Net related interactive quiz game
First Claim
1. Apparatus for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, said game including inserted advertising comprising:
- a network structure for allowing multiple players to engage in a quiz game using an electrical or electronic network for data exchange; and
a control system for establishing a virtual universe for said quiz game that can be accessed by any of said multiple players via an electrical or electronic network, said control system being operative for providing quiz questions and inserted advertisement for each of said multiple players;
said control system including;
text means for receiving a text input from each one of said multiple players, said text input being in response to the quiz question which is in the form of a multiple choice question.
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Abstract
Apparatus for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, said game including inserted advertising comprising:
a network structure for allowing multiple players to engage in a quiz game using an electrical or electronic network for data exchange; and a control system for establishing a virtual universe for said quiz game that can be accessed by any of said multiple players via an electrical or electronic network, said control system being operative for providing quiz questions and inserted advertisement for each of said multiple players; said control system including:
text means for receiving a text input from each one of said multiple players, said text input being in response to the quiz question which is in the form of a multiple choice question.
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48 Claims
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1. Apparatus for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, said game including inserted advertising comprising:
a network structure for allowing multiple players to engage in a quiz game using an electrical or electronic network for data exchange; and
a control system for establishing a virtual universe for said quiz game that can be accessed by any of said multiple players via an electrical or electronic network, said control system being operative for providing quiz questions and inserted advertisement for each of said multiple players;
said control system including;
text means for receiving a text input from each one of said multiple players, said text input being in response to the quiz question which is in the form of a multiple choice question. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. Apparatus for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, said game including inserted advertising, comprising:
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(i) A participant node defined by a) display means for displaying data;
b) Inputting means or pointer means such as a keyboard or a mouse;
c) Data storage means d) Connectivity means to connect the participant node to an electrical or electronic network;
e) Processing means adapted to— a) control the display means b) receive signals from the inputting means, process these signals and transmit these signals to an external device cooperating with the said processing means;
c) receive information from an external cooperating device, process this information to data and store the data in the said data storage means;
d) fetch data stored in the said data storage means for processing and/or display in the said display means; and
e) alter the said data stored in the said data storage means and transfer data stored, processed, altered and/or displayed to an external cooperating device through the connectivity means;
(ii) a controller means adapted to communicate with the said nodes via a bank of application servers containing at least one application server and a bank of data base servers containing at least one data base server, through an electric or electronic network for playing the game in accordance with predetermined rules of the game and set parameters and transmitting advertisements inserted between segments of the game or during a game said combination of controller means, application server means and data base means adapted;
a] to transmit a question from a question data bank to be receivable by the participants simultaneously within a predetermined time interval;
b] to receive responses from the participants simultaneously in a predetermined time interval;
c] to process the responses received to ascertain whether a correct response has been received within the set time limit; and
d] to transmit advertisements to be displayed in the display means associated with all the participant nodes. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48)
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35. Apparatus for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, said game including inserted advertising including a Controller means comprises a central processing means, connected to a display device, inputting means, data storage means which includes a Cache Memory, Media Player, a navigation and browser means which permits navigation and browsing on an electrical or electronic network connected to the Central processing means via a communicating device.
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39. A method for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, and inserting advertising while the game is in progress comprising:
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i) setting up the apparatus for playing the interactive game comprising the steps of ii) setting up the controller means by connecting the controller means to a bank of application servers and a bank of database servers via an electrical or electronic network, setting the parameters for playing the game or a game segment using the Set Game Parameter Means, storing the parameters set in a database on the database server setting the parameters for displaying the advertisements before, after or between the game or any game segment;
storing the parameters set for the advertisements in a database on the database server;
selecting the questions to be transmitted for a game or a game segment from a question data bank or a question database on the database server;
iii) setting up of Individual participant nodes by connecting the central processing unit of the node into an electrical or electronic network via which they are connected to the bank of Application Servers and the bank of Database Servers;
using the means—
104 to register the user of the participant node with the controller in order to be allowed to participate in the game to be played;
storing the information of each registered user in a database on the database server;
logging in of a participant node by use of the login user means to login and letting the controller know of the availability of the participant node for playing the game;
validating the information submitted by the user by a user validation means for validation with the information stored in the database;
classifying a user participant as a Currently Logged in Participant or a Spectator;
storing the classification information in databases;
starting the game by using a select User Means to start the game by selecting a certain number of users from the Database according to the parameters set and storing the same in another database being a Currently Selected Users database, using an Intimation delivery means for checking selection in the currently selected user database;
transmitting a question using Question transmission means to transmit a question for the game segment which is stored in a database;
allowing the selected participant node on receiving a question to respond to the question in a set time;
using the Timing User Response Means, for timing the response of every individual selected participant;
using the Send Response Means for communicating the response from the selected participant to the Controller by storing it in a database;
using the select winner means to select a winner on the basis of a parameter set therefor and writing the information in a temporary database W; and
using the display User means to a Display sequence showing the result of a game segment in the display means of each participant node;
iv) storing a plurality of advertisements in a Database in the bank of Database Servers in a transmissible format flagged with the requisite parameters;
such as its category, type, profile of target audience, the duration and frequency for transmission of the Advertisement, the details of the Advertiser and the instance before, during or after the game, in online or off-line mode, when the advertisement is determined to be transmitted;
using Advertisement Validation and Profile Validation Means, to validate the profile of a loggedin participant with the parameters set for each advertisement by the set parameters for advertisement Means in the database against the profiles of individual users available in the database of registered users, and further using the Advertisement Delivery Means to fetch an appropriate advertisement and deliver the same to every participant in accordance with the parameters set by set parameters for advertisement means tool.
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47. A method for playing a quiz game of skill playable by remotely located participants simultaneously logged in and competing against each other, and inserting advertising while the game is in progress as claimed 39, in which the Update User History Means is used to the updates the response sent by every selected participant in to a database.
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