WO1999042187A1 - Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of tv-viewers and an established game program - Google Patents

Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of tv-viewers and an established game program Download PDF

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WO1999042187A1
WO1999042187A1 PCT/NO1999/000053 NO9900053W WO9942187A1 WO 1999042187 A1 WO1999042187 A1 WO 1999042187A1 NO 9900053 W NO9900053 W NO 9900053W WO 9942187 A1 WO9942187 A1 WO 9942187A1
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Priority to KR1020007009028A priority patent/KR20010041007A/en
Priority to UA2000084891A priority patent/UA58578C2/en
Priority to CA002320209A priority patent/CA2320209A1/en
Application filed by Intermercial A.S filed Critical Intermercial A.S
Priority to AU30602/99A priority patent/AU741122B2/en
Priority to PL99342344A priority patent/PL190539B1/en
Priority to EP99912178A priority patent/EP1069931A1/en
Priority to NZ506258A priority patent/NZ506258A/en
Priority to BR9908005-2A priority patent/BR9908005A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
    • A63F13/33—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
    • A63F13/338—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections using television networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/14—Systems for two-way working
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/812—Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement data
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/40—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterised by details of platform network
    • A63F2300/409—Data transfer via television network
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/60—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program
    • A63F2300/63—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program for controlling the execution of the game in time

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  • the present invention relates to a method and device for announcing to TV viewers via the screen of their TV set a key code for use in establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of viewers and an established game program.
  • the key code will contain elements which are each transmitted in succession to the screen of the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or in at least one TV commercial spot, and that the key code for every announcement is selected automatically and randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes.
  • said time slots are respectively placed within selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
  • the time slots may be respectively placed within randomly selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
  • the key code is selected automatically and randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes would make it more difficult for certain "clever" viewers to sit in readiness to ring a specific number as soon as the TV company provides the opportunity. Only when all the elements have been shown in succession would the viewer gain knowledge of the key code.
  • the selection of viewers is determined as a function of a predetermined number of viewers who by using the key code first manage to establish the aforementioned contact.
  • the duration and/or position of the time slots within a respective time unit would, according to the method, be randomly selected. This means that in a TV commercial spot said time slots can be placed at random within each commercial spot so that the signs/symbols displayed in the form of the key code elements appear on the screen at various points of time in a display sequence, which means that the viewers must pay attention to the entire display sequence in order to pick up the specific key code element presented there.
  • the duration of the display and/or the placement of the key code elements within the respective time slot in a random manner.
  • the random selection is expediently done with the aid of an automatically operating selection device, ensuring that persons employed by the TV company, for example, cannot make such a selection manually.
  • the viewers are able to establish the aforementioned contact with the TV channel operator or game program operator via the telephone network or a computer communications network.
  • the device introduced above is characterized by a key code generator which generates the elements of the key code and transmits each of these in succession to the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or in at least one TV commercial spot, said key code generator being designed to select the key code randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes for every key code announcement, and a line connector in the telecommunications network for connecting with the game program a predetermined number of TV viewers who by using the key code first manage to establish said contact.
  • said time slots respectively lie within selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
  • the time units may be randomly selected.
  • a time slot generator is provided to determine the placement of a time slot within a respective time unit. Further, a time unit generator is provided to determine the placement of the time units within the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
  • the said key codes can be made up completely or partially of, e.g., digits in a telephone number, symbols, letters or combinations thereof.
  • the time slot generator is provided to choose at random the duration and/or placement of the time slots within a respective time unit.
  • the key code generator be designed to randomly select the duration of the display and/or the position of the key code elements within a respective time unit.
  • Figure 1 shows a time diagram for the visualization of the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a typical, simplified circuit pattern for the device, according to the invention.
  • the key code selected for the example is indicated by reference numeral 1, this being the number 58213.
  • These figures which, for example, make up the last five digits of a telephone number, e.g., 800 58213, are to be presented within a TV program or a TV commercial spot, e.g., broken up into five time units I, II, III, IV and V. In the chosen example, the durations of these five time units have a proportional relationship of 4.0: 2.5: 6.0: 3.5: 5.0.
  • These time units can be determined by, e.g., a pulse train 2.
  • the time slots within which the respective key code elements are to be displayed can be determined, for example, by a pulse train as indicated with reference numeral 3.
  • a key code generator 4 capable of generating at random the elements of the key code 1 among a predetermined number of different, previously stored key codes which are linked to an available number of alternative telephone lines 5.
  • Synchronizing pulses 6 are sent to an input on the generator 4 and simultaneously to a TV program or TV commercial producer, e.g., a video cassette recorder 7, CD ROM station, film projector or TV camera.
  • the randomly selected key code e.g., a series of digits, in this case 800 58213, is fed into a line connector 8, in such a way that only the correct line-connector unit 9 for the relevant telephone number is connected.
  • Generator 4 is also in communication with a time unit generator 10 which determines the time units within which the key code elements in question shall appear.
  • a time slot generator 11 which may be of a type that arbitrarily determines the placement of the time slot in the time unit and the duration of the time slot.
  • the signals emerging from generator 4 and from the TV program or TV commercial spot simultaneously being played back is sent to a video mixer 12 and from there to a transmitter unit 13, either for wireless communication via a transmission antenna 14 to a receiving antenna 15 on a TV set 16, or via a cable connection 17 between transmitter 13 and TV set 16.
  • the wireless communication may also take place via a satellite (not shown).
  • Line connector 8 forms a connection with a central interface 20 for adaptation between the signals from the push button unit 18 and a computer 21, connected to the system after interface 20, containing the software necessary for the TV game that is to be played by the viewers.
  • the viewer who is most successful at solving the problems and tasks presented in the TV game will be registered by his telephone number in a register 22 connected to computer 21.
  • This register can optionally contain a central telephone index (e.g., stored on a CD-ROM) to enable the winner's name to be displayed on the screen when the TV game winner is announced.
  • a PC 23 with a keyboard 23' which communicates with the computer processor 21 via a data server 24 by using data paths 26, 27, 28 indicated by the letter F.
  • Other PC's (not shown) are able to communicate in a similar manner, but only a selection of the PC's would have access to processor 21.
  • Communication from the central unit to the viewer can optionally be made audible via the telephone instrument or interactively optical via the TV screen or reciprocally via the PC visual display unit 23".

Abstract

A method and a device for announcing to TV viewers via the screen of their TV set a key code for use in establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of viewers and an established game program, characterized in that the key code contains elements that are each transmitted in succession to the screen of the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or in at least one TV commercial spot. The key code for every announcement is selected automatically and randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes.

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING CONTACT, BASED ON THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, BETWEEN A SELECTION OF TV- VIEWERS AND AN ESTABLISHED GAME PROGRAM
The present invention relates to a method and device for announcing to TV viewers via the screen of their TV set a key code for use in establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of viewers and an established game program.
Methods and devices of the type introduced above are well known and are put to use in connection with typical TV games that resemble computer games, where the viewer is able to communicate with the TV game program via the push button unit on his telephone instrument. Often a TV company has produced on the screen of the TV set a telephone number that viewers may call, and in such cases it would be up to the TV company to select the players who would be allowed to participate. The prizes that are often offered in these types of TV game programs are relatively moderate.
It has been an objective with the present invention, however, to provide both a method and a device which makes it possible to ensure that neither the TV company nor the game operator itself would in reality have the possibility of choosing which viewers would be allowed to participate in the scheduled game program. Similarly, the key code that the TV viewers would have to pick up in order to establish contact based on the communications network would be selected at random, meaning that no one would be able to know the code, e.g., a telephone number, ahead of time. Thus, all viewers would in reality have the same opportunity to connect up with the game program, whereas the decisive factor would be the speed at which this occurs.
According to the invention it is suggested that, in the method introduced above, the key code will contain elements which are each transmitted in succession to the screen of the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or in at least one TV commercial spot, and that the key code for every announcement is selected automatically and randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes.
According to a preferred embodiment of the method, said time slots are respectively placed within selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot. As an alternative to this, the time slots may be respectively placed within randomly selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
The feature that the key code is selected automatically and randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes would make it more difficult for certain "clever" viewers to sit in readiness to ring a specific number as soon as the TV company provides the opportunity. Only when all the elements have been shown in succession would the viewer gain knowledge of the key code.
The selection of viewers is determined as a function of a predetermined number of viewers who by using the key code first manage to establish the aforementioned contact.
The duration and/or position of the time slots within a respective time unit would, according to the method, be randomly selected. This means that in a TV commercial spot said time slots can be placed at random within each commercial spot so that the signs/symbols displayed in the form of the key code elements appear on the screen at various points of time in a display sequence, which means that the viewers must pay attention to the entire display sequence in order to pick up the specific key code element presented there.
Furthermore, it would be possible according to the invention to select the duration of the display and/or the placement of the key code elements within the respective time slot in a random manner. This means that, for example, the first sign or symbol in the key code could be displayed with a relatively long duration, while the last signs are shown with very short duration and in a random section from the TV program or TV commercial being shown.
The random selection is expediently done with the aid of an automatically operating selection device, ensuring that persons employed by the TV company, for example, cannot make such a selection manually. The possibility that employees of the TV company might be suspected of giving certain viewers easier access to the game program, e.g., a TV game, is thus avoided.
According to the invention the viewers are able to establish the aforementioned contact with the TV channel operator or game program operator via the telephone network or a computer communications network. The device introduced above is characterized by a key code generator which generates the elements of the key code and transmits each of these in succession to the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or in at least one TV commercial spot, said key code generator being designed to select the key code randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes for every key code announcement, and a line connector in the telecommunications network for connecting with the game program a predetermined number of TV viewers who by using the key code first manage to establish said contact.
According to an embodiment of the device, said time slots respectively lie within selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
Alternatively, the time units may be randomly selected.
A time slot generator is provided to determine the placement of a time slot within a respective time unit. Further, a time unit generator is provided to determine the placement of the time units within the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
The said key codes can be made up completely or partially of, e.g., digits in a telephone number, symbols, letters or combinations thereof.
The time slot generator is provided to choose at random the duration and/or placement of the time slots within a respective time unit.
Furthermore, it would be advantageous to have the key code generator be designed to randomly select the duration of the display and/or the position of the key code elements within a respective time unit.
The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the attached figures, said figures illustrating a non-restrictive embodiment of the invention.
Figure 1 shows a time diagram for the visualization of the invention.
Figure 2 shows a typical, simplified circuit pattern for the device, according to the invention. On Figure 1 the key code selected for the example is indicated by reference numeral 1, this being the number 58213. These figures which, for example, make up the last five digits of a telephone number, e.g., 800 58213, are to be presented within a TV program or a TV commercial spot, e.g., broken up into five time units I, II, III, IV and V. In the chosen example, the durations of these five time units have a proportional relationship of 4.0: 2.5: 6.0: 3.5: 5.0. These time units can be determined by, e.g., a pulse train 2. The time slots within which the respective key code elements are to be displayed can be determined, for example, by a pulse train as indicated with reference numeral 3.
In this way it is possible to determine not only where in the time duration for a TV program sequence the key code element will be shown, but also the duration of such a display, governed by the pulse width of each of the pulses 3.
In order to perform the invention, it is suggested that there be provided a key code generator 4 capable of generating at random the elements of the key code 1 among a predetermined number of different, previously stored key codes which are linked to an available number of alternative telephone lines 5. Synchronizing pulses 6 are sent to an input on the generator 4 and simultaneously to a TV program or TV commercial producer, e.g., a video cassette recorder 7, CD ROM station, film projector or TV camera. The randomly selected key code, e.g., a series of digits, in this case 800 58213, is fed into a line connector 8, in such a way that only the correct line-connector unit 9 for the relevant telephone number is connected. Generator 4 is also in communication with a time unit generator 10 which determines the time units within which the key code elements in question shall appear. To further specify the placement and duration of each key code element within a time unit, there is also provided a time slot generator 11 which may be of a type that arbitrarily determines the placement of the time slot in the time unit and the duration of the time slot. The signals emerging from generator 4 and from the TV program or TV commercial spot simultaneously being played back is sent to a video mixer 12 and from there to a transmitter unit 13, either for wireless communication via a transmission antenna 14 to a receiving antenna 15 on a TV set 16, or via a cable connection 17 between transmitter 13 and TV set 16. The wireless communication may also take place via a satellite (not shown).
When the viewer has observed all the elements in the key code, such as, e.g., a series of digits, the viewer(s) in question must dial the correct number on the push button unit 18 of the user's telephone instrument 19. In the chosen, non-restrictive example, the idea is that only five of the viewers who first establish contact will gain access to the TV company's TV game. Line connector 8 forms a connection with a central interface 20 for adaptation between the signals from the push button unit 18 and a computer 21, connected to the system after interface 20, containing the software necessary for the TV game that is to be played by the viewers. The viewer who is most successful at solving the problems and tasks presented in the TV game will be registered by his telephone number in a register 22 connected to computer 21. This register can optionally contain a central telephone index (e.g., stored on a CD-ROM) to enable the winner's name to be displayed on the screen when the TV game winner is announced.
Within the scope of the invention it would, of course, be possible to modify the circuit shown on Figure 2 without thereby deviating to any significant extent from the idea and scope of the invention.
As an alternative to the use of the telephone to establish contact via the telecommunications network, there may be used, e.g., a PC 23 with a keyboard 23' which communicates with the computer processor 21 via a data server 24 by using data paths 26, 27, 28 indicated by the letter F. Other PC's (not shown) are able to communicate in a similar manner, but only a selection of the PC's would have access to processor 21.
Communication from the central unit to the viewer can optionally be made audible via the telephone instrument or interactively optical via the TV screen or reciprocally via the PC visual display unit 23".
Although it will be apparent from the above that the TV company is able to administer a game program, either audibly or visually, it will be understood that a separate game observer could just as well have provided for this type of administration.

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A method for announcing to TV viewers via the screen of their TV set a key code for use in establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of viewers and an established game program, characterized in that the key code contains elements that are each transmitted in succession to the screen of the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or in at least one TV commercial spot, and that the key code for every announcement is selected automatically and randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes.
2. A method as disclosed in claim 1, characterized in that said time slots are respectively placed within selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
3. A method as disclosed in claim 1, characterized in that said time slots are respectively placed within randomly selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
4. A method as disclosed in claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the selection of viewers is determined as a function of a predetermined number of viewers who by using the key code first manage to establish said contact.
5. A method as disclosed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that the duration and/or the position of said time slots within a respective time unit is selected at random.
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A method as disclosed in one or more of the preceding claims, characterized i n that the duration of the display and/or the placement of the key code elements within a respective time slot is selected at random. 7
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A method as disclosed in one or more of the claims 2-6, characterized in that said random selection is done with the aid of an automatically operating selection device.
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A method as disclosed in claim 4, characterized in that the viewers establish said contact with the TV channel operator or the game program operator via a telephone network or a computer communications network.
9.
A device for announcing to TV viewers via the screen of their TV set a key code for use in establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of viewers and an established game program, characterized by a key code generator which generates the elements of the key code and transmits each of these in succession to the TV set in the form of signs and/or symbols, e.g., numbers and/or letters, within selected time slots in at least one TV program and/or uTat least one TV commercial spot, said key code generator being designed to select the key code randomly among a predetermined number of different key codes for every key code announcement, and a line connector in the telecommunications network for connecting to the game program a predetermined number of TV viewers who by using the key code first manage to establish said contact.
10.
A device as disclosed in claim 9, characterized in that said time slots respectively lie within selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
11.
A device as disclosed in claim 9, characterized in that said time slots respectively lie within randomly selected time units of the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
12.
A device as disclosed in claim 8 or 9, characterized in that a time slot generator is provided to determine the placement of a time slot within a respective time unit.
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A device as disclosed in claim 8, 9 or 10, characterized in that a time unit generator is provided to determine the placement of the time units within the TV program and/or the TV commercial spot.
14.
A device as disclosed in claim 10 or 11, characterized in that a time slot generator is provided to select at random the duration and/or the placement of said time slots within a respective time unit.
15.
A device as disclosed in one or more of the preceding claims, characterized i n that the key code generator is designed to select at random the duration of the display and/or the position of the key code elements within a respective time slot.
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JP2000532192A JP2002503934A (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and apparatus for establishing contact between selected TV viewers and established game programs based on a telecommunications network
KR1020007009028A KR20010041007A (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of tv-viewers and an established game program
UA2000084891A UA58578C2 (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and device for establishing contact via telecommunications network between a selection of viewers and an established game program
CA002320209A CA2320209A1 (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of tv-viewers and an established game program
IL13777199A IL137771A0 (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network
AU30602/99A AU741122B2 (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of TV-viewers and an established game program
PL99342344A PL190539B1 (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method of and apparatus for establishing communication between a selected group of television spectators and an operative game programme through a telecommunication network
EP99912178A EP1069931A1 (en) 1998-02-20 1999-02-18 Method and device for establishing contact, based on the telecommunications network, between a selection of tv-viewers and an established game program
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