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EP0745948A2
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Method and apparatus for plying and providing a game of skill or chance
Assignee: Two Way Media Ltd
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Filing: 1996-05-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A game of skill or chance played simultaneously by several participants remote from each other also provides for interleaved interactive advertising. Each participant has a control unit (10) or a personal computer or processor which can handle the interleaved advertising as a separate computer task which means that the other game task can always continue to operate in the background.
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2026-10-29 10:49
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/30; A63F13/33; A63F13/338; A63F13/35; A63F13/60; A63F13/61; A63F13/335; A63F2300/00; A63F2300/40; A63F2300/407; A63F2300/409; A63F2300/50; A63F2300/55; A63F2300/5506
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
Apparatus for playing a game of skill or chance, the game of skill or chance being played simultaneously by a plurality of participants in conjunction with at least one common game where interactive advertising is inserted into the game comprising communication means (19,23) for providing to each participant the common game and the interactive advertising; control unit means (10) associated with each participant for receiving game and interactive advertising inputs by an associated participant including input means (17) and a visual display (16), a game data stream and an interactive advertising data stream which may be selectively or jointly associated with the input means and visual display; and central computer system means (11) for transmitting and downloading game messages and interactive advertising messages to the control unit means and for receiving uploaded game data and interactive advertising data from the control unit means (10) which are related to the inputs, wherein the control unit means (10) continues to process both the interactive advertising and game messages on their respective data streams irrespective of which data stream the input means and display are associated with.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the control unit means comprises a single multiplexed data stream which comprises the game data stream and the interactive advertising data stream.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the plurality of participants are remote from each other and remote from the central computer system, and wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of control units each associated with a respective participant or group of participants.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
85 words
Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the central computer system means includes an additional switching message for transmission and downloading to the control unit means and the control unit means includes a third switching message data stream means for receiving the switching message and in response to such message associating the input means and visual display with a selected game data stream or interactive ad data stream in accordance with the message, the unselected data stream continuing to process in the background.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the central control system means and the control unit means include means for downloading to the control unit means interactive advertising programs before the game starts.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
194 words
A method of providing a game of skill or chance, the game of skill or chance being played simultaneously by a plurality of participants in conjunction with at least one common game where interactive advertising is inserted into the game comprising providing to each participant the common game along with the interactive advertising; providing a game data stream and an interactive advertising data stream in control unit means (10) associated with each participant for receiving game and interactive advertising inputs by an associated participant, the control unit means including input means (17) and a visual display (16) which may be selectively or jointly associated with the input means and visual display; transmitting and downloading game messages and interactive advertising messages from a central computer system to the control unit means and receiving uploaded game data and interactive advertising data from the control unit means (10) to the central computer system, the data being related to the inputs from the participants; and continuing to process both the interactive advertising and game messages in the control unit means on their respective data streams irrespective of which data stream the input means and display are associated with.
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