Patent ID: 8460052
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A63F,A63H,G06Q,G06T,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer system for providing a virtual world, the computer system comprising: a server subsystem serving virtual world data, via the Internet, and receiving a registration code provided with a toy; a storage subsystem, associated with said server subsystem, storing data relating to a plurality of registration codes, said plurality of registration codes corresponding to a plurality of toys, wherein said toy is one of the plurality of toys; a registration subsystem, associated with said server subsystem, verifying said registration code against the data relating to the plurality of registration codes, and registering said toy to a user responsive to said verifying, said registration subsystem also determining a quantity of toys registered by said user, wherein the verifying includes determining a validity of said registration code; and a virtual world providing subsystem for providing the virtual world data in a form that can be used by a browser application, wherein the virtual world data represents data that presents the virtual world to the user, wherein the virtual world data includes a virtual toy representing said toy and a reward that is based on said quantity of toys registered by said user, where said reward includes extra rewards for more toys being registered than other rewards, where said other rewards are rewards that would be obtained from registering said toys individually and wherein the virtual world data provides a plurality of activities for the user and the virtual toy to participate in, the plurality of activities including all of virtually feeding the virtual toy, playing with the virtual toy, virtually purchasing virtual furnishings for a virtual room in the virtual world using virtual cash, and virtually purchasing virtual food for the virtual toy using the virtual cash for virtually feeding to the virtual toy in the virtual world, and wherein said plurality of activities allows using said extra rewards as part of said plurality of activities.