Microsoft was granted a patent Tuesday for "Conducting an interactive competition" [1] that pits a player against a celebrity in a head-to-head trivia game in which a player tries to gain more points or answer more questions correctly than the celebrity to win a prize or be designated a 'true fan' of the celebrity. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is showcased at MSN's Outsmart site [2] by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog [3]. [1] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=6,800,031 [2] http://zone.msn.com/en/outsmart/gallery.htm [3] http://zone.msn.com/en/outsmart/triumph_defaultReceived on Thursday, 7 October 2004 16:27:31 GMT
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