ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,521, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KING.COM Ltd. (St. Julians, Malta).
"Controlling a user interface of a computer device" was invented by Alexandra Carmichael (Stockholm), Kyle Bardiau (Stockholm) and Susanne Sturesson (Farsta, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a computer device configured to provide a computer game. The computer device displays an initial gameboard of a computer game and displays at least one special game element on the gameboard. A processor detects a qualifying action that affects the special game element, and activates the special game element. Activating the special game ele...