Distributed Wireless Toy-Based Skill Exchange, Systems And Methods

摘要

Synergistic toys and apparatus are presented. Toys are able to communicate with each other, preferably through a wireless interface. The toys can include native skills; executable instructions, representing features of the toy. When a first toy is placed within proximity of another toy, the first toy can acquire new non-native skills from the second toy or vice versa. Thus, toys can interact with one or more other toys to give rise to an enriched interactive feature set.

主权项

1. A toy capable of interacting with a separate device comprising:
a computer readable non-transitory memory; at least one processor coupled with the memory; a device interface configured to communicatively couple with at least the separate device; and a skill manager coupled with the memory and the device interface, and configured to:
store a capability set in the memory, the capability set representing abilities of the apparatus,acquire a non-native functionality in the form of executable instructions from the separate device via the device interface based on the capability set, andcause the processor to exhibit the non-native functionality as an acquired skill by executing at least some of the executable instructions.