Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-19
2008-12-30
Pezzuto, Robert (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
C463S001000, C463S025000, C463S040000, C700S091000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07470197
ABSTRACT:
An on-line gaming environment provides a forum for competitors to play against each other. Each competitor pays a fee for a game which comprises a number of rounds. A prize fund is generated for each competitor from their entry fee and the prize for a round is the combined prize funds of the two competitors. In each round, opponents are selected at random. A player who loses any rounds is eliminated from the game. A player who wins a predetermined number of consecutive games wins the accumulated fund. Players may select between a number of available games to play and may switch which game is being played in between rounds.
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Massey Graham Peter
McDonald Claire Gilmore
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Pezzuto Robert
Shah Milap
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