Game of skill or chance playable by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event
June 7, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesOptical linked remote control video game apparatus System arrangement for distribution and use of video games Remote gaming system Electronic amusement center Polyethylenically unsaturated monophosphates Video game network Video gaming system with pool prize structures Telephonic-interface statistical analysis system Gaming system with session master and gaming boards System for evaluation of response to broadcast transmissions Patent #: 4926255 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 535309 filed on 06/07/1990US Classes:463/42, Network type (e.g., computer network, etc.)463/41Telephonic (e.g., modem, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Coven, Edward M.Assistant: Harrison, Jessica J. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA63F 009/24AbstractA game of skill or chance playable by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event, such as a computer game, provides the basic format or template of the game on a floppy disk suitable for use with the remote users' personal computers. Then by connection to a mass communications one way channel, such as an FM SCA channel, variations in the game parameters and characteristics are broadcast at the same time to all of the individual remote players. These characteristics both initialize characteristics of the game and when the game is being played, provide updated playing parameters. A score can later be uploaded to the central station by, for example, telephone lines or any other convenient means. | |
