Kathleen R Keifer

US Patent:

20120071220, Mar 22, 2012

Filed:

Sep 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/240757

Inventors:

David L. Hoyt - Chicago IL, US
Stephen Bullock - Chapel Hill NC, US
James Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Kathleen Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 3/00
A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 9, 273272

Abstract:

A method and system for providing a puzzle game containing an answer category clue, a letter grid containing multiple letters, numbers or characters, an image, and an answer grid which contains blanks for each letter that will be used to fill-in the correct answer. The game allows a letters from the letter grid to be selected and automatically placed onto the answer grid. Points are awarded if the letter selected is the next available blank in the answer grid. As the player selects a letter from the letter grid, that letter disappears and a portion of an image appears. As additional letters are removed from the letter grid, additional portions of the image are displayed, which provides another clue for the solution to the puzzle.

US Patent:

20160038829, Feb 11, 2016

Filed:

Aug 14, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/826921

Inventors:

David L. Hoyt - Chicago IL, US
Stephen Bullock - Chapel Hill NC, US
James Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Kathleen Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/00
A63F 3/04

Abstract:

A method and system for providing a puzzle game containing an answer category clue, a letter grid containing multiple letters, numbers or characters, an image, and an answer grid which contains blanks for each letter that will be used to fill-in the correct answer. The game allows a letters from the letter grid to be selected and automatically placed onto the answer grid. Points are awarded if the letter selected is the next available blank in the answer grid. As the player selects a letter from the letter grid, that letter disappears and a portion of an image appears. As additional letters are removed from the letter grid, additional portions of the image are displayed, which provides another clue for the solution to the puzzle.

US Patent:

20140141852, May 22, 2014

Filed:

Oct 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/053179

Inventors:

David L. Hoyt - Chicago IL, US
Stephen Bullock - Chapel Hill NC, US
James Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US
Kathleen Keifer - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 3/04

US Classification:

463 10

Abstract:

A method and system for providing a puzzle game containing an answer category clue, a letter grid containing multiple letters, numbers or characters, an image, and an answer grid which contains blanks for each letter that will be used to fill-in the correct answer. The game allows a letters from the letter grid to be selected and automatically placed onto the answer grid. Points are awarded if the letter selected is the next available blank in the answer grid. As the player selects a letter from the letter grid, that letter disappears and a portion of an image appears. As additional letters are removed from the letter grid, additional portions of the image are displayed, which provides another clue for the solution to the puzzle.