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US 8,616,948 B2Granted
Multi-layered electronic puzzle
OwnerJohn M. Sherin, Jeremy Zimmermaninventors
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Abstract
A system for generating an electronic puzzle for a user that includes a user interface; a processor in communication with the user interface; and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor is effective to receive a first image and a second set of images; break the first image into a plurality of first pieces; create a plurality of partitions corresponding to the first image and the second set of images, each partition defining an area.
Claims2
A method for generating an electronic puzzle for a user, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, an image;
- breaking, at the processor, the image into a plurality of pieces;
- creating, at the processor, a plurality of partitions corresponding to the plurality of pieces, each partition defining an area;
- displaying the pieces to the user on a user interface;
- receiving a first request, at the processor, from a user to release a particular first piece at a first location;
- when the first location is inside an area of a first particular partition corresponding to the particular first piece, displaying the first piece in the first particular partition on the user interface;
- displaying a set of interactive images to the user on the user interface as an overlay to the plurality of pieces, each of the set of interactive images related to a characteristic displayed on the image;
- receiving a second request, at the processor, from the user to interact with a particular interactive image;
- and
- displaying content related to the particular interactive image.
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