Skill games
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1. A method comprising:
- establishing communication between a player of a skill game offering prizes and played for consideration and an operator of the skill game using network communications;
identifying geographic locations of at least one server or Internet service provider (ISP) through which the player communicates to the operator of the skill game;
determining whether the player is eligible, by virtue of location, and age, to play the skill game, wherein the eligibility of the player is determined, over the network communications, based in part on whether a jurisdiction associated with player'"'"'s location allows the skill game to be played legally using the geographic location information of the server or ISP;
preventing the player from playing the skill game if the player is not eligible; and
providing the player with the skill game using network communications, where the skills game includes a query to the player and a visual image that is integral to the query itself.
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Abstract
Skill games are described that are implemented using network communications. The subject matter of the present invention concerns games of skill that are legal, under current law, in most states of the United States and in many jurisdictions of other countries and the game includes a mechanism for determining if a player is eligible.
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38 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing communication between a player of a skill game offering prizes and played for consideration and an operator of the skill game using network communications;
identifying geographic locations of at least one server or Internet service provider (ISP) through which the player communicates to the operator of the skill game;
determining whether the player is eligible, by virtue of location, and age, to play the skill game, wherein the eligibility of the player is determined, over the network communications, based in part on whether a jurisdiction associated with player'"'"'s location allows the skill game to be played legally using the geographic location information of the server or ISP;
preventing the player from playing the skill game if the player is not eligible; and
providing the player with the skill game using network communications, where the skills game includes a query to the player and a visual image that is integral to the query itself. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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establishing communication between a player of a skill game offering prizes and played for consideration and an operator of the skill game using network communications;
identifying geographic locations of at least one server or Internet service provider (ISP) through which the player communicates to the operator of the skill game determining whether the player is eligible, by virtue of location, and age, to play the skill game, wherein the eligibility of the player is determined, over the network communications, based in part on whether a jurisdiction associated with player'"'"'s location allows the skill game to be played legally using geographic location information of the server or ISP;
preventing the player form playing the skill game if the player is not eligible; and
providing the player with the skill game using network communications, along with clue information wherein the clue information is in audio form. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus comprising:
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means for establishing communication between a player of a skill game offering prizes and played for consideration and an operator of the skill game using network communications;
means for identifying geographic locations of at least one server or Internet service provider (ISP) through which the player communicates to the operator of the skill game;
means for determining whether the player is eligible, by virtue of location and age, to play the skill game, wherein the eligibility of the player is determined, over the network communications, based in part on whether a jurisdiction associated with player'"'"'s location allows the skill game to be played legally using the geographic location information of the server or ISP;
means for preventing the player form playing the skill game if the player is not eligible; and
means for providing the player with the skill game using network communications, where the skills game includes a query to the player and a visual image that is integral to the query itself.
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38. A game comprising:
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network communication means for enabling communication between a player of a skill game and an operator of the skill game;
means for identifying geographic locations of at least one server or Internet service provider (ISP) through which the player communicates to the operator of the skill game;
means for determining whether a potential player of the skill game is legally eligible, by virtue of location and age, to participate, wherein the eligibility of the player is determined, over the network communications, based in part on whether a jurisdiction associated with player'"'"'s location allows the skill game to be played legally using the geographic location information of the server or ISP;
means for preventing the player from participating in the skill game in response to the first and second identification means determining that the player is ineligible;
means for receiving consideration from the player to operator of the skill game in exchange for the opportunity to participate in the skill game;
means for providing the player with a game where the skills game includes a query to the player and a visual image that is integral to the query itself, using the network communication means; and
award criteria means for determining whether the player receives a prize, the award criteria being based on skill.
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