Patent ID: 8043156
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: A63F,G07F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting, via a digital communication network, a presence of a game participant in a gaming area in response to detection of a signature associated with said game participant at said gaming area; transmitting, via said digital communication network, media content associated with said game participant to a device associated with a human judge in response to said detecting said presence to notify said human judge of said presence and to provide said human judge said media content associated with said game participant, said media content relating to performance of said game participant in an attempt to complete a task; receiving, via said digital communication network, one or more messages from said human judge indicative of said attempt by said game participant to complete said task as evaluated by said human judge at least partly by observing at least a portion of said media content; and selectively advancing a game state associated with said game participant at a game server to a subsequent game state in response to said received one or more messages indicative of said attempt by said game participant to complete said task.