Patent ID: 9339733
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A method for connecting two or more users with devices to a game hosted on a server on the Internet, comprising: providing a device for each user; providing the server, wherein the server is configured to provide information to the devices of each user via the Internet; contacting the server, by a first user through a web browser of a first device, to initialize an instance of the game to be played, the server in return providing a barcode that encodes an identifier of the first device; displaying the barcode on the web browser of the first device; image capturing the barcode, by the one or more other users using camera of their respective devices; decoding the barcode by the one or more other users using their respective devices; contacting the server, by the one or more other users using their respective devices, the server in return providing information related to the game; entering the game, by the one or more other users through web browser of their respective devices, using the information related to the game; providing a replacement means for replacing a retiring user in the game with a replacement user, the replacement means comprising: