Advertising game

• US 6,267,675 B1
• Filed: 10/20/1999
• Issued: 07/31/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Icorea Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Icorea Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Han Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): ONEILL, MICHAEL W
• Application Number:
  US09/421,609
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 463/42, 463/41, 463/40, 463/1, 463/9, 463/30, 463/16, 463/7, 273/430, 273/459, 273/460, 273/461, 273/236, 273/237, 705/14, 705/26, 705/27, 902/1, 902/2
• US Class Current: 463/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0209 Incentive being awarded or redeemed in connection with the playing of a video game
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0212 Chance discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0215 Including financial accounts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters

Abstract

The present invention relates to an advertising game where netizens are continuously exposed to advertisers'"'"' products in a very natural way. In this advertising game, the game screen is composed of advertisement frames and the advertiser=s product is displayed in these frames. Therefore, the main contents are advertisements and by removing all the unnecessary elements to the advertisements, the disclosed invented advertising game is capable of maximizing the enhancement of the advertisement effect for netizens on the internet.

Claims

1. In an advertising game which is performed on an on-line network, an advertising game method, comprising:

a step for sequentially displaying an initial screen and a main screen as a netizen(internet user) accesses a certain site;

a step for displaying a game screen with respect to a certain game type as a game type is selected by a member on a main screen wherein said main screen includes;

a display button for displaying a final total required time required for one game;

an advertising display button composed of a plurality of frames;

a display button for displaying points obtained when the advertisements on the frames are aligned in a column, row and diagonal direction;

a display button for displaying the total points;

a game start bar for starting the game;

a display button for rotating the frames;

an OK display button for obtaining a points displayed on the points display button; and

a display button for finishing a triple chance game button and game which are used for obtaining an additional points except for the points displayed on the points display unit;

a step for rotating the frames when a game start instruction is inputted on the game screen;

a step for adding certain points to the total points in accordance with an aligned state of the advertisements displayed on the frames when the rotation of the frames stops;

a step for providing a hint to the gamer with respect to the obtained points of the day when the current game is being performed; and

a step for displaying a winner of the day based on the points of the day when the game is finished.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said advertisement display button is composed of a n×

k number of frames(n>

2, k>

2).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a product name, a product image, a company logo, a slogan and etc. are displayed on each frame.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a n×

k number of frames of the advertisement frames are moved from the left side to the right side by the row unit.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the rotation of the frames of at least one row among a plurality of rows is stopped by a gamer.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein certain points are added to the total points when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a corresponding advertisement is displayed by a pop-up method and a certain sound is outputted when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the n×

k number of the frames moves the advertisements of the frames from the right side to the left side by the row unit.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the rotation of the frames of at least one row among a plurality of rows is stopped by a gamer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein certain points are added to the total points when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a corresponding advertisement is displayed by a pop-up method, and a certain sound is outputted when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein a n×

k number of frames moves the advertisements of the frames from an upper side to a lower side by the column unit.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the rotation of the frames of at least one column among a plurality of columns is stopped by a gamer.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein certain points are added to the total points when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames is stopped, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein a corresponding advertisement is displayed by a pop-up method and a certain sound is outputted when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

16. The method of claim 3, wherein a n×

k number of frames moves the advertisements of the frames from an upper side to a lower side by the column unit.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the rotation of the frames of at least one column among a plurality of columns is stopped by a gamer.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein certain points are added to the total points when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein a corresponding advertisement is displayed by a pop-up method and a certain sound is outputted when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

20. The method of claim 3, wherein said n×

k number of the frames are randomly rotated independent from each other.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the rotations of the frames of at least one row among a plurality of rows composed by the n×

k number of the frames are stopped by a gamer.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein certain points are added to the total points when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein a corresponding advertisement is displayed by a pop-up method and a certain sound is outputted when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the rotations of the frames of at least one column among a plurality of columns composed by the n×

k number of the frames are stopped by a gamer.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein certain points are added to the total points when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein a corresponding advertisement is displayed by a pop-up method and a certain sound is outputted when the rotation of the n×

k number of the frames stops, and the advertisements of the same sponsor are aligned in a row, column, or diagonal direction.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein said initial screen includes a screen link region for moving to the main screen, and a total hit number display region for displaying the total number of netizens who accessed the site.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein when a netizen clicks the screen link region, the main screen is displayed.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein said initial screen is automatically changed to the main screen after a certain time is elapsed.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein said main screen includes a log-out menu for exiting from the site, a winwin2000 menu for describing the site, a membership application menu used when a non-member applies for membership, a winwin account menu used for checking the balance of the winwin account, a winwin bulletin menu for listing certain messages on the bulletin board, a winner display menu for displaying the winners, a game entrance menu for selecting a game type, and a game result button, a demo game button and a start button displayed by clicking the game entrance menu.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein when said membership application menu is clicked, a membership application screen which includes a membership application link region used when a non-member applies for membership to fill-out the form, an information correction link region for correcting the submitted information in the membership application and a password link region for obtaining information when members forget their passwords are displayed.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein when said winwin account menu is clicked, a winwin account screen which includes a win money link region for displaying a current win money amount, a total earned amount, a total used amount, a credit and debit entries of the account, and a list of richest win money members, and a win money distribution region are displayed.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein advertising banners of sponsors are displayed at the left and right sides of the winwin account screen.

34. The method of claim 30, wherein when said winner display menu is displayed, a winner display screen which includes an advertising screen for displaying advertisements of the sponsors and a button region used when viewing the game winners are displayed.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein when said button region is clicked, it is possible to search a gamer'"'"'s win list by the game types of a week.

36. The method of claim 30, wherein said start button is clicked, a log-in screen which includes a display button for imputing a gamer'"'"'s information is displayed.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein advertising banners of sponsors are displayed at the left and right sides of the display button.

38. The method of claim 1, wherein a certain amount of money is inputted into a winner'"'"'s winwin account.

39. The method of claim 1, wherein a winner number of the day is composed of 5 digits.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein advertising banners are displayed at a lower portion of each digit.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein a number of each digit is linkable to a site which provides information on the number of a corresponding digit.

42. The method of claim 1, wherein when a triple chance game button is clicked, a triple chance game screen which includes a start button for starting a triple chance game, a selection button for selecting a certain option between options displayed on the screen, a continue button(start button), and a button for stopping the triple chance game and returning to the main game is displayed.

43. The method of claim 1, wherein when the game is finished, a game result screen is displayed, so that a gamer can check their points of the day and return to the main screen.

44. The method of claim 43, wherein said game result display screen includes a region for displaying advertisements, a game continue button for continuing the game and a button for finishing the game.