Wearable toy and method

Abstract

A wearable toy has a docking portion. A memory contains a digitized sound and is affixed to the docking portion. A host has an electrical interface capable of connecting a speaker system in the host to the memory.

1 . A wearable toy, comprising: 
 a docking portion;    a memory containing a digitized sound affixed to the docking portion; and    a host having an electrical interface capable of connecting a speaker system in the host to the memory.    
   
   
       2 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein the host has an accelerometer electrically coupled to the memory.  
   
   
       3 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein the memory has a plurality of digitized sounds.  
   
   
       4 . The toy of  claim 3 , wherein the host has a switch that selects one of the plurality of sounds.  
   
   
       5 . The toy of  claim 4 , wherein the switch turns a power off.  
   
   
       6 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein the host has a first accelerometer and a second accelerometer, the first accelerometer coupled to a clock of the memory and a second accelerometer coupled to a trigger of the memory.  
   
   
       7 . The toy of  claim 1 , further including a controller coupled to the memory.  
   
   
       8 . The toy of  claim 7 , further including a controllable switch coupled to the controller.  
   
   
       9 . The toy of  claim 1 , further including an LED in the host.  
   
   
       10 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein the host has a clip.  
   
   
       11 . A method of operating a wearable toy, comprising: 
 a) determining if a docking portion is attached to a host portion;    b) when the docking portion is attached to the host portion, turning on a controllable power switch;    c) determining if a certain acceleration is measured by the wearable toy; and    d) when the certain acceleration is measured by the wearable toy, playing a sound.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , further including the steps of: 
 e) determining if a selection switch has been activated by a user;    f) when the selection switch has been activated by a user, selecting a second sound to be played.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein step (f) further includes the steps of: 
 f1) determining if the selection switch was activated for less than a predetermined period of time;    f2) when the selection switch was activated for less than the predetermined period of time, selecting the second sound to be played.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , further including the step of: 
 f3) when the selection switch was not activated for less than the predetermined period of time, turning off the controllable power switch.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein step (c) further includes step of: 
 c1) lighting an LED when the certain acceleration is measured.    
   
   
       16 . The method of claim,  11 , wherein step (c) further includes the step of: 
 c1) determining a frequency a predetermined acceleration occurs and adjusting a play speed of the sound based on the frequency.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 11 , further including the steps of: 
 e) replacing the docking portion with a second docking portion;    f)) determining if the certain acceleration is measured by the wearable toy; and    g) when the certain acceleration is measured by the wearable toy, playing a second sound stored in the second docking portion.