Interactive tournament contest

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-10-18
CBS INTERACTIVE
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Unfortunately, conventional MMO games lack adequat

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[0075] Various exemplary embodiments including a preferred embodiment of the present invention are discussed in detail below. While specific exemplary embodiments are discussed, it should be understood that this is done for illustration purposes only. A person skilled in the relevant art will recognize that other components and configurations may be used without parting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

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[0076] According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a Trivia Tower game and / or tournament contest may place many users into a single-elimination tournament style of head-to-head contest and / or game. According to an exemplary embodiment, the game may be an interactive application accessible by a user from, e.g., but not limited to, a computing device, a computer, a personal computer (PC), a workstation, a laptop, notebook, handheld, palm top device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a communications device, a telephony device, a mobile phon...

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An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an interactive tournament contest; allowing at least one participant participating in the tournament contest to invite at least one additional participant to participate in the tournament contest; and providing a prize to the winner of the interactive tournament contest, wherein a value of the prize increases dependent upon a total number of the participants participating in the tournament contest.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 778,945 entitled “Interactive Tournament Contest,” filed Mar. 6, 2006, Attorney Docket Number 41325-231681, and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 669,883 entitled “Online Waiting Room System, Method, and Computer Program Product,” filed Jan. 31, 2007, Attorney Docket Number 41325-231682, both of which are of common assignee to the present invention, the contents of both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Field [0003] Generally, embodiments of the present invention relate to massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, more specifically to MMO tournaments, and more particularly to MMO tournament games. [0004] 2. Related Art [0005] Massively multiplayer online (MMO) games may allow multiple distributed people to participate in a game which may occur within a shared virtual world. Conventionally, MM...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG06Q30/02G06Q10/10
Inventor BINENSTOCK, BILLBRANDON, MICHAELCONTES, JULIAFERNANDEZ, ANTONIOFRISCH, ASHLEYHERDE, PATRICKHOPWOOD, JOHN R.LEE, TERRENCELIMA, LEANDRORISCHAR, CARLSNYDER, STEVEWAKELING, GEORGEWONG, KAR LOONG
Owner CBS INTERACTIVE
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