License plate geography game and method of play

Abstract

The license plate geography game described by this provisional patent is a multi-player game intended to be played while traveling in a car, and in which players accumulate points by identifying the geography of origin for license plates on the cars around them, and using a pre-determined scoring system which attaches values to plates from different geographies.

1 . A method of play by an individual or a plurality of individuals, which includes the following steps:
 a. Correctly identifying the state or province of origin for vehicular license plates   b. Establishing a score for the identified plate from (a), using a pre-determined scoring system similar to that described in ( 2 ) below   c. Summing scores for each individual to arrive at a total score   d. Identifying the winner as the individual who has received the greatest total number of points at the end of some period of time.   
   
   
       2 . A scoring system, which attributes a fixed number of points to states or provinces taking into consideration:
 a) The current location of the individual, or the current locations of the plurality of individuals (henceforth “current location”) that are using the scoring system, as well as any one of, or any combination of the following criteria:   b) The distance that lies between the current location and any of a pre-determined list of states or provinces (the target state), that distance being measured either in terms of miles of physical or distance, or in terms of the number of states or provinces that lie between the current location and the target state, or any variation or combination of these methods   c) The population of the target state   d) The nation in which the target state is located.   
   
   
       3 . A game which includes any or all of the following components:
 a) Rules explaining the method of play in ( 1 ) above   b) A scoring system for assigning points to states or provinces as described in ( 2 ) above   c) Other implements to support the method of play described in ( 1 ), or the scoring system described in ( 2 ) which may include but are not limited to printed scorekeeping sheets, mechanical or electronic devices for calculating or tabulating scores, printed or electronic tables for measuring the distance between states and provinces by any of the means described in  2   b  above.