Patent ID: 8632412

Claim:
A computer-readable storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a process comprising: receiving at a gaming system a gamer profile, the gamer profile is associated with a game player; performing on the gaming system a first video game, the first video game awards a digital item other than points; receiving an identification of the digital item, the digital item is awarded to the game player by the first video game, the digital item is usable as a gaming object by the game player in both the first video game and a second video game, the second video game is different from the first video game, the first video game is associated with a first video game title, the second video game is associated with a second video game title, the first video game title is different from the second video game title; updating the gamer profile to include the identification of the digital item; and performing on the gaming system the second video game, the digital item is utilized in the second video game.