Patent ID: 9011234
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A63F,G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions executable by a processor to edit digital object holders for use in a game, the instructions comprising: receiving a request to place one or more digital objects at one or more positions on one of the digital object holders, wherein each of the digital objects is associated with a visual representation and a ruleset for placing the digital object into the digital object holder, wherein each of the digital objects has a corresponding number of required positions, cost and a type, wherein at least one of the digital objects has a different number of positions, cost or type than another of the digital objects; applying the ruleset to the request to generate a first validation result indicating whether the placement of the one or more digital objects satisfied the ruleset including whether the requested one or more positions for placement of the one more digital objects is valid for the game; providing a first indication of a placement of the requested one or more digital objects in the requested one or more corresponding positions for the digital objects calculating a paytable that incorporates the request, the paytable comprising a set of possible outcomes for a random selection of one digital object from each of one or more of the plurality of digital object holders; wherein the providing and the calculating are performed, by the processor, for the first validation result having a first value indicative of the request being valid; and using the one or more digital objects in the game when the first value is indicative of the request being valid.