Patents Assigned to Funkitron, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10603595
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing replacements to a target array by a plurality of source arrays. Selected tokens in a target array may be replaced with corresponding tokens from a source array to generate a region of identical tokens, which may be processed or removed. Tokens in the target array may be shifted in a direction corresponding to the source array to fill empty cells within the target array and new tokens generated. Selections may be made from multiple source arrays iteratively, with shift directions dynamically modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Funkitron, Inc.
    Inventor: David Walls
  • Patent number: 10561949
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing replacements to a target array according to an ordered list. A system may provide automatic and intuitive identification of selectable tokens by iteratively identifying all selectable tokens for processing or replacement in an array, and, for each selectable token, determining a unique vector or angle to the selectable token from a predetermined position. The selectable tokens may be placed in a list ordered by the vector or angle. A user interface may indicate a candidate selectable token and allow the user to either select the token for processing or replacement, or navigate through the ordered list to a different candidate selectable token. In one such implementation, the user may modify the vector or angle, and the user interface may highlight another candidate selectable token corresponding to the modified vector or angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Funkitron, Inc.
    Inventor: David Walls
  • Patent number: 10213697
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing replacements to a target array by a plurality of source arrays. Selected tokens in a target array may be replaced with corresponding tokens from a source array to generate a region of identical tokens, which may be processed or removed. Tokens in the target array may be shifted in a direction corresponding to the source array to fill empty cells within the target array and new tokens generated. Selections may be made from multiple source arrays iteratively, with shift directions dynamically modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: FUNKITRON, INC.
    Inventor: David Walls
  • Patent number: 9919225
    Abstract: An m×l array of randomly selected tokens may be provided as a playing field, and a second n×l array of randomly selected tokens may be provided as a hand. The player may select a cell within the m×l array to replace the token in said cell with a token in a corresponding cell of the n×l array. If the replacement results in a region of adjacent identical tokens in the m×l array, the tokens may be removed and the player's score incremented. If no plays are possible from the player's hand, the player may draw a new hand of randomly selected tokens to replace the tokens and/or blank spaces in the n×l array. Play continues until the player has exhausted a predetermined number of opportunities to draw a new hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUNKITRON, INC.
    Inventor: David Walls
  • Patent number: 9789408
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing replacements to a target array by a plurality of source arrays. Selected tokens in a target array may be replaced with corresponding tokens from a source array to generate a region of identical tokens, which may be processed or removed. Tokens in the target array may be shifted in a direction corresponding to the source array to fill empty cells within the target array and new tokens generated. Selections may be made from multiple source arrays iteratively, with shift directions dynamically modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Funkitron, Inc.
    Inventor: David Walls
  • Patent number: 9333421
    Abstract: An m×l array of randomly selected tokens may be provided as a playing field, and a second n×l array of randomly selected tokens may be provided as a hand. The player may select a cell within the m×l array to replace the token in said cell with a token in a corresponding cell of the n×l array. If the replacement results in a region of adjacent identical tokens in the m×l array, the tokens may be removed and the player's score incremented. If no plays are possible from the player's hand, the player may draw a new hand of randomly selected tokens to replace the tokens and/or blank spaces in the n×l array. Play continues until the player has exhausted a predetermined number of opportunities to draw a new hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Funkitron, Inc.
    Inventor: David Walls