Amusement devices: toys – Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
Reexamination Certificate
2008-10-14
2009-08-04
Hotaling, II, John M (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: toys
Having light-or sound-responsive switch or control
C715S706000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07568964
ABSTRACT:
A method provides a virtual presentation includes providing a toy that is represented on a website via a virtual replica of the toy, wherein the toy is associated with a registration code; validating the registration code; responsive to said validating, displaying said virtual replica of the toy representing said toy on said website; providing at least one virtual room on the website for the virtual replica of the toy; offering one or more virtual furnishings for the at least one virtual room; providing content that allows the one or more virtual furnishings to be arranged in the at least one virtual room; and interacting the virtual replica of the toy with at least one of the one or more virtual furnishings.
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Ahmed Masud
Ganz
Hotaling, II John M
Pearne & Gordon LLP
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