Games, and methods for improved game play in games of chance and games of skill

• US 10,173,128 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2014
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Milestone Entertainment LLC
• Original Assignee: Milestone Entertainment LLC
• Inventors: Katz, Randall M., Dawson, Gary, Felsher, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Rowland, Steve
• Application Number:
  US14/330,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20160008707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,639 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/64 used for radio or television, e.g. television shows; used in front of an audience
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8064 Quiz
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0605 Lottery games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/183 electric

Abstract

A variety of games and methods for enhancing game play are provided. In one aspect, a secondary or ancillary game is played in parallel with a first game, such as a lottery ball draw. Yet another embodiment of game play provides for the repurposing of an existing taped game show. The previously recorded game show would be segmented into subsets of issues, for example, presentation of questions or answers (as in the case of Jeopardy), those issues would be presented to one or more players, a response would be received from those players, and the answer would be compared to the correct answer. Scoring would then rank players relative to one another or to indicate the amount of the prize.

Claims

1. A method for repurposing, a previously recorded game show, the previously recorded game show including presentation of a series of question and answer couplets, the series of question and answer couplets being communicated to more than one participant in the repurposed game show via one or more interactive video displays, comprising the steps of:

forming subsets of the previously recorded game show by segmenting the previously recorded game show into issues, each issue having at least one associated question and answer couplet,

providing a first game comprising, the steps of;

(1) presenting on the one or more interactive video displays a question or answer relating to at least one issue to multiple players,

(2) receiving responses relating to at least one issue from the players,

(3) processing the responses by comparing the responses to the correct answer or question from the previously recorded game show, and

(4) scoring the answer by;

providing an instant positive reward to those players whose responses matched the correct answer from the previously recorded game show, and

eliminating those players whose responses did not match the correct answer from the previously recorded game show, and

in parallel with the first game, providing a second, ancillary game wherein the players provide a response relative to an event in the first game.

2. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein the issue comprises a subset of issues.

3. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 2 wherein the subissue comprises a question.

4. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 2 wherein the subissue comprises an answer.

5. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein the issues are presented to one player.

6. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein the issues are presented to more than one player.

7. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 6 wherein players are ranked relative to one another.

8. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein scoring comprises ranking the players relative to one another.

9. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein the scoring comprises indicating the amount of the prize.

10. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein the players participate via an interactive video display.

11. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein players participate via the internet.

12. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein the players participate via a computer based network.

13. The method for repurposing a previously recorded game show of claim 1 wherein in conjunction with the second game, the player is advised as to probabilities in the second game.