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Generating a game related to a digital work

  • US 9,449,526 B1
  • Filed: 03/19/2012
  • Issued: 09/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media maintaining instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

  • receiving, by an electronic device, a digital work from a digital content server;

    receiving, by the electronic device, a supplemental information instance external to the digital work;

    storing, by the electronic device, the digital work and the supplemental information instance locally on a memory of the electronic device;

    displaying, by the electronic device, the digital work on a display of the electronic device;

    receiving, by the electronic device, an input to initiate a crossword puzzle on the electronic device;

    accessing, by the electronic device, the supplemental information instance external to the digital work and stored on the memory of the electronic device, the supplemental information instance containing at least a first object identified in the digital work having supplemental information associated therewith, the supplemental information including at least location information associated with the first object and a link to a network resource associated with the first object;

    selecting, by the electronic device, the first object to use as an answer to an entry in the crossword puzzle;

    creating, by the electronic device, the crossword puzzle to include the first object as a first answer in the crossword puzzle;

    generating, by the electronic device, a clue for the first answer in the crossword puzzle, generating the clue comprising;

    obtaining, via the link within the supplemental information and from the network resource, content associated with the first object; and

    generating the clue based at least in part on the content associated with the first object; and

    displaying, by the electronic device, the crossword puzzle on the display.

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