KR20000075643A - Internet scratch-off game - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a scratch-off game, and in particular, when a player scratches and removes a part of a game card image from the Internet, a game symbol is revealed and interactive through an electronic communication network to determine whether or not to win. It relates to a game providing method. In the present invention, an electronic communication network to which a hypertext transfer protocol is applied may include receiving information identifying a set of game symbol images, and wherein each image set is one or more sets of game symbol images on a display screen. Displaying a second set of images corresponding to game symbol images and replacing at least a portion of the second image on the display screen determined by moving the cursor from the current position to the corresponding position of a particular game symbol image. It is a step of repeating.

Description

How to provide scratch-off game over electronic communication network {INTERNET SCRATCH-OFF GAME}

In general, most scratch off game cards are now widely distributed through retailers such as convenience stores. Such games bring tremendous success and development not only to professional players but also to ordinary players. Therefore, gamers participating in the game can aim to win a small dividend of a game card.

The present invention relates to a scratch-off game, and in particular, when a player scratches and removes a part of a game card image from the Internet, a game symbol is revealed and interactive through an electronic communication network to determine whether or not to win. (interactive) game delivery method.

The present invention will be described with reference to the following drawings.

1 is a flow chart illustrating the sequence of functions used as means for embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a registration process on an Internet web page of preliminary game players intending to use the present invention.

3 is a diagram for explaining a hyperlink structure applied according to the present invention;

4 illustrates an operation of scratching off a portion of a game card on a typical Internet web page in accordance with the present invention.

5 is a flow chart for explaining a method of progressing a scratch off game according to the present invention.

An object of the present invention is to apply a conventional scratch off game to the electronic medium.

Still another object of the present invention is to electronically produce an image of a scratch off game card and transmit it to an electronic communication network.

An image of the scratch-off game card is created and displayed on an internet web page. Such a game image is generated including a logical / logical sum symbol with one or more letters and numbers combined, similar to the traditional scratch-off game range.

In areas that contain game elements, they are altered or hidden by inconspicuous secondary images. These game elements may or may not be instantaneous and repetitive parts of current basic game cards.

In this game, gamers on the web browser can drag the cursor to a part of the card image in the hidden game area, and a scratch-off game card appears to determine whether or not to win. have.

Using this method, the image of the hidden game symbol appears by removing the image of the game card displayed on the screen, giving the player the feeling of removing the covered image.

According to the present invention, in this game, a logical and / or symbol combination of letters and numbers is generated by an irregular number generation procedure.

Hereinafter, the objects and features of the present invention mentioned above will be more apparent by explaining with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, an image of the scratch off gamecard is supplied from an internet game source provider and displayed on a terminal of a browser user.

The image of the game card contains a logical and logical game symbol with a combination of letters and numbers generated by an irregular number combination procedure.

The game source provider superimposes a portion of the game card containing randomly generated game elements on the hidden image. The overlapped images are supplied on an internet web page.

Once the player is authorized to play the game, the overlapping pair of images is sent to the player on the Internet web page as an appropriate image file.

Randomly generated game elements are not generated when a registered internet browser plays a game or when any prerequisite is not predetermined.

When a game card is created, the winning / non-winning card state is produced by the game provider, and the player does not know the state of the game element.

When a user randomly moves a cursor on the screen using a keyboard or a mouse, a game card in which an image file is hidden by connecting to an external link is displayed on a web page. As the cursor moves around various coordinates of the image file, the hidden part of the image file is removed, thereby creating a game card semi-permanently. In other words, the hidden image of the game card file appears.

Alternately, the trajectory of the cursor as the cursor moves over the game image allows the player to effectively identify the image of the hidden game card.

The game provider decides in advance to set a winning card if the game card image is exposed, and notifies the running browser.

If the winning card is selected because the game card image is completely exposed, the game player who first selected the winning card in the running game browser verifies whether the player has the proper authority, and then notifies the player. If it is appropriate to properly accumulate the cyber cash in the game winner's account or to present the actual prize more than the cyber cash, send the winning browser identified by the e-mail message to the prize supplier. Send to the winner.

1 is a flow chart for explaining the sequence of functions used as a means for embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an Internet browser is composed of an advertisement banner (Banner) 10 which is hyperlinked to an Internet standard browser standard or sponsored advertiser site. Game identification and sponsor logo selection follow the advertising banner of the program box 11. The program box 11 has a menu bar 12 consisting of hyperlinks to be sent to any browser. These web pages include How to play (14), List of Prizes (15), Rules & Regulations (16), and a list of participating sponsors (17). Included.

Here, when the player selects the menu bar of the game execution method 12, which is the first hyperlink group, the user moves to the "PRIZE" web page 15. The player list contents are checked on the "PRIZE" web page 15, and then the user returns to the browser of the web page being used. After returning to the web page browser, the web page 14 related to the game playing method and the web page 15 related to the legally prescribed rules are checked, and then each web page is examined in turn.

If the contents of the web page are sufficiently checked, the player can move to the demo game execution web page 19 through the hyperlink 18 indicating the demo game. This demo game performance web page 19 performs the same function on the surface as the web page 20 for performing the actual game.

Here, the demonstration scratch off game card 21 is automatically linked and this game card is also the same as the actual game card 22.

More specifically, the game playing method webpage 14 begins with the introduction of "How Shopper Play is Performed?" And follows the introduction of the following representative application examples.

If the player has a wallet:

Visit the CyberCash commercial site, which distributes profits.

A credit card or CyberCoin service is used to create a game contract for the cyber cash wallet of the player.

Select a player's wallet account transaction from the player's CyberCash wallet.

Enter your ID in the Member ID field to get gameplay privileges. (Cut & Paste)

Click on the "CLICK HERE TO PLAY" menu button to access the web page and play the game.

If the player does not have a wallet:

Select the Cyber Cash Wallet button on the Cyber Cash site (WWW.CyberCash.com) or other web program (www.cybercash.com/sweepstakes)

Download Cyber Cash wallet and Quik Install program (DownLoad).

Apply for a User ID and sign up with a credit card or perform account verification.

* (Download the cyber money used by the cyber coin service from the credit card to be used)

* (It takes 3 days depending on the bank inquiry to check the player's account)

Visit any lottery site that participates in a cybercash commercial site.

Use the player's electronic wallet to create a cyber cash deposit trading account or cyber coin service trading account.

Then, in order to close the transaction, go to the player's Cyber Cash wallet and select the player's wallet account.

Enter your ID in the Member ID field to get gameplay permissions. (Cut & Paste Numbers)

Click "CLICK HERE TO PLAY" menu button to access the web page and play the game!

How do I play the game? (Browsers without Java support)

Enter the player's E-mail address, press Enter, enter CyberCache ID #, enter User ID #, then select "I Agree to Play".

A new window will appear and the player's quantity will be displayed.

If three identical images appear, the prize will be awarded!

How do I play the game? (Java supported browsers)

Enter the player's e-mail address, press Enter, enter the cybercache ID, enter the user ID, and then select "I Agree to Play".

A new window will appear, displaying the player's game card.

Using the player's mouse pointer, he points to the "scratch" in the box on the game card where the prize is revealed.

If three identical images appear, the prize will be awarded!

How long will it take to play?

The player is given the right to play one game each time a cyber cash transaction is made.

What prizes are awarded to gamers?

Participants are asked for a complete "Eligibility Release Form" to receive when winning the game.

The merchandise is provided with a notice by mail or parcel.

Confirm that the instructions for the player's game play have been sent correctly,

If not, request an updated notice at ccpromo@prizes.com.

Rule summary (SUMMARY OF RULES)

The player must be at least 18 years old.

There is no need to purchase a separate item (see Official Rules for Membership).

Applies to all federal, state, and local laws. There is no legal prohibition (Void).

Banned in Florida until October 1996.

This game is banned in Quebec, Canada.

Participant's information must be true and accurate. Incorrect information will result in disqualification from the game.

The following rules and regulations are based on the "Rules & Regulations" web page (16).

1. No need to purchase or trade items for the game: Cyber Cash Win Game and Sweepstakes # CCSGOO1 is US Eastern Standard Time (EST) on October 1, 1996. It starts at 12:01 and ends at 11:59, 31 December 1996, Eastern Time (ET). In addition, all 40,000 game tickets are produced preferentially in the above play.

2. Eligibility: Games are legally permitted for persons living in the United States and Canada, but are under the age of 18, employees, directors and cyber caches of Real Time Media (abbreviated as RTM). Yahoo, Softbank, First Union, Khera Communications, Sponsor Participants, Commercial Website Participants, Information Providers, Sysop (System Operators), Game Operators ( Gameops, software developers, content planners, affiliates (Affiliates subsidiaries), advertisers, advertising agencies, promotions and marketing agents, and their immediate family members (who live in these) are considered ineligible.

If you agree to these official rules, you can participate, and the judge's decision is made from all points of view and finally binding.

Instant winnings and lottery games are banned in Quebec, Canada, and are prohibited by law in Florida until November 25, 1996.

HOW TO PLAY: Instant winning games can be played with sponsorship rights from the http://www.cybercash.com internet address, which is a list of participating web sites.

When a transaction is completed using the cyber cash wallet or cyber coin, a unique transaction number is given. The data of this number is needed when you want to participate in an instant winning game. To play the instant winning game consisting of 6 prize boxes, enter the name, e-mail address, cyber cash ID and unique transaction number of the player in the fields provided, and "I Agree." to Play) "switch.

Thereafter, six product boxes in which the goods are revealed are scratched off using a mouse.

If the player's Internet browser does not support JAVA, it is software controlled so that game symbols can see hidden graphic images and receive full game cards and prizes immediately. If the same prize image appears on three of the player's cards, the player has won the prize.

SWEEPSTAKES AND SECOND CHANCE DRAWING:

When a player plays a game by the Internet or an alternative means, he or she can automatically enter a database that can win $ 10,000 in cash. And some of the instant games have products without claimants.

Winners are chosen electronically randomly or on January 15, 1997.

Winners and other winners of the lottery will be notified by email or post. The remaining winnings will depend on the number of eligible participants and the probability shall not exceed 1: 40,000. Prizes for remaining unclaimed instant games will be awarded depending on the number of eligible entries. In this case as well, it does not exceed 1: 40,000.

ALTERNATIVE OF ENTRY: To sign up without a purchase or transaction, make the name of the player easy to read, and enter the address, e-mail address, zip code, and contact phone number. Write in a 5 inch document and send the mail.

When sending a mail, the subject should be "Cybercoin Free Play Request," and the address to which the mail will be sent is P.O Box 4613 Philadelphia, PA 19127 USA.

The gameplay request e-mail must be postmarked on December 31, 1996, and the support e-mail (Aid) will be received by January 7, 1997. One participant shall be limited to one person per day, and each participant shall individually send a postage stamp enclosed in a postal envelope.

Whenever a real-time media (RTM) agency receives an e-mail, it participates in instant winning game play on behalf of the player who indicated their intention to participate. Winners must be notified by e-mail or postal mail. Photocopies, copies, or faxes will not be accepted. Sponsor shall not be liable for any lost, unreadable, incomplete, stolen, unsuccessful or postal mail due to lack of postage.

Prizes AVAILABLE and ODDS OF WINNING: The total amount of winning game cards totaled on the basis of random selection from 40,000 game cards is 1: 123. The remainder of the winning prizes with different numbers of prizes is as follows: (5) 500 $ is 1: 8000; $ 100 is 11600; (2) Sony TV ($ 400 for consumer price): 1: 20,000; (4) Sony CD Discman ($ 200 for consumer price): 1: 10,000; Sony Walkman (approximately $ 57 at the consumer price) costs 4000 (280). SoftBank, Yahoo & Cyber Cash T-shirts (approximately $ 10 at consumer prices) have a 1: 143 chance. Such prizes will be awarded after winning the prize and authenticating with Real Time Media (RTM).

Prize AWARDING: Sponsor reserves the right in place of having the same or more valuable value as a cash product for goods that become profitless. If the potential winner is a resident of Canada prior to awarding the prize, the winner must answer the mathematical technical question without exactly anyone or mechanical assistance, and as long as the prize is awarded to the extent permitted by law, Faithfully write statements such as names, similarities, voices, photographs, and nicknames.

Prize winners are required to perform an eligibility and a Liability Release on the winning prize and will issue a legal transfer during the 21-day notice period. If not approved, or if a product or product notification is returned without being delivered, it may result in the confiscation of the product. Sponsors, winners' parents, affiliates, close associates, affiliates, managers, and employees agreed to by the winner may receive prizes as agents.

Representatives and agents are responsible for any loss or personal or object damages, indirect ownership, acceptance, use or misuse of the goods in the game, or any sale against the winner. There is no responsibility about participation in promotion.

WINNER LIST: The majority of winner lists in instant winning games and lotteries will be posted on the site where the Winners Circle section is located.

The winner's name will be posted on the bulletin board at least 30 days after the contest ends on the relevant site at http://www.cybercash.com. Subsequently, the list of winners will be available by e-mail to the ccpromo@prizes.com account entitled "Winners List Request" and sent by postal date on January 7, 1997. . : The title of the transfer shall be "CyberCoin Winners List, Request" and the address is P.O. BOX 4613 Philadelphia, PA 19127 USA. You must enter the cybercache game number in the player's email address.

DISQUALIFICATION: Sponsor shall not be a person or machine, such as a lost or unusable network server, any other means of connection, communication failure, phone disconnection, computer or telephone transmission or technical defects, entanglement, mixing, addressing errors, etc. However, the company is not responsible for problems arising from temporary failures caused by various types of errors due to electronic failures. If any cheating is found in the game, you will be disqualified. If disqualified, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify the player for violating the rules of the game.

Incidents in the game include problems caused by viruses, bugs, unauthorized user involvement, and other causes that damage the operation, security, fairness and proper gameplay in a way that is beyond the control of the sponsor. In the event of such a problem, the Sponsor reserves the exclusive right to, at its discretion, suspend the game temporarily or terminate the Internet instant winning and lottery games.

TAX INFORMATION: The winner is solely responsible for paying all taxes on the prize.

If you apply for a purchase from a vendor (Merchant) or any other company that participates in the contest in an internet browser, the Instant win sweepstakes webpage 20 shown in FIG. 1 of the browser is hyperlinked. There is. A general web page is shown in FIG. Web pages are different according to the needs of advertisers. However, the web page must be prepared for player acquisition related to e-mail 23 data prior to awarding the prize by the game provider; The game provider may earn prizes in the account of the player connected to the Cyber Cash Wallet ID (24), and if the game is not a free or primium gift game, the player / purchaser's Debit reserves in your account; If there is a large demand for purchases from participating advertisers in this game, the purchase order must be verified by the browser / buyer's order number 25 before the game right is granted.

The supporting structural organization referred to after the implementation of the invention described in FIG. 1 is schematically illustrated in FIG. 3 along with a description of the hyperlink structure generated by the present invention. When a user clicks on a hyperlink menu of a webpage 32 of a company participating in a game composed of a hyperlink pointer 33, the user moves to a webpage 34 showing details of a game. This web page includes a program box 11 shown in FIG. The menus in the program box consist of hyperlink pointers. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3A, advertisements of different companies inserted into a web page are alternately posted in an advertisement 35.

The advertisement consists of a fixed part and a list of advertisement orders. Since each advertisement has a hyperlink structure, clicking on the advertisement image allows a user to go to a web page selling or promoting an advertisement company's items.

If you click the hyperlink pointer 36 of the home webpage or sales webpage of the companies participating in the free game play, you are directed to the instant winning game webpage 40, and the instant lottery winning web shown in FIG. Same as page 20.

Participating companies' web pages instruct gamers who enter the web pages to enter their names, e-mail addresses, cyber cash IDs, and order / transaction numbers.

If you do not have a cyber cash account, go to the "How to play" web page with the following information and use the hyperlink pointer to learn how to apply for the cyber cash ID number application. Can be.

If the player does not have a wallet:

Select the Cyber Cash Wallet button on the Cyber Cash site (WWW.CyberCash.com) or other web program (www.cybercash.com/sweepstakes)

Download Cyber Cash wallet and Quik Install program (DownLoad).

Apply for a user ID, contract a credit card, or perform account verification.

* (Download the cyber money used by the cyber coin service from the credit card to be used)

* (It takes 3 days working time according to the bank inquiry to check the account of the player)

Visit any lottery site that participates in a cyber cash company site.

Use the player's electronic wallet to create a cyber cash deposit trading account or cyber coin service trading account.

Then, in order to close the deal, go to the player's Cyber Cash wallet and select the player's wallet account.

Enter your ID in the Member ID field to get gameplay permissions. (Cut & Paste Numbers)

Click "CLICK HERE TO PLAY" menu button to access the web page and play the game!

By the same method, if the player makes a purchase on the participating company's home web page, the player is asked how much the player wants to make a purchase, and the price is paid.

If CyberCash is selected but you do not have an account, you will see "How to play" containing "IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A WALLET". After moving to a web page using a hyperlink pointer, a game can be provided by receiving a cyber cache ID number application service.

In the case of answering the question of "Instant Win Game", the data answered is authenticated by the game contest operation unit 41 of Real-Time Media (RTM). If the data is from a legitimate player, the game card is randomly generated, and the winning and non-winning cards are properly registered according to the game rules.

The game card is overwritten by the first or hidden image, and the hidden game card includes a number or symbol area. And a variety of scratch off games, and as shown in the traditional scratch off game shown in FIG. 4, the mixed cards are automatically hyperlinked to the webpage 42 and provided to the player.

The player decides whether or not the winning game card is won by dragging off a certain portion of the game card image with the mouse's pointing cursor.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a situation in which only one game card 51 remains among the six game cards 50 without being scratched off.

Four cards of the game cards are completely hidden (52), the mouse cursor 53 is in the process of removing the hidden portion of the fifth game card.

The scratch off performed by the control of the player is transmitted to the real time media (RTM) contest operating station 41 and the cyber cache management station 43 in an e-mail message.

The winner of the Real-Time Media (RTM) Contest Administration (41) instructs the winner to mail the prize and retrieves the form that played the game. The cyber cash management bureau 43 debits the goods and gamers' cyber cash accounts to the appropriate participating companies when payment is approved.

According to the present invention, when the player's personal data clicks on and enters "I Agree to Play", the hyperlink pointer shown in FIG. 2, the player's data is transmitted to the contest administration site (61). ).

The contestant's certification of the contest administration is based on the data of sincere gamers (62). The contest administration station then generates a random game card (63).

The game symbol may be a symbol or a set symbol.

In this regard, the contest operator determines the winner 64 if the symbol is randomly generated in case the player is a winner group.

The contest administration office generates game symbols containing scratched off game cards into image files by generally known image generation programs.

More specifically referring to the image file, the image file is selected as a file in the format of the Compute Graphic Image Format (GIF). This is because the GIF file format is the easiest to download and downloads faster than high-quality JPEG image files.

Game symbols are merged into the base game card as static images and inserted into web pages as GIF image files. Such a GIF image file consists of a game card of a static image of an area of a hidden game card containing game symbols in a blank window. This is a hidden image. The two game card images are the game symbol image and the hidden image. This hidden image is exposed in the same area of the web page and sent to the player (66).

In this way, the transferred image can expose the game symbol to the outside by selectively removing the hidden image in a terminal that can run a program supporting Java. If you get it from a terminal that does not support Java, the hidden image is not generated and the player can only see the game symbol image. If you receive an image from a Java-enabled terminal, both images are displayed and the player cannot see the game symbol until you drag the mouse over the hidden image area that covers the game symbol.

If the user drags an area where the cursor is hidden by the mouse operation (67), the hidden image is removed or erased and the player can see the hidden game symbol.

Accordingly, the contest administration prepares for awarding the prize (68) and either credits it to the player's account or embarks on earning a premium.

As described clearly with reference to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the game image files implemented in the present invention are different and the game symbols are various images such as numbers, dollar amounts, rare images, etc., and there is no particular limitation. . The scope and importance of the present invention will be more clearly understood by those skilled in the art through the claims set forth below.

Included in the above.

Claims (18)

Generating a random set of game symbols, Merging a random set of game symbols into an image file of a scratch-off game card to produce a game card image file, Inserting the game card image file into a scratch-off game web page; When the scratch-off game web page is displayed on a screen, inserting the cover image file into the web page at the same location of the game card image by covering the game card image; And dragging the cursor displayed on the terminal to remove the cover image to reveal the game card image hidden by the cover image on the web page screen. To provide a scratch-off game. The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the current player is an authenticated player by a player that matches data provided in previously gathered data files; Evaluating a random set of merchandise game symbols according to a previously determined criterion, A method of providing a scratch-off game through an electronic communication network, further comprising: giving a prize when meeting a product standard. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining whether the current player is an authenticated player by a player matching the data provided by the previously gathered data file comprises: having completed all game transactions with the participant. And providing a scratch-off game over an electronic communication network. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining whether a current player is an authenticated player by a player matching the data provided in the previously gathered data file is passed by a participant to the scratch-off game web page. A method of providing a scratch-off game over an electronic communication network, comprising a forwarded step. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the forwarding of the player to the scratch-off game web page by the participant comprises comparing a player that is provided with enforcement data along with participant execution data. A method of providing a scratch-off game through an electronic communication network. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of giving the prize posts a deposit as a prize in the player's account. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of giving the prize comprises sending a premium for the prize to the player. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of giving a prize posts a deposit as a prize in the player's account. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of giving the prize comprises sending a premium for the prize to the player. Signaling to the game provider the intention of the player to participate in the scratch-off game; Generating a random set of game symbols, Merging a random set of game symbols into an image file of a scratch-off game card to produce a game card image file, Inserting the game card image file into a scratch-off game web page; When the scratch-off game web page is displayed on the screen, the cover image inserts the cover image file into the web page at the same location of the game card image by masking the game card image. Steps, Removing the cover image to reveal the game card image by dragging a terminal display cursor onto the web page screen of the duplicate game card and cover image. A method of providing a scratch-off game through a communication network. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: determining whether the current player is an authenticated player by a player that matches data provided in previously gathered data files; Evaluating a random set of game symbols according to a previously determined criterion; A method of providing a scratch-off game through an electronic communication network, further comprising: giving a prize when the criteria is met. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining whether the current player is an authenticated player by the player matching the data provided by the previously gathered data file comprises: having completed all game transactions with the participant. And providing a scratch-off game over an electronic communication network. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining whether the current player is an authenticated player by a player matching the data provided in the previously gathered data file is passed by a participant to the scratch-off game web page. A method of providing a scratch-off game over an electronic communication network, comprising a forwarded step. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the forwarding of the player to the scratch-off game web page by the participant comprises comparing a player that is provided with enforcement data along with participant execution data. A method of providing a scratch-off game through an electronic communication network. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of giving a prize posts a deposit as a prize in the player's account. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of giving the prize comprises sending a premium for the prize to the player. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of giving a prize posts a deposit as a prize in the player's account. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of giving a prize comprises sending a premium for the prize to the player.