Patent ID: 9685041
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A system, comprising a server having a processor and a memory, the server communicably coupled to a network, the memory storing computer-executable instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to configure the server as a web site host that permits participants to enter tournament pools concerning outcomes of games and to receive cash prizes for participation in the tournament pools without having to place wagers, wherein the server is configured to enroll the participants in the tournament pools and accept tokens from the participants, the tokens representing each respective participant's prediction regarding an outcome of one or more games associated with the tournament pool, and the tokens comprise completed brackets representing each respective participant's prediction of winners of various games in various rounds of a tournament pool, each respective participant selecting the number of games associated with the tournament pool for which they will predict the outcome, and the server is further configured to provide an advertisement to the user along with an attention monitoring means configured to monitor the user's attention to the provided advertisement, acceptance of said tokens being dependent upon the user's interaction with the attention monitoring means.