Patent ID: 8926395
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A63F,A63H

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an interactive play experience the method comprising: displaying an authentication code on a display, the display attached to an interactive toy; authenticating the interactive toy on a server on a network; providing a virtual world to a user computer connected to the network; selecting one of another plurality of codes for display, the plurality of codes stored on a memory within the interactive toy; validating the displayed another code on the server; providing additional functionality within the virtual world based on the another code; and using the authentication code from the interactive toy to play a virtual world game on the server, wherein user interaction with a virtual image of the interactive toy of the virtual world on the server causes the computer to communicate with the interactive toy to cause an event to occur on the interactive toy when a target is reached within the game of the virtual world via said interaction, wherein the event is selected from the group consisting of illumination of lights on the interactive toy, emission of sounds from the interactive toy, and displaying of images on the display.