Systems and Methods for Unlocking User Interface Elements

Number: 20180114398
Published: 2018-04-26
Filed: 2016-10-21
Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC.
Inventors: Cho; Joseph et al.
CPC: G07F17/3209; A63F13/2145; A63F13/42; A63F13/533; A63F13/69; A63F13/87; G07F17/32; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3255; G07F17/3262
Verdict: Set aside UI-element unlocking, gamification/gambling business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

There is provided a system comprising a touch screen display, a non-transitory memory storing a user interface, one or more software applications, and a game application, and a hardware processor executing the game application to launch a game for playing by the user using the touch screen display, receive a game play input from the user, while playing the game using the touch screen display, unlock a locked game element of a plurality of locked game elements of the game, in response to the game play input by the user, and add one of a plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the unlocked game element for display by the user interface, in response to the unlocking, wherein each of the plurality of locked game elements corresponds to one of the plurality of user interface elements, and wherein the user interface is used by the one or more software applications.

Background

BACKGROUND

Modem mobile devices typically include a user interface that is used to compose and send text messages, picture messages, email messages, etc. Recent advances in mobile devices and mobile applications provide extensions to user interfaces, such as extension keyboards for including different and unique characters and/or images in messages composed using the extension user interface. Such extension keyboards are typically sold in app stores associated with a mobile device or the operating system running on the mobile device. Many extension keyboards have additional user interface elements that are available for purchase.SUMMARY

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for unlocking user interface elements, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.

Claims

1. A system comprising: a touch screen display; a non-transitory memory storing a user interface, one or more software applications, and a game application; and a hardware processor executing the game application to: launch a game for playing by the user using the touch screen display; receive a game play input from the user, while playing the game using the touch screen display; unlock a locked game element of a plurality of locked game elements of the game, in response to the game play input by the user, wherein each of the plurality of locked game elements corresponds to one of a plurality of user interface elements; and add one of the plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the unlocked game element for display by the user interface, in response to the unlocking; wherein the user interface is used by the one or more software applications. 11. A method for use with a system including a touch screen display, a non-transitory memory, and a hardware processor, the method comprising: launching, using the hardware processor, a game for playing by the user using the touch screen display; receiving, using the hardware processor, a game play input from the user, while playing the game using the touch screen display; unlocking, using the hardware processor, a locked game element of a plurality of locked game elements of the game, in response to the game play input by the user, wherein each of the plurality of locked game elements corresponds to one of a plurality of user interface elements; and adding, using the hardware processor, one of the plurality of user interface elements corresponding to the unlocked game element for display by the user interface, in response to the unlocking; wherein the user interface is used by the one or more software applications.