Abstract: Systems and methods for solving and generating a mathematical puzzle are presented. A puzzle may comprise areas comprising mystery number regions, pair clue regions interposing pairs of mystery value numbers, and a central clue region located centrally to the mystery number region. Solving a puzzle may comprise deterministic search methods coupled with heuristic approaches. Puzzle generation may comprise adding conforming clues until a puzzle has only one possible solution, the clues chosen based on heuristics for adding clues while minimizing incremental change in puzzle difficulty; or reducing the number of solutions/partial solutions to the puzzle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 21, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 16, 2017
Assignee:
TMGCL IP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Inventors:
Shohreh Blank, Manoochehr Azmoodeh, Nathan Frederick Alamo-Pritchard
Abstract: Systems and methods for solving and generating a mathematical puzzle are presented. A puzzle may comprise areas comprising mystery number regions, pair clue regions interposing pairs of mystery value numbers, and a central clue region located centrally to the mystery number region. Solving a puzzle may comprise deterministic search methods coupled with heuristic approaches. Puzzle generation may comprise adding conforming clues until a puzzle has only one possible solution, the clues chosen based on heuristics for adding clues while minimizing incremental change in puzzle difficulty; or reducing the number of solutions/partial solutions to the puzzle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 21, 2013
Publication date:
May 21, 2015
Applicant:
TMGCL IP Holdings Limited
Inventors:
Shohreh Blank, Manoochehr Azmoodeh, Nathan Frederick Alamo-Pritchard