Online multimedia crossword puzzle

• US 20060046813A1
• Filed: 08/31/2005
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Beyer, Rolf
• Application Number:
  US11/216,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20060046813A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/53 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 Class Codes: A63F 13/5375 for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/0428 Crosswords
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/303 for displaying additional data, e.g. simulating a Head Up Display
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/63 for controlling the execution of the game in time
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0421 Electric word or number games

Abstract

A method for controlling a computer system for representing a crossword puzzle on a display includes providing descriptive fields of the crossword puzzle addressable via a keypad cursor or a pointer device for selecting a description text for display or making an entry. A descriptive field of the crossword puzzle is interactively selected so as to display the description text and/or play back an item of sound information and/or display an item of image information and/or display video information.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a computer system for representing a crossword puzzle on a display, the method comprising:

providing descriptive fields of the crossword puzzle addressable via at least one of a keypad cursor and a pointer device so as to at least one of select a description text for display and make an entry; and

interactively selecting a descriptive field of the crossword puzzle so as to at least one of display the description text, play back an item of sound information, display an item of image information, and display video information.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the interactively selecting is performed so as to display a selected descriptive field in an enlarged manner.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 wherein the interactively selecting is performed so as to display a content of the selected descriptive field.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising displaying an input matrix of letters selectable using at least one of the keypad cursor and the pointer device.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising filling in the solution word automatically.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising sending a solution online over a network.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising providing a prize in digital form.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising providing a prize in a form of an item of at least one of digital sound and video information.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the providing the prize is performed by SMS or MMS.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising storing digital status information for later continuation of the interactively selecting.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising performing the later continuation using an identity login.

12. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the computer system includes a mobile terminal device.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 wherein the mobile terminal device includes a network interface.

14. The method as recited in claim 12 wherein the mobile terminal device includes at least one of a cellular phone, a PDA and a smart phone.

15. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the crossword puzzle represents items of digital information loadable over an internet or intranet.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 wherein the items of digital information are stored in a form of at least one of Java, Javascript, html, xhtml and net so as to be executable by the computer system, a game logic of the crossword puzzle being at least partially executable on at least one of the computer system and a network server.

19. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 1 further comprising displaying an input matrix of letters selectable using at least one of the keypad cursor and the pointer device.

17. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable process steps operative to perform a method for controlling a computer system for representing a crossword puzzle on a display, the method comprising:

providing descriptive fields of the crossword puzzle addressable via at least one of a keypad cursor and a pointer device so as to at least one of select a description text for display and make an entry; and

interactively selecting a descriptive field of the crossword puzzle so as to at least one of display the description text, play back an item of sound information, display an item of image information, and display video information.

18. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 17 wherein the interactively selecting is performed so as to display a selected descriptive field in an enlarged manner.

20. A computer system for representing a crossword puzzle, the computer system comprising:

a display; and

a processing device configured to perform a method for representing the crossword puzzle on the display, the method comprising;

providing descriptive fields of the crossword puzzle addressable via at least one of a keypad cursor and a pointer device so as to at least one of select a description text for display and make an entry; and

interactively selecting a descriptive field of the crossword puzzle so as to at least one of display the description text, play back an item of sound information, display an item of image information, and display video information.