Stackable Layers Modify Item Selection in Digital Slot Machines

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital slot machines have not fully leveraged the possibilities offered by transitioning from physical to virtual reels, failing to provide a balanced and engaging gaming experience.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a modular item selection process using stackable layers that modify the default behavior of the selection process, allowing for dynamic changes to the behavior of reels based on player choices and applied power-ups.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If digital slot machines use traditional weighted randomization processes, then the selection of items is simple and straightforward, but the gaming experience lacks engagement and skill element

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegaming experience adaptabilityVSAvoidselection process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The item selection process is divided into multiple independent layers, each responsible for specific aspects of modification. The default selection process is segmented from various modifier layers that can be applied independently, allowing complex gaming experiences to be built from simple, manageable components without overwhelming system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The selection process transitions from static weighted probabilities to dynamic modification through layers that can be applied, removed, and stacked during gameplay. Power-ups and game states dynamically alter selection behavior by adding or removing layers, enabling the gaming experience to adapt in real-time while maintaining a clear underlying selection mechanism

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple layers are stacked to modify item selection, then the gaming experience becomes more engaging and skill-based, but the complexity of the selection process increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegaming experience adaptabilityVSAvoidlayer management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Each layer is an independent, self-contained data object that modifies specific aspects of item selection. This segmentation allows multiple layers to be stacked without creating monolithic complexity, as each layer operates independently and can be managed, applied, and removed as discrete units during gameplay

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The layer system provides universal functionality for modifying item selection across different game states and scenarios. A single layer mechanism handles diverse modification needs through configuration rather than separate systems, reducing overall complexity while maintaining versatility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250069478A1Stackable layers for modification of default behavior in an item selection process

Publication Date: 2025.02.27 TETHER GAMES INC

AI summary

An item selection process uses layers to modify the default item selection process. The default selection process may select a one or more items using weighted or unweighted probabilities to select each item from a set of possible items. A layer is a data object that modifies how the items are selected, such as by modifying the probabilities or changing the possible items in the set from which one or more items are selected. The layer may impact only how a subset of the items are selected or may make different modifications to how each item is selected.