Gaming System Dynamic Symbol Transformation for Winning Combinations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gaming systems have limited flexibility in generating winning symbol combinations, which can lead to reduced player engagement and lower chances of winning, as they rely on predetermined sets of symbols without dynamic adjustments.
Innovation Solution
The system identifies patterns in a play area, determines if they meet a threshold, and associates specific positions with symbols, potentially replacing or supplementing them with a wild symbol to increase winning combinations, thereby enhancing the probability of achieving winning patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If predetermined sets of symbols are used in conventional gaming systems, then the system structure is simple and easy to implement, but the flexibility in generating winning symbol combinations is limited and player engagement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic symbol transformation where symbols can change their identity or properties during gameplay. The system dynamically adjusts symbol values, creates wild symbols, and transforms symbol characteristics based on game conditions, allowing the gaming system to adapt flexibly to different game states and generate varied winning combinations without requiring multiple fixed symbol sets
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes symbol parameters during gameplay, including symbol identity, symbol type (e.g., regular vs. wild), and symbol properties. By dynamically modifying these parameters based on game conditions, the system achieves high versatility in generating winning combinations while maintaining a relatively simple base structure that uses standard symbol transformation logic
2Reliability
If predetermined sets of symbols are used, then the implementation is straightforward, but the chances of winning are lower and player engagement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing transformation rules and symbol relationships before gameplay. Wild symbols and transformation logic are prepared in advance, allowing the system to quickly enhance winning chances during gameplay without complex real-time calculations, thus improving player winning probability while maintaining implementation simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wild symbols as intermediary elements that mediate between regular symbols and winning combinations. These wild symbols act as flexible intermediaries that can represent multiple symbol types, thereby increasing winning chances by bridging gaps in symbol matches while keeping the underlying system logic relatively simple
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AI summary
A gaming machine identifies a first pattern within a first play area including a plurality of first positions arranged in a plurality of first columns, determines whether the first pattern satisfies a predetermined first threshold based on a first position and a first symbol, identifies a second position associated with the first symbol in a second play area including a plurality of second positions arranged in a plurality of second columns, and associates the second position with a second symbol. Each first position is associated with a respective symbol of a plurality of symbols including the first symbol and the second symbol. The first pattern is associated with the first position. The first position is associated with the first symbol. Each second position is associated with a respective symbol of the plurality of symbols.