Cards

• US 20060270476A1
• Filed: 06/05/2006
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raymond P. Denkewicz Jr
• Original Assignee: Raymond P. Denkewicz Jr
• Inventors: Denkewicz, Raymond P. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US11/447,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20060270476A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/00 Card games aspects of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions showing representations related to the game A63F13/00; card games played on a gaming machine G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0431 Encoding or decoding
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2419 Optical
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/30 with a three-dimensional image
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0665 having a message becoming legible after rubbing-off a coating or removing an adhesive layer for educational purposes G09B
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/18 Question-and-answer games

Abstract

The present invention relates to educational and entertaining playing cards. The cards may be used alone or in combination with other hardware game accessories, such as board games, or software game accessories, such as compact discs and the Internet. Unlike other popular and heavily traded playing cards (e.g. Pokemon) which have limited social and educational value, an educational element has been added to the cards of the present invention without destroying the fun associated with the collecting, trading, and playing of the cards. Educational facts and information about a variety of topics are located on the playing cards, which may be used to play various games. Two different types of game cards are contemplated by the present invention: (1) standard cards and (2) fact cards. The present invention, however, is in no way limited to only these two types of game cards.

Claims

1. A computer game comprising cards with encrypted information wherein said encrypted information serves as one more passwords to said computer game.

2. The computer game of claim 1, further comprising said cards having pictographs that serve as passwords for said computer game.

3. An article of manufactures comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for playing a game, the computer readable program code means in the article of manufacture comprising;

computer readable program code means for interactively playing a game with a user.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 3 wherein said computer usable medium further comprises:

computer readable program code means for responding to user entry of one or more encrypted passwords provided by cards.

5. The article of manufacture of claim 4 wherein said cards have encrypted passwords

6. The article of manufacture of 5. further wherein said passwords are contained within pictographs. on one or more of said cards.

7. The article of manufacture of claim 6 wherein said game is a computer card game.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 7 wherein said cards having passwords are within said computer game.

14. The computer program of claim 6 wherein said cards having passwords are within said computer game.

9. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for playing a card game, the computer readable program code means in the article of manufacture comprising;

a computer readable program code means for interactively playing a card game with a user.

10. The computer program of claim 9 wherein said computer usable medium further comprises:

computer readable program code means for responding to user entry of one or more encrypted passwords provided by cards.

11. The computer program of claim 10 wherein said cards have encrypted passwords

12. The computer program of claim 11. further wherein said passwords are contained within pictographs on one or more of said cards.

13. The computer program of claim 12 wherein said game is a computer card game.

15. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine said program having a method for playing a game.

16. The program storage device of claim 16 wherein said method further comprises:

responding to user entry of one or more encrypted passwords provided by said cards.

17. The program storage device of claim 16 wherein said cards have encrypted passwords

18. The program storage device of claim 17. further wherein said passwords are contained within pictographs on one or more of said cards.

19. The program storage device of claim 18 wherein said game is a computer card game.