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WO2004060511A1
WO2004060511A1 PCT/US2003/039065 US0339065W WO2004060511A1 WO 2004060511 A1 WO2004060511 A1 WO 2004060511A1 US 0339065 W US0339065 W US 0339065W WO 2004060511 A1 WO2004060511 A1 WO 2004060511A1
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Christer Swahn
Nils Ake Fahlen
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    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
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  • the present invention relates to a game for electronic interactive media such as the Internet.
  • the method of the present invention is for playing a game that comprises the steps of providing a game room view with a plurality of available player positions and a database that has questions, answers and headings associated with the questions. Each player is assigned a total points- amount.
  • a rotatable slot machine randomly displays a set of categories.
  • the players wager a wagering amount that is deducted from the points-amount.
  • a heading of a question is then displayed.
  • the players decide whether to keep the wagering amount the same or increasing/decreasing the wagering amount.
  • the players select a degree of difficulty of the question.
  • the players are ranked in a display segment.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a lobby view of the game of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration of a game room view of the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic illustration of an active game view of the present invention.
  • the game 10 of the present invention has a plurality of players that may compete against one another in competitions or tournaments of knowledge on interactive network media such as the Internet. It is to be understood that fewer or more player may play the game. For example, it is "possible to play the game with only one player, as outlined below. A player can accumulate points from all previously completed games. Certain games and competitions also require the player to bet money.
  • the players such as the player 12, may start by downloading a software 62 to display a lobby view 64, as best shown in Fig. 1.
  • the view 64 has selectable game folders such as stakes 66, quick 68, single 70, tournament area 72, current competition 74, upcoming competition 76 and completed competitions 78.
  • the software 62 is associated with a database 28 that has questions and answers, as explained below.
  • All players must first open a personal game account 84 to participate. In order to participate in a closed tournament, the player 12 must also have accumulated a sufficient amount of placement points, as described below. More particularly, the player 12 obtains a money account 82 and a points-account 80. The player may then see the current balance by activating a cashier 86. By activating a game room button 88, the player may enter one of the play-rooms and initiate a new game together with nine other players before the game can start. The player 12 may activate a competition 89 to enter one of the games shown in the display 75 by paying the required stake amount such as $60 for the highlighted Mercedes 400S game. The stake amount is withdrawn from the player's cash account 82. A player may enter more than one game listed in the display 75.
  • the software 62 By activating the stakes button 66, the software 62 displays a game room display 90, as best shown in Fig. 2, and the player 12 is asked to activate one of the available seats 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27 that compete against one another in the knowledge competition/game 10 by using the Internet .
  • the questions 30 may be divided into categories 31.
  • the categories 31 may include sports, games and leisure 34, popular culture 36, fine culture 38, matter and energy 40, technology universe 42, history and geography 44, society and ideas 46, words and languages 48, life and life forms 50, trivia- 52.
  • other categories may be used and the above is only used as an illustrative example.
  • the same category may appear several times on the slot machine display 51 while other categories do not appear at all.
  • Each question 30 has a heading associated therewith. The heading should be such that it is suitable to the question regardless of the difficulty level 54, 56, 58 selected by the players.
  • the software 62 displays an active game view 92, as best shown in Fig. 3.
  • the view 92 shows the alias name of the player 93, wager amount 94 and the total points 96 for the player 12 in this particular game.
  • the total points 96 only shows the total accumulated points for this particular game and these points are only significant during the course of this particular game.
  • the points-account 80 shows the accumulated placement points, as expressed in the ranking display 116, after completion of the tenth round that the player has accumulate from previously completed games. The same information is displayed for the other players.
  • the slot machine device starts spinning and stops at random so that any of the ten categories 34-52 may appear in the first box 98 of the display 51.
  • the categories in the remaining boxes are also shown one at a time until all the boxes are filled.
  • each of the ten boxes of the display 51 in Fig. 3 shows a different category. As indicated above, in reality the same category will appear more than once while other categories do not appear at all in the first round.
  • the order of the player' s action is now determined by lighting up the name of the players in a clockwise circular fashion and the speed of the rotational light is gradually slowed down until the light stops at one of the players.
  • the light stops at one of the players such as the player 12
  • the player may be marked with an FP "first player" symbol and the next turn goes to the next player in a clockwise order. If the next player in turn is eliminated due to lack of sufficient points to play with, this position is skipped and the turn goes to the next player still in the game. This means that one or several players may have to act first in more than one round.
  • the first wagering round 118 of the first round of the game now starts. All the players, including the player 12, have been assigned 300 points. This is shown in box 96 for the player 12. The first window 98 showing the category 34 is then lit while the other categories are dimmed. It is now up to the player 12 to decide the wager amount based on the knowledge of which category has been displayed in the window 98. The wager amount 94 is withdrawn from the player's total game points 96. If the player 12 is knowledgeable in the subject matter a large amount is wagered while a low amount is selected if the player is not very familiar with the subject matter. The wager amount for the player 12 cannot be more than the player' s currently accumulated points score shown in the total points-box 96.
  • the wager amount of the player 12 is displayed in the box 94 for all the other players to see.
  • a player has the option of passing by activating a pass button 102 so the other players know which players have passed. This means the player choose not to participate in this particular round and the accumulated points amount going into the round remain unchanged until additional action is take in the next round.
  • the player also has the option of continuously passing every round by activating the sit out button. The inactive player can become active again by deactivating the sit out button or activating an "I am back" button. Strategically, a player may choose to pass a couple of rounds to learn about the skill level of the other players.
  • the first wager round 118 After the first wager round 118 is completed, more information about the question in the category 34 is displayed as a heading 104 and each player will sequentially be asked in a second wager round 120 to reduce the previous wager amount to half or leave the amount as is or double the wager amount. For example, if the player 12 has previously wagered 30 points and decides to reduce the wager amount to half, the new wager amount is 15 points and 285 points remain in the total points 96. If a player does not respond to the wager request within a certain time period, it is assumed that no change in the wagering amount is made. An important feature of the game is that a player will not see the same heading for a question twice so as to be able to foresee the question by recognizing the heading for fairness purposes during the wagering procedure.
  • the software 62 and its database 28 keep track of which questions and heading the players have seen or answered in previous games. However, the player may be asked to answer the same question more than once and is therefore rewarded for playing often. A question that has been asked many times may be phased out and replaced with new questions.
  • the players are asked to select the degree of difficulty of the question covered both by the category 34 and the heading 104. The player has three options including selecting the easy question and double the previous wager amount, selecting the medium difficulty question and triple the previous wager amount or selecting the difficult question and quadruple the previous wager amount.
  • the third wager round 122 is also transparent so that all players know exactly how much the other players can gain by a correctly given answer.
  • a multiple choice question 106 is now displayed simultaneously to all the players together with four alternative answering buttons 108, 110, 112 and 114.
  • the appropriate question for the selected degree of difficulty appears on the display 106.
  • the players now have, for example, fifteen seconds to respond to the question 106 by pressing one of the buttons 108-114. If no button is pressed within the allowed time period the wager amount is lost. If a player has, for example, selected the difficult version of the question only the difficult question is displayed in the display 106 for that particular player. After the expiration of the response time, the correct answer is given and a tally round 124 begins.
  • the total points-amount is adjusted depending on whether the player selected an easy, medium or difficult question. If an incorrect answer has been given the total amount is reduced by the wager amount from the second wager round 120. Whether the players answered correctly or not is now sequentially displayed and the new total tally points are calculated for each player. The current ranking of the player, after each completed round, is displayed in a ranking display 116. If two players have the same total points then the player who answered first is given the higher rank. If a player has no total points left, the player is placed at number ten and receives ten points that are put into the points-account 80.
  • the players have the opportunity to increase the wager amounts in the second and third wager rounds, a player who has a relatively low total of points may become very competitive in the last round if the correct answer is given and the player cannot therefore be discounted by the other players.
  • the first round of the game is now completed and the players continue with the second round and the game continues until all ten rounds have been completed. After the completion of the tenth round, the final ranking is then displayed in the display 116.
  • the maximum amount of points a winning player can obtain in one game is 150 points and the minimum amount of points is 10 points.
  • the points-account 80 of the winner will now be increased with 150 points and the runner up will get 120 points and so on until the tenth player who receives 10 additional points in the points-account 80.
  • the players may also play with money stakes. It is important to keep the points that affect the points-account 80 separate from stakes that affects the cash account 82. For example, the players may not only pay the administration fee, such as $2, but also a stake fee, such as $10. The administration fee is paid to the organizer and is used for administering the game and preparing questions etc. The stake fee is used for prizes so that the winner may receive 50% of the total stake sum of $100 and the second player receives 30% or $30 and the third player may receive 20% or $20.
  • the cash accounts 82 for the top three players are added with the appropriate amount.
  • the quick button 68 activates a simpler version of the game compared to the game that is activated by the stakes button 66. The quick game has only 5 players and only one wager round so that the category and heading are revealed. at the same time. All questions are of medium difficulty. The maximum amount of points a player can obtain is 100 points and the minimum amount is 20 points.
  • the single button 70 activates a game version that enables the player to play solitary but against the statistical results of other players that have played previously. The player simply pays the administration fee to initiate the game.
  • the computer determines how the player answers and wagering amounts compare to the average single player. For example, a player who scores in the 91-100 percentiles compared to the other players, who have completed the solitary version, obtains 150 points while the player that obtains an average score obtains 50-60 points that are added to the points-account 80 of the player.
  • the player may select the category or use a random selection of categories. If the player selects a category then only medium and difficult questions will be provided.
  • the players will now be given an option to use the placement points in other tournaments to win a grand prize such as a new Mercedes.
  • the 100 top players with the highest accumulated points in the points-account 80 may be invited to a closed tournament when the tournament is limited to the top hundred players.
  • the player with the highest points may be assigned the first table and the player with the second highest placement points is assigned the second table and so on.
  • the player may accumulate points from the stakes game, the quick game and the single player game in the points- account 80 to participate in the current competition shown in Fig. 1. It should be noted that all players start the current competition 74 with no points so the points in the points- account 80 are only used for qualification purposes.
  • the previously obtained points are used to qualify the player as being one of the hundred top players that are invited to participate in the final round of the closed current competition 74. It is therefore important for a player to check the player' s position to make sure the player does not fall outside the top one hundred. If the player is dropping in ranking, the player may try to go up in ranking by playing more games to obtain more points.
  • the 100 finalists may be divided into 10 games. The top 10 players then play in the final game to obtain the grand prize. Any player may participate in open tournaments by paying the required fees.
  • the game software may be downloaded every time a game is played unless it is saved in a short term cookie file on the individual computer and not permanently downloaded on the individual computer. This facilitates version upgrading et cetera from the server.
  • the terms “Current Competitions” and “Tournaments” may be merged into one term “Tournaments”.
  • the tournament may be described as a competition with more than ten participants that runs for more than one round with elimination of some of the contestants between the rounds.
  • An additional term “Satellite Tournament (s) " may also be introduced.
  • a “Satellite” may be a tournament that for a lower fee leads one or several winners to a Tournament with a larger starting fee.
  • the “Satellite” can be arranged either immediately before the Tournament, or before the Tournament with a small or large time gap in between.
  • the term “Placement Points” may be been abandoned. Instead, the terms “QP Dollars" or “QP$" may be used.
  • QP$ may be a "currency" that is only used within the QP system.
  • the terms can be used in at least two ways including to pay for game participation or to buy merchandise in a future QP Shop. Instead of "Placement Points" the players may earn QP$ as a result of their efforts in a Game Room. The better the players score the more QP$ are earned. While the present invention has been described in accordance with preferred compositions and embodiments, it is to be understood that certain substitutions and alterations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour jouer à un jeu qui consiste à obtenir une vue de salle de jeux (92) présentant une pluralité de joueurs (12-27) et une base de données (28) présentant des questions (30), des réponses (32) et des intitulés (104). Chaque joueur (12-27) se voit attribuer une quantité de points totale (96). Un écran de machine à sous rotative (51) affiche de manière aléatoire un ensemble de catégories (34-52). Lors d'un premier tour de pari (118), les joueurs (12-27) parient une quantité (94) qui est déduite de la quantité de points (96). Un intitulé (106) d'une question (104) est affiché. Lors d'un deuxième tour de pari (120), les joueurs décident de maintenir la quantité (94) telle quelle, d'augmenter la quantité (94) ou de réduire la quantité (94). Lors d'un troisième tour de pari (122), les joueurs sélectionnent un degré de difficulté de la question (104). Lors d'un tour de comptage (124), les joueurs (12-27) sont classés dans un écran d'affichage (116).
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