Patent ID: 8936511
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a programmed verification server and associated memory remote from player video game consoles and remote from a game server running an on-line video game played on the consoles, the verification server, consoles and game server connected via a network and located remotely from each other, the method comprising: maintaining records of players; receiving inputs from players desiring to play a competitive game against each other on game consoles starting at a particular time; after the game has been played, independently of the verification server, using the game consoles and game server, automatically receiving by the verification server, without player involvement, information from the remote game server indicating results of the game sufficient to determine which player won the game; storing in a memory data indicating the winner of the game; and granting the winner an award, wherein the step of automatically receiving information comprises: wherein the step of storing in the memory comprises making the results available for viewing on a second website.