Online game for matching text with images

摘要

An online game mechanic matches requests and responses of different data types that include text, image and audio. Request values corresponding to a first data type are sent to users in a distribution list, and those users send response values corresponding to a second data type. Winning response values are selected and announced. In an example embodiment, the request values include a text description that includes at least one word, and the response values include an image file or a reference to an image file.

主权项

1. A method of matching text with images in an online game, comprising:
sending a request message from a client device to a host computer system, the request message including a request to respond to a text description with a value corresponding to an image; receiving a plurality of response messages from the host computer system at the client device, each response message including a response value corresponding to a response image submitted by a corresponding user in the online game; generating, at the client device, a user interface including a plurality of user-selectable images, each user-selectable image corresponding to a different response image submitted by a different user in the online game and received from one of the plurality of response messages, the user interface being configured to receive a selection of a winning response image from the user-selectable images, and the winning response image being characterized as a best match selected from the user-selectable images to match the text description from a comparison of the user-selectable images to the text description; and using at least one processor of the client device to send a winning response message to the host computer system from the client device, the winning response message including a winning response value corresponding to the winning response image.