Gaming Device Virtual Symbol Matching for Winning Combinations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming machines have become overly complex with numerous paylines, symbol positions, and reels, making it difficult for players to understand winning combinations and increasing the complexity for both players and software, leading to diminished returns in player enjoyment and excitement.
Innovation Solution
A gaming device that uses a processor to generate and display multiple sets of symbols, where a subsequent result is formed from a previously displayed result, allowing for virtual symbol generation without initial display, enabling players to win awards from matching symbols across multiple paylines and reels, while simplifying the display and understanding of winning combinations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of paylines, symbol positions, and reels is increased to provide more winning combinations, then player enjoyment and variety are improved, but device complexity and software evaluation complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses virtual copies of reel symbols that are generated and stored in memory without physically displaying them. These virtual symbol sets are created as copies of the actual reel symbols and used for evaluating additional winning combinations behind the scenes, allowing the system to process more combinations without increasing physical display complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between the physical reels and the player display. Virtual symbol sets are generated and evaluated in memory, acting as intermediaries that allow the system to evaluate multiple additional paylines and combinations without requiring the player to see or process all the complexity directly
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of paylines, symbol positions, and reels is increased to provide more winning combinations, then player enjoyment and variety are improved, but software evaluation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Virtual copies of reel symbols are generated and stored in memory for evaluating additional winning combinations. These virtual symbol sets allow the software to process multiple paylines and combinations efficiently without requiring complex real-time calculations on the physical display
Solution Approach 2:
The patent generates virtual symbol sets in advance and stores them in memory before the player makes a wager. This preliminary generation and storage of virtual symbols simplifies the software evaluation process during gameplay, as the additional combinations are already prepared and ready for quick comparison
3Adaptability or versatility
If the number of reels and symbol positions is increased to increase symbol appearance likelihood, then player winning opportunities are improved, but player understanding of winning combinations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses virtual copies of reel symbols that are generated and stored in memory without physically displaying them. These virtual symbol sets are created as copies of the actual reel symbols and used for evaluating additional winning combinations behind the scenes, allowing the system to process more combinations without increasing physical display complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent evaluates additional virtual paylines and combinations beyond what is physically displayed, but only reveals a subset of the results to the player. This partial revelation approach maintains player understanding while still providing the benefit of evaluating more winning opportunities in the background
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AI summary
A gaming device which displays multiple results wherein subsequently displayed results are formed from previously displayed results. A gaming device randomly generates and displays a first set of symbols. The gaming device also generates a second set of symbols. The second set of symbols are not initially displayed to a player. The gaming device compares the first and second set of symbols to determine whether any symbols in the first set of symbols match any symbols in the second set of symbols. The gaming device displays the matching symbols and then displays the second set of symbols.