Patent Document ID: 4884972
Application ID: 06935298

Base Claim:
1. Apparatus for producing and displaying randomly-accessible animated objects having synchronized audio and visual features, said apparatus comprising: a program-controlled microprocessor; integrator means, coupled to the microprocessor, for producing signals representing encoded elements of sound and encoded elements of constituent object parts in response to command signals from the microprocessor; sound emitting means, coupled to the microprocessor and to the integrator means for producing sound in response to the signals representing encoded elements of sound; and display means coupled to the microprocessor, to the integrator means and sound emitting means for producing visual images of the animated objects in response to the signals representing encoded elements of constituent object parts, the visual images of the animated objects being synchronized with the sound.

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Claim 2:
2. Apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising input means coupled to the microprocessor for inputting program data to the microprocessor, said program data including audio and visual characteristics associated with a selected animated object.