US 6,439,997 B1 · Television/internet game show

Abstract

A method for creating and providing information used in a television game show, where that information is obtained from the Internet. Users register and answer a questionnaire over the Internet, to create a user profile for each registered user. A fixed number of user profiles are randomly selected periodically, and then posted on the Internet. Users then vote for their favorite user profile, and the winner is given a large monetary award, to be presented live during a television broadcast. The winner must spend the large monetary award within a fixed period of time, or else lose the unspent portion of the award. Sponsors will provide the large monetary award each week, and will be given a prominent advertisement that will be posted on the pertinent Internet web site at which the users register and vote.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing a television game show, comprising:

providing users access to register to win a monetary prize to be given away on the television game show, wherein the access to register is by way of Internet and wherein the registering requires each user to provide a user profile which is stored;
randomly selecting a fixed number of the stored user profiles;
providing users access to vote on one of the fixed number of randomly selected user profiles, wherein the access to vote is by way of the Internet;
determining a winner in accordance with which one of the fixed number of user profiles has a maximum number of votes.

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