US 11,745,111 B2
Controlling a user interface
Michael Soderqvist, St. Julians (MT)
Assigned to KING.COM LTD., St. Julians (MT)
Filed by KING.COM LIMITED, St. Julians (MT)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,471.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040586 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/822 (2014.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/822 (2014.09) [A63F 13/23 (2014.09); A63F 13/52 (2014.09); A63F 2300/1025 (2013.01); A63F 2300/807 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer device having:
a user interface configured to provide a game board comprising tiles supporting game objects, wherein at least some of the tiles support game objects which are user activatable game elements of differing characteristics, wherein a pre-defined plurality of the tiles constitutes a segment of the game board supporting a group of game objects;
the user interface configured to detect user input when a user engages with a user activatable game element; and
a processor configured to receive a detected user input with a user activatable game element, detect a match game condition of a plurality of adjacent user activatable game elements having matching characteristics, and configured to remove the plurality of game elements of the match game condition when a match game condition is detected and to generate new game elements to replenish the game board;
the processor further configured to detect a segment condition associated with the pre-defined plurality of tiles of the segment, and in that case to replace the entire group of game objects on the tiles of the segment with a replacement group of game objects.