Patent ID: 8641471
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: A63H,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing a virtual world, comprising: a server computer system connected to the Internet, said server computer system operating for registering at least one of a plurality of toys, by receiving information electronically transmitted from said at least one of said toys from a storage device attached to or embedded in said at least one of said toy, and for electronically storing registration data, such that said server computer system receiving said registration data from said storage device over the Internet from a user computer communicating with said storage device and also communicating with said Internet, wherein said registering includes verifying said one of the plurality of toys by checking that said at least one of the plurality of toys is uniquely identified by utilizing data stored in the storage device; said server computer system also for serving content, via said Internet, directed to the user computer, wherein said content includes virtual world data adapted for generating a virtual world for viewing on the user computer; wherein in response to successfully verifying said one of said plurality of toys based on said registration data received over said Internet, said server computer system saves information that can be utilized by the user to gain access to the virtual world without requiring additional entry of the registration data, and operates for receiving commands from the user computer connected to said storage device for updating said virtual world data provided to the user computer for dynamically displaying specialized virtual world activities on the user computer based on said commands, and wherein said computer further operates for not providing said updated virtual world data to the user computer without successfully verifying one of said plurality of toys.