Patents by Inventor Samuel Adam Kushner

Samuel Adam Kushner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10195534
    Abstract: A method of operating a computing device includes displaying a game field including field positions with a plurality of game tiles, receiving a first user input indicating the selection of a starting field position, receiving a second user input indicating the selection of an ending field position, where the starting field position and the ending field position define a grouping of at least three game tiles in field positions between the starting and ending field positions, determining a point of rotation for the grouping, exchanging respective game tiles of the grouping from a respective first field position to a respective second field position that is calculated relative to the point of rotation, displaying the exchanged game tiles on the game field in the respective second field positions, determining that a game tile matching condition is present, and indicating the game tile matching condition to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Perfect Square Studios LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Adam Kushner
  • Publication number: 20170296932
    Abstract: A method of operating a computing device includes displaying a game field including field positions with a plurality of game tiles, receiving a first user input indicating the selection of a starting field position, receiving a second user input indicating the selection of an ending field position, where the starting field position and the ending field position define a grouping of at least three game tiles in field positions between the starting and ending field positions, determining a point of rotation for the grouping, exchanging respective game tiles of the grouping from a respective first field position to a respective second field position that is calculated relative to the point of rotation, displaying the exchanged game tiles on the game field in the respective second field positions, determining that a game tile matching condition is present, and indicating the game tile matching condition to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Samuel Adam Kushner