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4 5 Date
o f P a t e n t : O c t . 1
2013
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for
a t o y
W i t h memory
( ? a s h memory)
s t o r a g e
c a p a b i l i t i e s
and a
method
f o r t h e
t o y
t o c o n n e c t t o
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o t h e r
l i k e
t o y s and
t o
a computer and
he
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f o r
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a n d
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c o m p u t e r s y s t e m
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t h e u s e r t h e a b i l i t y
c o n n e c t
t o t h e i n t e r n e t
and e g i s t e r
USPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 463/43; 463/40; 463/42; 446/175; t h e t o y allowing t h e u s e r a c c e s s t o i n t e r a c t
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s c e n a r i o s in c l u d i n g a
v i r t u a l c o m p u t e r
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PATENT D_OCUMENTS 2007/0198694
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7/2003 Llu
2008/0172498
A1 7/2008 B o u c a r d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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P h y s i c a l
USB
l i n k
E s t a b l i s h e d
b e t w e e n
Toy
a n d
C o m p u t e r
Computer r e c o g n i z e s d e v i c e
a s
USB mass s t o r a g e
C o m p u t e r
r e c o g n i z e s
USB d e v i c e
i d e n t i t y
Computer runs auto launch
r o u t i n e
l o c a t e d on
m a s s
s t o r a g e
d e v i c e
i n t h e
Toy
7
Auto l a u n c h i n i t i a t e s browser
s o f t w a r e and
connects user t o
s p e c i ? e d
i n t e r n e t l o ca t i o n
F i r s t
t i m e
l n t e r n e t
URL
c o n f i r m s
Toy
r e g i s t r a t i o n
t o
a l l o w
r e g i s t r a t i o n e n t r y t o s i t e
E n t e r s i t e
7
User c r e a t e d c o n t e n t c r e a t i o n and a c t i v i t i e s
User
content
and progress
storage
on
data
server
As w e l l
as
s t o r a g e back t o
mass
s t o r a g e d e v i c e i n
T o y .
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C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of Toy " " " " " " " " " " "" " " " " C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f Toy
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Computer
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2
A d v a n c e d game
l a y
i n
v i r t u a l environment
as
l i n k e d
T o y s
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c o m b i n e d
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s
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