Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-11
2005-01-11
Sager, Mark (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
C700S091000, C340S32300R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06840861
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a method for playing an interactive real time distributed game including receiving at a scoring database a next play prediction for a sporting event from a remote terminal, determining an actual play outcome for the sporting event, transmitting an actual play outcome representation to the remote terminal, and scoring the play prediction based on the actual play outcome and a predetermined offensive scoring ruleset. In one embodiment, the sporting event is a football game.
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Screen shot of ABC's Enhanced TV found at http://.heavy.etv.go.com/, 5 pages.
Screen shot of Buzz Time—Predict the Play found at http://www.predicttheplay.com/, 5 pages.
Screen shot of Madden 2002 found at http://www.ea.com/easports/platforms/pccd/games/madden2002/home.jsp, 2 pages.
de Veiga Fernandes José Maria
Jordan Kent Wilcoxson
McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd.
Sager Mark
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