Patent ID: 6482067
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A method for making and distributing stuffed toy animals, comprising steps of:(a) making a first toy animal; (b) creating a first serial number associated with said first toy animal, the serial number having: (i) a first character identifying a product line; (ii) a second character associating a gender with said first toy animal; (iii) a plurality of trait characters following said second character, each trait character identifying a trait exhibited by said first toy animal; (c) recording said first serial number in a parent database; (d) creating a first pedigree paper, the first pedigree paper including said first serial number; (e) distributing said first toy animal together with said first pedigree paper to a first customer; (f) making a second toy animal; (g) creating a second serial number associated with said second toy animal, the serial number having: (i) a first character identifying a product line; (ii) a second character associating a gender with said second toy animal, the gender assigned to said second toy animal being opposite to the gender assigned to said first toy animal; (iii) a plurality of trait characters following said second character, each trait character identifying a trait exhibited by said second toy animal; (h) recording said second serial number in the parent database; (i) creating a second pedigree paper, the second pedigree paper including said second serial number; (j) distributing said second toy animal together with said second pedigree paper to a second customer; (k) receiving a request from the first and second customers for a toy animal, the request including said first and second serial numbers; (l) comparing said first and second serial numbers to create a third serial number, the third serial number having: (i) a first character identifying a product line; (ii) a second character corresponding to a randomly selected gender; (iii) a plurality of third serial number, trait characters following the second character, each third serial number trait character being equal to the greater of the corresponding trait character in said first and second serial numbers when said first and second serial number trait characters are unequal, and equal to the corresponding trait character in said first and second serial numbers when said first and second serial number trait characters are equal; (m) making a third toy animal exhibiting the traits identified by said third serial number; (n) recording third serial number in database; (o) creating a third pedigree paper, the third pedigree paper including said third serial number; and (p) distributing the toy animal made in step (m) together with said third pedigree paper to said first and second customers.