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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Jeffrey Gosztyla, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Martin Poulin, Glendale, CA (US);
Daren Smith, Kaysville, UT (US);
Mark Mcarthur, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jeffrey Gosztyla, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Martin Poulin, Glendale, CA (US);
Daren Smith, Kaysville, UT (US);
Mark McArthur, Bountiful, UT (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for establishing and reestablishing associations between users of game devices. In one embodiment, information about an association between a user of a first game device and a user of a second game device is stored in the nonvolatile memories of first and second game media, the first and second game media being communicatively coupled with the first and second game devices respectively. If the first game device loses track of the association (e.g., the user of the first game devices swaps out the first game medium for another one, or the memory resident on the first game medium is corrupted/erased), an association notification received at the first game device from the second game device may be used to reestablish the association at the first game device. In this manner, previously established associations between users of game devices may be automatically established/reestablished.