Computer-implemented question and answer game
First Claim
1. A method of allocating a prize to at least one individual using a computer system having at least one host computer terminal for presenting and collecting -data, a question engine for sending a battery of successive predefined questions to the individual, and a knowledge base storing a predetermined reference answer for each question, said predefined questions being questions of an opinion poll previously carried out on a representative sample of a population, said reference answers being results obtained by the poll, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) on the host terminal, presenting the individual with one of the questions from the battery of predefined questions;
b) asking the individual to guess the reference answer, the answer as given being a quantified value for said guess;
c) collecting the answer made from said individual;
d) comparing the answer given with the corresponding reference answer stored in the knowledge base and evaluating a difference value representative of the difference between the answer given and the reference answer;
e) incrementing or decrementing a score value as a function of said difference value;
f) comparing the incremented or decremented score with a predefined threshold;
g) if the score exceeds the threshold, giving the individual a choice between continuing with the sequence of questions, iterating the preceding steps from step b) with another question from the battery of questions;
or allocating a prize; and
i) if the score does not exceed the threshold, iterating the preceding steps from step b) with another question from the battery of questions.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented question and answer game based on using opinion polls that have already been carried out on a representative sample of people. Results of the opinion polls and predefined questions are stored in a knowledge base associated with the system, which is typically implemented on an Internet site. Players connecting via the Internet are asked to guess what they think the opinion poll results were, and are scored by the computer-implemented system according to the correspondence between their guesses and the information stored in the knowledge base, with prizes being distributed on the basis of the score.
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1. A method of allocating a prize to at least one individual using a computer system having at least one host computer terminal for presenting and collecting -data, a question engine for sending a battery of successive predefined questions to the individual, and a knowledge base storing a predetermined reference answer for each question, said predefined questions being questions of an opinion poll previously carried out on a representative sample of a population, said reference answers being results obtained by the poll, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) on the host terminal, presenting the individual with one of the questions from the battery of predefined questions;
b) asking the individual to guess the reference answer, the answer as given being a quantified value for said guess;
c) collecting the answer made from said individual;
d) comparing the answer given with the corresponding reference answer stored in the knowledge base and evaluating a difference value representative of the difference between the answer given and the reference answer;
e) incrementing or decrementing a score value as a function of said difference value;
f) comparing the incremented or decremented score with a predefined threshold;
g) if the score exceeds the threshold, giving the individual a choice between continuing with the sequence of questions, iterating the preceding steps from step b) with another question from the battery of questions;
orallocating a prize; and
i) if the score does not exceed the threshold, iterating the preceding steps from step b) with another question from the battery of questions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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