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| 7374481 | Rotating pattern matching board game A sequencing game is provided with a housing and a microprocessor disposed within the housing. A plurality of manually operable controls are affixed to the housing and are in communication with the microprocessor. The microprocessor generates and sensorially renders... | 05/20/2008 |
| RE39942 | Computer-aided group-learning methods and systems Providing methods and systems for a computer-aided group-learning environment, where a number of users can interact and work on a subject together. The system and method can monitor and analyze users' inputs. The analysis process can identify a user's performance on... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7179166 | Reel game requiring skill to win A reel based game that requires skill, fast reflexes, good memory, and strategy to play well. In the preferred embodiment, a video screen is used to electronically display the apparent rotation of several reels. A player presses a stop button to stop the rotation of... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7115032 | DVD game remote controller Methods and systems for enhancing a DVD-based game using a remote controller are provided. Example embodiments provide a DVD game remote controller “DGRC,” which provides input to DVD-based games, access to additional game functions and special features such as ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7044469 | Game involving multiple communication methods A game combines two forms of communication, which, in preferred embodiments, are acting and drawing. In those embodiments, certain players try to act ideas presented on cards to drawers, who use dry-erase boards to draw, for different ends based on the specific embo... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6824136 | Alpha cubes game A competitive points based English alphabet word construction game apparatus and method for players who create words from letters determined from a single chance element initiation per turn that is selected from a group of chance elements, wherein long words created... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6758475 | Karaoke board game A music game, which incorporates the characteristics of the popular Karaoke singing phenomenon and draws upon the players' knowledge of songs and performing artists. The game includes game pieces, game board, die, timer, and Karaoke instruction cards. The game board... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752396 | Method and system for playing trivia games The present invention is a timed trivia game. This game has two rounds. During the standard round each time a question is asked the contestant will this designated amount time to respond. If the contestant responds in less than the designated time, the remainder of ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6565442 | System and method for enhanced online transactions using shopping games An enhanced system and method for carrying out online transactions and auctions using a "shopping games" mechanism module is disclosed. The shopping games system provides for a mechanism scheme allowing "game moves" as well as bidding and message exchangi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6561905 | Skin-irritating game machine A skin-irritating game machine include a main unit and a plurality of control cables respectively connected to the main unit, each control cable having two metal contact elements adhered to the skin a respective player to form a respective electric loop t... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6499739 | Restaurant theme board game A restaurant theme board game and a method of play, includes a playing surface; a playing piece for each player, and a course to be traversed by the playing pieces. The course includes waitress stations, each player's playing piece occupying a respective ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6468159 | System and method for enhanced online transactions using shopping games An enhanced system and method for carrying out online transactions and auctions using a "shopping games" mechanism module is disclosed. The shopping games system provides for a mechanism scheme allowing "game moves" as well as bidding and message exchangi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6419232 | Question and answer board game using recorded media A movie game and method for playing the game is provided including a game board and a plurality of game pieces for representing each player's position on the game board. The game is played by at least two players. All of the players watch a segment of a p... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6409603 | Game device, game processing method, and recording medium A game apparatus requiring certain operations of a player within a time limit which displays a first window (W1) for a period of time within a first time limit (TM1), displays a second window (W2) for a period of time within a second time limit (TM2) sepa... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6334778 | Remote psychological diagnosis and monitoring system A networked system for remotely assessing and monitoring psychological conditions. The system includes a server and a remote interface for entering in the server prompts, such as queries and instructions, to be responded to by the individual. The server i... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6196549 | Apparatus and method of playing a poem completion game A game apparatus and method for playing the game comprising a verse booklet, a plurality of instruction cards, each with a different instruction imprinted thereon and a scoring means. The game is played by selecting an existing partial verse. Then, an ins... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6160987 | Computer-aided group-learning methods and systems Providing methods and systems for a computer-aided group-learning environment, where a number of users can interact and work on a subject together. The system and method can monitor and analyze users' inputs. The analysis process can identify a user's per... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6145839 | Movie game A movie game method and apparatus is provided including a score pad having a plurality of sheets of paper and a timer. Also included is a stack of a plurality of playing cards each having a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. Eac... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6120028 | Board game for critical thinking, character and value development The present invention is a method and apparatus for an interactive game that provides critical thinking, character and value development. The game for a plurality of participants comprises a playing surface having a plurality of playing regions. Each of t... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6120032 | Method of and items for playing a question and answer game, using clues based on alphanumeric relationships similar to a telephone keypad A game having a display of alphanumeric combinations, and a device containing at least one category of subjects involving questions and correct answers to said questions in the form of clues provided by the numbers of the alphanumeric combinations contain... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6098983 | Word Game A word game is provided including at least one sheet of paper having a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween. The top face of each sheet has a plurality of unique horizontally oriented words printed thereon. A large blank space is s... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6029043 | Computer-aided group-learning methods and systems Providing methods and systems for a computer-aided group-learning environment, where a number of users can interact and work on a subject together. The system and method can monitor and analyze users' inputs. The analysis process can identify a user's per... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5992853 | Game with timed water release A game wherein a player is sprayed with water if the player does not correctly answer a question within a time interval. The game may include a spray unit and an electronic visual display that are attached to a housing. The spray unit and visual display a... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5899456 | Progressive trivia game A progressive trivia game for two or more participants having a playing board with a path made of a plurality of symbolic positions, a six sided die, a plurality of question and answer cards and a timer. A player rolls the die to move to a symbolic positi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5823788 | Interactive educational system and method An interactive instructional system includes a microprocessor-controlled base station for use by an instructor and/or a computer and a plurality of input devices each for use by a student. The base station and input devices communicate over a communicatio... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5797601 | User selective solution system and method for flashcards, puzzles, and the like A flashcard type device and method adapted for education and entertainment for use by one or multiple participants and providing answers or solutions partitioned into a plurality of pre-defined discrete segments for providing the user with the option of s... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5788238 | Board game The present invention is directed towards an educational game apparatus which requires the players to unscramble a given set of letters to form a word which matches or defines the given clue. Correct matches by a player translate into moves for the player... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5769423 | Board game and method A game suited for use in an educational setting includes a game board, a set of cards containing questions and answers, and a set of pictorial supports fitted on the game board containing pictorial hints which help the players determine or remember the an... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5722660 | Game with timed water release A game wherein a player is squirted with water if the player does not correctly answer a question within a time interval. The game includes a plurality of cards that each have at least one question and a spray unit which has a manually activated resettabl... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5711715 | Method and apparatus for tournament play of coin operated games A coin operated game playing machine is operated by a microprocessor so as to permit tournament play among a number of players. Names of top ranking players are displayed and a portion of the playing receipts is allocated to an award fund for distribution... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5639094 | Word game A first set of cubes has a first set of consonants printed thereon. A second set of cubes has a second set of consonants printed thereon which occur less commonly in english words than the first set of consonants. A third set of cubes has vowels printed t... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5586765 | Method of playing a word scramble game A word scramble game for two or more players utilizing a plurality of cards wherein each card has imprinted a plurality of words with a scrambled version of the word's letters next to each word. One of the players selects and presents the selected scrambl... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5505456 | Board game for evaluating skill in scrambling and unscrambling of words A competitive board game including the purposeful scrambling and unscrambling of numerous words, mostly nouns, chosen from a variety of categories randomly by a plurality of teams each having one or more players which includes individual team playing toke... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5480157 | Fact game and method of playing the same A novel game which asks the contestants facts concerning their lives. The contestants, excluding the present dealer, record their respective answer, to each posed question, on an answer tablet using a writing instrument. Once each contestant, excluding th... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5454569 | Afro American educational quiz game The invention relates to an Afro American Educational Quiz Game where players receives points for correctly identifying notable black persons on question and answer cards. The game has a game board divided into multiple subject categories with letters for... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5441277 | Method of playing a board game A game wherein, for a player to advance around a game board to a winning board position, the player must satisfactorily comply with instructions that solicit a rhyming response. The game board includes a starting space, a winning space, and a number of di... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5405153 | Musical electronic game The game includes a device for randomly selecting a sequence of musical notes for game playing purposes. Another device enables a player to preview a recognition sequence of a portion of the sequence of musical notes prior to game play. A switch device ac... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5364108 | Game apparatus A video game apparatus is provided for use in conjunction with a remotely controllable audio visual playback device, such as a video cassette player. The game apparatus comprises a learning remote control which is programmed with remote control signals su... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5308079 | Board game apparatus and method for playing same A board game apparatus and method for playing same requiring the demonstration of knowledge of deceased individuals, the circumstances surrounding their deaths, and the like, on the part of the players of the game. A game board is provided which has a con... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5257939 | Cultural knowledge board game The invention provides a board game apparatus for an educational board game, with a plurality of playing cards and playing tokens.... | 11/02/1993 |
