Patent ID: 8628392

Claim:
A method of game play to facilitate managing tasks comprising: providing a virtual pet having at least one pet related activity; enabling a player to perform at least one task related action, wherein the at least one task related action comprises at least one of entering non-virtual pet related tasks; verifying the at least one non-virtual pet related task entered by the player; storing the at least one non-virtual pet related task in a database after the at least one non-virtual pet related task is verified, each non-virtual pet related task including at least one task action of the player, wherein the at least one task action describes the at least one non-virtual pet related task; determining a current status of the virtual pet; displaying the virtual pet based on the current status of the virtual pet; mapping the at least one task related action including the at least one non-virtual pet related task to the at least one pet related activity of the virtual pet, such that the performance of the at least one task related action by the player affects the current status of the virtual pet; and maintaining the virtual pet when the player performs the at least one task related actions to activate the at least one pet related activity to change the current status of the virtual pet.