Game based on combinations of words and implemented by computer means

摘要

The game uses a computer system with a gaming site coupled to gaming terminals. A search engine receives requests containing a starting word or a combination of a starting word and an additional word, and responds by delivering a numerical score representative of the number of web page hits found. Winning points are allocated to the player finding the additional word which, in combination with the starting word, produces the highest possible score. In a preferred implementation of the game, the starting word is a trademark, thus making it possible to incorporate branding content, and thereby provide an original method of advertising that ensures privileged exposure of the trademark with the actual wording of the trademark constituting one of the essential parameters of the game. The terminal and the players can be installed in a television studio and successive sessions of the game can be broadcast. The terminal could also be a cell phone or a personal computer remotely connected to the gaming site. In another implementation, the starting word is selected by a player from a predefined set of words, or is selected by the gaming site from a predefined set of words. In yet another implementation, the gaming site presents the player with a series of additional words and asks the player to select therefrom or to classify three, four, or five words amongst those proposed to the player, like betting on three, four, or five horses.