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Method and system for prize contests in a game

a prize contest and electronic lottery technology, applied in the field of electronic lottery methods and systems, can solve the problems of high mobile user fear, manual process, and difficulty for mobile phone users to enter

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-12-04
JG GAMES HLDG
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First, they often require a manual process.
Second, even when the applicants do not need to make a transit drive to submit a form, it is often required that the applicants mail the filled form to a specific address.
Third, in conventional lottery systems, the contestants are usually not provided with feedback unless he or she is at least one of the winners.
It is often not easy for a mobile phone user to enter a contest unless the user knows how to send an SMS message.
In addition, quite a high percentage of mobile users may be afraid to enter a contest in such a manner because they may not have trust in the company offering the prize.
Furthermore, people may not have enough credit on their mobile account to pay for the required entry fee.

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[0024]Online games are, nowadays, a popular platform for people to play and interact. For example, in addition to providing a game playing place, most online game operators also provide a chat system. Although most of such a chat system is mainly a text-based system, it can also be or coupled with a voice-based system. Many gamers often do not just participate in online gaming but also take part in game chat with other people who are also online. For this reason, in this disclosure, the words “user”, “gamer”, and “player” may be used interchangeably.

[0025]In an online gaming environment, a prize contest operation may be performed. FIG. 1a depicts an exemplary framework 100 in which a prize-contest operation is performed in a gaming or chat-room environment, according to an embodiment of the present teaching. The framework 100 comprises a group 110 of a plurality of gamers 110-a, 110-b, . . . , 110-c, a group 120 of one or more games 120-a, 120-b, . . . , 120-c, a group 130 of one or...

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Abstract

A method and system is provided for operating prize-contest in a gaming space. In a virtual space associated with an online game having a plurality of participants, a prize-contest operation is conducted to promote a prize contest to the participants of the online game. At the completion of the prize-contest, information associated with the participants is updated based on the outcome of the prize-contest.

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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of Disclosure[0002]The inventions presented herein relate to methods and systems for conducting an electronic lottery. More specifically, the inventions relate to methods and systems offering and conducting an electronic lottery in a gaming environment.[0003]2. Discussion of Related Art[0004]The rapid growth in the Internet technologies and electronics has presented new ways to conduct transactions between business entities and individuals. Goods are now offered for sale over the Internet. Interested purchasers can view those goods through a variety of interfaces installed on various types of electronic devices.[0005]Contests where contestants are offered the chance to win prizes have historically been and continue to be very popular. People love to enter contests to win prizes. Lotteries and sweepstakes are conducted all over the world. Typically, entering prize contests involves some manual process. Examples include bidding on an auction, buying a lottery ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG07F17/32G07F17/3276
Inventor RATCLIFF, TREY
Owner JG GAMES HLDG
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