Intentionally annoying toy with an interactive shut-off mechanism

Abstract

The sound emitting device in at least one configuration is intended to emit a continuous sound upon activation that requires a code be manually entered or requires the user to complete a series of challenges to silence the device. The sound emitting device has multiple power sources so the removal of one of the power sources will not silence the device. In one embodiment, the sound emitting device has a display embedded into the device, which may displays code information and provide further user interaction. Additionally, a method of silencing a sound emitting device is disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A sound emitting device comprising:
 a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable memory,
 wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory has at least one code stored thereon; 
   a display having at least two touch based regions,
 wherein each of the at least two touch based regions corresponds to a first light source and a first tone and a second light source and a second tone respectively; 
   at least one power source; and   at least one speaker, the at least one speaker being configured to generate a continuous sound effect upon activation of the sound emitting device,
 wherein the continuous sound effect ceases when the at least one code is entered via the display. 
   
     
     
         2 . The sound emitting device of  claim 1  wherein the first tone and the second tone comprises a singular tone, multiple tones, or a dialogue or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The sound emitting device of  claim 1  wherein the sound emitting device is a doll. 
     
     
         4 . The sound emitting device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one power source comprises at least one dry cell battery, at least one rechargeable battery, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The sound emitting device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one code comprises contact with at least one of the at least two touch based regions. 
     
     
         6 . The sound emitting device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one code comprises contact with each of the at least two touch based regions. 
     
     
         7 . The sound emitting device of  claim 1  wherein there are two power sources. 
     
     
         8 . A sound emitting doll comprising:
 a processor contained within the sound emitting doll, the processor being coupled to a non-transitory computer readable memory having machine readable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of,
 producing a continuous sound from at least one speaker associated with the sound emitting doll, and 
 ceasing to produce the continuous sound upon at least one code being entered via a display,
 wherein the display has four touch based regions with each of the four touch based regions corresponds to a separate light and a separate tone, and 
 wherein the code comprises contact with at least one of the at least two touch based regions. 
 
   
     
     
         9 . The doll of  claim 8  wherein the at least one code is a combination of comprises contact with each of the at least two touch based regions. 
     
     
         10 . The doll of  claim 8  wherein the continuous sound is at least one tone or a dialogue. 
     
     
         11 . The doll of  claim 8  wherein the display is an electronic touch based display. 
     
     
         12 . The doll of  claim 8  wherein the display is a manual touch based display. 
     
     
         13 . A method of silencing a sound emitting device, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing the sound emitting device,
 wherein the sound emitting device comprises,
 a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer readable memory,
 wherein the non-transitory computer readable memory has at least one code stored thereon; 
 
 a display having at least two touch based regions,
 wherein each of the at least two touch based regions corresponds to a first light source and a first tone and a second light source and a second tone respectively; 
 
 at least one power source; and 
 at least one speaker, the at least one speaker being configured to generate a continuous sound effect upon activation of the sound emitting device,
 wherein the continuous sound effect ceases when the at least one code is entered via the display; 
 
 
   activating the sound emitting device causing a continuous sound to emanate from the sound emitting device;   a user entering, via the display, a touch based code,
 wherein if the touch based code is corrected entered, then the continuous sound ceases, and 
 wherein if the touch based code is incorrectly entered, then the continuous sound continues. 
   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising the step of:
 prompting, by the sound emitting device, the touch based code to be entered by the user.