| 摘要 |
An internet game show host program running on a server computer retrieves a visual clue that is associated with a correct textual answer. In the some embodiments, the visual clue is progressively exposed to the contestants in an identical manner in real time. In other embodiments, each contestant interactively determines which portions of the visual clue to which he is exposed. In some embodiments, the entire visual clue is loaded onto each of the contestants'computers prior to the beginning of each game, although the contestants' game software is written such that the visual clue is progressively exposed. In other embodiments, each of the progressive portions of the visual clue are sent to each of the contestants simultaneously during the play of the game through the internet as streams from the internet game show host. The contestant fills in a series of blanks with the characters of his answer and activates a send button, at which time the contestant's game software sends the contestant's answer along with a time stamp indicating the real time elapsed since the beginning of the internet game show that the answer was sent by the contestant's computer. At the end of the internet game show, the game show host computer compares the times that the correct responses were sent. The correct response that contains the earliest send time is the winning response.
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