Method and apparatus for testing players' knowledge of artistic works
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1. A method for providing entertainment to at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
- (A) providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
(B) transmitting a message from the at least one person to trigger the selection of an artistic work, said message not identifying a specific artistic work;
(C) rendering at least a portion of the artistic work with an electronic device without explicitly revealing the at least one identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person;
(D) allowing one of the at least one person to provide an answer in an attempt to correctly identify one of the at least one identifying indicia associated with the artistic work; and
(E) verifying if the answer is correct.
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Abstract
An interactive game for entertainment or competition whereby players compete to identify information about artistic works such as songs, movies, paintings, and literary works. The artistic works are stored digitally and are rendered on demand by the players. The first player to correctly identify the sought after information scores. In addition, targeted advertisements based upon the players'"'"' interests or answers may be placed to be perceived by one or more players during game play.
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83 Claims
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1. A method for providing entertainment to at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
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(A) providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
(B) transmitting a message from the at least one person to trigger the selection of an artistic work, said message not identifying a specific artistic work;
(C) rendering at least a portion of the artistic work with an electronic device without explicitly revealing the at least one identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person;
(D) allowing one of the at least one person to provide an answer in an attempt to correctly identify one of the at least one identifying indicia associated with the artistic work; and
(E) verifying if the answer is correct. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 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, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for playing a game of recognition over a network by at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a connection between a server and a client over the network, the server connected to an electronic storage medium comprising a collection of artistic works, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
playing the interactive game over the network, said interactive game comprising the steps;
(i) transmitting a message from the client to trigger the selection of an artistic work from the collection, said message not identifying a specific artistic work, (ii) transmitting the artistic work from the server to the client over the network, (iii) rendering at least a portion of the artistic work at the client without explicitly revealing the at least one identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person, (iv) allowing one of the at least one person to provide an answer in an attempt to correctly identify one of the at least one identifying indicia associated with the artistic work, (v) awarding a score for a correct answer, and (vi) repeating steps (i) through (v) until one of the at least one person achieves a winning score or the game is otherwise ended; and
terminating the connection between the server and the client. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of providing targeted advertisements during play of a game on an electronic device by at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
prompting the a least one person to input a game parameter to thereby limit the artistic works during game play;
allowing the at least one person to play the game, said game comprising the steps of;
(i) selecting an artistic work from a collection of artistic works based upon the game parameter, (ii) rendering the artistic work with the electronic device without explicitly revealing the identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person, (iii) allowing the at least one person to provide a guess of the identifying indicia associated with the artistic work, (iv) verifying if the answer is correct, and (v) repeating steps (i) through (iv) until a winning score is achieved or until play is otherwise terminated; and
providing a targeted advertisement to the at least one person during game play, said targeted advertisement being selected from a plurality of advertisements based upon the game parameter. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method of providing targeted advertisements during play of a game on an electronic device by at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
allowing the at least one person to play the game, said game comprising the steps of;
(i) selecting an artistic work from a collection of artistic works, (ii) rendering the artistic work with the electronic device without explicitly revealing the identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person, (iii) allowing the at least one person to provide a guess of the identifying indicia associated with the artistic work, (iv) verifying if the answer is correct, and (v) repeating steps (i) through (iv) until a winning score is achieved or until play is otherwise terminated; and
providing targeted advertisements to the at least one person during game play, said targeted advertisements being selected from a plurality of advertisements based upon answers provided during game play by the at least one person. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method for playing an interactive game by at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing digital data in an electronic storage medium;
retrieving the digital data from the electronic storage medium;
rendering a first portion of the digital data;
allowing the at least one person to provide a first guess of an identifying indicia associated with the first portion of the digital data;
rendering a second portion of the digital data;
allowing a player to provide a second guess of an identifying indicia associated with the second portion of the digital data;
rendering a third portion of the digital data; and
allowing a player to provide a third guess of an identifying indicia associated with the third portion of the digital data. - View Dependent Claims (70)
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71. A method for providing entertainment to at least one person, said method comprising the steps of:
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(A) providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
(B) transmitting a message from the at least one person;
(C) receiving and processing the message from the at least one person;
(D) generating a list of artistic works;
(E) automatically selecting an artistic work from the list of artistic works in the electronic storage medium;
(F) retrieving the artistic work from the electronic storage medium;
(G) rendering at least a portion of the artistic work with an electronic device without explicitly revealing the at least one identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person;
(H) allowing one of the at least one person to provide an answer in an attempt to correctly identify one of the at least one identifying indicia associated with the artistic work;
(I) verifying if the answer is correct; and
(J) repeating steps (E) through (I) until a winning score is achieved.
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72. A system for providing entertainment to at least one person, said system comprising:
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means for digitally storing a collection of artistic works, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
means for transmitting a message from the at least one person to trigger the selection an artistic work from the collection, said message not identifying a specific artistic work;
means for receiving and processing the message from the at least one person;
means for selecting an artistic work from the collection of artistic works in the electronic storage medium;
means for retrieving the artistic work from the electronic storage medium;
means for rendering at least a portion of the artistic work without explicitly revealing the at least one identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person; and
means for allowing one of the at least one person to provide an answer in an attempt to correctly identify one of the at least one identifying indicia associated with the artistic work. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A system for providing entertainment to at least one person, said system comprising:
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means for providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
means for transmitting a message from the at least one person to trigger the selection of an artistic work, said message not identifying a specific artistic work;
means for rendering at least a portion of the artistic work with an electronic device without explicitly revealing the at least one identifying indicia of the artistic work to the at least one person;
means for allowing one of the at least one person to provide an answer in an attempt to correctly identify one of the at least one identifying indicia associated with the artistic work; and
means for verifying if the answer is correct.
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79. A system for playing an interactive game of recognition over a network by at least one person, the system comprising:
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means for providing a collection of artistic works digitally stored in an electronic storage medium, each of the artistic works having at least one identifying indicia associated therewith;
means for accessing the artistic works over the network;
means for playing the interactive game over the network comprising;
(i) means for transmitting a message to trigger the selection of an artistic work;
(ii) means for downloading at least a portion of the artistic work;
(iii) means for rendering a portion of the artistic work;
(iv) means for allowing the at least one person to provide an answer;
(v) means for awarding a score for a correct answer; and
(vi) means for repeating steps (i) through (v) until one of the at least one person achieves a winning score. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83)
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