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Interactive puzzle game over a portable device

Interactive puzzle game over a portable device description/claims

The present application claims priority from Provisional application No. 60/876,376 filed 12-20-2006, the disclosure of which is herewith incorporated by reference herein.

Games can be played at over networks such as the Internet. In fact, many subscription games, such as World of Warcraft, have become immensely popular and profitable for their developers. Games can use luck, strategy, skill, diplomacy, and anything else the user can do.

While many games are available, the games that can be played over a mobile network are much more limited. Cell phones and other such devices often have limited processing power. In addition, the display of a cell phone has small amounts of definition/resolution, and cannot display three-dimensional information.

An embodiment describes an interactive game played interactively among numerous cellular phone users. The game is intended for use with a limited-capability display, such as a cell phone display. In fact, the embodiment uses a game that relies on the limited quality of the display.

Another aspect describes a way of obtaining compensation to the game owner.

In the Drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates how the image in the game is formed;

FIG. 2 illustrates a view from certain player perspectives; and

FIG. 3 illustrates the game being played over the cellular network.

The game is illustrated with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 shows a picture, here a picture of a recognizable character such as Britney Spears. The overall picture is broken into multiple separated parts.

The user of the cellular phone does not know who is being depicted and the object of the game is to make that determination. In the embodiment, the game is played interactively among several cellular telephone users. FIG. 2 shows the part of the image that may be produced and FIG. 3 illustrates images that may be seen by six different players for example.

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