User interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9808710-B2
Application number	US-201514673974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A computer-implemented method comprising: storing in a memory information of one or more game objects; causing to be displayed on a user interface of a touchscreen display a game board comprising one or more of said game objects; in response to determining contact or proximity of a selector at a first location of said display, determining by the processor one or more of said game objects stored in said memory that are displayed on and/or proximate to said location; and causing one or more of said game objects that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location to be displayed on said display in a magnified region at a second location, wherein said second location is spaced from said first location.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
storing in a memory information of one or more game objects;
causing to be displayed on a user interface of a touchscreen display a game board comprising one or more of said game objects;
in response to determining contact or proximity of a selector at a first location of said touchscreen display, determining by a processor one or more of said game objects stored in said memory that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location; and
causing one or more of said game objects that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location to be displayed on said touchscreen display in a magnified region at a second location, wherein said second location is spaced from said first location;
wherein said method comprises determining a region of said touchscreen display at least partially visually obscured by said selector, and displaying said game objects displayed in the magnified region outside of said at least partially visually obscured region; and updating a position of said magnified region on said display in response to movement of said selector over said game board at or above a threshold distance; and
said updating the position of said magnified region comprises movement of said magnified region along a path that is curved in relation to movement of the selector, a radius of curvature of said curved path being dependent on a parameter of the movement of said selector.

2. A method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said magnified region overlies or at least partially overlies said game board.

3. A method as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the method comprises texturing said user interface as a series of layers, the game board comprised in a first layer and the magnified region comprised in a second layer.

4. A method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said first location of said game board is represented at a central position of said magnified region.

5. A method as set forth in claim 1 , comprising determining said second location in dependence on said first location.

6. A method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the game board comprises a plurality of sections.

7. A method as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the second location is caused to be in a second section different from a first section comprising the first location.

8. A method as set forth in claim 1 , comprising updating a content of said game objects displayed in said magnified region in response to movement of said selector over said game board.

9. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when run on one or more processors perform:
storing in a memory information of one or more game objects;
causing to be displayed on a user interface of a touchscreen display a game board comprising one or more of said game objects;
in response to determining contact or proximity of a selector at a first location of said touchscreen display, determining by a processor one or more of said game objects stored in said memory that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location; and
causing one or more of said game objects that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location to be displayed on said touchscreen display in a magnified region at a second location, wherein said second location is spaced from said first location;
wherein said method comprises determining a region of said touchscreen display at least partially visually obscured by said selector, and displaying said game objects displayed in the magnified region outside of said at least partially visually obscured region; and updating a position of said magnified region on said touchscreen display in response to movement of said selector over said game board at or above a threshold distance; and
said updating the position of said magnified region comprises movement of said magnified region along a path that is curved in relation to movement of the selector, a radius of curvature of said curved path being dependent on a parameter of the movement of said selector.

10. A method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the method comprises determining whether a user is left or right-handed, and determining a target position for the magnified region on the game board in response to the determination of whether the user is left or right-handed.

11. A method as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising determining, via a processor, locations of a plurality of sections within the game board.

12. A device comprising:
a memory for storing information of one or more game objects;
a touchscreen display for displaying on a user interface a game board comprising one or more of said game objects;
a processor;
the device configured to, in response to determining contact or proximity of a selector at a first location of said touchscreen display, determine by the processor one or more of said game objects stored in said memory that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location; and
cause one or more of said game objects that are displayed on and/or proximate to said first location to be displayed on said touchscreen display in a magnified region at a second location, wherein said second location is spaced from said first location;
wherein said device is configured to determine a region of said display at least partially visually obscured by said selector, and display said game objects displayed in the magnified region outside of said at least partially obscured region; and update a position of said magnified region on said touchscreen display in response to movement of said selector over said game board at or above a threshold distance; and
wherein said device is configured to update the position of said magnified region comprising moving said magnified region along a path that is curved in relation to movement of the selector, a radius of curvature of said curved path being dependent on a parameter of the movement of said selector.

13. A device as set forth in claim 12 , wherein said device is configured to cause said magnified region to overlie or at least partially overlie said game board.

14. A device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the device is configured to texture said user interface as a series of layers, the game board comprised in a first layer and the magnified region comprised in a second layer.

15. A device as set forth in claim 12 , wherein said device is configured to represent said first location of said game board at a central position of said magnified region.

16. A device as set forth in claim 12 , wherein the device is configured to determine said second location in dependence on said first location.

17. A device as set forth in claim 12 , wherein the device is configured to consider the game board as comprising a plurality of sections.

18. A device as set forth in claim 17 , wherein the device is configured to cause the second location to be in a section different from a section comprising the first location.

19. A device as set forth in claim 12 , the device configured to update a content of said game objects displayed in said magnified region in response to the movement of said selector over said game board.

Assignees

• King Com Ltd
• King Com Ltd

Inventors

• Ionita Bogdan

Classifications

• A63F13/53

  involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game · CPC title

• A63F2003/00996

  Board games available as video games · CPC title

• A63F13/426

  involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• A63F13/23 Primary

  for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console · CPC title