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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Paul Reiche, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Ray West, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Robert Leyland, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Daniel Neil, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kern Corrigan, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
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.