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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Donald W. Stucke, Jr., East Aurora, NY (US);
Bradley Clark, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Robert W. Salmon, Buffalo, NY (US);
Brian Aiken, East Aurora, NY (US);
Scott H. Mcilvain, Holland, NY (US);
Donald W. Stucke, Jr., East Aurora, NY (US);
Bradley Clark, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Robert W. Salmon, Buffalo, NY (US);
Brian Aiken, East Aurora, NY (US);
Scott H. McIlvain, Holland, NY (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device for enhancing an interactive experience with a tangible medium of expression is disclosed. The device is operable with a any of a plurality of preprogrammed, removable memory modules, at least one memory module having content relating to the tangible medium. The electronic device has a processor coupled to each of a user input device, a user output device, and a memory address space comprising a preprogrammed, non-removable electronic memory. A memory interface is configured to increase the memory address space accessible to the processor when any combination of the memory modules is coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to cause the output device to produce an output signal relating to the tangible medium based on the content of the memory address space when any combination of the plurality of removable memory modules including the at least one memory module is coupled to the interface.