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Internet contest

  • US 8,109,819 B2
  • Filed: 02/16/2007
  • Issued: 02/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for modifying the functionality of a web page to allow the operation of an online scavenger hunt upon the web page, the system comprising:

  • client software running in a web browser for use by a plurality of contestants participating in the online scavenger hunt, wherein the client software presents added functionality to browsed web sites participating in the online scavenger hunt and determines the current status of each of the plurality of contestants in the online scavenger hunt, wherein the added functionality comprises presentation of a target object; and

    a client interface server in communication with the client software, the client interface server for determining if the web browser is presenting a web site participating in the online scavenger hunt, and if so, transmitting instructions to the client software to present such added functionality with the browsed web sites.

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