System of doing business comprising an electronic game, a computer and a corresponding website

Abstract

A system of promoting and/or doing business while a potential customer plays an electronic game. The system involves the use of a website, a specially designed web page or pages, and an electronic game that is connected through wired or wireless mechanism to a computer.

1 . A system for doing business, which comprises:
 an electronic game;   a computer; and   a website, wherein:
 said electronic game sends and receives electronic signals to and from the internet through a connection to the computer; 
 said computer has a linking program, through which interaction between the electronic game and a website is made; 
 said website comprises at least one web page and at least one respondent programs; and 
 the at least one web page comprises two areas, including a gaming area and a commercial area which can be shown concomitantly so that when a player plays the electronic game, desirable commercial information is shown on the computer simultaneously. 
   
   
   
       2 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein said electronic game involves human physical action on a practical physical device other than a virtual device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a game controlling stick or a game controlling pad. 
   
   
       3 . A system for doing business according to  claim 2 , wherein said electronic game comprises at least one of a shooting game, a bowling game, a golf practice machine, a basketball game, a ping pong game, or exercise equipment. 
   
   
       4 . A system for doing business according to  claim 3 , wherein said exercise equipment comprises at least one of a treadmill, a bicycling machine, a weight lifting machine, a stretching machine, a bending machine, and an endurance machine. 
   
   
       5 . A system for doing business according to  claim 3 , wherein the shooting game comprises:
 a target,   a projectile, and   a sensor,
 wherein the projectile is configured to be thrown by human power toward specific areas on the target, whereby when the projectile hits a specific area on the target, a corresponding electronic signal is induced or produced and transferred to the gaming area on the web page. 
   
   
   
       6 . A system for doing business according to  claim 5 , wherein the shooting game comprises an electronic dartboard game. 
   
   
       7 . A system for doing business according to  claim 6 , wherein the target comprises a dartboard, the projectile comprises a dart, and the sensor senses the specific area of the target that is hit by the dart and, in response, produces a corresponding electronic signal indicating the accuracy of the player of the game. 
   
   
       8 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , where in the computer comprises at least one of a personal computer, a laptop computer, a portable personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone, or other digital device that can be connected to a website through wired or wireless mechanism. 
   
   
       9 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the respondent program receives electronic signals from the electronic game through the computer and uploads corresponding contents onto the gaming area of the web page, and further responds to the received electronic signal and downloads suitable responses to the electronic game through the computer. 
   
   
       10 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the gaming area on the web page shows the status and control parameters of the game so that interaction can be made between the game and the web page. 
   
   
       11 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the content in the commercial area is determined by a program that is independent from a program that controls the gaming area. 
   
   
       12 . A system for doing business according to  claim 11 , wherein the commercial area comprises at least one of static commercial advertising information, animated advertising material, and/or interactive parameters so that business transactions can be made through the internet. 
   
   
       13 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the content of the commercial area is related to the geographical location of the computer. 
   
   
       14 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the content of the commercial area is related to the IP address of the computer. 
   
   
       15 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the content of the commercial area is controlled by the gaming area so that when certain criteria of the game are made, a player receives a reward through the commercial area on the web page. 
   
   
       16 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1  wherein, the connection between the game and the computer comprises a wired or wireless connection. 
   
   
       17 . A system for doing business according to  claim 16 , wherein the wired connection is through universal serial bus (USB) connection. 
   
   
       18 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein the website accommodates a plurality of computers so that a plurality of players can be playing the game simultaneously. 
   
   
       19 . A system for doing business according to  claim 1 , wherein, when the game is connected to the computer, the linking program automatically links the game to a desired web page on the website so that corresponding contents in gaming area and in a commercial are shown to the player automatically. 
   
   
       20 . An electronic gaming system that comprises:
 an electronic physical game;   a computer; and   a website, wherein:
 said electronic physical game sends and receives electronic signals to and from the internet through wired or wireless connection to the computer; 
 said computer has a linking program, through which interaction between the game and a website is made; 
 said website comprises at least one web page and at least one respondent program; and 
 the at least one web page comprises two areas, including a gaming area and commercial area, which can be shown concomitantly so that when a player plays the game, desirable commercial information is shown on the computer simultaneously. 
   
   
   
       21 . A website that comprises at least one web page, wherein the at least one web page concomitantly comprises two distinctly different areas, including a gaming area and a commercial area, so that when a player plays an electronic game on through the internet that is linked to the website, certain commercial information is displayed to the player, wherein said commercial information comprises at least one of static commercial advertisement and/or interactive parameters so that business transactions can be made through the internet. 
   
   
       22 . A method of promoting commercial activities which comprises:
 providing a website that comprises at least one web page, wherein the at least one web page concomitantly comprises two distinctly different areas, including a gaming area and a commercial area;   allowing and electronic game to be linked to the website;   displaying commercial information on the website when a player plays an electronic game linked to the website.   
   
   
       23 . A method of promoting commercial activities according to  claim 22 , wherein said electronic game involves human physical action on a practical physical device other than a virtual device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a game controlling stick or a game controlling pad. 
   
   
       24 . A method of promoting commercial activity according to  claim 22 , wherein said electronic game comprises at least one of a shooting game, a bowling game, a golf practice machine, a basketball game, a ping pong game, or exercise equipment. 
   
   
       25 . A method of promoting commercial activity according to  claim 24 , wherein said exercise equipment comprises at least one of a treadmill, a bicycling machine, a weight lifting machine, a stretching machine, a bending machine, and an endurance machine.