Patent ID: 9072976
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: initiating a game played with a plurality of virtual trading cards, each virtual trading card representing a real-world character; determining initial characteristics of each virtual trading card, the initial characteristics based on historical performance data associated with the real-world character; accessing current performance data for each of the real-world characters, the current performance data subsequent in time to the historical performance data; updating, using one or more processors, the characteristics of each virtual trading card based on the current performance data for the represented real-world character; accessing virtual game play data for each of the virtual trading cards, the virtual game play data including information about outcomes of previous games played with the plurality of virtual trading cards; updating the characteristics of each virtual trading card based on the virtual game play data for each of the virtual trading cards; and playing the game based on the updated characteristics of the plurality of virtual trading cards.