Method for a virtual pregnancy experience

• US 7,561,994 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2001
• Issued: 07/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adam B. Corsi
• Original Assignee: Adam B. Corsi
• Inventors: Corsi, Adam B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Frejd; Russell
• Application Number:
  US09/894,631
• Time in Patent Office: 2,938 Days
• Field of Search: 703/6, 703/11, 703/22, 434/262, 434/236, 705/10, 345/419, 345/706, 709/250, 463/37, 463/42, 446/268, 382/118, 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 703/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for delivering a virtual pregnancy experience over a computer network and creating a customized offspring based on traits of the virtual parents.

Claims

1. A method for delivering a virtual pregnancy experience comprising:

receiving an electronic request from a user for a targeted recipient to experience a virtual pregnancy experience of the targeted recipient via a computer device;

notifying the targeted recipient that the targeted recipient is virtually impregnated;

communicating status of the targeted recipient'"'"'s virtual pregnancy via the computer device;

providing the targeted recipient an electronically generated image of a virtual offspring resulting from the virtual pregnancy; and

providing the image of a virtual offspring in a product selected from the group consisting of clothing, a mug, a picture, a computer display, a computer application, and a doll.

2. A method for delivering a virtual pregnancy experience comprising:

receiving an electronic request from a user for a targeted recipient to experience a virtual pregnancy experience of the targeted recipient via a computer device;

notifying the targeted recipient that the targeted recipient is virtually impregnated;

communicating status of the targeted recipient'"'"'s virtual pregnancy via the computer device;

receiving data for at least one physical trait of the targeted recipient;

providing the targeted recipient an electronically generated image of a virtual offspring resulting from the virtual pregnancy;

generating by the computer device the image of the virtual offspring from the data for the at least one physical trait; and

providing the image of a virtual offspring in a product selected from the group consisting of clothing, a mug, a picture, a computer display, a computer application, and a doll.

3. A method for delivering a virtual pregnancy experience comprising:

receiving an electronic request from a user for a targeted recipient to experience a virtual pregnancy experience of the targeted recipient via a computer device;

notifying the targeted recipient that the targeted recipient is virtually impregnated;

communicating status of the targeted recipient'"'"'s virtual pregnancy via the computer device;

receiving data for at least one physical trait of a virtual parent, wherein the virtual parent is a celebrity;

providing the targeted recipient an electronically generated image of a virtual offspring resulting from the virtual pregnancy;

generating by the computer device the image of the virtual offspring from the data for the at least one physical trait of the virtual parent; and

providing the image of a virtual offspring in a product selected from the group consisting of clothing, a mug, a picture, a computer display, a computer application, and a doll.

4. A method for delivering a virtual pregnancy experience comprising:

receiving an electronic request from a user for a targeted recipient to experience a virtual pregnancy experience of the targeted recipient via a computer device;

notifying the targeted recipient that the targeted recipient is virtually impregnated;

communicating status of the targeted recipient'"'"'s virtual pregnancy via the computer device;

receiving data for at least one physical trait of a virtual parent;

generating by the computer device the image of the virtual offspring from the data for the at least one physical trait of the virtual parent; and

providing the providing the targeted recipient an electronically generated image of a virtual offspring resulting from the virtual pregnancy.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising

providing the image of a virtual offspring in a product selected from the group consisting of clothing, a mug, a picture, a computer display, a computer application, and a doll.

6. A method for delivering a virtual pregnancy experience comprising receiving an identity of a virtual parent to virtually impregnate via a computer device, sending an electronic message via the computer device informing the virtual parent that the virtual parent is virtually impregnated, communicating via the computer device virtual physical chances to the virtual parent occurring during virtual pregnancy, electronically generating by the computer device an image of a virtual offspring of the virtual parent resulting from virtual pregnancy and including the image in a product representing the virtual offspring.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the product is selected from the group consisting of clothing, a mug, a picture, a computer display, a computer application, and a doll.