DE19802684A1 - Computer game networked over internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The game comprises a number of computer terminals (1) linked over the internet to a provider. The game is configured with part of the games software installed on the computers and part on smart cards that allow a predetermined number of game attempts. Attempts are only debited when two players are competing and free training exercises are allowed by single individuals.

Description

Each player has a pocket computer (hardware), which is connected to a or several players. Part of the software is permanently installed; the rest on a removable medium, chip card Etc.

On this disk z. B. 10 individual games / life booked as credit and his personal Data saved. Each individual player tries one game point / life for the other To take profit to book it with yourself. As long as a player has no opponent, he can train his skill level as often as he likes playing against his own computer.

If there is a real game (two players connected via a data / control line) increases the tension because with every lost game the value of the card decreases with the loser with Winner but well written (increase in value). These disks must be designed to have hundreds of games won can book.

If you have lost your game balance, you have to buy a new card, have it topped up, or buy one Patron hands him some games by electronically transferring them from his chip card to his can be rebooked.

scenario

This game system would establish itself in all age groups and social classes, and establish lively communication among them. Even across national borders, a commercial game structure can be accessed worldwide via the Internet build up.

• 1) You could set up something like a dynamic system!
  If e.g. B. a player with a new card (beginner) plays against a favorite and wins, who has already booked over 200 games on his card, he gets 5 games credited, if he loses, only 1 game is deducted.
• 2) e.g. in arcades there is a device where 20 players of different strengths play against each other a random generator is assigned to the other opponent, a real one Alternative to the arcades with their machines.
• 3) The system has a good infrastructure, so that you can also connect it to the computer and via Internet can play with it worldwide.
• 4) The manufacturer sets up an electronic bank that enables profit- Deposit surpluses in his own account.
• 5) On the basis of these accounts, a world ranking is created and media published effectively.
• 6) This system gets its own momentum when e.g. B. after 20 million chip cards sold, a new generation of games is started and the previous one is stopped.
  So the number of gladiators is getting smaller but the points account of the remaining players is getting bigger.

From year to year, the games that are like championships of Commercialize chess players.

These are just a few examples, measured against the so-called "Gameboys" and the new ones "Tamagotchis" would be this, a significant increase in global gaming pleasure and Game culture.

Summary

• 1) Game with global connectivity.
• 2) Only game shares that were issued by the manufacturer alone can be won.
• 3) With every game won, the value of the chip card increases.
• 4) Every player can sell shares from his points account by electronic transfer.

Claims (1)

Commercial game with global connectivity, where only those parts of the game that have been put into circulation by the manufacturer and are returned through an electronic player account, in order to then carry out commercial marketing, are characterized by the following features:

• a) only game shares are won that have been put into circulation by the manufacturer.
• b) with each game played between two people, the value of the memory card on which the game components are located rises or falls, depending on the outcome of the game.
• c) the skill level can be trained constantly without losing game shares as long as you play against the computer.
• d) the individual owners can sell game shares through electronic rebooking.
• e) the manufacturer has set up an electronic bank which enables the player to deposit larger surpluses of his game shares in his account.
• f) based on the facility listed under item e), a world ranking of the best players by the manufacturer is drawn up, which can be marketed commercially.
• g) that by issuing special game shares, clubs (e.g. chess clubs) are able to establish leagues that play nationally and internationally against each other via the Internet.