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A method and a system for a distributed electronic tournament system in which many remotely located players participate in a tournament through input/output devices connected to a central controller which manages the tournament. The method includes the steps of (a) uniquely identifying a player comm

A method and a system for a distributed electronic tournament system in which many remotely located players participate in a tournament through input/output devices connected to a central controller which manages the tournament. The method includes the steps of (a) uniquely identifying a player communicating with the central controller via an associated input/output device; (b) responding to payment of an entry fee by the player for allowing the player to participate in a tournament occurring within a fixed time window via an associated input/output device; (c) accessing a database to store in the database player information that is generated as the player participates in the tournament, such information being available for use in a subsequent tournament, which is administered by said controller and in which the player participates; and (d) awarding the player a prize for achieving a pre-established performance level in the tournament. In another preferred embodiment, the method further includes the steps of determining whether the player has been qualified to advance to a subsequent game session, in which at least one player is eliminated from the previous game session; and permitting each player qualified to a subsequent game session to participate in that game session. The system includes software and hardware to implement the method steps.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A distributed electronic tournament system in which a plurality of remotely located players participate in a tournament through input/output devices connected to a central controller which manages the tournament, the system comprising:(a) means for uniquely identifying one of the pl

[ I claim:] [1.] A distributed electronic tournament system in which a plurality of remotely located players participate in a tournament through input/output devices connected to a central controller which manages the tournament, the system comprising:(a) means for uniquely identifying one of the players communicating with the central controller via one of the associated input/output devices:(b) means for allowing the player to participate in the tournament via the associated input/output device upon payment of an entry fee: and(c) means for storing in database player information that is generated as the player participates in a game of the tournament, such information being available for use in a subsequent tournament, which is administered by said controllerwherein a pre-determined number of positions for players are reserved for a selected group of players until the tournament is a preset time away, at which time the reserved positions will be made available to all players.