Patent ID: 8753166

Claim:
An audio animation system, comprising: two or more three-dimensional non-biotic figures having circuitry, the circuitry of each of the non-biotic figures at least including either a radio frequency receiver or a radio frequency transmitter, at least a first non-biotic figure of the two or more non-biotic figures having the radio frequency transmitter and at least a second non-biotic figure of the two or more non-biotic figures having the radio frequency receiver, the radio frequency receiver for receiving a radio frequency audio signal transmitted by the radio frequency transmitter, and the radio frequency transmitter configured to broadcast radio frequency audio signals to be received by the radio frequency receiver, the circuitry of the first non-biotic figure having an amplifier for amplifying said signal, the circuitry of each of the non-biotic figures having a speaker unit for playing said audio signal, the two or more non-biotic figures situated close enough to one another to be seen by a child as interacting with one another in a conversation, the first non-biotic figure, whose circuitry includes the radio frequency transmitter configured to broadcast radio frequency audio signals, having an audio player, the audio player having two or more audio channels including one audio channel corresponding to the first non-biotic figure of said two or more non-biotic figures and a second audio channel corresponding to the second non-biotic figure of said two or more non-biotic figures, the audio player for simultaneously playing the radio frequency audio signals of said two or more audio channels associated with said two or more non-biotic figures, the audio channels providing synchronized audio content configured to present to a child a conversation between the two or more non-biotic figures such that the first audio channel corresponds to a part in the conversation spoken by one of said two or more non-biotic figures and such that the second audio channel corresponds to a part in the conversation spoken by the second of said two or more non-biotic figures, the at least two non-biotic figures and the audio player all situated close enough to one another to transmit between them radio frequency signals; and two or more speaker units of the two or more non-biotic figures corresponding to said two or more audio channels, including a first speaker playing an output of the first audio channel and a second speaker playing an output of the second audio channel.