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Granted Patent B2
US 9,060,040 · App. 13/856,795 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Themed ornament with streaming video display

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,060,040
App. No.
13/856,795
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for playing signals received from the Internet or other information highway on one or more speakers and video displays has a receiver for receiving information from a preselected address; a processor for interpreting the signals; a user interface for choosing between a connection to a personal computer and the preselected address; and at least one sound emitting device and a display for playing the processed signal. The apparatus has an ornamental design on the outside which is related to the topic of the signals received from the address.

Claims (11)

1. An apparatus for playing signals received from the internet or other information highway, comprising;

a receiver that connects to the internet or other information highway;

a processor in the receiver for selecting the content received by the receiver;

at least one speaker and at least one and video display;

a connection to which the at least one speaker and video display are connected to play the selected content received from the internet or other information highway via the receiver;

a connection from the receiver to a personal computer;

a user interface that allows the user to switch the speakers and display from playing signals received from the internet or other information highway to signals from the personal computer; and

an ornamental design on the apparatus that is related to the content received from the address on the internet or other information highway, wherein the ornamental design is a mannequin and the processor is configured to select content that relates to biology or anatomy.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receiver wirelessly connects to the internet or other information highway.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the receiver wirelessly connects to the internet or other information highway via one of a Wi-Fi connection, Wi-Max connection or a microwave connection.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more speakers are connected to the connection and are physically connected to the apparatus.