IMPROVED INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention uses an acoustic data transmission system channel for communicating with remote items such as toys or other novelty devices. Control data is embedded in an acoustic which is broadcast to a toy. The data is received by the toy, which is in the vicinity of a receiver. Operation of the toy can be modified upon receipt of the embedded data. The receiver may be a television and the data broadcast with a television program.