Patent ID: 9610513
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A63H,G06Q

Claim:
1. A toy comprising: a toy body formed in a shape resembling an animate object; an electronic storage device coupled to said toy body, said electronic storage device storing registration data that is useable for automatically registering said toy on a computer server that is separate and remotely located from a user computer to which said toy is operatively coupled, said electronic storage device further storing information identifying a network address of the computer server to which the registration data stored by the electronic storage device is to be transmitted by the user computer over a communication network for registering said toy; and a communication part coupled to obtain data that is stored in said storage device, and operative to communicate said data over the communication network directed to said network address when coupled to the user computer; said electronic storage device storing information that is communicated using said communication part, and including said registration data that is operative for connecting over the communication network directed to said network address and automatically registering said toy on the computer server and for establishing access information that can be used to gain access to a restricted portion of a website without requiring additional entry of the registration data, wherein said electronic storage device is configured to be automatically read in response to being introduced to the user computer to communicate the information identifying the network address for transmission over the communication network, wherein the information identifying the network address transmitted over the computer network results in content being retrieved to allow the user to participate in a registration process using the user computer to customize at least one attribute of a virtual character to be controlled by the user in a virtual environment hosted by the computer server or a different computer server that is also remotely located from the user computer.