Patent ID: 8702515
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A63F,A63H,A63J,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A multi-platform gaming system for amusing or entertaining one or more game participants playing a game on a gaming platform comprising one or more video game consoles, home game consoles, hand-held game units, computer gaming devices, internet gaming devices or live-action gaming facilities, said gaming system comprising: a plurality of collectible toys depicting or representing one or more game characters or objects relevant to a game adapted to be played on said gaming platform, each of said plurality of collectible toys comprising: wherein game participants develop said skills, abilities or attributes of a particular game character or object represented by said game-relevant information stored on one or more collectable toys of said plurality of collectible toys while playing a first game or first game session on said gaming platform and subsequently use said one or more collectible toys to wirelessly communicate said game-relevant information to the same or a different gaming platform and play a second game or second game session using said particualar game character or object with some or all of said developed skills, abilities or attributes; a reader device comprising: a non-transitory medium storing game instructions to be executed by said gaming platform to carry out said game, said game instructions comprising: