Method and system for photographic gaming
AssigneePixel Puzzles, Inc.
InventorMartin Erlichman
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Abstract
A system or method receives digital image sets from a player of a game in which money is wagered and prizes of more than a nominal value may be won. A player may leave the digital image sets he supplied with the system and method for use in the games of other players and that player may win prizes or entries in a contest based on the use of his or her image in other player's games. An advertiser may supply digital image sets corresponding to a promotion for use in a player's game, and the player can win prizes or entries in a contest based on the digital image sets displayed in the player's game.
Claims21
A method of playing a game with a player, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one selected from a first group comprising:
- a digital image set provided by a player;
- and
- a digital image set comprising an image of the player;
- displaying, in a game of chance, at least a portion of at least one of the at least one digital image set received;
- receiving at least one selected from a second group comprising:
- an additional digital image set provided by a person other than the player who does not play the game;
- and
- an additional digital image set comprising an image of the person other than the player;
- displaying, as part of the game, at least a portion of the at least one additional digital image set received;
- providing a prize having a value greater than a nominal value responsive to the game of chance;
- and
- providing a prize to the person other than the player responsive to the at least one additional digital image set being related to an outcome of the game.
A system for playing a game with a player, the system comprising:
- an image set manager having an input for receiving at least one selected from a first group comprising:
- a digital image set provided by a player;
- and
- a digital image set comprising an image of the player;
- and at least one selected from a second group comprising:
- an additional digital image set provided by a person other than the player who does not play the game;
- and
- an additional digital image set comprising an image of the person other than the player;
- the image set manager for providing the at least one digital image set and the at least one additional image set received at the image set manager input at an output;
- a game result manager for identifying a result of a game of chance and providing an indication of the result at an output in response to a signal from the player received at an input;
- an image display manager having a first input coupled to the image set manager output for receiving the at least one digital image set and at least a portion of the at least one additional digital image set, and a second input coupled to the game result manager output for receiving the indication of the result, the image display manager for displaying, at least one image responsive to the result received at the second image display manager input and comprising at least a portion of at least one of the at least one digital image set received at the first image display manager input, and for displaying at least one additional image responsive to the result received at the second image display manager input and comprising at least a portion of at least one of the at least one additional digital image set received at the first image display manager input;
- a payout manager having an input coupled to the game result manager output for receiving the indication, the payout manager for provding at an output a prize having a value greater than a nominal value responsive to the indication received at the payout manager input, and for providing at the output a prize to the person other than the player, responsive to the at least one additional digital image set being related to the result having the indication received at the payout manager input.
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for playing a game with a player, the computer program product comprising computer readable program code devices configured to cause a computer to:
- receive at least one selected from a first group comprising:
- a digital image set provided by a player;
- and
- a digital image set comprising an image of the player;
- display, in a game of chance, at least a portion of at least one of the at least one digital image set received;
- receive at least one selected from a second group comprising:
- an additional digital image set provided by a person other than the player who does not play the game;
- and
- an additional digital image set comprising an image of the person other than the player;
- display, as part of the game, at least a portion of the at least one additional digital image set received;
- provide a prize having a value greater than a nominal value responsive to the game of chance;
- and
- provide a prize to the person other than the player responsive to the at least one additional digital image set being related to an outcome of the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.