Feature codes and bonuses in virtual worlds
US8549416B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Entertainment System including a website, in combination with a commercially purchased product, wherein the system allows a product user to register a primary product online using a registration code, allowing the user access to various activities and scenarios in a “virtual world” including a virtual representation of the product, via a computer connected to the Internet. Additional ancillary products are also provided that may be related to the primary product or the virtual world, with these ancillary products also being provided with one or more codes to provide additional content, bonus items, and/or bonus access in the virtual world.
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