Patent ID: 6729884
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An Internet-based gaming system for teaching personal values and financial responsibility to a younger child, the gaming system comprising:a set of computer interactive game events, the game events having an adventure story activity and an educational activity, the adventure story activity having a selectable story element; a scoring system in playing the game events, the scoring system including an assignment of an award, the award including a virtual collectible creature, the virtual collectible creature having an artificial intelligence characteristic and having a characteristic mimicking a financial instrument, the financial instrument mimicked including a stock, or a bond, or a savings account, or a credit card, or a money market, or a certificate of deposit, or a mutual fund, or an investment, or interest, or a dividend, or taxation, or a debit card; indicia of an account information associated with the child, the indicia of account information relating to the virtual collectible creature including an investment portfolio section and a collectible section for tracking a child's collection of the virtual collectible creature; wherein, the child learns the characteristics of the financial instrument; and the child is taught investment strategy and practices making financial decisions in the context of the game.