Patents by Inventor Gene Benator

Gene Benator has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060181028
    Abstract: A method of determining a score within the context of a game, the method comprising the steps of: (1) determining a best score that a player may achieve in regard to a particular trivia question, the trivia question having a correct answer; (2) presenting the particular trivia question to the player; (3) receiving, from the player, a first answer to the trivia question; (4) in response to the first answer being the correct answer to the trivia question, assigning the best score to the player; (5) in response to the first answer not being the correct answer to the trivia question, allowing the player to provide a second answer to the trivia question; and (6) in response to the second answer to the trivia question being the correct answer to the trivia question, assigning a second score to the player, the second score being inferior to the best score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Gene Benator