GAME SYSTEM

摘要

A game system comprising a control server, and a plurality of subscriber terminals (009) which are remote from the control server and which communicate with the control server over the internet or SMS protocols. The game system comprises first input means for a first game element, second input means (010) for a second game element, and third input means for a third game element. The control server requires a minimum of three subscribers per game, and subscribers wishing to play the game are required to input the first game element first and wait for feedback from the control server, then input the second game element second and wait for feedback from the control server, and then input the third game element third and wait for feedback from the control server. There are three of the first input means (010), three of the second input means, and three of the third input means. Each input means (010) gives one of a game idle mode, a game registration mode, and a game play mode. Each one of the subscriber terminals (009) also has three input means with each input means giving a game idle model (003), a game registration mode (005), and a game play mode (008). Also provided are tie break means (021) for breaking a tie between an even number of players.

主权项

1. A game system comprising a control server, and a plurality of subscriber terminals which are remote from the control server and which communicate with the control server over the Internet or short message service (SMS) protocols for the purpose of playing a game, the game system being such that:
(i) the game system comprises first input means for a first game element, second input means for a second game element, and third input means for a third game element; (ii) the control server requires a minimum of three subscribers per game, and subscribers wishing to play the game are required to input the first game element first and wait for feedback from the control server, then input the second game element second and wait for feedback from the control server, and then input the third game element third and wait for feedback from the control server; (iii) the game system comprises three of the first input means for the first game element, with each first input means giving one of an idle mode, a game registration mode, and a game play mode; (iv) the game system comprises three of the second input means for the second game element, with each second input means giving one of a game idle mode, a game registration mode and a game play mode; (v) the game system comprises three of the third input means for the third game element, with each third input means giving one of a game idle mode, a game registration mode, and a game play mode; (vi) the game idle mode is such that it comprises a default operating mode part, a no-game active part, and a registrations accepted for a next game part; (vii) the game registration mode is such that it is adapted to receive an input from persons wishing to play a game and to count the total number of persons wishing to play the game; (viii) the game play mode is such that the first, second and third game elements are such that they require the subscribers to input a decision via the subscriber terminals with the decision being a decision of one of two alternatives; (ix) each one of the subscriber terminals also has three input means with each input means giving a game idle mode, a game registration mode, and a game play mode which has the two alternatives; (x) the game system comprises separation means that operates consequent upon the inputs from the subscribers from the first, second and third game elements, and separates the inputs of the subscribers into two alternative groups according to their choice of the two alternatives and such that a one point score is assigned to those subscribers whose input makes up the smallest alternative group of the two alternatives, and a zero point score is assigned to those subscribers whose input makes up the largest alternative group of the two alternatives; (xi) the game system comprises progression means that progresses only those subscribers that are in the smallest group of the two alternatives in that round and that have scored the highest cumulative point score of one, two or three in that round; (xii) the separation means is also such that it determines the overall winner of the game as being the person who has been in all the smallest groups, is the last person remaining in the game, and is the person who registered earliest of those persons in that round; (xiii) the subscriber terminals comprise tie break means for breaking a tie between even numbers of players, the tie break means for breaking the tie being such that it allows a previous potential player who has been frozen out from a game to be admitted to the game; and (xiv) the game system is such that it comprises a game format in which the overall winner of a game is decided on a specific instance of the game given the scenario that multiple instances of the game are able to be played simultaneously.