Patent ID: 7674181

Claim:
Game processing apparatus comprising: an indication generator operable to generate an indication of a sequence of target actions to be executed by a user; a detector operable to detect user actions executed by said user; comparison logic operable to compare said target actions with said user actions to determine whether said target actions have been successfully completed by said user actions; and scoring logic operable in a scoring mode and a non-scoring mode, said scoring logic being operable: (a) in said non-scoring mode, to count a first pattern comprising a first plurality of successive target actions that have been successfully completed, as determined by said comparison logic, said scoring logic entering a scoring mode upon detection of said first pattern, said count being reset to zero by a target action not successfully completed; and (b) in said scoring mode, to count a second pattern comprising a second plurality of successive target actions that have been successfully completed, as determined by said comparison logic, said count being reset to zero by a target action successfully completed, said scoring logic entering said non-scoring mode upon detection of said second pattern; in which said scoring logic is operable to generate a score for said user in respect of each user action representing successful completion of a target action, only when said scoring logic is in said scoring mode, said score being dependent upon said determination by said comparison logic.