Title:
NETWORK-BASED CONTESTS HAVING MULTIPLE PARTICIPATING SPONSORS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/045525
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for conducting a contest. One embodiment provides a contest that is played by multiple players across a communications network, in which the players compete to earn points awarded by a central contest administrator and the individual players are ranked based on their total number of points. In addition, individual ones of the players are allowed to select a sponsor from a set of previously identified sponsors, and the players also can earn points, which contribute to their totals for ranking purposes, from the sponsors they have selected. For this purpose, individual ones of the sponsors in the set are allocated points and have flexibility regarding how to award their allocated points to the players that have selected them.
Inventors:
FEENEY ROBERT J (US)
HAAS JEFF E (US)
BARKLEY BRENT WAYNE (US)
HAAS JEFF E (US)
BARKLEY BRENT WAYNE (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/060948
Publication Date:
July 22, 2010
Filing Date:
October 16, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VERGENCE ENTERTAINMENT LLC (US)
FEENEY ROBERT J (US)
HAAS JEFF E (US)
BARKLEY BRENT WAYNE (US)
FEENEY ROBERT J (US)
HAAS JEFF E (US)
BARKLEY BRENT WAYNE (US)
International Classes:
G06Q50/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001070359A2 | 2001-09-27 |
Foreign References:
| US20040097287A1 | 2004-05-20 | |||
| US20070191103A1 | 2007-08-16 | |||
| KR20060001790A | 2006-01-06 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SWAN, Joseph (Suite 100Manhattan Beach, California, US)
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