Multiplayer voting game and method for conducting a multiplayer voting game
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a multiplayer game, comprising the steps of:
- accepting first respective votes from first respective players via first respective telecommunication devices, said first respective votes selecting first respective voting options from a first plurality of voting options;
ranking said first plurality of voting options according to said first respective votes; and
,identifying a first player from said first respective players who voted for a first predetermined designation of said first plurality of voting options, wherein said steps of accepting, ranking, and identifying are performed by a general-purpose computer specially programmed to perform said steps of accepting, ranking, and identifying.
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Abstract
The invention broadly comprises a method for conducting a multiplayer game, including: transmitting a plurality of voting options; accepting votes from respective players via respective telecommunication devices, the votes selecting voting options from the plurality of voting options; ranking the voting options according to the votes; identifying a player who voted for a predetermined designation of the voting options; assigning a prize to the player; and notifying the player. The telecommunication devices can be cellular telephones, computers connected to the Internet, or land line telephones. In some aspects, the method: transmits another plurality of voting options; accepts other votes selecting a voting option from the other plurality of voting options; ranks the other voting options according to the other votes; identifies another player voting for another predetermined designation; assigns another prize to the other player; and notifies the other player. The steps are performed by a specially programmed general-purpose computer.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a multiplayer game, comprising the steps of:
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accepting first respective votes from first respective players via first respective telecommunication devices, said first respective votes selecting first respective voting options from a first plurality of voting options; ranking said first plurality of voting options according to said first respective votes; and
,identifying a first player from said first respective players who voted for a first predetermined designation of said first plurality of voting options, wherein said steps of accepting, ranking, and identifying are performed by a general-purpose computer specially programmed to perform said steps of accepting, ranking, and identifying. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for conducting a multiplayer game, comprising the steps of:
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in a sequence of rounds, transmitting respective pluralities of voting options; for each said round, accepting respective votes from respective players via respective telecommunication devices, said respective votes selecting respective voting options from said respective plurality of voting options; in said each round, ranking said respective pluralities of voting options according to respective numbers of votes cast for said respective voting options; in said each round, identifying a respective player voting for a respective predetermined designation of said respective voting options; in said each round, assigning a respective award to said respective player, wherein said respective reward increases for said respective player according to a number of consecutive rounds in said sequence of rounds in which said respective player selects said respective predetermined designation; and
,in said each round, notifying said respective player, wherein said steps of transmitting, accepting, ranking, identifying, assigning, and notifying are performed by a general-purpose computer specially programmed to perform said steps of transmitting, accepting, ranking, identifying, assigning, and notifying.
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13. A computer-based system for conducting a multiplayer game, comprising:
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a receiving element arranged to accept first respective votes from first respective players via first respective telecommunication devices, said first respective votes selecting first respective voting options from said first plurality of voting options; a ranking element arranged to rank said first plurality of voting options according to said first respective votes; and
,an identifying element arranged to identify a first player among said first respective players who voted for a first predetermined designation of said voting options, wherein said receiving, ranking, and identifying elements are included in at least one specially programmed general-purpose computer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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