Doll Companion Integrating Child Self-Directed Execution of Applications with Cell Phone Communication, Education, Entertainment, Alert and Monitoring Systems

1 . A method of interacting with a toy device, comprising:

generating an electromagnetic field by an NFC initiator in communication with a processor; wherein both said NFC initiator and said processor are disposed within a doll housing; wherein said toy device comprises an exterior surface; and wherein said doll housing forms at least a portion of said exterior surface;

manually bringing a first NFC-type tag to within 4 cm of said NFC initiator to power via said electromagnetic field said first NFC-type tag to transmit first application-associated data associated with a first set of processor-executable application instructions;

receiving, by said NFC initiator, said first application-associated data;

transmitting said first application-associated data from said NFC initiator to said processor;

receiving, by said processor, said first application-associated data; and

executing, by said processor, said first set of processor-executable application instructions based on the receipt of said first application-associated data.

2 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said NFC initiator operates in the 13.56 MHz radio band.

3 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising displaying an image associated with said first set of processor-executable application instructions on a display screen of said doll housing, wherein said display screen forms a portion of said exterior surface.

4 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 3 further comprising:

engaging a tactile button to initiate a button signal;

receiving, by said processor, said button signal; and

changing, by said processor, said display screen image based on said received button signal.

5 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising accessing a configuration interface server accessible to wirelessly communicate with said processor.

6 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:

obtaining an image from a camera oriented directing a lens of said camera outward from said doll housing; and

transmitting said camera image from said toy device to said configuration interface server.

7 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:

generating health data from a health monitoring system; wherein said health monitoring system comprises at least one of a wireless radio frequency transmitter and a health parameter sensor; and wherein said health parameter sensor comprises at least one of a sound sensor, a movement sensor, a weight sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a temperature sensor, a respiratory rate sensor, and an acceleration sensor;

transmitting said health data from said health monitoring system to said processor via said wireless radio frequency transmitter; and

transmitting said health data from said processor to said configuration interface server.

8 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving, by a GPS system, GPS satellite signals;

creating, by said GPS system, location data based at least partially on said GPS satellite signals;

wirelessly transmitting, by said GPS system, said location data to said processor; and

transmitting said location data from said processor to said configuration interface server.

9 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 5 , wherein said accessing a configuration interface server is preformed via utilizing the Internet.

10 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 5 , wherein said accessing a configuration interface server is via telephonic calling of a provided customer service agent.

11 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising

an administrative server, wherein:

after receiving, by said processor, said first application-associated data, determining if said received first application-associated data is associated with said first set of processor-executable application instructions;

if said processor determines said first application-associated data is not associated with said first set of processor-executable application instructions, establishing communication with said administrative server; and

downloading, from said administrative server, said first set of processor-executable application instructions.

12 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising communicating utilizing wireless cellular communication protocols.

13 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing, by said processor, a connection to a web-based configuration interface server;

receiving from said configuration interface server a time schedule for execution of a second set of processor-executable application instructions; and

executing said second set of processor-executable application instructions at a time based on said time schedule.

14 . The method of interacting with a toy device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

downloading to said processor a second set of processor-executable application instructions;

obtaining a contactless second NFC-type tag printed with a visually-viewable code; and

entering said visually-viewable code via said display screen to cause the association of said second NFC-type tag with said second set of processor-executable application instructions.