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| 8137104 | Game of chance and strategy pertaining to emergency preparedness The present invention, game of chance and strategy pertaining to emergency preparedness, is a social game, based on the timely topic of disaster preparedness, providing simplification of a complex topic plus improvement and entertainment value for groups and individ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8007280 | Educational game employing categories A game serving as a tool for facilitating the education of elementary students in learning proper categorization of learning elements. The game includes a plurality of station markers suitable for being arranged physically in sequence, with each station marker repre... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7862337 | Addition and subtraction dice game An educational game apparatus for practicing arithmetic skills including at least two numbered dice, a game platform with at least two rows of apertures containing removable pegs, and at least ten numbered columns forming a rectangular array with said at least two r... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857624 | Child testing apparatus, information system and method of use An apparatus for testing aspects of how a child learns includes a toy-like base having upstanding pegs. The child is encouraged to place donut shaped hand pieces onto the pegs. The hand pieces test the ability of the child to discriminate between different colors, a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7775798 | Educational restaurant and travel game system An educational restaurant and travel game system and method of use include a plurality of educational games each having a plurality of game pieces disposed in a game container. The game container is adapted to house the plurality of educational games and has a size ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7507090 | Health education board game A board game for facilitating health education by involving players in scenarios leading to either “health” or “illness.” Players move game pieces along a path (16) between “health” (18) and “illness” (20) by drawing game cards d... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7402105 | Massively multiplayer educational online role playing game A massively multiplayer educational online game presents a computer generated gameplay world where acquiring and demonstrating mastery of educational skills is a requirement for survival and advancement of a learner's game character. The game provides a method for e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7364431 | Educational game A multiplication game consisting of a perforated game board in which the assemblage of perforations forms a rectangular matrix. In a horizontal row of numerals printed on the rim of the board the numerals increase evenly in value from one end to the other end, and b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350781 | Interactive educational game An interactive game for teaching children the concept of matching and the skills of writing and drawing. The game includes a plurality of game pieces having game piece indicia thereon, and at least one game board having game board indicia thereon. A player may selec... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7333967 | Method and system for automatic computation creativity and specifically for story generation A computer-implemented method (and system) of automatically generating a story, includes selecting a theme of the story, examining elements of the theme and instantiating the theme, and using the theme to select and control other aspects of the story. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303398 | Educational game An instructional board of computer game defines a path of movement for a number of game “pieces” that are moved along the path a number of “stops” as determined by a die or other random device. Associated with the stops and color or otherwise visually coded ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7266509 | System and method for combining interactive game with infomercial A combination multi-media interactive game and video infomercial acts as an advertising business method wherein a seller of merchandise can combine both an advertising infomercial with a player and/or participant's playing an interactive game. Preferably, the game i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264474 | Personality style method In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a plurality of color-coded cards and representing four personality styles and a set of two cards representing the Extraversion-Introversion scale of Carl Jung. On each set of two (2) cards,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261295 | Jump for music game This is a musical rhythms game whereby players move to rhythms of music notation placed on a staff. There are two separate versions—a floor and table top version, which are designed to help players develop more rhythmic awareness and to create a better understandi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7220126 | Educational mathematics game There is shown card game apparatus and method of play for use in educating children in basic mathematical concepts, the apparatus including a six-sided mathematical function indicator, such as a die, used in combination with two sets of cards, the function generator... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207569 | Interactive game system An interactive game system for providing a spoons related game that promotes education of the United States. The interactive game system includes providing a card deck, a plurality of data cards, a plurality of playing spoons, and a data spoon. The data cards and th... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204693 | Egyptian pyramids board game The game includes a playing board having a predetermined continuous path with spaces for movement of pieces therealong in accordance with rules. The playing board includes: (i) marked historical location spaces designating a specified historical location based on a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195489 | Education set and work model, training method, work efficiency improving method, and tool employing the same An education set used for education of a work including a series of work steps. The education set includes segment diagrams (105a, 105b, 105c) where work directions for executing the series of work steps, work directions inc... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182342 | Math board game A game for teaching arithmetic skills involves having a player spin a wheel twice, the first time determines the arithmetic operation to be performed and the first number and the second spin determines the second number. The player then moves his or her game piece a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163402 | Game for stimulating reading interest A game for stimulating interest in reading has a game board with coded spaces arranged in a circular path and a written story with consecutive portions. Players are given a fixed number of points and read a first portion of the story. They roll dice to determine the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147556 | Games grid board A board is made of many grid points (1 and 2) arranged in a grid on a flat surface (6), and connected to a game manager (3) (a CPU+memory+software). Each grid point notifies the games manager when it is pressed, and the games manager can ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136617 | Computer assisted game for teaching cooperative resource allocation and multi-party negotiation skills A multiple player game has objects corresponding to projects to which resources are allocated by the players of the game. The players include a plurality of groups. A resource bank mechanism determines a bank of resources to be made available to each group of player... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7086865 | Educational game An educational game is provided, comprising a plurality of qualification cards for at least one subject, said qualification cards having a qualification question and a corresponding qualification answer; and a plurality of preparatory cards for at least one subject,... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083417 | Symbolic vocabulary development and use A system and method is disclosed for improving intra- and inter-cultural communications by having people of one or more cultures develop and build a symbolic vocabulary of what is salient in their work and their lives. Through successive stages of formations that se... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079985 | Method and system for approximating value functions for cooperative games A method and system for approximating a value functions for cooperative games. The method and system include approximating value functions for large cooperative games. The method and the system may be applicable to other types of value function problems such as thos... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073792 | Method of playing a game that promotes interactive communication and scoring between players A method of playing a game that requires a plurality of players to interactively communicate. The method includes: providing a player-in-turn with a hypothetical situation; the player-in-turn presents an analysis of what should be done in the hypothetical situation ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054831 | System and method for combining interactive game with interactive advertising A combination multi-media interactive game and video infomercial enables a seller of merchandise to combine an advertising infomercial with a player and/or participant's playing of an interactive game. Preferably, the game is a step-by-step strategic or random game,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040622 | Board game with wedding anniversary theme and method for playing the same A game apparatus and a method of playing a game are described. According to the method, a plurality of images on a game board is viewed. Each image has a board identifier and shows a subject at a first date. A plurality of cards is viewed. Each of the cards has a ca... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033180 | Education set and work model, training method, work efficiency improving method, and tool employing the same An education set used for education of a work including a series of work steps. The education set includes segment diagrams (105a, 105b, 105c) where work directions for executing the series of work steps, work directions inc... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017910 | Card game A game, including a plurality of Message Cards. In another aspect, a method of playing a card game, including providing a plurality of Message Cards to each player and each player in his or her turn providing one or more Message Cards from his or her hand to one or ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6974327 | Double imputation scale An educational device to teach the biblical doctrine of double imputation is disclosed. The educational device is generally comprised of a cross, a balance type scale, and at least three different objects which by casual observation are of unequal mass. ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956968 | Database engines for processing ideographic characters and methods therefor A computer-implemented method for encoding a handwritten stroke set, each of the handwritten stroke set being representative of a constituent stroke of an ideographic character, to obtain an encoded input sequence. The method includes ascertaining a shape of a first... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938897 | Universal role playing game elevation indicator system A universal role playing game elevation indicator system for efficiently indicating elevation measurements of playing pieces used in role playing games. The universal role playing game elevation indicator system includes a support member having a lower end and an up... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938899 | Tile-based board game A board game including game pieces and rules for playing a game for a plurality of players, the goal of which is to defeat an opponent through battle of game pieces. The invention provides a board, multiple tile-like pieces, and at least one die. The tile-like piece... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6893264 | Professional educational game A professional educational game provides continuing education for the staff and others in a professional environment. Players play independently of one another as their schedules permit. A round of the game may extend for a few days, up to a few weeks. A relatively ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6857876 | Math game and method A math game and method includes a game board having a plurality of elongated slots therein. Each of the slots defines a row arranged in a plurality of columns. The columns each have a number of rows therein equal to a number of columns provided. A plurality of diffe... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6817613 | System and method for teaching project management skills A project management game is provided that includes a game board having indicia thereon representing a plurality of tasks that collectively form a plurality of deliverables to be completed and to be managed by a plurality of participants in the game. The participant... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811402 | Method of playing a mathematical game A method of playing a mathematical game to calculate a target value includes generating the target value randomly, generating a plurality of calculating numbers to be used to calculate the target value, and calculating, by a first player, an initial solution that is... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6802716 | Educational game apparatus and method for playing a game An educational game apparatus and method for playing a game is disclosed. Each game disclosed herein comprises a plurality of teaching concepts that compete against each other, such that no individual game participant wins or loses. There are two categories of games... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6739874 | Electronic educational toy appliance teaching letters words and numbers An electronic educational toy designed to teach letters, words and numbers and stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure enclosing a processor, a data storage medium and a speaker and having a substa... | 05/25/2004 |
