Patent ID: 7628671

Claim:
A programmable flying toy system comprising: a flyable toy object including a body, an element with the body to permit flight, and a rotating element located on the front of the flyable toy object to permit propulsion of the object, wherein the sole propulsion element on the flyable toy object is the rotating element; a handheld launch device for receiving the flyable toy object prior to flight, wherein the launch device is not for remotely controlling the flyable toy object during flight; a spring-loaded release to launch the flyable toy object from the launch device and to take flight, the spring-loaded release having a spring for propelling the flyable toy object from the launch device; the flyable toy object further including a motor for operating at least one element of the flyable toy object, and a receiver for interacting with the motor according to a flight pattern transmitted to the receiver; the launch device including a programming device, the programming device having an input device and a programmable microprocessor, the input device for inputting at least one command to the programmable microprocessor, and a communication circuit for transmitting a flight pattern from the programmable microprocessor to the receiver of the flyable toy object only prior to flight; and the launch device further including a trigger, wherein half-pressing the trigger activates the rotating element and fully pressing the same trigger facilitates the spring-loaded release in launching the flyable toy object from the launch device.