Game of skill or chance playable by remote participants in conjunction with a common game event including inserted interactive advertising
May 31, 2015. 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 ReferencesGame of skill playable by remote participants in conjunction with a live event Interactive game show and method for achieving interactive communication therewith System and individual device for participation in a broadcast program Tournament data system with game score communication between remote player terminal and central computer System for communication using a broadcast audio signal Method for measuring the effectiveness of stimuli on decisions of shoppers System and method of communication with authenticated wagering participation Transaction based interactive television system Player interactive live action football game Patent #: 5462275 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 454925 filed on 05/31/1995US Classes:463/40, With communication link (e.g., television broadcast, etc.)463/41Telephonic (e.g., modem, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Harrison, Jessica J.Assistant: O'Neill, Michael Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA63F 009/24AbstractA game of skill or chance played simultaneously by several participants remote from each other also provides for interleaved interactive advertising. Each participant has a control unit or a personal computer or processor which can handle the interleaved advertising as a separate computer task which means that the other game task can always continue to operate in the background.Field of SearchWith communication link (e.g., television broadcast, etc.)Telephonic (e.g., modem, etc.) Network type (e.g., computer network, etc.) In a chance application In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a participant (e.g., problem eliciting response, puzzle, etc.) In a game requiring an element of a participant`s physical skill or ability (e.g., hand-eye coordination, reflex, etc.) | |
