Light, sound, and motion receiver devices

US8354918B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventor

• Stephen Boyer · Waltham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08C17/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method to elicit a behavior in response to a simplex communication signal comprises receiving, at a receiver device, an encoded simplex communication signal from a transmitter device, the simplex communication signal including an identifier. The method further comprises referencing a stored program in the receiver device to a stored program block corresponding to the identifier. The receiver device then initiates execution of the program block and renders a behavior in accordance with or corresponding to the program block corresponding to the simplex communication signal. The receiver device includes a program database, wherein the receiver is programmed to reference a stored program block of the program database corresponding to the identifier. The receiver device also includes mechanisms to enable a behavior in accordance with the program block to be audibly and visibly perceived.