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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Robert J. Feeney, Glendale, CA (US);
Brent W. Barkley, Glendale, CA (US);
Jeff E. Haas, Glendale, CA (US);
Gregory J. Pinter, Danville, CA (US);
Robert J. Feeney, Glendale, CA (US);
Brent W. Barkley, Glendale, CA (US);
Jeff E. Haas, Glendale, CA (US);
Gregory J. Pinter, Danville, CA (US);
Vergence Entertainment LLC, Glendale, CA (US);
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.