Identity guessing game and methods of playing

• US 7,744,091 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2007
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alana Berke, Eileen Berke
• Original Assignee: Alana Berke, Eileen Berke
• Inventors: Berke, Alana, Berke, Eileen
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierce; William M
• Application Number:
  US11/751,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20070273101A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,135 Days
• Field of Search: 273429-432, 273/302, 273/308
• US Class Current: 273/429
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/045 Chance or clue cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/186 Guessing games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/18 Question-and-answer games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/183 electric

Abstract

An identity guessing game includes a plurality of identities to be guessed. Each identity is provided on a media in a manner permitting selection of one identity by a player for a round of play. The game also includes a plurality of clue sets, each clue set having multiple clues relating to a respective one of the identities. Each clue within each clue set is provided on a media so as to be presentable one at a time to a player during the round of play. A game can be played by selecting or providing a first identity to be guessed and a first set of clues each relating to the first identity. A first player is presented with at least one clue of the first set of clues. The first player can then determine whether to guess the first identity and move to the next step or to be presented with another of the first set of clues. The first player guesses the first identity when all of the first set of clues have been presented or when the first player decides to guess the first identity having been presented fewer than the entire first set of clues.

Claims

1. An identity guessing game for a plurality of players comprising:

a plurality of identities to be guessed being provided on a media in a manner permitting each of the plurality of players to select and conceal a different one of the plurality of identities and to retain the selected identity for a round of play;

a plurality of clue sets each having multiple clues relating to a respective one of the identities, each clue set being provided on a media so as to be presentable one clue at a time to each of the other of the plurality of players during the round of play; and

a score keeping mechanism configured for each of the plurality of players to enter a name of the plurality of players during the round of play and to enter their identity guess as to the selected identity concealed by each of the plurality of players, whereby the number of correct identity guesses by each of the plurality of players can be tabulated at the end of the round of play.

2. An identity guessing game according to claim 1, wherein the media comprises a plurality of cards wherein each card includes one of the plurality of identities visible on a surface of the respective card.

3. An identity guessing game according to claim 1, wherein the media comprises a plurality of cards wherein each card includes one of the plurality of clue sets visible on a surface of the respective card and wherein each player holds one of the plurality of cards during the round of play that includes the clue set for their selected identity.

4. An identity guessing game according to claim 3, wherein each card includes one of the plurality of identities visible on a surface of the respective card, the one identity being related to the set of clues on the card.

5. An identity guessing game according to claim 4, wherein the one identity and the one clue set are provided on the same surface of the card.

6. An identity guessing game according to claim 4, wherein the one identity is visible on one surface of the card and the one clue set is visible on an opposite surface of the card.

7. An identity guessing game according to claim 1, wherein the media is an electronic media utilizing a stored game program including the plurality of identities and the plurality of clue sets.

8. An identity guessing game according to claim 7, wherein the electronic media is a computer with a keyboard and a display screen.

9. An identity guessing game according to claim 8, wherein the electronic media further includes a compact disc or a digital video disc carrying the stored game program and insertable into a drive of the computer for play.

10. An identity guessing game according to claim 7, wherein the electronic media is a handheld device having the game program stored on-board the handheld device.

11. An identity guessing game according to claim 1, wherein the score keeping mechanism includes a plurality of score sheets, one for each of the plurality of players, each having a region to input the name of each of the plurality of players participating in the identity guessing game, a region to input the respective identity guess corresponding to each name, and a point value for each correct identity guess.

12. An identity guessing game according to claim 1, wherein the scoring mechanism is further configured for each of the plurality of players to enter the number of clues received prior to guessing the selected identity of each of the other of the plurality of players.

13. An identity guessing game according to claim 12, wherein the scoring mechanism further includes a region to input a point value for each correct identity guess based on the number of clues received for each correct identity guess.