Network Multi-Player Trivia-Based Game and Contest

• US 20150251098A1
• Filed: 05/21/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Schwartz
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Schwartz
• Inventors: Schwartz, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US14/718,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20150251098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/77 involving data related to game devices or game servers, e.g. configuration data, software version or amount of memory
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/792 for payment purposes, e.g. monthly subscriptions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5513 involving billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/552 for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/183 electric

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and computer systems for providing a location-aware, trivia-based, massively-multiplayer online game and contest. One computer-implemented method includes authenticating a user for access to an asynchronous, turn-based, massively-multiplayer online game (MMOG) with user account log-in information received from a client computing apparatus following direction to the MMOG from a MMOG source, determining that the MMOG source is classified as premier, transmitting premium content associated with the MMOG source to the client computing apparatus, prompting to purchase a premium user experience, receiving an indication to purchase the premium user experience, and transitioning to a mini-store to permit purchase of the premium user experience.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

authenticating a user for access to a trivia session with authentication information received from a client-side module executing on a client computing device that is part of an organization associated with a remote enterprise network;

receiving a message selecting a trivia category from the client-side module, the trivia category defined by a message received from the organization;

processing the received message using a game logic to retrieve associated trivia questions from the selected trivia category, the trivia questions associated with the selected trivia category defined by a message received from the organization;

transmitting one or more retrieved trivia questions to the client computing device;

receiving a message from the client computing device, the message including an answer to the one or more retrieved trivia questions;

determining a score for the user based on the received message; and

reporting the score to the organization.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the client-side module can be associated with either a native application or non-native application executing on the client computing device.

24. The method of claim 22, where the question management engine provides stateful trivia question selection functionality, the stateful trivia question selection functionality preventing a particular trivia question from being asked within a scope of a particular trivia session or a defined number of following trivia sessions.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the trivia session can be privately branded.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the organization requests that the user engage in a trivia session.

27. The method of claim 22, wherein organization administrators are authorized to provide the trivia category and trivia questions associated with the trivia category.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising providing analytics functionality to the organization administrators.

29. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a data processing apparatus and configured to:

authenticate a user for access to a trivia session with authentication information received from a client-side module executing on a client computing device that is part of an organization associated with a remote enterprise network;

receive a message selecting a trivia category from the client-side module, the trivia category defined by a message received from the organization;

processing the received message using a game logic to retrieve associated trivia questions from the selected trivia category, the trivia questions associated with the selected trivia category defined by a message received from the organization;

transmit one or more retrieved trivia questions to the client computing device;

receive a message from the client computing device, the message including an answer to the one or more retrieved trivia questions;

determine a score for the user based on the received message; and

report the score to the organization.

30. The medium of claim 29, wherein the client-side module can be associated with either a native application or non-native application executing on the client computing device.

31. The medium of claim 29, where the question management engine provides stateful trivia question selection functionality, the stateful trivia question selection functionality preventing a particular trivia question from being asked within a scope of a particular trivia session or a defined number of following trivia sessions.

32. The medium of claim 29, wherein the trivia session can be privately branded.

33. The medium of claim 29, wherein the organization requests that the user engage in a trivia session.

34. The medium of claim 29, wherein organization administrators are authorized to provide the trivia category and trivia questions associated with the trivia category.

35. The medium of claim 34, further comprising instructions to provide analytics functionality to the organization administrators.

36. A computer system, comprising:

at least one processer interoperably coupled to a computer memory and configured to;

authenticate a user for access to a trivia session with authentication information received from a client-side module executing on a client computing device that is part of an organization associated with a remote enterprise network;

receive a message selecting a trivia category from the client-side module, the trivia category defined by a message received from the organization;

processing the received message using a game logic to retrieve associated trivia questions from the selected trivia category, the trivia questions associated with the selected trivia category defined by a message received from the organization;

transmit one or more retrieved trivia questions to the client computing device;

receive a message from the client computing device, the message including an answer to the one or more retrieved trivia questions;

determine a score for the user based on the received message; and

report the score to the organization.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the client-side module can be associated with either a native application or non-native application executing on the client computing device.

38. The system of claim 36, where the question management engine provides stateful trivia question selection functionality, the stateful trivia question selection functionality preventing a particular trivia question from being asked within a scope of a particular trivia session or a defined number of following trivia sessions.

39. The system of claim 36, wherein the trivia session can be privately branded.

40. The system of claim 36, wherein the organization requests that the user engage in a trivia session.

41. The system of claim 36, wherein organization administrators are authorized to provide the trivia category and trivia questions associated with the trivia category.

42. The system of claim 41, further configured to provide analytics functionality to the organization administrators.