Patent ID: 6739941
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for promotion of and education regarding wildlife which comprises:identifying an individual animal; compiling a database comprising a first body of information regarding said individual animal and a second body of information regarding animals other than said individual animal and incorporating said database into a form selected from a group consisting of electronic media and on a global computer network system; providing an educational and play article having a configuration which is a recognizable effigy of said individual animal wherein said play article is in the form of a stuffed fabric representation of said individual animal, said representation including indicia recognizably related to said individual animal; providing access to said database and an opportunity to purchase said article and said electronic media by a person, said access to said database comprising symbolic adoption of said individual animal by said person, said symbolic adoption comprising registration of association with said animal of said person, requiring a first monetary payment by said person for access to at least a portion of said database and for purchase of said article and said electronic media, said database as incorporated on said global computer network system having two portions, and said first monetary payment being required for access to a first of said two portions but not for access to a second of said two portions; and apportioning a part of said first monetary payment to maintenance of said individual animal and support of wildlife generally.