Lottery
First Claim
1. A lottery played via the Internet, the lottery comprising a Web site arranged to present a player with a set of brands, and arranged to allow a player to select a subset of the set of brands, the Web site recording the selected subset of brands together with information identifying the player, a subset of brands subsequently being selected at random from the set of brands, the player being awarded a prize if the player'"'"'s selected subset of brands corresponds to the randomly selected subset of brands.
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Abstract
A lottery played via the Internet, the lottery comprising a Web site arranged to present a player with a set of brands, and arranged to allow a player to select a subset of the set of brands, the Web site recording the selected subset of brands together with information identifying the player, a subset of brands subsequently being selected at random from the set of brands, the player being awarded a prize if the player'"'"'s selected subset of brands corresponds to the randomly selected subset of brands.
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25 Claims
- 1. A lottery played via the Internet, the lottery comprising a Web site arranged to present a player with a set of brands, and arranged to allow a player to select a subset of the set of brands, the Web site recording the selected subset of brands together with information identifying the player, a subset of brands subsequently being selected at random from the set of brands, the player being awarded a prize if the player'"'"'s selected subset of brands corresponds to the randomly selected subset of brands.
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20. A method of providing a lottery comprising:
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transmitting across a communication network to a user signal representing a set of brands;
accepting a signal representing the user'"'"'s selection of a subset of the set of brands;
recording the selected subset of brands together with information identifying the user;
accepting a signal representing a winning subset of brands;
comparing the winning subset of brands with the recorded selected subsets of brands; and
generating an output when a match is found between the winning subset of brands and a recorded subset of brands, the output comprising information identifying the user that selected the subset of brands which matches the winning subset of brands. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A system for operating a lottery, comprising:
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a server comprising a network interface to a communication network, a database access module, and a processor;
and a database;
wherein the processor receives information identifying a user and an associated subset of a set of brands, and stores this in the database, adding to information identifying other users and other associated subsets of brands previously stored in the database;
wherein the processor receives a winning subset of brands and accesses the database to compare the winning subset of brands with the subsets of brands stored in the database, generating an output when a match is found between the winning subset of brands and one or more of the stored subsets of brands, the output comprising information identifying the user that selected the subset of brands which matches the winning subset of brands.
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23. A system for providing a lottery, comprising:
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means for transmitting across a communication network to a user a signal representing a set of brands;
means for accepting a signal representing the user'"'"'s selection of a subset of the set of brands;
means for storing the selected subset of brands together with information identifying the user;
means for accepting a signal representing a winning subset of brands;
means for comparing the winning subset of brands with the stored selected subsets of brands; and
means for preparing an output when a match is found between the winning subset of brands and one of the stored subsets of brands, the output comprising information identifying the user that selected the subset of brands which matches the winning subset of brands.
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24. A method of entering a lottery comprising:
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receiving across a communication network from a server a signal representing a set of brands;
accepting a user'"'"'s input comprising a selected subset of the set of brands;
transmitting across the communication network to the server a signal representing the user'"'"'s selected subset of the set of brands, for recordal at the server; and
subsequently accepting a signal indicating a winning subset of brands and indicating whether or not the user'"'"'s selected subset of brands corresponds to the winning subset of brands. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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Specification