Patent ID: 11918915
Assignee: KING.COM LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A computer method providing a computer implemented match game, the method being provided by a computer device configured to provide the computer implemented match game and comprising a display, a user interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor, the method comprising:
causing, by the at least one processor, the display to electronically display a plurality of different levels of the computer implemented match game including a current level of a first player, at least one of the plurality of different levels being a level of the computer implemented match game which has yet to be completed, wherein each level has a goal which when satisfied allows the level to be completed and only when a respective level is completed is a player permitted to play to a next one of the plurality of levels, the display electronically displaying, for each level, a game board having a plurality of game elements associated with respective matching characteristics, the first player selecting a game element of the plurality of game elements to make a move which causes the selected game element to make a match with two or more other game elements sharing a same matching characteristic, the matching game elements being removed from the game board, the at least one processor causing remaining game elements to move into gaps in the game board caused by the removed game elements and to cause the display to electronically display additional game elements filling the game board;
determining, by the at least one processor, that a game challenge is to be provided, the game challenge starting at one of the plurality of different levels and being with a plurality of players comprising the first player and a plurality of other players, the game challenge requiring the completion of a plurality of consecutive levels of the plurality of levels within a given time period, wherein if one or more players of the plurality of players fails to complete a level of the plurality of consecutive levels on a first attempt of that level, the one or more players is removed from the game challenge;
causing, by the at least one processor, the display to electronically display information about one or more of the one or more players that failed the respective level;
determining, by the at least one processor, information about a remaining number of the plurality of players in the game challenge as the first player progresses through one or more respective levels of the plurality of consecutive levels, the remaining number of the plurality of players in the game challenge having completed the one or more respective levels of the plurality of consecutive levels; and
causing, by the at least one processor, the display to electronically display information about the remaining number of the plurality of players in the game challenge,
wherein the method comprises determining, by the at least one processor, when the player has successfully completed each of the plurality of consecutive levels of the game challenge, an in game reward for the player, the in game reward being dependent on a number of the other players who have also successfully completed each of the plurality of consecutive levels of the game challenge and causing, by the at least one processor, the display to electronically display information about the in game reward and information about the other players who have also successfully completed each of the plurality of consecutive levels of the game challenge.