Patent ID: 8419432

Claim:
A method of playing a Sudoku game comprising the steps of: (a) providing a control display having 27 dots arranged in three squares of 9 each dots in 3 rows and 3 columns configured to be electronically raised and lowered; (b) the game display further having 4 control buttons on upper left location on the display and configured for the game player to manually change a current square up, down, left and right direction; (c) the first 9 dots in 3 by 3 positioned upper right, the second 9 dots in 3 by 3 positioned in lower left and the third 9 dots in 3 by 3 positioned in lower right locations of the control display; (d) providing a Sudoku game display having 81 squares in 9 by 9 rows and columns, each square having 9 dots in 3 by 3 rows and columns; (e) the method further comprising the control display displaying 1 raised dot in each of upper right 9 dot square and lower left 9 dot square to indicate the current column and row number respectively of the lower-right 9 dot square; (f) the lower-right 9 dot square displaying the current status of 1 of the 81 Sudoku game squares, each square having 9 dots 3 by 3, wherein each 1 of 81 game squares has all but 1 dot depressed in each of the starting squares as originally presented in the Sudoku game; (g) the player depressing all but one dots in all remaining squares to complete the Sudoku game.