Interactive game system
First Claim
1. An interactive game system for use by a user over an electronic network, the interactive game system comprising:
- an electronic device in environmental proximity with said user, said electronic device connected to said electronic network;
a computational center connected to said electronic network;
a host studio for hosting an interactive program;
a mass media transmitter for transmitting a program signal of said interactive program; and
a mass media terminal in environmental proximity with said user for receiving said program signal and reproducing said interactive program.
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Abstract
An interactive game system for individual participants at remote locations to compete with one another over a distributed electronic network in response to a game show host administering a program broadcast via mass media. Participants are authenticated in order to participate in the game. A computational center evaluates the correctness and speed of responses made by participants, administers a scheme for rating the performance of each participant in real time, and reports back the results of this performance evaluation. In the preferred embodiment, the game is divided into a discrete plurality of rounds. Successful participants in each round advance to subsequent rounds until a champion is determined. The game then begins anew.
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37 Claims
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1. An interactive game system for use by a user over an electronic network, the interactive game system comprising:
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an electronic device in environmental proximity with said user, said electronic device connected to said electronic network;
a computational center connected to said electronic network;
a host studio for hosting an interactive program;
a mass media transmitter for transmitting a program signal of said interactive program; and
a mass media terminal in environmental proximity with said user for receiving said program signal and reproducing said interactive program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for playing an interactive game comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication connection between an electronic device and an electronic network;
loading an interactive environment on the electronic device;
transmitting a program signal from a mass media transmitter to a mass media terminal and presenting interactive content to a user;
said user entering a response to said interactive content on said electronic device in said interactive environment;
evaluating the response entered by the user, said step of evaluating the response being performed by a computational center;
tabulating an outcome of said step of evaluating the response;
presenting to said user a result of said step of tablulating; and
evaluating said result of said step of tabulating, said step of evaluating said result being performed by said computational center. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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