Substantially simultaneous intermittent contest

Details Substantially simultaneous intermittent contest Substantially simultaneous intermittent contest

2011-05-24

2011-05-24

D'Agostino, Paul (Department: 3716)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...

C463S001000, C463S029000, C463S040000, C463S042000, C705S001100, C379S037000, C379S039000, C273S460000, C434S323000

Reexamination Certificate

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07946910

ABSTRACT:
Provided, inter alia, is a type of contest in which, at various intervals, geographically dispersed players attempt to answer the identical problem at substantially the same time. In representative embodiments, problems (typically, questions) are made available at seemingly random times throughout the day (or throughout some specified time interval), and players have the opportunity either to respond to the problem or (e.g., in the event that a given player is occupied when a particular problem arises) to pass on the current problem and wait for another one. In such embodiments, more questions are made available than the players are permitted to answer in accordance with the rules of the game, so that players have flexibility as to when they participate.

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