METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING AN INTERACTIVE GAME

摘要

An interactive system and method allows game participants to engage in a contest that is subsequently broadcast with a time delay to game observers. The broadcast signal may be for the purpose of a pure entertainment source or may be an enticement to play the shown or other interactive games. The games may be computer simulation games, role-playing games, strategy games, question and answer games, casino games, or other games as desired. The broadcast signals may show a specialized view of the game being played and may contain live commentary or other enhancements. The games may be played with set top boxes connected to a television, a broadcast network, and a server system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by a server computer, initiating a game by:
generating and providing first code to a device, the first code causing the first device to present a first user interface of the game to a player of the game, andgenerating and providing second code to a second device, the second code causing the second device to present a second user interface of the game to an observer that is not any player of the game; and by the server computer, generating and providing video images of the game during play of the game, the video images including second images provided with a time delay to the second device for presentation the second user interface, the video images including first images provided without the time delay to the first device for presentation in the first user interface.