Interactive promotional competition management system

A management system and system client technology, which is applied in the field of game systems with progressive accumulation of points and social media interaction, and can solve problems such as the lack of competition sponsors to provide participants with opportunities to communicate with each other.

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-11-06
费利克斯迪科雷金
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Current promotional contests do not provide contest sponsors with many opportunities to communicate with entrants as communication opportunities typically only arise when prizes are awarded

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[0025] System 10 (eg figure 1 shown) includes a host application server 12, which may be one or several computers that control the infrastructure required for hosting and managing various promotional games. The infrastructure includes a game server 16 and a social network management server 18 through which users of the system 10 access and interact with the system.

[0026] The first group of users includes a plurality of contest promoters 14 who run or promote contests on the system 10 . After registering on the system, tournament promoters 14 access host server 12 to use the functionality provided by game server 16 to create and manage their own independent tournaments.

[0027] The tournament sponsor 14 accesses the game server 16 through a tournament sponsor front end 20 connected to the Internet 22 . The tournament sponsor front end 20 presents a management interface or sponsor console 17 that includes the functionality required to enable each sponsor 14 to develop, manag...

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This invention provides a competition management system 10 to administer promotional competitions. The system is configured to allow contestants 24 to participate in competing for rewards in the competitions. The system 10 comprises a host application server 12 programmed to receive, store and process competition data pertaining to multiple competitions each administered by a competition promoter14 in accordance with competition rules. The system is configured to issue invitations to the client devices 26 of multiple social media friends of a contestant 24 to join the contestant 24 in the competition. The system 10 creates an association between the contestant 24 and her social media friends and is programmed to share rewards awarded in the competition between the contestant and social media friends associated with the contestant in accordance with predetermined reward sharing parameters.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to gaming systems and methods, and more particularly, to progressive scoring and social media interaction gaming systems. Background technique [0002] Promotional competitions have rapidly embraced the communication potential of online gaming platforms and currently constitute a popular promotional activity, with some competitions held in South Africa alone having over 10 million entries. [0003] Promotional contests differ from wagering, gaming, and lottery-type contests because the latter require contestants to offer an offer for the chance to win a prize at the risk of losing the offer. In promotional contests, entry is generally free, and participants generally do not forfeit or undertake any risk in order to be eligible to win a prize. Although people participating in online promotional contests are not really competitors, there is some form of competition, so these participants will be referred to as "entrants" in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q20/38G06Q50/00
CPCG06Q20/387G06Q50/01G06Q30/0209G06Q50/34G07F17/3213G07F17/3218G07F17/323G07F17/3239G07F17/3255G07F17/3258G07F17/3274G07F17/3276G06Q20/384G06Q20/3255
Inventor 费利克斯·迪·科雷金
Owner 费利克斯迪科雷金
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