Amusement devices: toys – Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-28
2007-08-28
Hotalim, John M. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
C434S308000, C434S315000, C382S100000, C382S312000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09709255
ABSTRACT:
The pages of a children's book are marked in a machine-readable manner (e.g., by imperceptible digital watermark technology). When such a page is shown to a camera-equipped computer device, the watermark is decoded, and the story text from that page is read aloud to a child. A number of variants are contemplated, including using book pages as entry points to corresponding videos; using books to link to corresponding interactive web sites or multi-player games; incorporating the camera in a plush toy; evoking different responses from the system by using the book to convey gestures to the camera; providing such functionality in cell phones, set top boxes, and Bluetooth-equipped devices; customizing read-aloud stories using words provided by the child or a parent; etc.
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Bradley Brett Alan
Hannigan Brett T.
Perry Burt W.
Rodriguez Tony F.
Digimarc Corporation
Hotalim John M.
Rada Alex F. R. P.
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