Central Controller Coordinated Feature Wheel Spin Across Gaming Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic gaming machines operate as self-contained units, limiting their ability to coordinate operations with other systems and provide enhanced player interaction and functionality.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of a central game controller that coordinates feature wheel spin operations across multiple electronic gaming machines, allowing for seamless transitions and expanded functionality through shared displays and synchronized symbol movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional electronic gaming machines operate as self-contained units, then each machine maintains operational independence, but player interaction and functionality are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent gaming machines into a coordinated networked system where machines communicate and cooperate to provide shared bonus displays and synchronized wheel spin operations, thereby enhancing player interaction while maintaining individual machine functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming machines are designed to perform both individual base games and coordinated bonus features, allowing the same hardware to serve multiple functions - either operating independently or as part of a networked system providing enhanced gameplay experiences
2Productivity
If a central game controller coordinates feature wheel spin operations across multiple machines, then player interaction and response times improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A central game controller acts as an intermediary between multiple gaming machines, managing communication and coordination for bonus features while allowing individual machines to continue operating independently for base games, thus improving response times without requiring complete system integration
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into independent gaming machines that can operate autonomously for base games, with the central controller managing only the coordinated bonus features, allowing complexity to be isolated to specific functions rather than the entire system
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are used for feature wheel spin, then visual engagement and player experience are enhanced, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the display experience from individual machine screens to a multi-dimensional networked display system where wheel symbols move across multiple displays in sequence, creating a visually engaging cross-machine bonus feature that leverages the physical arrangement of machines in the gaming floor
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AI summary
An interactive electronic gaming machine that includes a spinnable feature wheel is disclosed. The interactive electronic gaming machine is a video slot machine game that includes a base game and one or more bonus features. The bonus features may include a spinnable feature wheel displayed on a plurality of display screens, each located above one of a plurality of electronic gaming machines. The spinnable feature wheel can spin horizontally across the display screens in a sequence coordinated by a central game controller via respective electronic gaming machines.