Television interactive gaming
First Claim
1. A method of interactive gaming comprising the steps of a. transmitting a gaming portal from a gaming system to a plurality of users via a first communications network;
- b. initiating a game from the gaming portal;
c. submitting a user identification;
d. generating a plurality of questions for a skill level;
e. initiating a question answer sequence;
f. incrementing through the plurality of questions while progressing through the question answer sequence;
g. incrementing the skill level upon completion of the question answer sequence for the plurality of questions;
h. iteratively repeating steps c-f until at least one of a user exits the game and each skill level is complete;
i. calculating a time based score component for each skill level;
j. calculating a bonus score component for each skill level;
k. summing the time based score component and the bonus score component in order to determine a total level score for each skill level;
l. calculating a real time total user score associated with the results of the question answer sequence by summing the total level score for each skill level completed by the user;
m. transmitting the real time total user score to the gaming system via a second communications network; and
n. transmitting a ranking of the real time total user scores for each user via the first communications network.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for interactive gaming comprising: a central broadcast center (10) transmitting signals over a first communications network; a gaming system (25) residing within the central broadcast center (10); a plurality of users who access the gaming system (25) via the first communication network. The gaming system (25) provides a plurality of games that incorporate a scoring protocol that provides real time scoring data transmitting from the plurality of users back to the gaming system via a second communication network. The plurality of users may review the real time scoring data via the first communications network.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of interactive gaming comprising the steps of
a. transmitting a gaming portal from a gaming system to a plurality of users via a first communications network; -
b. initiating a game from the gaming portal;
c. submitting a user identification;
d. generating a plurality of questions for a skill level;
e. initiating a question answer sequence;
f. incrementing through the plurality of questions while progressing through the question answer sequence;
g. incrementing the skill level upon completion of the question answer sequence for the plurality of questions;
h. iteratively repeating steps c-f until at least one of a user exits the game and each skill level is complete;
i. calculating a time based score component for each skill level;
j. calculating a bonus score component for each skill level;
k. summing the time based score component and the bonus score component in order to determine a total level score for each skill level;
l. calculating a real time total user score associated with the results of the question answer sequence by summing the total level score for each skill level completed by the user;
m. transmitting the real time total user score to the gaming system via a second communications network; and
n. transmitting a ranking of the real time total user scores for each user via the first communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for interactive gaming comprising:
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a central broadcast center transmitting signals over a first communications network;
a gaming system residing within the central broadcast center;
a plurality of users who access the gaming system via the first communication network;
a plurality of games accessible through the gaming system;
a scoring protocol associated with the plurality of games, where the scoring protocol provides real time scoring data transmitting from the plurality of users back to the gaming system via a second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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