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US 2014/0274389 A1Published application
System and method for toy adoption and marketing
AssigneeGanz
InventorHoward Ganz
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Interacting with a virtual presentation includes: entering a first registration code associated with a first product for registering the first product on a website via a user account; accessing a restricted portion of the website that was not accessible prior to registering the first product; displaying a virtual character that is controllable on the website; registering a second product by entering a second registration code provided to the product, wherein the second product is different than the first product, the second character also accessed via the user account; receiving content for displaying a second virtual character that is controllable on the website; and gaining access to additional content, beyond a chat function, for the first product in response to registration of the second product with the user account, wherein the additional content comprises additional resources of the website beyond the resources provided after registration of the first product.
A method that provides a virtual presentation comprising.
The method of 1 further comprising providing, for access by the user, a bonus environment upon completing a series of adventures or challenges.
The method of 1 further comprising transmitting content over the communication network for displaying a virtual room for the virtual character on the website, wherein the virtual room comprises a plurality of different virtual furnishings.
The method of 3, wherein the virtual furnishings can be arranged as desired by the user in the virtual room.
The method of 3 further comprising providing the user with a plurality of games that the user can play to earn virtual currency for purchasing said virtual furnishings for the virtual room from a virtual vendor on the website.
The method of 1 further comprising awarding the user with a virtual room for the virtual character for successfully registering at least one of the first registration code and the second registration code.
The method of 1 further comprising awarding the user with virtual currency for successfully registering at least one of the first registration code and the second registration code.
The method of 1 further comprising, after receiving confirmation that the first registration code has been validated, receiving an adoption certificate comprising biographical information, a personality trait, or both the biographical information and the personality trait.
The method of 1 further comprising naming the virtual character.
A method of interacting with a virtual presentation comprising.
The method of 10 further comprises, after receiving confirmation that the first registration code has been validated, receiving an adoption certificate comprising biographical information, a personality trait, or both the biographical information and the personality trait.
The method of 10 further comprising naming the virtual character.
The method of 10 further comprising providing, for access by the user, a bonus environment upon completing a series of adventures or challenges.
The method of 10 further comprising transmitting content over the communication network for displaying a virtual room for the virtual character on the website, wherein the virtual room comprises a plurality of different virtual furnishings.
The method of 14, wherein the virtual furnishings can be arranged as desired by the user in the virtual room.
The method of 14 further comprising providing the user with a plurality of games that the user can play to earn virtual currency for purchasing said virtual furnishings for the virtual room from a virtual vendor on the website.
The method of 10 further comprising awarding the user with a virtual room for the virtual character for successfully registering at least one of the first registration code and the second registration code.
The method of 10 further comprising awarding the user with virtual currency for successfully registering at least one of the first registration code and the second registration code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.