CN101454057A - Multifunction removable memory device with ornamental housing - Google Patents

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CN101454057A
CN101454057A CNA200780012621XA CN200780012621A CN101454057A CN 101454057 A CN101454057 A CN 101454057A CN A200780012621X A CNA200780012621X A CN A200780012621XA CN 200780012621 A CN200780012621 A CN 200780012621A CN 101454057 A CN101454057 A CN 101454057A
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伊恩·戴尔
保罗·金
乔伊·伯恩斯
基斯莱普·翁格钱科
埃米莉·凯利
卡丽·布斯
肯·海曼
克里斯托弗·戈夫
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An electronic toy memory device is disclosed which may include memory, a processor and may depict a character on the housing. The memory device may store audio files and network addresses. Connecting the memory device to a computer may launch a software application with content associated with the character depicted on the memory device housing. Connecting to a server over the internet may launch additional software applications stored on the server with additional content associated with the character depicted on the housing. The character may be depicted on a shell which is frictionally attached to the housing and further includes accessories such as clothes which may be frictionally attached to the shell.

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Multifunction removable memory device with ornamental housing
Related application
The present invention requires the U.S. Provisional Patent Application sequence number 60/790,256 of submission on April 7th, 2006; The U.S. Provisional Patent Application sequence number 60/810,615 that on June 2nd, 2006 submitted to; The U.S. Provisional Patent Application sequence number 60/848,292 that on September 29th, 2006 submitted to; The U.S. Provisional Patent Application sequence number 60/849,272 that on October 2nd, 2006 submitted to; The U.S. Provisional Patent Application sequence number 60/849,247 that on October 3rd, 2006 submitted to; The U.S. Provisional Patent Application sequence number 60/849,589 that on October 4th, 2006 submitted to; And the priority of the novel patent application serial number 11/697,356 of U.S. utility of submission on April 6th, 2007.The full content of quoting whole above-mentioned applications herein as a reference and be used for various purposes.
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The present invention relates to the movable memory equipment that is used in combination with computer and other electronic equipments, and more specifically, relate to following movable memory equipment: this movable memory equipment has ornamental outer cover (housing), can storage file, play music, obtain picture, storage and startup software application and the network address that is connected to storage to be to play games with other users and to share data and file.
U.S. Patent No. US6372974; US6423892; US6612501; US6631098; US6763226; US6979210; The open No.20040003150 of US6996636 and US7151664 and the U.S.; 20040043806; 20060287110 and WO0112285 in the example of the game on line with fractional currency (token) is disclosed.The example of the doll relevant with computer application is at U.S. Patent No. US5746602; Open among US6319010 and the US6773325.The example of memory device with telescopic connector is at U.S. Patent application No.US6792487; US6808400; US6979210; US7004780; US7070425; Open among the open No.20040074264 and 20040212966 of US7090515 and US7092256 and the U.S..Quote all above-mentioned patents and disclosed content herein as a reference.
Summary of the invention
That movable memory equipment can have is ornamental, doll shape outer cover and can being configured in stand-alone mode or connection mode is operated.In stand-alone mode, movable memory equipment can be used as camera, music player and/or be used to play games, the radio receiver of playing music, pictures taken and storage picture and/or storage file and data.Movable memory equipment can be inserted into such as the such COM1 of USB or the similar configured port of computer.In connection mode, movable memory equipment can start on the computer such as the such software application of interactive video games and link to the Web website is provided.In addition, movable memory equipment can transmit data, photo files and music file between computer and memory device.
The ornamental outer cover of movable memory equipment can dispose feature, play the occasionally profile or the shape of picture.Ornamental outer cover can have the moveable part that performance characteristic is shown.This moveable part can have additional moveable part, this additional moveable part performance clothes, hair style and/or such as wallet or the such feature annex of jewelry.Be kept in the movable memory equipment information, music, the network address, recognition data and file can with ornamental outer cover on show feature, play that occasionally picture is relevant.
After considering accompanying drawing and detailed description of preferred embodiment, the advantage of present technique will be more readily understood.
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Figure 1A is the front view with movable memory equipment of ornamental outer cover;
Figure 1B is the rearview with movable memory equipment of ornamental outer cover;
Fig. 1 C is the side view with movable memory equipment of ornamental outer cover;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the functional unit of exemplary movable memory equipment;
Fig. 3 is the exploded view of outer cover that comprises the exemplary movable memory equipment of housing (case), feature body (character shell) and annex;
Fig. 4 is the view that is similar to Fig. 3, shows the exemplary memory device that has shell and be attached to the annex of housing;
Fig. 5 is the sectional view of the memory device of Fig. 4, shows feature body and the example that is attached to the annex of housing;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view with exemplary electronic toy system of movable memory equipment, grafting platform, computer and storage medium;
Fig. 7 is the exemplary electronic toy system that comprises movable memory equipment, computer, server and software application;
Fig. 8 illustrates the example web page that can show when the user access server software application;
Fig. 9 is the example web page that server software application can show, user characteristics and application characteristic in the virtual dress shop are shown;
Figure 10 is that two movable memory equipments of association two different users belonging to best friends are with the visit that privately owned webpage is provided and the example of additional function;
Figure 11 is the example of the movable memory equipment operated in the stand-alone mode recreation that can show.
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With reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein identical numeral components identical has illustrated movable memory equipment 10 in Figure 1A-C.Movable memory equipment 10 comprises outer cover 11, earphone 16 and data connector 18 with housing 12 and feature body 14 (shown in the position of the contraction of the position of the expansion of Figure 1A and the outer cover in Figure 1B 11), screen 20 and user input (such as one or more buttons 22).Memory device 10 also can comprise and all is built in housing 12 and makes processor 24, memory 26, camera 28, power supply or the battery 30 that is shown in broken lines.Equipment 10 can comprise storage connector 32, meniscus camera lens 34, lamp or one or more LED36 and audio output apparatus, such as the audio jack or headset connector 38 and the loudspeaker 40 that are used to be connected to earphone 16.
Fig. 2 shows functional block Figure 100, shows the example that can be included in the functional unit in the memory device 10.Processor 24 is operably connected to data connector 18, screen 20, user input 22, memory 26, camera 28, power supply or battery 30, storage connector 32, earphone jack or connector 38 and loudspeaker 40.Processor 24 can also be operatively coupled to amplifier 104 and radio receiver 106.Headset connector 38 and loudspeaker 40 can reception amplifier 104 signals that produce.
User input 22 can be activated with other common functions that realize comprising broadcast, stop, advancing, retreat, find in time-out, volume, ON/OFF, selection music file function and the music listening equipment.When realization was pre-conditioned, equipment 10 can also be closed automatically.
User input 22 can be controlled the operation of camera 28.Screen 20 can show information and other the similar information such as the song of current broadcast number or title, what picture of current demonstration, how many picture files can be used.
The user can be at management of user input 22 places or configuration movable memory equipment 10.The user can be provided with parameter, preference or Show Options.The user can delete or remove the information that is stored in the movable memory equipment 10.Removing information from movable memory equipment 10 allows the user to discharge space on the movable memory equipment 10 to add new or extra data.
Data connector 18 can shrink or expansion from housing 12.Housing 12 can comprise the slider (not shown), and this slider has with respect to housing 12 and moves connector 18 and the brake of fixed connector 18 suitably in expansion or the position of shrinking.Replacedly or additionally, movable memory equipment 10 is included in the removable lid that slides on the connector 18 so that protection to be provided.
The music file that uses with memory device 10 can be an any suitable format, comprises MP3, FP3, FPI or WAV.The picture file that is used in combination with memory device 10 can be the form of any appropriate also, comprises MPEG, JPEG, WMA or TIFF.Can use the DRM security protocol.
LED 36 can be independent of 14 effects of feature body.One or more LED 36 can be used as (a plurality of) indicator lamp, the operator scheme of indication movable memory equipment, and/or can be (a plurality of) additional decorative feature with the ornamental cover combination.One or more LED can also be as the indicator lamp of light of one or more colors of emission, and every kind of color is corresponding to the different operation modes of movable memory equipment.
Outer cover 11 can comprise housing 12 and the feature body 14 that defines profile.Feature body 14 can be from housing 12 separated portions and frictionally block when being assembled to housing 12.Fig. 3 is the exploded view that comprises the exemplary memory device 10 ' of housing 12 and feature body 14.Feature body 14 can comprise the profile of feature and can also further support to be attached to subsidiary component 200 on the feature body 14.
In this example, feature body 14 comprises head and face 202, loose upper garment 204, skirt 206 and shoes 208.These subsidiary components 200 can strengthen or decorative features body 14 on the performance feature.Subsidiary component 200 can frictionally be attached on the shell 14.Thereby the user can gather some subsidiary components 200 and change the element be installed on the feature body 14 with different clothes indicating characteristics.
Feature body 14 can have short and small protuberance 210 and housing 12 can have the draw-in groove 212 that is configured to the short and small protuberance 210 of acceptance.Short and small protuberance 210 and draw-in groove 212 can frictionally snap into feature body 14 in the housing 12.
Be similar to Fig. 3, Fig. 4 shows exemplary memory device 10 ', and feature body 14 is attached to housing 12 and subsidiary component 202,204,206 and 208 is assembled and is attached to feature body 14.The feature body 14 of assembling and subsidiary component 200 are the spitting image of being the girl who has worn suit.Subsidiary component 200 can also comprise manual movable accessory, such as additional clothes, hairdo, wallet or jewelry (not shown).
Replacedly, housing 12 and feature shell 14 can be individual units.Subsidiary component 200 can frictionally be attached to housing 12 and feature body 14 can be the integration section of housing 12 and outer cover 11.
Fig. 5 is the profile of the exemplary memory device 10 ' of Fig. 4, shows subsidiary component 206 that frictionally is attached to feature body 14 and the feature body 14 that is attached to housing 12 by the short and small protuberance 210 of engagement draw-in groove 212.Element 206 can have extra short and small protuberance 214, and it is used for engagement features body 14 with braking member 206.Other subsidiary components 200 can have extra short and small protuberance, and it is configured to element is braked feature body 14.
Feature body 12 can be represented doll, animated graphs or other similar characteristics.Feature body 12 can also show the individual by photograph, sketch or other descriptions are integrated in the outer cover, such as the user.Feature body 14 can show as grain surface with notable attribute.The user can be by different subsidiary components 200 of combination and/or feature body 14 their memory devices 10 of customization.
Feature body 14 can be transparent, translucent and/or opaque.For example, first and/or some zone of second portion can be opaque, thereby form the design that prevents light transmission, and first and/or other zones of second portion can be transparent and/or translucent, thereby allow visible light transmissive.Feature body 14 can be used as photocontrol.
Feature configuration shown in Fig. 3,4 and 5 and annex are exemplary, only are used for illustration purpose.That other embodiment of memory device can comprise is more, still less or different annexes.Face accessory 202 can be integrated into feature body 14 and can not be annex.The feature that illustrates can be described different features, animal, incarnation model or other performances arbitrarily.Short and small protuberance and draw-in groove can have and be different from the form that illustrates and/or can use more or less short and small protuberance and draw-in groove.Can use characteristic shell and other attached forms of housing.
Fig. 6 is the perspective view of exemplary toy electronic system 300, this exemplary toy electronic system 300 comprises memory device 10, the computer 302 with data connector 18, and this computer 302 comprises connector 302A shown in dotted line, computer processor 302B and memory 302C and screen 302D.Electronic system 300 also comprises the grafting platform 304 with connector 304A and lamp or LED 304B.
Memory device 10 can be configured to by connector 18 being engaged to connector 304A and then engagement grafting platform 304.When activating, LED 304B can illuminate all or part of of memory device 10 on the equipment 10 that links to each other with grafting platform 304.Grafting platform 304 can be connected to computer 302 by data cable 302C.Data cable 302C can be connected to computer connector 302A or other COM1s.Replacedly, memory device 10 computer 302 that can be connected at computer connector 302A place.
Replacedly or additionally, memory device 10 or grafting platform 304 can be configured to and realize and computer 302 or other wireless connections based on the equipment of processor.Wireless protocols is common in this area and comprises 802.x local network agreement and infrared communication protocol.Memory device 10 can only be carried out the communication of the auth type in the wireless connections such as password or cognizance code are provided.Replacedly or additionally, memory device 10 can be by wireless connections 304C transmission data file and order.
When memory device 10 was connected to computer 302, data can exchange between memory device 10 and computer 302.Audio file, the network address, cognizance code and/or picture file can transmit between equipment 10 and computer 302.
Toy electronics system 300 also comprises storage medium 306.Storage medium 306 can be compact disk and can be included in the purchase of memory device 10, and can comprise software application and the order relevant with memory device 10.When storage medium 306 was visited by computer 302, storage medium 306 can be installed to computer storage 302C with application program and algorithm.
Memory device 10 can be accepted the external memory card 308 at holding tank connector 32 places.External memory card 308 and groove connector 32 can dispose with the arbitrary format such as compact flash or memory stick.Holding tank connector 32 can with the storage card compatibility more than a kind of form.
Can also show the storage equipment software application program on computer 302, wherein equipment 10 is connected to computer 302, and computer 302 not with any computer or network application software is relevant and not with being connected of network.
The rhythm and pace of moving things that one or more LED 36 and/or 304B can be configured to such as the music of playing according to movable memory equipment flashes.At last, one or more LED can be placed to combine with feature body 14 as additional ornamental feature.For example, one or more LED can be placed on face, eyes, ear or other the regional back of the figure that shows on the ornamental cover, thereby emission sees through the visible light in the transparent or semitransparent zone of ornamental cover.
Fig. 7 is the view that comprises the exemplary electronic toy system 400 of memory device 10, computer 302, computer software application 402, internet 404, server 405 and server software application 408.At grafting platform 304 places memory device 10 being connected to computer 302 or connector 302A can make computer software application 402 start on computer 302.Application program 402 can comprise the network address and be used for the user relevant with the feature of part 14 performance of memory device 10 and the identification of related content.Application program 402 can comprise be used for configuration device 10, from equipment 10 download pictures files, the instrument games being installed and being selected and install audio file at equipment 10.Application program 402 may be embodied as the part of explorer.
Application program 402 and/or computer 302 can also be connected to server 406 by internet 404.Server 406 can be stored the application program 408 relevant with computer applied algorithm 402 and memory device 10.Application program 408 can comprise webpage and other instruments.The storehouse of the picture that application program 408 can be provided for downloading, recreation and audio file and About You, virtual shop and be used for space with other user interactions.
Application program 408 can comprise public access area or webpage 408A, premium access area or webpage 408B and can be by the privately owned or limited accass of customization regional or webpage 408C.Each page can be linked to other pages.May be for the initial access of webpage 408A with registration or password is provided, thus other webpages visited.Visit to webpage 408B and 408C may need to buy memory device 10.
Public access web page 408A can be accessed under the situation of not buying memory device 10.Webpage 408A can have advertisement or have limited visit for recreation and audio file.Public access area 408A can also have door or provide for premium access area relevant with memory device 10 or the visit of webpage 408B.
Premium access area or webpage 408B can comprise only having bought the visit of the high-level service that memory device 10 can use.Zone or webpage 408B can also have audio file, recreation and the picture that is used to download.Webpage 408B can have and is used for the leading subscriber account number instrument of (such as revising password or preference being set).
Limited accass zone or webpage 408C can be by the About You of customization with the preference that reflects them.The user can use such as the content of picture and text and set up webpage.User's webpage 408C can comprise blog, diary, picture and preference.Webpage 408C can have and is used for maintenance safe, safeguards the memory device reference and is used to register other users this user's webpage being carried out the instrument of " best friends " of extra visit for allow specifying friend.
Fig. 8 is the more detailed diagram about the example web page of server application 408 demonstrations of user's visit.In this example, server application 408 comprises public access web page 408A, senior webpage 408B and limited accass About You 408C.The field 502 and the submit button 504 of the key entry that webpage 408A comprises the advertisement 500 that is used for memory device 10, be used for username and password.
Example web page 408B has shown the virtual shopping zone with shop 506, and shop 506 can be clicked them by the user and visit on computer 302.Webpage 408C is an example personal web page.Webpage 408C can comprise limited accass part 508 and privately owned access portion 510.Part 508 can comprise nonrecognition user's content and information.Part 508 can show interest, preference, hobby, friend and favorite film, book and famous person.Privately owned part 510 can comprise the photograph of more privatization and video and can more specifically discern the user.Part 510 can also comprise diary inlet, blog inlet and safety and visit data and instrument.
The user can provide credit, and this credit only is the value among the premium area 408B.Premium access area 408B can comprise the virtual mall with shop 506, and shop 506 comprises virtual goods.The user can be by the 506 visit certain shops of the shop on the webpage clicking 408B.
Fig. 9 is by click the diagram of the example web page 600 that can visit on shop 506.Shop 506 can be the shop of any type, comprises pet shop, dress shop or theater.Webpage 600 shows exemplary dress shop.The user avatar 602 that can show the feature that is similar to feature body 14.The shop can comprise shopkeeper avatar 604.Incarnation model 602 can with incarnation model 604 alternately to buy commodity.The user can control moving and behavior of incarnation model 602 on computer 302.The user can use the credit of accumulation to buy the virtual goods in the shop 506 and use the commodity of buying.
For example, the placard shop of the virtual mall that the user can accessed web page 408B, and use the credit purchase placard.The user shows the placard of buying then in the limited accass zone 408C of their customization.
The user can also with other user interactions of incarnation model representative.For example, the shopping center can have some incarnation models of shopping simultaneously, and each incarnation model representative signs in to the user of this webpage.In visit premium access area 408B, some incarnation models can be played games together.For example, provide input by the computer 302 at them, some incarnation models can be played Trivial Pursuit Unhinged together.The user of incarnation model representative can play tennis together in virtual place and the user can handle the incarnation model of holding virtual paddle and bats.
The user can create themselves incarnation model 602.The user can use instrument and the application program in software application 402 and/or 408 to create the incarnation model.The user can select the different piece of incarnation model from choice menus, such as eyes, hair, face, clothes and/or annex.The user can preserve selection to create the incarnation model in case a plurality of parts are selected, and when the user logined, the incarnation model of establishment can occur on senior page or leaf 408B and privately owned page or leaf 408C.
When buying movable memory equipment 10, the user can be inserted into it PC 302.This initial physical of memory device and computer and operative association can initializing computer application programs 402 and are registered this equipment by the cognizance code of storage in the memory 26 of recording equipment 10.The user can also define the username and password of use a computer application program 402 and/or server application 408 registrations.In case the user has set up the initial association to user's memory device, the user can only use username and password access software applications 402 and 408.Username and password can provide the visit for the limiting content on the server 406.
The purchase of movable memory equipment 10 can comprise additional storage medium 306, such as the CD that is used for installing software application 402 on computer 302.Replacedly, connect computer 302 and can provide application software download of 302 from the network location to the computer to the equipment of being stored in 10 or the network location relevant with equipment 10.The network location that is used to download can be a server 406.Replacedly, software can download to computer 302 from portable storage media 306 and server 406.
Initial registration procedure may need equipment 10 physically to be connected to computer 302.After registration process, by using or do not use the physical interconnection of memory device 10, the user can access computer application program 402.The user can access application 402 plays games, from the Internet, be connected to other network address or startup and be stored in server application 408 on the server 406.The physical interconnection that server software application 408 also may need memory device 10 and computer 302 is with registered user initially and/or the username and password that is provided for visiting premium access area and About You.
Movable memory equipment 10 can be connected to form via the electronics of USB port or other types with being connected of computer 302 or other electronic equipments.After movable memory equipment 10 is connected to computer 302 or other electronic equipments communicatedly, can be on computer screen 302D the explicit user option.Option can comprise: play the recreation of storage, or the website of access links, and/or the configuration of management movable equipment 10.After the user selected, movable memory equipment 10 can be configured to be connected to required option.
The physically related memory device that belongs to two users on the computer can allow the home zone 408C on shared PC of two users or the server.Figure 10 shows the view of two users of use memory device 10A and 10B in the processing 700 of identical their equipment of computer 302A association.Memory device 10A can be related with computer 302A in advance and memory device 10B can be in advance with physically the computer 302B away from the position of computer 302A is related.
When second user was inserted into computer 302A with equipment 10B, computer applied algorithm 402 can start new user interface.Whether this user interface can be pointed out user's new equipment will be registered to be the associated user.Agree that the user of equipment 10B can be defined as " ace buddy " and two limited information that the user can visit another user, such as website, individual picture, video if having the user of this memory device 10A.Daily record, chatroom and/or instant messaging." best friends " association can be stored on the server 406 by application program 408.In case registration, for one of two users, the limited content that does not then need the physical interconnection of memory device and computer just can visit another user.
When from any computer log, " best friends " user can manually visit other inlets of each other each on the About You, such as diary inlet and daily record inlet.They can share the file such as music and picture.The user who is not associated as " best friends " at server 406 can not visit the limited content that other users develop.
When signing in to server application 408, the user can judge whether other associated users login.Can on webpage, list the user and/or the best friends number of login.When login, the incarnation model representation that the user can be occurred on the screen.Represent the incarnation model of associated friends can have outward appearance like the feature class that illustrates on the feature shell 14 with the memory device 10 that belongs to this associated user.
Computer and/or server application 402 and 408 can allow the user to allow to take place the form exchange text messages of discussion.Interactive screen can show the text items that a plurality of users of login simultaneously send.Interactive class on the screen is similar to instant messaging.
Be not intended to for the third party under the disclosed situation at the memory device of placing the user mistakenly or username and password, server application 408 can be configured to limit usually the visit of the content relevant with the wrong equipment of placing or non-secured user's name.Content with limiting access can comprise user's webpage 408C, user's portrait and to the visit of the content of " best friends ".The user can change password or register new memory device to remove the restriction to personal content.
Movable memory equipment 10 can also with independent manipulation mode that computer 302, computer software application 402 and server application 408 separate in storage and start software application.Figure 11 is application program that shows on the memory device of operating in the stand-alone mode 10 or 802 the expression of playing.Recreation 802 can explicit user incarnation model 602.User avatar 602 can be by the user of computer 302 guiding to be engaged in the behavior relevant with the recreation of following game rule.
Although specifically illustrated and described the embodiment of movable memory equipment and using method, wherein can make a lot of changes.The disclosure can comprise the one or more independent or inter-related invention of the various combinations that relate to feature, function, element and/or attribute, and wherein one or more can define described various combinations in the claim below.Other combinations of feature, function, element and/or attribute and sub-portfolio can be after a while by claim in this or the later related application.As long as this change is directed into different combinations or is directed to identical combination, need only difference, broad, narrower or equal in scope, this change all is considered to be included in the theme of the present disclosure.Currently can not do not realized for current by the understanding of the availability of the claim of claim or importance.Therefore, the foregoing description is illustrative, and single characteristic or element or its combination are for all possible combination of claim in this or application after a while essence whether.Each claim has defined above-mentioned open middle invention disclosed, but any one claim needn't comprise by all features or the combination of claim.In the place of claim statement " " or " first " element or its equivalence, this claim comprises one or more this elements, both neither requiring nor excluding two or more this element.And, be used for the indicator of the order of recognition component, such as first, second or the 3rd, be used to distinguish element, and do not represent the required or limited number of these elements, unless and spell out, do not represent the ad-hoc location or the order of this element.

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1. toy electronic equipment comprises:
Outer cover, its size are adjusted to and are suitable for being held in the hand, and comprise housing and at least one the feature body that defines profile, and described at least one feature body is configured to simulation feature and frictionally is attached on the described housing;
Memory is installed in the described housing and storing software order, file and the network address;
First connector is installed in the described housing and is configured to be connected to computer;
Second connector is installed in the described housing and is configured to be connected to audio output apparatus; And
Processor, be installed in the described housing, and be connected to described memory and described first and second connectors, to described memory, and selectively be used for data from described memory transfer to described second connector with the transfer of data that is used for to receive on described first connector.
2. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1, the relevant data of feature of wherein said memory stores and the performance of described feature body portion.
3. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said memory is storing audio files also, and described equipment also comprises user input, manually selects to be stored in the audio file of described memory and plays selected file at described audio output apparatus place being used for.
4. toy electronic equipment according to claim 3, wherein said audio file are the files of MP3 format.
5. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said first connector be configured to described connector in housing primary importance and described connector extend housing the second place between move with respect to housing.
6. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said feature body is further configured and becomes to utilize the body simulation feature and comprise at least one annex, described at least one annex is configured to simulate at least in part clothes, and described at least one annex frictionally is supported on the described feature body.
7. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1, the translucent at least in part and described housing of wherein said feature body comprises at least one light source, described at least one light source is configured to guide light to see through the feature body portion.
8. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1 also comprises the 3rd connector, and described the 3rd connector is installed in the described housing, is connected with described processor, and is configured to frictionally hold memory device.
9. toy electronic equipment according to claim 1, also comprise the grafting platform, described grafting platform has the 4th connector that is configured to connect described first connector, and has and be configured to connect the communication link of described the 4th connector to the computer data port.
10. toy electronic equipment according to claim 9, wherein said grafting platform comprise the lamp that is configured to illuminate described feature body when described the 4th connector is connected to described first connector.
11. a doll system that is used to start software application comprises:
Computer comprises:
Display;
First memory is stored first software application and software command;
First connector; And
First processor is connected to described first memory, described display and described first connector; And
Characteristic storage equipment comprises:
Elongated outer cover has at least in part the significantly feature body of performance characteristic;
Second connector is installed in the described outer cover and is configured to selectively be connected to described first connector;
Second processor is installed in the described outer cover and is connected to described second connector; And
Second memory is installed in the described outer cover and is connected to described second processor to be used for the storing software order and the network address;
Wherein, first computer processor is configured to respond described second connector and connects described first connector and start described first software application.
12. doll system according to claim 11, wherein said outer cover comprises the housing that defines profile, and the feature body of described outer cover frictionally is attached on the described housing.
13. doll system according to claim 11, wherein said computer also is configured to be connected to the internet, described computer also comprises explorer, it is configured to visit the Internet locations relevant with IP address, and the visit that is stored in the IP address in the described second memory is started second software application that is stored in described IP address place.
14. doll system according to claim 11, the feature body of wherein said outer cover comprise and the relevant annex of feature of performance that described annex is adapted to manually repeatedly be attached on the feature body of described outer cover.
15. doll system according to claim 11, wherein said memory device also comprises at least one sound generating apparatus that is connected to described second processor, the user input that is connected to described second processor, described second memory also is stored in the optional audio file in user input place, and described second processor is configured to play by the selected audio file of user input at described sound generating apparatus place.
16. doll system according to claim 11, wherein said second connector are configured to move between the primary importance of extending from described outer cover and the second place in described outer cover.
17. a doll system that is used to start software application comprises:
Characteristic storage equipment, it comprises:
Elongated outer cover has the feature body of remarkable performance characteristic;
First connector is configured to extend between the second place outside the described outer cover and move at the primary importance and described first connector of described first connector in described outer cover;
Processor is installed in the described outer cover and is connected to described first connector; And
Device memory is installed in the described outer cover and is connected to described processor to be used for the storing software order;
The storage medium that processor is readable is used for executable application program of storage of processor and software command, comprising:
First software application has the content of the feature that shows on the described feature body that relates to described characteristic storage equipment;
First set of one or more software commands when software command is performed, starts described first software application when detecting described characteristic storage equipment; And
Second set of one or more software commands when software command is performed, starts second software application of place, network address storage, and the content of wherein said second software application relates to the feature that shows on the described feature body of described memory device.
18. doll system according to claim 17, wherein said elongated outer cover comprises the housing that defines profile, and the feature body of described outer cover frictionally is attached on the described housing.
19. doll system according to claim 18, wherein said feature body is photoconduction at least in part, make at least one feature body all or part of of the bright described outer cover of illumination enter into this photoconduction, and described housing comprises the light source that is configured to light is directed to described photoconduction.
20. doll system according to claim 17, wherein said device memory is storing audio files also, and described equipment also comprises the user input that is configured to be connected to second connector of audio output apparatus and is used for the audio file of selection memory, and plays selected file at described audio output apparatus place.
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