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Device, system, and method of interactive quiz gameRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), In A Game Requiring An Element Of A Participant`s Physical Skill Or Ability (e.g., Hand-eye Coordination, Reflex, Etc.)Device, system, and method of interactive quiz game description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070021168, Device, system, and method of interactive quiz game. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to the field of quiz games. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Various quiz games exist, for example, for entertainment and educational purposes. Some quiz games are intended mainly for a single contestant, e.g., "Who Wants to be a Millionaire (.TM.)"; whereas other quiz games are intended mainly for multiple contestants, e.g., "Jeopardy (.TM.)" and "Wheel of Fortune (.TM.)". A contestant's success in a quiz game may depend on various parameters, for example, the contestant's knowledge and skills, as well as random elements, e.g., if questions or tasks are selected randomly. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0003] Various embodiments of the invention provide, for example, devices, systems and methods of interactive quiz game. [0004] In some embodiments, multiple users may participate in an interactive quiz game, after logging in to a game server and optionally paying a participation fee. Each user may be associated with a score counter, which may be initially set to zero. [0005] The game server may include a repository storing multiple statements or questions, such that each statement or question may be associated with a correct response or answer. For example, the statement "Rome is the capital of Italy" may be associated with the correct response "True", whereas the statement "Tom Cruise played in the movie Titanic" may be associated with the correct response "False". [0006] In some embodiments, the statement or question to be answered may be presented in a multiple choice format, whereby the user may select the answer or response from a set of multiple (e.g., two, three, four, etc.) possible answers, wherein only one of the presented selections is identified by the system as the correct response. [0007] In some embodiments, a statement or question may be selected from the repository, for example, pseudo-randomly or in accordance with a pre-defined selection algorithm, for example, at predefined time intervals, e.g., every ten seconds. The selected statement or question may be presented simultaneously to multiple users, e.g., using multiple stations, respectively. Each user may have a pre-defined time period, e.g., nine seconds, to submit his response to the statement or question, e.g., "True" or "False", or one of the multiple choices presented to the use (e.g., "A", "B", "C" or "D"). [0008] In one embodiment, the user's response may be submitted or registered using an input unit, for example, a user interface having multiple press-able buttons or clickable areas, optionally using a mouth, a keyboard, a keypad, or other input unit; and the input unit may send or transmit to the quiz game server a signal indicating the answer selected by the user. [0009] If the signal received from a user does not match the correct response, then that user may receive the message "You were incorrect", and may not further participate in the quiz game, e.g., at all, or unless the user pays an additional participation fee. [0010] Conversely, if the signal received from a user matches the correct response, then the score counter associated with that user may be incremented or increased, and that user may proceed to participate in consecutive rounds of the quiz game, e.g., may respond to a consecutive selected statement. [0011] In one embodiment, the first user whose score counter reaches a pre-defined target score value, thereby indicating that the user submitted a pre-defined number of consecutive correct responses, may be declared as the winner, and may optionally receive a prize. [0012] In some embodiments, multiple users may join at various times the quiz game and the stream of statements or questions presented, e.g., without interfering with the participation of other users in parallel. For example, a stream of statements or questions may be presented substantially continuously, such that a different statement or question is presented every pre-defined time-interval to all the users participating at that time. For example, a first user may join the quiz game prior to presenting, e.g., the 9th statement or question in the stream; whereas a second user may join the quiz game prior to presenting, e.g., the 13th statement or question in the stream. As both the first and second users are participating, the first statement or question presented to both the first and second users (e.g., the 13th statement in the stream) is the 5th statement or question presented to the first user and the 1st statement presented to the second user; the consecutive presented statement or question presented to both the first and second users (e.g., the 14th statement in the stream) is the 6th statement or question presented to the first user and the 2nd statement or question presented to the second user, etc. [0013] In some embodiments, score counters may be associated with users, or with stations able to present the statements or questions or able to allow users to enter their selected responses. For example, when a user joins the quiz game, a score counter may be associated with the user, reset and initialized; the score counter may be increased or incremented when the user submits a correct response; the score counter may be decreased, may remain unchanged, or may be reset to zero when the user submits an incorrect response. [0014] In the above-mentioned example, after the 14th statement or question in the stream is presented, the first and second users may submit their responses. If the first user submitted a correct response, then his score counter may indicated that he responded correctly to 6 consecutive statements or questions, whereas if the second user submitted a correct response, then his score counter may indicate that he responded correctly to 2 consecutive statements or questions. [0015] In one embodiment, the first user whose score counter reaches a pre-defined target score value, or whose score counter indicates a pre-defined number of consecutive correct responses, may be determined the winner. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016] The subject matter regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The invention, however, both as to organization and method of operation, together with objects, features and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following detailed description when read with the accompanied drawings in which: [0017] FIG. 1 is a flow-chart of a method of operating an interactive quiz game in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and [0018] FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustration of a quiz game system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. [0019] It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the figures have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements may be exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity. Further, where considered appropriate, reference numerals may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Continue reading about Device, system, and method of interactive quiz game... Full patent description for Device, system, and method of interactive quiz game Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Device, system, and method of interactive quiz game patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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