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US 10,463,974 B2Granted
Permutation game
OwnerPeter Selingerinventor
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Abstract
Among other things, in general, a permutation puzzle game is provided whose object is to arrange a set of tiles in a prescribed arrangement, starting from an initial arrangement or a series of initial arrangements, using permitted game moves. Such a puzzle game can be played using physical tiles, or virtually upon a computer. Methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to permutation puzzle games are also provided.
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A two-dimensional puzzle gaming system for amusement of a user,
- the system comprising computer-readable instructions that implement a game window upon a computer display,
- the game window having a set of locations displayed within a two-dimensional grid of cells displayed as x columns and y rows, each cell being subdivided into an equal number of z ordered positions
- and a set of tiles correspondingly placed such that each location is occupied by only one tile,
- the instructions further comprising a user-controllable action that when activated allows for a move selected from a horizontal move from column x and ordered position z to new column x′ and ordered position z′, and a vertical move from row y and ordered position z to new column y′ and ordered position z′,
- in which the horizontal move results in the game window simultaneously swapping all m pairs of tiles corresponding to ordered position z of (x, b) of the grid and new ordered position z′ of (x′,b) of the grid where b=1 to m,
- and in which the vertical move results in the game window simultaneously swapping all n pairs of tiles corresponding to ordered position z of (b, y) of the grid and new ordered position z′ of (b, y′) of the grid where b=1 to n.
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