Bingo Game Bonus Designation Segmentation for Prize Variety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional bingo games with small player groups limit the prize structure due to the high probability of winning, resulting in limited prize options for players.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of bonus designations, which are integrated with regular game designations to differentiate between various pattern result levels, expanding the number of possible outcomes and prize levels in bingo games, even when played with small groups.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If small player groups are used to conduct bingo games, then the time required for collecting players is minimized and gameplay speed is increased, but the prize structure becomes limited due to high winning probability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the traditional single bingo game into multiple independent bingo games that can be conducted simultaneously with different small player groups. Each game maintains its own prize structure and outcome independence, allowing the system to offer diverse prize opportunities without requiring large player pools in any single game.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a multi-functional bingo platform that can handle multiple game instances concurrently, where the same game mechanics serve multiple purposes: maintaining fast gameplay with small groups while simultaneously providing varied prize structures across different game sessions. The platform universalizes the bingo experience across numerous parallel games.
2Speed
If small player groups are used, then rapid gameplay is achieved, but the number of possible outcomes and prize levels is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the overall gaming experience into multiple segmented bingo games, each with its own set of possible outcomes. While individual games maintain fast pace with small groups, the aggregate system across many simultaneous games provides a vastly expanded range of possible outcomes and prize levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a single-dimension prize structure in one game to a multi-dimensional prize landscape across multiple concurrent games. Players gain access to numerous outcome possibilities by participating in the broader system of simultaneous games, effectively adding a temporal and parallel dimension to the gaming experience.
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AI summary
Bonus designations are considered along with the regular game designations to distinguish between different pattern result levels in a bingo game. A set of one or more bonus designations is selected. Each bonus designation included in the set of bonus designations may be selected from the same pool of bingo designations from which the bingo card designations and game designations are selected. The set of bonus designations is applied to distinguish between a number of pattern result levels associated with each winning pattern that may be achieved in the bingo game and to identify a particular one of the pattern result levels for the respective player/game play request. A prize for each respective player/game play request is awarded based on the pattern result level identified for the respective player/game play request.