# US 2018/0021685 A1 · Interactive video game system comprising toys with rewritable memories > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0021685 A1 - Document ID: US20180021685A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/724,556 - Filed: 2017-10-04 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-20 - Assignees: Activision Publishing, Inc. - Applicants: Activision Publishing, Inc. - Inventors: Paul Reiche; Ray West; Robert Leyland; Daniel Neil; Kern Corrigan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180021685A1 ## CPC - A63F 13/95: Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges - A63F 13/98: Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The invention disclosed herein relates to a video game system comprising a video game console and an object or toy used in connection with the video game console, wherein the object or toy has a rewritable data storage device, and wherein the video game console stores information in the rewritable data storage device in response to game play events occurring in a first gaming session. The stored information is subsequently retrieved by the video game console in a second gaming session, and the retrieved information is used to conduct the game play of the second gaming session. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 A system useful in providing videogame play, comprising: a game device including at least one processor; a first toy including rewritable memory storing information relating to a first game character; a peripheral device in communication with the game device, the peripheral device including circuitry for wirelessly commanding reads and writes to the rewritable memory of the toy; the at least one processor configured by program instructions to: load information relating to the first game character from the first toy into the game device through the peripheral; provide gameplay in which a first game character under control of user inputs to the game device encounters a second game character, the second game character controlled by video game instructions of the video game; detect a game play event indicating capture of the second game character; command writing of information of the second game character to memory of a second toy; and command presentation of a sensory perceptible simulated transfer of the second game character to the toy. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the peripheral includes a light source, and the processor is configured to command presentation of the sensory perceptible simulated transfer by commanding generation of light by the light source. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the second toy includes at least some translucent portions illuminatable by the light from the light source. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the peripheral includes a cavity dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the second toy. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein translucent portions of the second toy include at least some portions receivable by the cavity. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The system of claim 20, wherein translucent portions of the second toy further include at least some portions not receivable by the cavity. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the peripheral includes a speaker, and the processor is configured to command presentation of the sensory perceptible simulated transfer by commanding generation of sound by the speaker. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the peripheral includes a speaker and a light source, and the processor is configured to command presentation of the sensory perceptible simulated transfer by commanding generation of sound by the speaker and light by the light source. ### Claim at position 10 -28. (canceled) ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the second game character stored in the memory of the second toy is playable alongside the first game character. ### Claim 30 A system useful in providing videogame play, comprising: a game device including at least one processor; a toy including rewritable memory storing information relating to a first game character; a peripheral device in communication with the game device, the peripheral device including circuitry for wirelessly commanding reads and writes to the rewritable memory of the toy; the at least one processor configured by program instructions to: load information relating to the first game character from the toy into the game device through the peripheral; provide gameplay in which a first game character under control of user inputs to the game device encounters a second game character, the second game character controlled by video game instructions of the video game; detect a game play event indicating capture of the second game character; command writing of information of the second game character to the memory of the toy; and command presentation of a sensory perceptible simulated transfer of the second game character to the toy. ### Claim 31 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the peripheral includes a light source, and the processor is configured to command presentation of the sensory perceptible simulated transfer by commanding generation of light by the light source. ### Claim 32 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the toy includes at least some translucent portions illuminatable by the light from the light source.