Patent ID: 8031066
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for playing a game based on a coin toss comprising: a coin object configured with first and second substantially planar sides parallel to one another wherein said first and second substantially planar sides are connected with one another via a cylindrical section and wherein said first substantially planar side is designated heads and the other planar side is designated tails wherein said coin object comprises a sensor system that detects an orientation and movement of said coin object and outputs sensor-derived data wherein said orientation is output as heads when said first substantially planar side is oriented vertically up and wherein said orientation is output as tails when said first substantially planar side is oriented vertically up when said coin object is not moving and said sensor system detects approximately one gravitational unit or 1 G; a communication system configured to communicate said sensor-derived data representative of a coin toss of said coin object; a display system configured to display a unique game identifier; a game system coupled with the display system and configured to receive viewer input associated with a coin toss of said coin object and said unique game identifier and compare said viewer input to a coin toss result and select one or more viewers that have correctly input the coin toss result; and, said display system further configured to display the coin toss result and information associated with said one or more viewers that have correctly input the coin toss result.