Adventure figure system and method

• US 20060166593A1
• Filed: 03/22/2006
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Big Bang Ideas, LLC
• Original Assignee: Big Bang Ideas, LLC
• Inventors: Gulko, Brad, Brown, Matt, Tobin, Adam, Shrock, Joel
• Application Number:
  US11/387,572
• Publication Number:
  US 20060166593A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/175
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/00 Dolls puppets or marionettes for shows or theatres A63J19/006
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An adventure figure system and method are described in which a collectable figurine may be used. Each figurine may have a unique serial number wherein each purchaser of a figurine may create an adventure for the particular figurine using a website. The figurine may then be sent out on its adventure. Each person that comes into contact with the figurine may log into the website and update the figurines location.

Claims

1. An adventure figurine system, comprising:

one or more figurines wherein each figurine has a unique identifier associated with the figurine;

a database that stores information about each figurine, the information including a personality of the figurine, the unique identifier of the figurine and an adventure for the figurine;

a server computer, connected to the database, that permits users to update and alter the information about the figurine based on the adventures of the figurine.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the personality of the figurine further comprises one of a socializer, an adventurer and a super adventurer.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each figurine is a gnome character.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server computer further comprises a security module having a plurality of computer instructions further comprising instructions that, for each user of the system, stores a user password, a nickname of the figurine associated with the user and the unique identifier of the figurine associated with the user and instructions that provide different levels of access to the information in the database for the figurine based on a combination of the user password, nickname of the figurine and unique identifier of the figurine.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the instructions that provide different levels of access further comprise instructions that permit modification of all of the information associated with the figurine if the user enters the user password, nickname of the figurine and unique identifier of the figurine, instructions that permit a custodian access level if the user enters the nickname of the figurine and unique identifier of the figurine and instructions that permit read access of the information about the figurine if the user enters only the unique identifier of the figurine.