| 摘要 |
A text-based question and answer game to stimulate the use of services such as short message service (SMS) or wireless application protocol (WAP). A computing means adapted to receive and transmit short message service receives a first signal containing information related to a first user 16 and a second user 18. The computing means 14 transmits a signal containing questions to both users 16, 18, receives reply signals containing answers from both users 16, 18, compares the answers in the replies and sends a signal containing the results of the comparison to at least one of the users. Preferably, the first signal is either delivered via SMS or is provided to the computing means via a suitable WAP portal. Subsequent signals are preferably sent via SMS but if an answer from a user is sent via WAP, subsequent questions to that user will be sent via a WAP page. Email or suitable web interfaces may also be used and the communication network may be a mobile telephone network or the internet. In a preferred embodiment, a first user 16 can challenge a second user 18 to a variety of text-based games, by transmitting the first signal which contains the identities of the first and second users and preferably also a category of question, e.g. general knowledge, sport, dating. The computing means 14 sends an invitation to play to the second user 18 and then sends questions to both users 16, 18 once the invitation is accepted. For example, in a dating quiz, the users' answers to multiple choice questions may be compared to indicate percentage compatibility, with a score of 100% resulting in a dinner invitation. May user SMS, WAP enabled phones, PDAs, 3G handsets etc. |
