Gaming machine with screen split and merge feature
AssigneeVideo Gaming Technologies, Inc.
InventorJason Todd Sprinkle
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Abstract
A gaming machine includes a display device and a processor coupled to the display device. The processor is configured to cause the display device to display a game using a first frame. The processor is also configured to divide the first frame into a plurality of second frames during play of the game in the first frame, cause the display device to display the plurality of second frames, and enable continued play of the game separately within each second frame. In addition, the processor is configured to merge the plurality of second frames into the first frame, cause the display device to display the first frame, and enable continued play of the game within the first frame.
Claims32
A gaming machine comprising;
- a display device;
- and
- a processor coupled to said display device and configured to:
- cause said display device to display a game using a first frame;
- detect a trigger condition during play of the game in the first frame, divide the first frame into a plurality of second frames and cause said display device to display the plurality of second frames in response to the trigger condition;
- enable continued play of the game separately within each second frame;
- merge the plurality of second frames into the first frame and cause said display device to display the first frame;
- and
- enable continued play of the game within the first frame.
A gaming system comprising:
- at least one gaming machine comprising a display device configured to display game play using a first frame and a plurality of second frames;
- and
- a gaming server coupled to said at least one gaming device via a network, said gaming server configured to:
- detect a triggering condition during play of the game in the first frame, cause said display device to divide the first frame into the plurality of second frames in response to the triggering condition, wherein each second frame separately enables continued play of the game;
- during play of the game in the second frames, cause said display device to merge the plurality of second frames into the first frame;
- and
- enable continued play of the game within the first frame.
A method for use with a gaming machine having a display device, said method comprising:
- displaying a game by the display device using a first frame;
- detecting a triggering condition during play of the game in the first frame, dividing the first frame into a plurality of second frames in response to the triggering condition and displaying the plurality of second frames by the display device;
- enabling continued play of the game separately within each second frame;
- merging the plurality of second frames into the first frame and displaying the first frame by the display device;
- and
- enabling continued play of the game within the first frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.