US 9,327,184 B2Granted

Apparatus and method of manipulating numeric panels

OwnerNancy Gosslinginventor

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Abstract

An apparatus and method of manipulating numeric panels according to an evaluation of a division operation using a division token is provided. At step (1) of the method, a method participant uses a mathematical operator token to randomly select a mathematical operator from a plurality of mathematical operators one of which being a division operator. At step (2) of the method, upon the selected mathematical operator comprising the division operator, the method participant randomly selects a division operation from a plurality of predefined division operations using a division token and evaluating the selected division operation, the division token comprising a plurality of division indicia each associated with one of the predefined division operations, each of the division operations evaluating solely to an integer quotient. At step (3) of the method, the method participant manipulates a subset of available panels from an array of numeric panels.

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Dependent claims

A game to be played by at least one game player, the game comprising:

an array of numeric panels, each including a numeric indicia associated with a numerical value, each of the numeric panels having an available position and an unavailable position, and the numeric panels being changeable from the available position to the unavailable position in response to manipulation by the at least one game player;
at least two numerical tokens, each comprising a plurality of numerical indicia, the at least two numerical tokens being actuatable by the at least one game player, wherein each numerical token is randomly associated with one of a plurality of numerical operands after the at least two numerical tokens are actuated;
a mathematic operator token comprising a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of operator indicia, each of the plurality of surfaces being separated from each other, each operator indicia associated with one of a plurality of mathematical operators, one of the mathematical operators of the plurality of mathematical operators comprising a division operator, the mathematical operator token being actuatable by the at least one game player and each of the plurality of operator indicia being positioned on a different one of the plurality of surfaces such that one of the plurality of operator indicia is randomly shown to be selected and the remaining plurality of operator indicia are shown to not be selected in response to the actuation of the mathematical operator token;
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wherein, after the division operator is randomly shown to be selected in response to the actuation of the mathematical operator token, a division operation is presented to the game player wherein the evaluation of the division operation results solely in an integer quotient.

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A method of playing a game, the method comprising:

providing a mathematical operator token, the mathematical operator token being actuatable to randomly select a mathematical operator from a plurality of mathematical operators, the mathematical operator token comprising a plurality of operator indicia, each operator indicia associated with one of the plurality of mathematical operators, one of the mathematical operators of the plurality of mathematical operators comprising a division operator;
providing at least two numerical tokens, each numerical token having a plurality of numerical operands, the at least two numerical tokens being actuatable to randomly select at least two numerical operands, each said numerical token comprising a plurality of numerical indicia, each numerical indicia associated with one of the plurality of numerical operands;
providing an array of numeric panels, the numerical panels having available panels and unavailable panels, the available panels being manipulatable, the numerical panels including a subset of available panels, each panel of the array of numeric panels including a numeric indicia associated with a numeric value;
actuating the mathematical operator token to randomly select the mathematical operator;
evaluating an operation corresponding to the selected mathematical operator, wherein:
(a) if the division operator is selected, evaluating a division operation provided from a plurality of predefined division operations, each of the division operations evaluating solely to an integer quotient, and
(b) otherwise, actuating the at least two numerical tokens to randomly select the at least two numerical operands and evaluating the at least two numerical operands with the selected mathematical operation;
manipulating a subset of available panels from the array of numeric panels, a sum of the numeric values of the manipulated subset being equal to an outcome of the evaluating, the manipulated subset of panels being subsequently unavailable for manipulating;
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repeating the steps of actuating the mathematical operator token, evaluating the operation and manipulating the subset of available panels until a pre-defined termination state is achieved.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.