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Educational gamesRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Card Or Tile Games, Cards Or Tiles ThereforEducational games description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070170649, Educational games. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
PRIORITY [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application entitled "A Mathematical Game," Application No. 60/541,475, filed Feb. 2, 2004, U.S. provisional application entitled "A Chemistry/Physics Game," Application No. 60/541,424, filed Feb. 2, 2004, and U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 10/793,235, filed Mar. 4, 2004, the contents of all of which are incorporated by reference in their entireties. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This application relates to the field of games, in particular, education games, such as a mathematical game, a science game including a chemistry game, a physics game, and a language game. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] People, in particular, children and teenagers, can learn in the context of game playing. Games are typically more fun than studying. Thus, if educational materials can be put in the context of games, and the games can be played over and over again, it will create a fun environment for learning. In particular, if games are played between adults and children, the exercise will promote more interaction between them. [0004] Further, strategy and problem-solving are important skills to acquire for work purposes. These skills can also be learned in the context of games. Additionally, games can be designed to be played in teams, thus fostering cooperation between players. [0005] Moreover, games can be tailored or adapted to make them age-appropriate so that people of all ages can play including pre-schoolers, kindergarteners, children in elementary schools, middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, college as well as adults. [0006] Thus, it will be very desirable to design one or more educational games, such as a mathematical game, a chemistry game, a physics game, a biology game, a language game and the like that can help people learn outside of a school setting, to help them improve or acquire skills and knowledge, for example, in the fields of mathematics and science. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] It is, therefore, one of the objects of the present invention to provide one or more games that are educational. [0008] It is another one of the objects of the present invention to provide a game as above that can be played by many people of all ages, or that can be tailored to make them age appropriate. [0009] It is another one of the objects of the present invention to provide a method for playing the foregoing games. [0010] It is another one of the objects of the present invention to provide for a method of playing the game electronically, such as by accessing the game on the Internet, in a hand-held device or on a computer disk. [0011] In accordance to one of the objects of the invention, there is provided one or more educational games including, for example, a mathematics ("math") game, a chemistry game, a physics game, and/or a language game. The invention provides one or more of these games in a game set. [0012] In accordance to one of the objects of the invention, there is provided a game set, where the game set contains a plurality of sets of tiles. In one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a first set of tiles where each tile contains a number, one or more letters of an alphabet, and a second set of tiles where each tile contains a symbol, such as a symbol that is useful in a mathematical equation. [0013] In accordance to another one of the objects, there is provided a language game set, where the game set contains a plurality of sets of words. In one embodiment, there is provided a first set of words that are nouns. Optionally, there is provided a second set of words that are pronouns. Again optionally, there is provided a third set of words that are verbs. Yet optionally, there is provided a fourth set of words that are adjectives. Still optionally, there is provided a fifth set of words that are adverbs. Further optionally, there is provided a sixth set of words that are prepositions. Yet further optionally, there is provided a seventh set of words that are conjunctions. [0014] In accordance to still another one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, where the number is chosen from among: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Optionally, the number can be any number chosen from between 0 and 100, or 0 and 1000, or 0 and 10,000. [0015] In accordance to yet another one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, where the number is a fraction. For example, the fraction is chosen from among: 1/2, 1/3, 3/4, 1/4, 3/4, 1/5, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8 and 1/10. [0016] In accordance to still another one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, where the number is a decimal such as, for example, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8 or 0.9. Optionally, a decimal number contains more than one decimal places, such as, two or three places, for example, 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.55, 0.65, 0.75, 0.85, 0.95 or 0.33, or 0.125, 0.0.375, 0.625, 0.875 and the like. [0017] In accordance to another one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, where the letter of the alphabet is in capital letter or in non-capital letter, i.e., small case letter. [0018] In accordance to a further one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, where the letter is a letter of an English alphabet or a non-English alphabet. [0019] In accordance to a further one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, further optionally providing an eighth set of tiles, each containing a symbolic representation of an element of the Periodic Table, such as C for carbon, N for nitrogen, O for oxygen and the like. [0020] In accordance to yet another one of the objects, there is provided a game set as above, still optionally providing a ninth set of tiles, each containing an organic or inorganic group such as SO.sub.4, CO.sub.3, CH.sub.3, or COOH, for example. Continue reading about Educational games... Full patent description for Educational games Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Educational games 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. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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