Patent ID: 7392285
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a contest using a network, the method comprising the steps of: displaying, to a user a plurality of pick spaces and a rolling counter, the rolling counter constituting of a plurality of available characters, each character being displayed for a preselected duration; assigning, each time the user performs a predefined selection action, the then-displayed character of the rolling counter to a one of the plurality of pick spaces and thereafter displaying the assigned character in the corresponding pick space; assembling, when each pick space displays an assigned character, an entry data packet including data indicative of the assigned character in each of the plurality of pick spaces; transmitting the entry data packet from the user computer across the network to a remote site; receiving the entry data packet at the remote site; and determining if the assigned characters in each of the plurality of pick spaces represented by the received entry data packet match a preselected winning combination of characters, and if so, concluding the received entry data packet to be a winning entry, otherwise, concluding the received entry data packet is not a winning entry.