound, a modulator, which outputs a signal to drive an audio transducer in a player, input/output (I/O) circuitry, which controls the processor via controls included in the player, and at least one connector configured to releasably connect the cartridge to the player; and a player to receive electrical signals representative of sound from the cartridge and to produce sound vibrations from the received signals, where the player is configured to receive the cartridge and to releasably connect to the at least one connector of the cartridge, where the player further includes a transducer to produce the sound vibrations, and controls configured to trigger the cartridge to produce electrical signals representative of sound and to transmit those signals to the transducer to produce sound vibrations, where the player is devoid of a processor to process the electrical signals received from the cartridge or sent to the cartridge and the player includes an electrical power storage or battery in the player configured to supply electrical power to the processing system in the cartridge when the cartridge is received by the player.