[casual_games] Goldberg Online Gaming Patent

[James Gwertzman]

Compuserve had a number of online multiplayer games that were active I
recall in the early 90's. I'm not sure if the Internet itself is key to
these claims.

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James Gwertzman
Director of Business Development
PopCap Games, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Jack Pearson
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:42 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: RE: [casual_games] Goldberg Online Gaming Patent

Online Gaming Patent...   Prior art

I started www.tournamentgames.com in late 1997 with an online Solitaire
tournament.
A patent has been applied for on this online tournament game. As far as
I
know this
was the first online Casual game tournament.

Prior to that I also had a coin-op Tournament Solitaire game licensed to
Dynamo corp
and manufactured and operated in 1994 or 1995. The patent for this game
was
filed
on Nov 8 1995 and the a patent (#5711715) was granted on Jan 27, 1998.

The coin-op game was not networked/internet but it was tournament play
and
had a real time
ranking system.

 Jack Pearson

Tournament Games Inc,
www.TGPool.com
www.TournamentGames.com





-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]On Behalf Of Bill Folsom
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:15 PM
To: casual_games at igda.org
Subject: [casual_games] Goldberg Online Gaming Patent



>* Help Us Bust the Goldberg Online Gaming Patent
>
>As many of you know, EFF has gone into the Patent Busting
>business.  We're closing in on our third target -- the
>Goldberg Online Gaming patent, but we need your help. We've
>written up a description of the killer prior art needed to
>take this patent down; now you need to help us find it. Take
>a look at the description and send it around to any friends
>or colleagues you might know who are familiar with multi-
>player online gaming technology, especially pre-1996
>technology that involved network tournament games,
>advertising to users, or any kind of real-time ranking
>system.  In particular, we are interested in any information
>on a multiplayer space fantasy game called "Federation," "The
>ImagiNation Network," and pre-1996 "Shadow of Yserbius" and
>"Netrek" -- but all tips are welcome!
>
>For more on Goldberg Online Gaming Patent:
><http://www.eff.org/patent/wanted/patent.php?p=sheldon>
>
>Prior art description:
><http://www.eff.org/patent/wanted/goldberg_pa_desc.pdf>
>
>Prior art submission form:
><http://www.eff.org/patent/wanted/prior.php?p=sheldon>


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