Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-20
2001-07-31
O'Neill, Michael (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
C463S042000, C463S001000, C463S030000, C705S014270
Reexamination Certificate
active
06267675
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an advertising game, and in particular to an advertising game which is implemented on an on-line network environment as in the internet and PC communication.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As the number of internet users increase significantly, the utilization of internet advertising medium will accordingly increase. The utilization of internet advertising medium is increasing more widely than other advertising mediums in view of its growth potential, growth rate, and effectiveness.
An important feature of the internet advertising is that a potential customer is able to access the advertising medium on the internet. In the conventional internet advertising method, various methods are utilized to enhance the advertising effect by providing various beneficial information and data, or cash rewards based on the needs of the customer.
Among the above-described methods, the method of providing a small amount of cash to advertisement viewers is the recent trend. This method is used increasingly and is recognized as the most effective advertising method on the internet.
However, in the above-described cash rewarding internet advertising methods, the tendency is to limit the frequency of exposures from 1 to 3 times per visit or day due to the advertiser's payment limit, and favored only by a small number of guaranteed seeking netizens.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the objective of the present invention is to provide an advertising game which overcomes the problems encountered in a conventional advertising game by naturally and continuously exposing advertisements yet requiring high level of interest.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an advertising game which makes it possible to satisfy the needs of advertisers and netizens (internet users).
To achieve the above objectives, there is an advertising game provided, which includes a step for sequentially displaying an initial screen and a main screen as a netizen(internet user) accesses a certain site, a step for displaying a game screen with respect to a certain game type as a game type is selected by a member on a main screen wherein said main screen includes a display button for displaying a final total required time required for one game, an advertising display button composed of a plurality of frames, a display button for displaying points obtained when the advertisements on the frames are aligned in a column, row and diagonal direction, a display button for displaying the total points, a game start bar for starting the game, a display button for rotating the frames, an OK display button for obtaining points displayed on the point display button, and a display button for finishing a triple chance game button and game which are used for obtaining additional points except for the points displayed on the points display unit, a step for rotating the frames when a game start instruction is inputted on the game screen, a step for adding a certain points to the total points in accordance with an aligned state of the advertisements displayed on the frames when the rotation of the frames is stopped, a step for providing a hint to the gamer with respect to the obtained points of the day when the current game is being performed, and a step for displaying a winner of the day based on the points of the day when the game is finished.
Additional advantages, objectives and features of the invention will become more apparent from the description which follows.
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Icorea Co. Ltd.
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
O'Neill Michael
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