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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
Paul H. Dietz, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Edward A. Sotto, Iii, Los Angeles, CA (US);
M. O. S. C. Jasba Simpson, Celebration, FL (US);
Elise M. Fermier, McKinney, TX (US);
Paul H. Dietz, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Edward A. Sotto, III, Los Angeles, CA (US);
M. O. S. C. Jasba Simpson, Celebration, FL (US);
Elise M. Fermier, McKinney, TX (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A small stuffed animal () is worn on the wrist of a user () and is held on via long arms featuring hook and loop fasteners. When the user wishes to activate the toy, the user places the animal's mouth close to the user's ear. A sensor () detects this action, and triggers one of many entertaining audio messages stored in the toy, thus creating the sensation of the animal whispering in the user's ear. In addition, the toy has a sensor () that can detect the presence of nearby location transmitters. This allows the toy to appropriately choose the audio messages to match the current location. Also, rather than waiting for the user to randomly discover the location driven messages, the toy alerts the user that it has an interesting message waiting.