Computer-based methods and apparatus for lottery-style game suitable for implementation on social network
US8556700B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/323
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and apparatus of gaming implementable on or in connection with a computer social network prose for accepting entries, until a volume of those entries exceeds a prescribed limit; generating a winning value; identifying one or more of the entries nearest the winning value; and designating one or more of the entries nearest the winning value as winning entries. The entries can be accepted from one or more contestants and/or they can be generated on behalf of those contestants. Each of the entries can comprise one or more values from a predefined enumeration of values. That enumeration of values can, according to related aspects of invention, comprise values, each between a low numerical value and a high numerical value.
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