Abstract: A method conducted using a system having a first object with a first data processor, an RFID tag reader, and a first output device electrically coupled to the first data processor, and a second object with a second data processor, an RFID tag, and a second output device electrically coupled to the second data processor includes: transmitting, by the RFID tag reader to the RFID tag, a power signal with embedded input data; receiving, by the RFID tag, the power signal with the embedded input data. The embedded input data is extracted from the power signal and provided to the second data processor, and causes the second data processor to initiate an action. Responsive to receiving the power signal with the embedded input data, transmitting, by the RFID tag, response data to the RFID tag reader, wherein the first data processor processes the response data.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a book device corresponding to at least one narrative story, including a spine, at least three pages pivotably connected to the spine, a sound producing apparatus, and a plurality of switch elements which activate the sound producing apparatus to play desired audio segments corresponding to a particular story element. Each of the pages contains illustrative material, such as text and/or pictures, and at least one of the pages is partially transparent, so that illustrative material on subsequent pages is visible to the reader through the transparent portion of the page. In another embodiment, the illustrative material is not affixed to the pages themselves, but takes the form of inserts which may be removed and interchanged, with the book device able to determine which story corresponds to the particular inserts being used and play the desired audio segments corresponding to that story.