Nova Patents
EP0961645A2

I*doll

Abstract

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Projected expiry passed 20 November 2016, 9.8 years ago.

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74 claims: 15 independent, 59 dependent

  1. 1
    Claims of equivalent WO 9718871 A2 C LA I MS 1. A wireless computer controlled toy system comprising:a computer system operative to transmit a first transmission via a first wireless transmitter;and al least one toy comprising a first wireless receiver, said toy receiving said first transmission via said first wireless receiver and operative to carry out at least one action based on said first transmission.
  2. 24
    25- A game system comprising:a computer system operative to control a com¬ puter game and having a display operative to display at least one display object;and at least one toy in wireless communication with said cuiDμuLer ysIetu , wherein the computer game comprises a plurality of game objects, and wherein the plurality of game objects comprises the at least one display object and the at least one toy.
  3. 26
    27. A data transmitter comprising:first wireless apparatus comprising musical instrument data interface (MIDI) apparatus operative to receive and transmit MIDI data between a first wireless and a first MIDI device;and second wireless apparatus comprising MIDI apparatus operative to receive and transmit MIDI data between a second wireless and a second MIDI device, wherein the first wireless apparatus is opera¬ tive to transmit MIDI data comprising data received from the first MIDI device to the second wireless apparatus, and to transmit MIDI data comprising data received from the second wireless apparatus to the first MIDI device, and wherein the second wireless apparatus is opera¬ tive to transmit MIDI data comprising data received from the second MIDI device to the first wireless apparatus, and to transmit MIDI data comprising data received from the first wireless apparatus to the second MIDI device.
  4. 31
    32. A method for generating control instructions for a wireless computer controlled toy system, the method comprising:selecting a toy;selecting at least one command from among a plurality of commands associated with the toy;and generating control instructions for the toy comprising said at least one command.
  5. 41
    46. A signal transmitter for use in conjunction wLth a computer, the transmitter comprising:a wireless transmitter;and a signal processor comprising at least one of the following: an analog/digital sound converter operative to convert analog sound signals to digital sound signals, to convert digital sound signals to analog sound signals, and to transmit said signals between the computer and a sound device using said wireless transmit¬ t r;a peripheral control interface opera¬ tive to transmit control signals between the computer and a peripheral device using said wireless transmitter, and a MIDI interface operative to trans¬ mit MIDI signals between the computer and a MIDI device using said wireless transmitter.
  6. 44
    49. A computer system comprising:a computer;a sound card operatively attached to the com¬ puter and having a MIDI connector and at least one analog connect¬ er;and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the sound card, wherein the computer is operative to transmit digital signals by means of the MIDI connector and to transmit analog signals by means of the at least one analog connector.
  7. 55
    63. A system according to any of claims 1 - 24 wherein said first wireless transmitter comprises at least one multi-channel wireless transmitters each operative to transmit over a different one of a plurality of channels .
  8. 57
    65. A system according to any of claims 1 - 24 wherein said first wireless receiver comprises at least one multi-channel wireless receiver each operative to receive over a selected one of a plurality of channels.
  9. 62
    70. A system according to any of claims 1 - 24 wherein said computer system comprises a toy-computer proximity detector operative to detect proximity of the toy and the computer.
  10. 65
    73. A system according to any of claims 1 - 24 wherein the computer system is in communication with a remote game server operative to serve at least a portion of at least one toy-operating game which operates said at least one toy and wherein said computer system is opera¬ tive to receive at least a portion of said at least one toy-operating game from said remote game server.
  11. 68
    76. A system according to any of claims 73 - 75 wherein said portion of said game comprises at least one of the following game portions:a toy action script;and a sound file. 7 • A system according to claim 1 wherein said first wireless transmitter resides in an additional toy controllable by the computer system via wire, said wire¬ less transmitter being connected via wire to said comput¬ er system.
  12. 69
    78. A wireless toy system comprising:at least one toy comprising a first wireless receiver;a network computer in communication with a remote game serving computer network;wherein the game serving computer network is operative to serve onto the network computer at least a portion of at least one toy-operating game which operates said at least one toy and wherein said network computer comprises a first wireless transmitter operative to transmit a first transmission to said first wireless receiver, and wherein said toy is operative to carry out at least one action based on said first transmission.
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    80. A MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) method for operating a radio controlled device, the method comprising:providing a computer system and a radio inter¬ face interfacing between the computer system and the radio controlled device;and transmitting MIDI control commands and sound between the computer system and the radio interface via a connector of the computer system which is governed by the MIDI protocol .
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    81. A method for operating a radio controlled device, the method comprising:providing a computer system and a radio inter¬ face interfacing between the computer and the radio controlled device;and transmitting control commands and sound between the computer system and the radio interface via a serial port of the computer system.
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    82. A method for operating a radio controlled device, the method comprising:providing a computer system and a radio inter¬ face interfacing between the computer and the radio controlled device;and transmitting control commands and sound between the computer system and the radio interface via a paral¬ lel port of the computer system.
  16. 74
    83- A system according to any of claims 73 ~ 75 wherein said portion of said game comprises a text file and wherein said computer system comprises a text-to- speech converter operative to convert said text file to a speech file for transmission to the toy via said first wireless transmitter.