System and method for an interactive audio-visual puzzle

• US 8,926,417 B1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gabriel E. Pulido
• Original Assignee: Gabriel E. Pulido
• Inventors: Pulido, Gabriel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): LIM, SENG HENG
• Application Number:
  US13/528,272
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 463/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/247 audible, e.g. using a loudspeaker
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0612 Electronic puzzles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

A system and method for an interactive audio-visual puzzle is presented herein. Particularly, in order to create, design or otherwise prepare the puzzle, an audio composition and a digital object are selected and partitioned into a plurality of separate segments or pieces. For example, the composition may be partitioned in separate segments of time and the object may be separated into a plurality of visual puzzle pieces. Each of the puzzle pieces are assigned or associated with a different one of the audio segments. The goal of the puzzle or game is for the player to reconstruct both the visual object and the audio composition by aligning the puzzle pieces in the correct order or orientation.

Claims

1. A computer-based interactive audio-visual puzzle for the arrangement of audio components associated with a plurality of puzzle pieces to collectively create a continuous audio composition, comprising:

an interactive puzzle application accessible via a computer system, the computer system comprising a computer processor, a memory device, a display, and a user input device,

said interactive puzzle application structured to present a plurality of puzzle pieces on the display, said plurality of puzzle pieces being structured for user manipulated disposition into an aligned orientation,

each of said plurality of puzzle pieces comprises a visual component and an audio component,

each of said plurality of puzzle pieces further comprises a dimensional property that is proportional to a length of time of said corresponding audio component,

at least one faux puzzle piece substantially structurally similar to at least one of said plurality of puzzle pieces and comprising an audio component corresponding to an incorrect portion of said audio composition,

wherein said aligned orientation of said plurality of puzzle pieces is defined as a connected arrangement of said plurality of puzzle pieces in a side-by-side relation to one another along a single axis, wherein said single axis represents a timeline associated with said audio component from a starting puzzle piece to an ending puzzle piece,

wherein said audio components of said connected arrangement of said plurality of puzzle pieces collectively represent said audio composition along said timeline, and

wherein said visual components of said plurality of puzzle pieces disposed in said aligned orientation collectively and visually represent a predetermined graphical object at least partially representative of said audio composition.

2. The puzzle as recited in claim 1 wherein said dimensional property comprises a width of each of said puzzle pieces.

3. The puzzle as recited in claim 1 wherein said dimensional property comprises an area of each of said puzzle pieces.

4. The puzzle as recited in claim 1 wherein said dimensional property comprises a width of each of said puzzle pieces disposed along said single axis.

5. The puzzle as recited in claim 1 wherein said plurality of puzzle pieces each comprise a dimensional property that is non-proportional to a length of time of said corresponding audio component.

6. The puzzle as recited in claim 1 further comprising a slicing module structured to digitally and automatically segment said predetermined graphical object into said plurality of puzzle pieces to create said puzzle.

7. The puzzle as recited in claim 6 wherein said slicing module is further structured to assign said audio component to each of said plurality of puzzle pieces, wherein said audio component is proportional in time to a dimensional property of a corresponding puzzle piece.

8. A computer-based interactive audio-visual puzzle for the arrangement of audio components associated with a plurality of puzzle pieces to collectively create a continuous audio composition, comprising:

an interactive puzzle application accessible via a computer system, the computer system comprising a computer processor, a memory device, a display, and a user input device,

said interactive puzzle application structured to present a plurality of puzzle pieces on the display, said plurality of puzzle pieces being structured for user manipulated disposition into an aligned orientation,

each of said plurality of puzzle pieces comprises a visual component and an audio component,

wherein said aligned orientation of said plurality of puzzle pieces is defined as a connected arrangement of said plurality of puzzle pieces wherein said audio components of said plurality of puzzle pieces collectively represent said audio composition along a timeline defined from a starting puzzle piece to an ending puzzle piece, and wherein said visual components of said plurality of puzzle pieces collectively and visually represent a predetermined graphical object, and

at least one faux puzzle piece comprising an incorrect visual component and a correct audio component, wherein disposition of said at least one faux puzzle piece in a connected relation with said plurality of puzzle pieces will define an incorrect aligned orientation thereon.

9. A computer-based interactive audio-visual puzzle for the arrangement of audio components associated with a plurality of puzzle pieces to collectively create a continuous audio composition, comprising:

an interactive puzzle application accessible via a computer system, the computer system comprising a computer processor, a memory device, a display, and a user input device,

said interactive puzzle application structured to present a plurality of puzzle pieces on the display, said plurality of puzzle pieces being structured for user manipulated disposition into an aligned orientation,

each of said plurality of puzzle pieces comprises a visual component and an audio component,

each of said plurality of puzzle pieces further comprises a dimensional property that is proportional to a length of time of said corresponding audio component,

at least one faux puzzle piece comprising an audio component corresponding to an incorrect portion of said audio composition when said faux puzzle piece is disposed in said aligned orientation relative to said plurality of puzzle pieces

wherein said aligned orientation of said plurality of puzzle pieces is defined as a connected arrangement of said plurality of puzzle pieces in a side-by-side relation to one another along a single axis, wherein said single axis represents a timeline associated with said audio component from a starting puzzle piece to an ending puzzle piece,

wherein said audio components of said connected arrangement of said plurality of puzzle pieces collectively represent said audio composition along said timeline, and

wherein said visual components of said plurality of puzzle pieces disposed in said aligned orientation collectively and visually represent a predetermined graphical object at least partially representative of said audio composition.

10. A computer-based interactive audio-visual puzzle for the arrangement of audio components associated with a plurality of puzzle pieces to collectively create a continuous audio composition, comprising:

an interactive puzzle application accessible via a computer system, the computer system comprising a computer processor, a memory device, a display, and a user input device,

said interactive puzzle application structured to present a plurality of puzzle pieces on the display, said plurality of puzzle pieces being structured for user manipulated disposition into an aligned orientation,

each of said plurality of puzzle pieces comprises a visual component and an audio component,

wherein said aligned orientation of said plurality of puzzle pieces is defined as a connected arrangement of said plurality of puzzle pieces wherein said audio components of said plurality of puzzle pieces collectively represent said audio composition along a timeline defined from a starting puzzle piece to an ending puzzle piece, and wherein said visual components of said plurality of puzzle pieces collectively and visually represent a predetermined graphical object, and

at least one faux puzzle piece comprising an incorrect audio component and a correct visual component, wherein disposition of said at least one faux puzzle piece in a connected relation with said plurality of puzzle pieces will define an incorrect aligned orientation thereon.