Multimedia collectible

Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices – Miscellaneous

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4012403, 40717, 40906, 704272, G09F 2700

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058418784

ABSTRACT:
A collectible article provides a multimedia representation of a desired subject. Such multimedia representation will include a visual representation of the subject appearing on at least a portion of the article. In addition to such visual media, an audible sound segment, reproducible and selectively activated as desired by an activation switch. The article is advantageously of compact, card-like format, and can be user personalized by permitting the recording, and selective playback, of a sound segment corresponding to the visually depicted image appearing on a portion thereof. The article may optionally include a space reserved for receiving an autograph. By carrying the article to places where there may be a likelihood of encountering the depicted celebrity, the owner will have same at hand for personalization by the figure. A spoken message to the presenting owner of the card-like article may there be recorded by the celebrity for long term storage and future playback, and/or the card signed in the appropriate location thereon. The article may further include displayed statistical information and the like disposed on an reverse side of the card, conveniently in the form of, for example, a liquid crystal alphanumeric display, or the like, which includes one or more rows. In a further embodiment, the above features are incorporated in a protective housing for display of existing trading cards and the like.

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