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US 11,688,244 B2Granted
Slot machine implementing a mirror operation
AssigneeIgt
InventorsChris Peterson, Nick Hillstrom, Nathan Ajhar
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to computational devices and, in particular, toward a computational device, system, and method of operating a computational device. The method may include determining that a mirror symbol has landed within a predetermined symbol area and then implementing a bonus spin and mirror operation in response thereto.
Claims19
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a computer-readable storage medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions comprise instructions that:
- initiate a first reel spin in which a random number generator is used to determine a first position of symbols within an array of symbol areas;
- evaluate, after the first reel spin, the first position of symbols within the array of symbol areas;
- determine, based on the evaluation of the first position of symbols within the array of symbol areas, that a mirror symbol has landed within a predetermined symbol area;
- initiate, in response to determining that the mirror symbol has landed within the predetermined symbol area, a bonus spin in which the random number generator is used to determine a second position of symbols within the array of symbol areas, wherein the mirror symbol is kept in the predetermined symbol area in the second position of symbols within the array of symbol areas;
- identify, after the bonus spin, a set of symbols within the array of symbol areas to reposition within the array of symbol areas according to a mirror operation;
- perform the mirror operation after the bonus spin such that the set of symbols within the array of symbol areas are automatically repositioned relative to the predetermined symbol area having the mirror symbol;
- and
- evaluating, with the processor and after the mirror operation, a reposition of the symbols within the array of symbol areas to determine whether the mirror operation results in an outcome justifying a game play event.
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A computational device, comprising:
- a user interface comprising a user input and user output;
- a processor coupled with the user interface;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions comprise instructions that:
- initiate a first reel spin in which a random number generator is used to determine a first position of symbols within an array of symbol areas;
- evaluate, after the first reel spin, the first position of symbols within the array of symbol areas;
- determine, based on the evaluation of the first position of symbols within the array of symbol areas, that a mirror symbol has landed within a predetermined symbol area;
- initiate, in response to determining that the mirror symbol has landed within the predetermined symbol area, a bonus spin in which the random number generator is used to determine a second position of symbols within the array of symbol areas, wherein the mirror symbol is kept in the predetermined symbol area in the second position of symbols within the array of symbol areas;
- identify, after the bonus spin, a set of symbols within the array of symbol areas to reposition within the array of symbol areas according to a mirror operation;
- perform the mirror operation such that the set of symbols within the array of symbol areas are automatically repositioned relative to the predetermined symbol area having the mirror symbol;
- and
- evaluate, with the processor and after the mirror operation, a reposition of the symbols within the array of symbol areas to determine whether the mirror operation results in a predetermined outcome justifying a game play event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.