Moving video jigsaw puzzle

Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...

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463 31, 463 35, 273153R, 273156, 434406, 434323, 434333, 434307R, A63F 906, G09B 2500

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056430841

ABSTRACT:
A computer-generated jigsaw puzzle game including a method of generating a jigsaw puzzle game on an electronic display and controlling the play of the game in response to play operations. The method includes the steps of displaying a jigsaw puzzle comprising a plurality of puzzle pieces on the electronic display, where each puzzle piece comprises a video image region on the display. A plurality of video image blocks is sequentially displayed in the video image region of each puzzle piece to generate a moving video image in the video image region of each puzzle piece. Pieces of the puzzle are moved on the display in response to play operations to solve the jigsaw puzzle. Also, a system for implementing the method of generating a jigsaw puzzle game on an electronic display and controlling the play of the game in response to play operations and a computer software system having a set of instructions for generating a jigsaw puzzle game on an electronic display and controlling the play of the game in response to operations.

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