Patent ID: 6970916
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a contest using a network, the method comprising the steps of: displaying, on a practical screen of a user computer operably connected to the network at a user site; 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; 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 wining entry; notifying a user of the contest outcome; and wherein the entry data packet further comprises data indicative of the user's identity, and wherein the step of notifying includes using the user identity data received in the entry data packet to send a message across the network from the remote site to the user site.