Interactive multimedia assistant device with a swappable personality customizable skin

1. A personality device to customize operation of an interactive multimedia assistant device, the personality device comprising:

a skin configured to couple with a core component of the interactive multimedia assistant device, the skin having an appearance corresponding to a personality of the personality device, the skin including an interface portion permitting one or more sensors of the core component to access an ambient environment through the skin for receiving one or more of a plurality of multimedia inputs, the plurality of multimedia inputs comprising gestures, an image input, and an audio input;

one or more skin pieces of the skin having one or more interior surfaces configured to be adjacent an exterior surface of a housing of the core component with the skin coupled to the core component;

one or more communication interfaces for communicating with the core component;

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing at least one of media content and the plurality of multimedia inputs; and

an identification device of the skin, the identification device including an identifier that identifies the personality of the personality device, wherein the identifier is configured to cause the core component to assume the personality of the personality device for performance of at least one control action by the core component upon the one or more sensors of the core component receiving the one or more of the plurality of multimedia inputs,

wherein the core component is configured for communication with a client application deployed on a user device, via one or more interfaces over a network, to cause performance by the core component of at least one of:

receive location-based data of said user device,

program a function of the core component,

update the core component, and

stream said media content.

2. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein the skin comprises a first skin piece and a second skin piece, and wherein the first skin piece is configured to couple to a first portion of the core component and the second skin piece is configured to couple to a second portion of the core component.

3. The personality device of claim 2 , wherein the core component is at least partially covered by the skin when the first skin piece and the second skin piece are coupled to the first portion and second portion of the core component.

4. The personality device of claim 2 , wherein the interface portion of the skin comprises one or more apertures.

5. The personality device of claim 4 , wherein the skin includes one or more apertures aligned with one or more output devices of the core component.

6. The personality device of claim 5 , wherein the one or more output devices comprises one or more of an output speaker, a light source, and a display screen.

7. The personality device of claim 1 , further comprising a supplementary component, wherein the supplementary component comprises a movable element, and wherein the personality device further includes a motor operatively coupled to the movable element, a controller of the core component configured to cause the motor to move the movable element upon the core component receiving the one or more of the plurality of multimedia inputs.

8. The personality device of claim 1 , further comprising a supplementary component, wherein the supplementary component comprises a light-emitting diode, and wherein a controller of the core component is configured to cause operation of the light-emitting diode upon the core component receiving the one or more of the plurality of multimedia inputs.

9. The personality device of claim 1 , further comprising a supplementary component, wherein the skin further includes an input button, and wherein actuation of the input button is configured to cause operation of the supplementary component.

10. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein the identification device comprises one or more of a memory storage device embedded in the skin, and a mechanical pattern.

11. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein the identification device comprises one or more of a smart card, a chip card, an integrated circuit card, an erasable programmable read-only memory chip, and a radio frequency identification tag.

12. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more communication interfaces for communicating with the core component are configured for communicating via at least one of a wired connection and a wireless connection.

13. The personality device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more communication interfaces are further configured to receive power from a power source of the core component via at least one of the wired connection and the wireless connection.

14. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein the appearance and the personality of the personality device correspond with at least one of a movie character, a cartoon character, a game character, an animal, a car, and an airplane.

15. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein reception of the identifier by a controller of the core component causes activation of at least one of a function or a feature of the interactive multimedia assistant.

16. The personality device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one function or feature is received via a network or a user device.

17. The personality device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control action comprises modulating an audio input, playing media content, activating a function of the core component, activating a feature of the core component, controlling external devices, activating one or more output devices of the core component, and deactivating one or more output devices of the core component.