Method and apparatus
AssigneeKing.Com Ltd.
InventorsKlas Norden, Daniel Nystrand
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Abstract
There is provided a computer implemented method of providing a game in a device, the method comprising retrieving, from at least one memory of the device, information associated with a plurality of objects and one or more characteristics of the objects, the information comprising at least one constraint, each constraint being between two of the plurality of objects, determining, using at least one processor of the device, position information for each of the plurality of objects in dependence on an imposed movement generated by the at least one processor and a threshold distance which limits the distance between respective ones of said plurality of objects having a constraint therebetween.
Claims20
A computer implemented method of providing a game in a device, the method comprising:
- retrieving, from at least one memory of the device, information associated with a plurality of objects and one or more characteristics of the objects, the information further comprising at least one constraint, each constraint being between two of the plurality of objects;
- determining, using at least one processor of the device, individual position information for each of the plurality of objects in dependence on an imposed movement of the objects generated by the at least one processor and one or more respective constraints, wherein each constraint has a current length, the current length being up to a threshold distance, the current length of a respective constraint defining a distance between the respective plurality of objects associated with that constraint, said current length between a respective plurality of objects varying over time in dependence on said imposed movement;
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- causing the objects with the one or more characteristics to be displayed on an area of a display in dependence on the position information, the respective objects being affected by the imposed movement.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, said at least one processor and said at least one memory configured to:
- retrieve from at least one memory of the device, information associated with a plurality of objects and one or more characteristics of the objects, the information comprising at least one constraint, each constraint being between two of the plurality of objects;
- determine, using at least one processor of the device, individual position information for each of the plurality of objects in dependence on an imposed movement of the objects generated by the at least one processor and one or more respective constraints, wherein each constraint has a current length, the current length being up to a threshold distance, the current length of a respective constraint defining a distance between the respective plurality of objects associated with that constraint, said current length between a respective plurality of objects varying over time in dependence on said imposed movement;
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- cause the objects with the one or more characteristics to be displayed on an area of a display in dependence on the position information, the respective objects being affected by the imposed movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.