System, method, and apparatus for portable gaming profiles

A system comprising:

• a wireless device comprising:
• a data store configured to store gaming profile data for a user, wherein the gaming profile data is received over a wireless signal sent from a first video gaming system to the wireless device;
• and
• a transmitter coupled to the data store, the transmitter configured to communicate the gaming profile data to a video gaming system over a wireless signal sent from the wireless device to a second video gaming system;
• wherein the wireless device is a separate device from a gaming controller, wherein the gaming controller is a handheld electronic device to provide user input into the video gaming system;
• and
• wherein the second gaming system comprises:
• a receiver configured to receive the gaming profile data from the wireless device over a wireless signal sent from the wireless device to the second video gaming system;
• and
• a gaming profile manager coupled to the receiver, the gaming profile manager to synchronize a gaming profile with the gaming profile data and to synchronize the gaming profile on the second video gaming system with a portable gaming profile on the wireless device.

A method comprising:

• communicating with a wireless device, the wireless device to store gaming profile data for a user of a first video gaming system on a data store of the wireless device, the gaming profile data describing information relating to the user, and wherein the wireless device is a separate device from a gaming controller;
• transferring the gaming profile data over a wireless signal from the wireless device to a second video gaming system
• synchronizing the gaming profile data with a gaming profile operating on the second gaming system;
• and
• transmitting updated gaming profile data to the wireless device over a wireless signal to synchronize the gaming profile on the second video gaming system with a portable gaming profile on the data store of the wireless device.

An apparatus comprising:

• a transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile phone and receive gaming profile data from a data store of the mobile phone over a wireless signal sent from the mobile phone to the transceiver, wherein the transceiver operates on a radio frequency (RF) protocol, wherein the gaming profile data is generated at a first video gaming system;
• a gaming profile manager coupled to the transceiver, the gaming profile manager to synchronize the gaming profile data with a gaming profile on a second video gaming system and to synchronize a gaming profile on the second video gaming system with a portable gaming profile on the data store of the mobile phone;
• and
• a gaming controller that is separate from the mobile phone, wherein the gaming controller is a handheld electronic device to provide user input into the video gaming system.

A wireless device comprising:

• a data store to store gaming profile data for a user of a first video gaming system, the gaming profile data describing information relating to the user, wherein the gaming profile data is generated at the first video gaming system;
• a communication manager coupled to the data store, the communication manager to manage communication of the gaming profile data from the wireless device;
• and
• a transmitter coupled to the communication manager, the transmitter to transmit the gaming profile data to a second video gaming system over a wireless signal sent from the wireless device to the second video gaming system;
• wherein the wireless device is a device separate from a gaming controller, wherein the gaming controller is a handheld electronic device to provide user input into the video gaming system.