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Details

Inventors: Ki Kwan, David Chu; Lebensfeld, Steven; Russo, Carmine; Javors, Russell;
Assignee: Toymax INC (Malibu, CA)
Primary Examiner: Horabik; Michael
Assistant Examiner: Bangachon; William
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Klar; Richard B.

A "try me" feature is disclosed for remotely controlled devices such as remotely controlled toys for point of sale demonstration or sampling. The disclosure describes a secondary link between the remote control device and the remotely controlled device. When the secondary link is selected or present, activation of a control on the remote control device will cause the remotely control device to react the same or similar to the way it reacts under wireless remote control, but via the secondary link. The secondary link may be configured as a disconnectable wired coupling. The remotely controlled device and the remote control device may be contained in a point of sale package or configured in a point of sale display.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the invention disclosed herein to enable a remotely controlled toy or other device normally operated by means of a wireless remote control device to be sampled, tried or otherwise operated using a link other than the wireless link used in normal operation.
It is another object of the invention to facilitate, make practical or enable a remotely controlled toy or other device normally operated by a wireless remote control device to be sampled, tried or otherwise operated while in a package, e.
g.
, a point of sale package, or a point of sale display configuration.
It is another object of the invention to provide a selectable wireless coupling and a wired coupling between a toy or other remotely controlled device and a remote control therefor.
The invention achieves these and other objects by providing a secondary link between the remotely controlled device and the remote control device other than a primary wireless link used in normal operation and selectivity between the links.
The secondary link may be selected for operation of the remotely controlled device and the remote control device in a point of sale package or display.
This allows a plurality of remotely controlled devices which may be operated by the remote control device of another remotely controlled device to be operated individually, or where the primary link is line of sight in a configuration where the remote control device and the remotely controlled device are not configured to establish a line of sight primary link.
The secondary link may be another wireless link with characteristics amenable to individual operation of each remotely controlled device/remote control device pair or groups thereof, or may be a wired link.
The secondary wireless link may be of the same or different type as the primary wireless link selected or configured to be capable of individual operation or operation in a point of sale package or display.
In the preferred embodiment, the secondary link comprises a disconnectable wired link or coupling between the remotely controlled device and the remote control device in addition the primary wireless link or coupling

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