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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Steve Sucher, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Paul King, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Rosie O'neill, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Christopher L. Goff, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Carrie Buse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Joy Burns, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Steve Sucher, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Paul King, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Rosie O'Neill, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Christopher L. Goff, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Carrie Buse, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Joy Burns, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A trusted communication system and methods of ensuring trusted communications are provided. A portable memory device is configured to resemble a character, and a client is configurable to operate specifically with that portable memory device. The client may allow a user to access network resources related to other clients belonging to other users having portable memory devices. Each portable memory device may have stored therein a unique token. A token from one portable memory device may be associated with a token of another portable memory device, e.g., by operating the first portable memory device with a client configured to operate with the second portable memory device. When two tokens are associated, the client configured to operate with a portable memory device having one of those tokens may access network resources related to another of those tokens.