US5772213A
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Game based on data base of characters of different geographic regions
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1997-01-23
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Granted: 1998-06-30
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Expires: 2017-01-23
Abstract
Abstract A game wherein characters are defined to form a data pool. Each character in the data pool is related to and distinguished from the other characters in the data pool by a geographic location data. The data preferably includes actual information such as geographic information, city, country(the character is present in), maps, house plans etc. However, the data can also be fictitious, such as imaginary worlds with imaginary cites towns etc. The character data may be presented to the player for review or interaction to further develop the character. The characters may be randomly selected from the data pool to simulate the possibility/probability of living at the locations corresponding to the data. Several characters may be provided in sequence, each with a potentially different date and location data.
Inventors
- 👤 John James McGlew
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 00:54
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0434; G; G09; G09B; G09B19/00; G09B19/0046; G09B19/0061; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/065; A63F1/04; A63F2001/0408; A63F2001/0475; A63F2003/00996; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A game, comprising: a data base with geographic location information data including a plurality of geographic locations; a data selector for selecting geographic location information data from said data base based on the population distribution for the geographic locations and the birth rate of the geographic locations for a time period; and a presentation medium for presenting the data selected to the player of the game.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
A game, comprising: a data base with geographic location information data including a plurality of geographic locations; a data selector for selecting geographic location information data from said data base based on the population distribution for the geographic locations and the birth rate of the geographic locations for a time period; and a presentation medium for presenting the data selected to the player of the game.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The game according to claim 1, further comprising: means for assigning the time period and a date of birth to the data selected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A game according to claim 1, further comprising: an additional data selector selecting bibliographic information which is fictitious but based on actual data, from a bibliographic information data base.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said time period is the most recent time period for which actual data is available.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein birth rate is estimated based on the most recent actual birth rate data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein time period is selected by the player.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said geographic location information data includes places throughout the world.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said geographic location information data includes places throughout one country.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The game according to claim 1, wherein said time period is the most recent time period is a future or present time and said data is based on the most recent time period for which actual data is available.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
A game, comprising: a data base with geographic location information data including geographic locations; a data selector for selecting geographic location information data from said data base based on a distribution of births, for said locations, for a time period; a presentation medium for presenting the data selected to the player of the game.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
A game, comprising: a data base with geographic location information data including geographic locations; a data selector for selecting geographic location information data from said data base based on a distribution of births, for said locations, for a time period; a presentation medium for presenting the data selected to the player of the game.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The game according to claim 10, further comprising: means for assigning the time period and a date of birth to the data selected; and an additional data selector selecting bibliographic information which is fictitious but based on actual data, from a bibliographic information data base.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
83 words
A game process, comprising the steps of: providing a data base of characters, each character having individual identity data; selecting characters randomly from the data base, said identity data including location of character at birth data, the distribution of the locations of said location of character at birth data in the data base of characters being substantially proportional to the distribution of locations of actual people born for a given time period; and presenting the data selected to the player of the game.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
83 words
A game process, comprising the steps of: providing a data base of characters, each character having individual identity data; selecting characters randomly from the data base, said identity data including location of character at birth data, the distribution of the locations of said location of character at birth data in the data base of characters being substantially proportional to the distribution of locations of actual people born for a given time period; and presenting the data selected to the player of the game.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A game process according to claim 12, further comprising: assigning a date of birth to the character selected from the data base of characters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A game process according to claim 12, further comprising: proving additional data with the selected character including bibliographic information which is fictitious but based on actual data.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
The game process according to claim 14, wherein said data includes a name linked with a geographic location.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
48 words
The game process according to claim 15, wherein said names are male and female names based on names used in said geographic location and a ratio of male names to female names is provided based on a rate of male births to female births for said geographic location.
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