Gaming System Column Selection for Diverse Winning Combinations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gaming systems rely on symbol-driven jackpots, which may not adequately maintain or increase player enjoyment, necessitating alternative gaming systems to enhance engagement.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that displays columns of symbol display positions with varying numbers, allowing players to select winning combinations including all possible derivable combinations from selected columns and designated positions, with a game controller determining outcomes based on displayed symbols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional symbol-driven jackpot systems are used, then the system structure is simple, but player enjoyment and engagement are not adequately maintained or increased
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming system is divided into multiple independent columns, each containing symbol display positions. Players can select specific columns to form winning combinations, allowing the system to process game outcomes in modular segments rather than as a monolithic structure. This segmentation enables enhanced player engagement through varied combination options while maintaining manageable system complexity through standardized column processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to traditional slot mechanics by allowing players to select columns based on vertical positions rather than only horizontal reel sequences. Multiple winning combinations can be formed by combining symbols across different vertical levels and column selections, adding spatial complexity that enhances player strategy and enjoyment without fundamentally redesigning the core gaming mechanism.
2Adaptability or versatility
If columns with differing numbers of symbol display positions are used, then diverse winning combinations are offered, but the complexity of defining and processing winning combinations increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each column is configured with its own specific number of symbol display positions, allowing local variation in column heights while maintaining a standardized processing approach. This enables diverse winning combinations to be formed from columns of different sizes without requiring a completely customized processing algorithm for each configuration, as the system handles variable column heights through consistent selection and combination rules.
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming machine includes a display, a memory, and a processor. The display is configured to display a plurality of columns of symbol display positions. The memory stores symbols for use in the game. The processor is coupled to the memory and is configured to (a) receive a selection of at least one column by a player; (b) define a plurality of win lines to be played based on the at least one selected column, each win line including one symbol display position from the at least one selected column and one symbol display position from each non-selected column; (c) populate each of the symbol display positions of the plurality of columns with respective symbols; and (d) determine an outcome of the game based on the respective symbols displayed in the symbol display positions of the plurality of win lines.