Patent ID: 8764571

Claim:
A game kit comprising: a plurality of near field communication game pieces comprising one or more items of data, wherein at least one of the near field communication game pieces is configured to assign one or more physical properties of the at least one game piece to respective items of data, among the items of data, to enable utilization of the game piece with a plurality of different games or different applications based on non-application specific content of the respective items of data, wherein the game piece is configured to enable transmission of the items of data, via a near field communication, to a device to enable the device to decode the items of data and translate at least one item of the items of data to at least one item of virtual data that is included in an electronic game or an application currently being displayed, and wherein the near field communication comprises directing the transmission of the items of data to the device in response to a detection of the device entering a proximity of the at least one game piece.