Patent ID: 8137197

Claim:
A method of providing a targeted newsletter, comprising: monitoring a game while a game player plays the game on a game computer; collecting game related information from the game, the game information comprising at least one game character the player desires additional information and advice on; storing the game related information in a character data file on the game computer; reading the game related information from the character data file; requesting to upload the game related information to a remote server; notifying whether the game related information may be uploaded based on a load on the remote server; uploading the game related information to a remote server; storing the game related information to a character subscriber database on the remote server; reading the game related information from the character subscriber database; determining whether to transfer a newsletter based on time, elapsed time since a newsletter has been sent, the game related information, or upon determining that the game player needs guidance; retrieving articles from an article database based on the characters that the game player selected and on the game related information; determining whether the game player has read any of the retrieved articles and whether the game player has not heeded advice contained in the retrieved articles that have been read; generating the newsletter on the remote server that is tailored for the game player based on the game related information and based on which characters the game player selected to receive advice; incorporating the game related information and the retrieved articles into the newsletter, wherein the retrieved articles that have been read by the game player are not incorporated in the newsletter unless the game player has not heeded advice contained in the retrieved articles that have been read by the game player; and transferring the newsletter to the game player, wherein transferring the newsletter to the game player includes e-mailing the newsletter or hyperlinks to the newsletter to the game player; uploading the newsletter or hyperlinks to the newsletter directly to the game computer; allowing the newsletter or hyperlinks to the newsletter to be downloaded onto the game computer; or making the newsletter available over a website.