Database driven electronic game
First Claim
1. An electronic game in which a plurality of remotely located players participate, the game comprising of:
- (a) means for recording game activities on game administrator servers;
(b) means to uniquely identify game players;
(c) means to generate email template for players to email game details to additional players inviting them to play the game; and
(d) means for determining a winner.
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Abstract
A database driven electronic game comprising a plurality of remotely located players utilizing the Internet to access a host web site. The game is database driven by game administrator servers utilizing an application service provider model. To win the game teams must build the largest team in terms of numbers of players. If your team has the most team members at the end of the specified game time period, your team wins. The game administrator servers record all player entries, record the creation of teams, confirms the email address of all players, measures all teams in terms of number of team members and identifies the largest team as the winner.
The method of the game provides a database administrator servers to record all game activities and record the specified game time period. The servers generate the email templates needed to invite additional players to participate as well as the servers notifies all players of the game'"'"'s conclusion via email and indicates to all players which team wins the game.
The electronic game encourages data collection, delivers advertising and increases page views and visitors to the host web site.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic game in which a plurality of remotely located players participate, the game comprising of:
- (a) means for recording game activities on game administrator servers;
(b) means to uniquely identify game players;
(c) means to generate email template for players to email game details to additional players inviting them to play the game; and
(d) means for determining a winner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- (a) means for recording game activities on game administrator servers;
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14. A method of providing an electronic mail game comprising the steps of:
- utilizing an application service provider model to administer said game;
accepting an electronic application to play game, via personal computer and the Internet and a browser on the world wide web;
delivering said user an electronic mail confirmation of application;
approving application by verifying valid email address;
providing electronic mail response that can be forwarded as invitations to said users friends to join said team;
administering said friends replicating said electronic mail invitations from said friends to said friend'"'"'s friends; and
said electronic mail game providing an entertaining game that attracts players.
- utilizing an application service provider model to administer said game;
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15. The method of providing an electronic mail game as claimed in 14, wherein the method validates electronic mail addresses by recording the opening of the confirmation email sent to the applying player.
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16. The method of providing an electronic mail game as claimed in 14, wherein encrypted uniform resource locators contain customized data for each team:
- said uniform resource locator ensures that each player joins the team created by said user; and
said uniform resource locator ensures said friends join only one team per specified game period.
- said uniform resource locator ensures that each player joins the team created by said user; and
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17. The method of providing an electronic mail game as claimed in 14, wherein said user utilizes electronic mail to distribute invitations to play said game;
- and said invitation appears to the recipient as an electronic mail message from said user.
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18. The method of providing an electronic mail game as claimed in 14, wherein said user may customize said electronic mail invitation with a typewritten textual message that appears within said electronic mail invitation.
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19. The method of providing an electronic game as claimed in 14 wherein, a host web site presents the game to a user through a graphical user interface, the end user accesses host web site using a personal computer in communication with the host web site through a global information network such as the Internet;
- and host web site is in communication with game administrator server through a network connection.
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20. A method of delivering advertising within an electronic game the method comprising steps of:
- (a) including advertisements within the email confirmation sent to participating game players;
(b) including advertisements within the email that game players forward via email;
(c) including advertising within email sent to all game players for notification of winners; and
(d) utilizing game players to distribute advertising messages via electronic mail.
- (a) including advertisements within the email confirmation sent to participating game players;
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