Providing secret information in a multiplayer game
First Claim
1. A method performed by one or more processors for conveying secret information to a player in a multiplayer game being viewed by multiple players on a single screen, wherein each player is provided with a controller having a first input device and a second input device, comprising:
- displaying instructions on the screen, wherein the instructions prompt each player to select the first input device on the controller to ask a first question and select the second input device of the controller to ask a second question;
receiving input from each controller, wherein the input from each controller is based on whether the player selected the first input device or the second input device;
displaying answers on the screen to the first question and the second question based on the input received from each controller;
displaying a player identification on the screen for each player; and
displaying the answers to the first question and the second question including displaying each answer to the first question and the second question proximate to each player identification displayed on the screen.
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Abstract
A system and methods for conveying private information to a player in a multiplayer game being viewed by multiple players on a single screen. Each player is provided with a controller, which in one embodiment, includes a first input device and a second input device. The game system displays instructions on the screen prompting each player to select the first input device on the controller to ask a first question or select the second input device of the controller to ask a second question. Based on which input device each player selects, the game system displays an answer on the screen. The answers are viewable by all players. However, only each player knows what question they asked the game system to answer.
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16 Claims
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1. A method performed by one or more processors for conveying secret information to a player in a multiplayer game being viewed by multiple players on a single screen, wherein each player is provided with a controller having a first input device and a second input device, comprising:
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displaying instructions on the screen, wherein the instructions prompt each player to select the first input device on the controller to ask a first question and select the second input device of the controller to ask a second question; receiving input from each controller, wherein the input from each controller is based on whether the player selected the first input device or the second input device; displaying answers on the screen to the first question and the second question based on the input received from each controller; displaying a player identification on the screen for each player; and displaying the answers to the first question and the second question including displaying each answer to the first question and the second question proximate to each player identification displayed on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for conveying private information to each player in a local multiplayer game, comprising:
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a plurality of controllers, wherein each of the controllers includes a first input device, a second device, a third device, and a fourth input device; a screen; a console for communicating with each of the plurality of controllers and the screen, wherein the console is configured to display instructions on the screen prompting the players to press the first input device of the controller to ask a first question, prompting the players to press the second input device of the controller to ask a second question, prompting the players to press the third input device of the controller to ask a third question, and prompting the players to press the fourth input device of the controller to ask a fourth question, wherein the console is further configured to receive transmission signals from each of the controllers and display answers on the screen based on whether a player selected the first input device, the second input device, the third input device, or the fourth input device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for programming a processor of a gaming system to perform a method for providing private information to each player in a multiplayer game, wherein the game is viewed on a single screen and each player has a controller having a first input device and a second input device, comprising:
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assigning a first question to the first input device of each controller and a second question to the second input device of each controller; displaying instructions on the screen, wherein the instructions prompt each player to select the first input device on the controller to ask the first question and select the second input device of the controller to ask the second question; receiving input from each controller, wherein the input from each controller is based on whether the player selected the first input device of the controller or the second input device of the controller; and displaying the answers to the first question and the second question on the screen based on the input received from each controller, displaying the answers to the first question and the second question including displaying each answer to the first question and the second question proximate to each player identification displayed on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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Specification