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US 11,766,615 B2Granted
Tile selection and award determination sequence
AssigneeIgt
InventorsDavid Twomey, Raymond Latham
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Abstract
Gaming systems that provide a tile selection and award determination sequence for a gaming environment.
Claims19
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, an initial tile, the initial tile associated with one of a plurality of different symbol components;
- communicating data that results in a display, by a display device, of the initial tile;
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of the symbol component associated with the initial tile;
- determining a plurality of second tiles, each of the plurality of second tiles associated with any of one of the plurality of different symbol components and one of a plurality of different action components;
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of the plurality of second tiles;
- for each of the plurality of second tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of one of the symbol component associated with the second tile or the action component associated with the second tile;
- responsive to an input associated with one of the second tiles associated with one of the action components that indicates that that second tile is selectable, determining a plurality of third tiles associated with that second tile, each of the plurality of third tiles associated with one of the plurality of different symbol components;
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of the plurality of third tiles;
- for each of the plurality of third tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device of the symbol component associated with the third tile;
- determining any awards associated with the displayed symbol components associated with the initial tile, the plurality of second tiles, and the plurality of third tiles and based on a plurality of positions of the initial tile, the plurality of second tiles, and the plurality of third tiles;
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- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined awards.
9 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, an initial tile, the initial tile associated with one of a plurality of different symbol components;
- communicating data that results in a display, by a display device, of the initial tile without displaying any of a plurality of second tiles;
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of the symbol component associated with the initial tile;
- determining the plurality of second tiles, each of the plurality of second tiles associated with any of one of the plurality of different symbol components and an action component;
- thereafter, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of the plurality of second tiles surrounding the initial tile;
- for each of the plurality of second tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of one of the symbol component associated with the second tile or the action component associated with the second tile;
- responsive to each of the second tiles associated with one of the plurality of different symbol components, determining any awards associated with the displayed symbol components associated with the displayed initial tiles and the plurality of second tiles and based on a plurality of positions of the initial tile and the plurality of second tiles;
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- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined awards.
6 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, an initial tile, the initial tile associated with one of a plurality of different symbol components;
- communicating data that results in a display, by a display device, of the initial tile;
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of the symbol component associated with the initial tile;
- determining, by the processor, a plurality of second tiles, each of the plurality of second tiles associated with any of one of the plurality of different symbol components and an action component;
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of the plurality of second tiles;
- for each of the plurality of second tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, one of the symbol component associated with the second tile or the action component associated with the second tile;
- responsive to each of the second tiles associated with one of the plurality of different symbol components, determining, by the processor, any awards associated with the displayed symbol components associated with the displayed initial tiles and the plurality of second tiles, and communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined awards;
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- responsive to an input associated with one of the second tiles associated with the action component:
- determining, by the processor, a plurality of third tiles associated with that second tile, each of the plurality of third tiles associated with one of the plurality of different symbol components,
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of the plurality of third tiles,
- for each of the plurality of third tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device of the symbol component associated with the third tile,
- determining, by the processor, any awards associated with the displayed symbol components associated with the initial tile, the plurality of second tiles, and the plurality of third tiles, and based on a plurality of positions of the initial tile, the plurality of second tiles, and the plurality of third tiles, and
- communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined awards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.