Interactive cloud-based toy

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  "publication_number": "US9833725B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Interactive cloud-based toy",
  "abstract": "An interactive cloud-based toy for children having a communicator located in the housing of the toy is provided. The communicator has electronic circuitry operatively coupled to a cloud database for transmitting and receiving data through a Bluetooth connection with a smart device. The cloud database corroborates and aggregates data across toys, third party cloud services, and provides customized content to the communicator. The cloud database is operatively connected to the electronic circuitry and is capable of receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto. The cloud database includes provision for authorization of the user and a sensor group.",
  "claims": [
    "1. An interactive toy system comprising: a communicator in the form of a toy, the toy comprising a vehicle or figurine, having electronic circuitry located therein, said electronic circuitry including a microprocessor having memory capability and being operatively connected to a wireless transmitter/receiver for receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto; a cloud server operably connected to said communicator and being configured to dynamically control one or more functions of at least one child profile for a user of the communicator via authorization provisions for the user of the communicator, a security function, and a user profile, said user profile including at least one guardian profile and the at least one child profile such that the at least one guardian profile can view and control the at least one child profile, said authorization provisions being operable to enable said at least one guardian profile to selectively approve and restrict content accessible to said at least one child profile, and to selectively approve and restrict friend associations with said at least one child profile to establish one or more secure friend associations with said at least one child profile, said cloud server further comprising an application layer operably engaged with said user profile, said application layer being operable to define shared protocols between said cloud server and one or more third party applications to enable updating and altering the one or more functions of the communicator.",
    "2. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said communicator further includes a smart device operatively connected to said cloud server.",
    "3. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said authorization provisions are operable to enable said at least one guardian profile to selectively approve and customize content accessible to said at least one child profile.",
    "4. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry further includes an audio encoder and decoder.",
    "5. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic circuitry further includes at least one speaker.",
    "6. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electrical circuitry further includes an LED display.",
    "7. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said electrical circuitry further includes an LCD display.",
    "8. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said communicator includes one or more sensors from the group consisting of microphones, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometer, flex, geo-location, tilt, sound, temperature, lights, pressure, and buttons.",
    "9. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said communicator includes one or more actuators.",
    "10. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein messages are converted to audio in the text-to-speech engine and routed through a cloud data delivery network to said communicator.",
    "11. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein the wireless transceiver is a Bluetooth low energy radio.",
    "12. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein wireless transceiver is a WiFi radio.",
    "13. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said user profile is configured to selectively filter one or more data sets accessible through the application layer according to said authorization provisions associated with said guardian profile, such that said application layer is operable to configure said shared protocols and interface methods to selectively restrict third party content.",
    "14. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud server includes a sensor database.",
    "15. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein said user profile is configured to selectively filter one or more data sets associated with said child profile from said application layer, such that said application layer is operable to configure said shared protocols to deliver customized content from said one or more third party applications to said communicator.",
    "16. The interactive toy system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud server includes supplemental content.",
    "17. An interactive toy system comprising: a communicator in the form of a toy, the toy comprising a vehicle or figurine, having electronic circuitry located therein, said electronic circuitry includes a microprocessor and operatively connected to a wireless transceiver for receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto; and, a cloud server which corroborates and aggregates data, said cloud server being configured to dynamically control one or more functions of at least one child profile for a user of said communicator via authorization provisions for the user of the communicator, a security function, and a user profile, said user profile including at least one guardian profile and the at least one child profile such that the at least one guardian profile can view and control the at least one child profile, said authorization provisions operable to enable said at least one guardian profile to selectively approve and restrict content accessible to said at least one child profile, and to selectively approve and restrict friend associations with said at least one child profile to establish one or more secure friend associations with said at least one child profile; said cloud server further comprising an application layer executing on said cloud server and operably engaged with said user profile, said application layer being operable to define shared protocols and interface methods between said cloud server and one or more third party applications, said user profile being configured to selectively filter one or more data sets from said application layer according to authorization provisions associated with said guardian profile, such that said abstraction application layer is operable to selectively restrict third party content and deliver customized content from said one or more third party applications to said communicator."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "1. Field of the Invention\n\nThis invention relates to an electronic, interactive cloud-based toy system for children. More particularly, the present invention is to an interactive toy that can respond to physical stimuli and communicate with other toys, smart devices, and the interne to update its behavior over time.\n\n2. The Prior Art\n\nWhile there have been toys that change personalities based upon how they were played with by the child, the toy's behavior was based on pre-loaded programs. In other toys, these programs could be changed slightly by a child's interaction on a smart device (such as a phone, tablet or computer) that was operatively connected to the toy. Other smart toys have been reported that use cloud databases to speak to a child using conversation engines in the cloud that learn about the child over time and prompt conversation based upon the child's responses. These smart toys can talk about seemingly relevant information for the child but they are not completely dynamic since they use pre-recorded audio files and are only as dynamic as the recorded files allow.\n\nIt is the general object of the present invention to create an easy to use dynamic, polymorphic toy exhibiting pre-loaded, updated, connected or disconnected behaviors impacting the primary toy's (personality/features/game play), subsequent toys, and the child or children's course of play.\n\nIntercommunication is the toy's cornerstone.",
  "cpc": [
    "A63H 33/26",
    "A63F 2300/407",
    "H04L 67/12",
    "H04L 67/306"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "A63H 33/26",
    "H04L 29/08"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Dynepic Inc"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Krissa Watry"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2015-06-15",
  "publication_date": "2017-12-05",
  "grant_date": "2017-12-05",
  "priority_date": "2014-06-16",
  "application_number": "US-201514739297-A",
  "family_id": "54835341",
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