Patent ID: 8555306

Claim:
A method for playing a game based on commercials airing during a television program, said method comprising: generating a commercial list of all commercials in a programming schedule of each participating network; creating a will-air list for each participating program containing all commercials scheduled to air for each of the participating programs; generating a will-not-air list for each participating program containing commercials not scheduled to air by removing commercials listed in the will-air list from the commercial list; listing participating programs and showtimes to a player; providing a user interface to said player for selecting at least one program and showtime that said player intends to watch; and generating a unique game card for each program and showtime, of said at least one program and showtime selected, prior to a start of each program, said unique game card being assigned to said player, the will-air list being the source of advertiser/program icons of aired commercials and the will-not-air list being the source of advertiser/program icons of not-aired commercials, the unique game card containing at least one advertiser/program icon selected from the will-not-air list.