Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Patent
1996-09-13
1999-10-26
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
A63F 900
Patent
active
059718544
ABSTRACT:
An interactive contest system is provided which permits competition among a plurality of remote participants. The system includes a central controller, storage devices for storing a Contest Roster from which each participant selects a team roster, a plurality of Touch-Tone.TM. telephones linked to the controller, and a publication such as a newspaper distributed to all participants. Each participant's team roster is evaluated on a periodic basis according to a formula for calculating each member's score employing a database of variable performance statistics which reflect the roster members' actual performances. Team roster totals are compared for discrete periods of competition to determine which participants have accumulated the highest score.
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Junkin William W.
Pearson Timothy R.
Grieb William H.
William Junkin Trust
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