US 2020/0090449 A1Published application

Gaming machine and method with a dynamic search interface

AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

InventorsRajat Rajput, Sunil Mohan, Rohit Kumar Jain

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Abstract

An electronic gaming machine includes a display, a player input device, a credit input mechanism, and a processor programmed to perform operations comprising: (i) display a search pattern matrix to a player on the display, the search pattern matrix includes a plurality of cells that are selectable by the player; (ii) receive an input selection of cells of the search pattern matrix from the player; (iii) search a pay table associated with a wagering game provided by the gaming machine for winning patterns included within the pay table and having at least the same plurality of cells daubed as are indicated by the search pattern matrix; and (iv) display the winning patterns identified by the searching to the player via the display, the displaying including presenting the winning patterns in a matrix display format identifying one or more daubed cells of the associated winning patterns within the matrix display

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic gaming machine comprising:

a display;
a player input device;
a credit input mechanism including at least one of a card reader, a ticket reader, a bill acceptor, and a coin input mechanism, wherein the credit input mechanism is configured to receive a credit wager;
a storage medium having instructions stored thereon;
and
a game controller configured to execute instructions stored in a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, which, when executed by the game controller, cause the game controller to at least:
display a search pattern matrix to a player on the display, the search pattern matrix includes a plurality of cells, each cell of the plurality of cells being selectable by the player;
receive an input selection of one or more cells of the search pattern matrix from the player via the player input device;
search a pay table associated with a wagering game provided by the gaming machine for one or more winning patterns included within the pay table and having at least the same plurality of cells daubed as are indicated by the search pattern matrix;
and
display the one or more winning patterns identified by the searching to the player via the display, the displaying including presenting the one or more winning patterns in a matrix display format identifying one or more daubed cells of the associated winning patterns within the matrix display.

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A method of electronic gaming implemented on an electronic gaming machine, the electronic gaming machine including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, a player input device, and a display, the method comprising:

displaying a search pattern matrix to a player on the display, the search pattern matrix includes a plurality of cells, each cell of the plurality of cells being selectable by the player;
receiving an input selection of one or more cells of the search pattern matrix from the player via the player input device;
searching a pay table associated with a wagering game provided by the gaming machine for one or more winning patterns included within the pay table and having at least the same plurality of cells daubed as are indicated by the search pattern matrix;
and
displaying the one or more winning patterns identified by the searching to the player via the display, the displaying including presenting the one or more winning patterns in a matrix display format identifying one or more daubed cells of the associated winning patterns within the matrix display.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by an electronic gaming machine having at least one processor coupled to a player input device, a display, and at least one memory device, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:

display a search pattern matrix to a player on the display, the search pattern matrix includes a plurality of cells, each cell of the plurality of cells being selectable by the player;
receive an input selection of one or more cells of the search pattern matrix from the player via the player input device;
search a pay table associated with a wagering game provided by the gaming machine for one or more winning patterns included within the pay table and having at least the same plurality of cells daubed as are indicated by the search pattern matrix;
and
display the one or more winning patterns identified by the searching to the player via the display, the displaying including presenting the one or more winning patterns in a matrix display format identifying one or more daubed cells of the associated winning patterns within the matrix display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.