Patent ID: 6824469
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method for awarding prizes to contestants in a contest that includes a plurality of sub-contests comprising:awarding points to contestants based in part on each respective contestant's correct responses to a first set of sub-contests, the first set of sub-contests being a pre-recorded broadcast; awarding points to contestants based in part on each respective contestant's correct responses to a second set of sub-contests, the second set of sub-contests being a real-time broadcast; creating a ranking of the contestants based on points awarded to each respective contestant from highest number of points awarded to lowest number of points awarded; weighting the number of points awarded for each sub-contest so that the ranking approximately correlates to the contestants' performance on the second set of sub-contests; and awarding at least one prize to a contestant based at least in part on the ranking.