Patent Document ID: 20110213682
Application ID: 13104076
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: using a computer for registering a character associated with a first user, said registering using registration information; based on said registration information, using the computer for providing access to information indicative of the character on a website, which information represents said character, said character having plural initial attributes based on said registration information, each of said initial attributes can be changed by the first user through interaction with the character on the website to form a personalized version of the character that has plural different attributes than said initial attributes; and using said website, transferring the personalized version of the character including its plural different attributes, from the first user to a second user and, subsequent to said transferring, granting the first user continued access to said website but preventing said first user from controlling said character after said transferring to said second user, maintaining a database of characteristics of characters available to be registered on the website, said database including market values of characters having said different attributes, said market values in said database being based on previous completed transfers of similar characters with said plural attributes, and providing an estimated market value of the character as personalized with said plural different attributes to the first user based on said market values in said database, where a market value of a character in said database is dependent of plural of said different attributes.