公开(公告)号：US09576440B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14246988

申请日：2014-04-07

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Stefan Keilwert

IPC分类号： G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/32

CPC分类号： G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/326

摘要： In a gaming machine having virtual reels, certain symbols are modified to identify feature units associated with that particular symbol. The feature units carry over for multiple games until extinguished by being used. If a symbol having one or more feature units is involved in a winning combination, the function associated with its feature units, such as an award multiplier, is applied to the player's award. The symbols adjacent to a winning combination of symbols, or the symbols in the winning combination, may be augmented with a feature unit. A symbol accumulating a certain number of feature units may become a wild symbol. By continuing to accumulate feature units over many games, the symbols progressively become more valuable, and the player is incentivized to keep playing the machine. When the player cashes out, the feature units are extinguished.

摘要翻译： 在具有虚拟卷轴的游戏机中，修改某些符号以识别与该特定符号相关联的特征单元。 功能单元持续多个游戏，直到被使用熄灭。 如果具有一个或多个特征单元的符号涉及获胜组合，则与其特征单元相关联的功能（例如奖励乘数）被应用于玩家的奖励。 与获胜的组合符号相邻的符号或获胜组合中的符号可以用特征单元来增强。 累积一定数量的特征单元的符号可能变成野生符号。 通过继续在许多游戏中积累特征单元，符号逐渐变得更有价值，玩家被激励以继续播放机器。 当玩家兑现时，功能单元熄灭。

公开(公告)号：US20160140794A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-19

申请号：US14547568

申请日：2014-11-19

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Lee Tanner

IPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

摘要： A video gaming machine has M reels, each displaying N symbols when stopped. After a spin of the virtual reels, an initial array of randomly selected symbols is displayed. A processor randomly highlights a symbol in the array that has the feature of swapping positions with any other displayed adjacent symbol. The player has the option to swap the selected symbol with any adjacent symbol by swiping it or touching a displayed arrow. An award is then based on any resulting winning combinations after the swap. The swapping feature may occur only if there are no winning symbol combinations after the spin or may occur for every game. Awards may be granted after the spin and after the swap, or awards may only be granted only after the swap. Therefore, there is an amount of player strategy in the direction of the swap or deciding not to swap at all.

摘要翻译： 视频游戏机有M个卷轴，每个停止显示N个符号。 虚拟卷轴旋转后，显示一组随机选择的符号。 处理器随机突出显示阵列中具有与任何其他显示的相邻符号交换位置的特征的符号。 播放器可以选择通过滑动或触摸所显示的箭头将所选符号与任何相邻的符号进行交换。 然后根据互换后的所有获胜组合，获奖。 交换功能只有在旋转后没有获胜符号组合或每个游戏可能发生的情况下才可能发生。 奖励可以在轮换后和互换后授予，或奖励只能在互换后才授予。 因此，玩家战略在交换方向有一定数量，或决定不交换。

公开(公告)号：US09280867B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-08

申请号：US13951834

申请日：2013-07-26

申请人： GTECH CANADA ULC

发明人： David Froy ,  Peter Babin ,  Bharat Gadher ,  Fayez Idris ,  Dragan Pleskonjic ,  Peter Post ,  Andrew McIntyre

IPC分类号： A63F13/323 ,  G07F17/32 ,  A63F13/30 ,  A63F13/327

CPC分类号： G07F17/3225 ,  A63F13/30 ,  A63F13/323 ,  A63F13/327 ,  G07F17/3204 ,  G07F17/3211 ,  G07F17/3218 ,  G07F17/3227 ,  G07F17/3239 ,  G07F17/3262

摘要： A mobile gaming device may be a player's own personal tablet, smartphone, PDA, etc., with an application program installed via the internet for carrying out a remote gaming session. All gaming functions are carried out by a stationary gaming terminal communicating with the mobile device, such as by using WiFi. The mobile device operates as a user interface. For 3D images, the original format may be adjusted for the mobile device.

摘要翻译： 移动游戏设备可以是玩家自己的个人平板电脑，智能电话，PDA等，具有经由互联网安装的用于执行远程游戏会话的应用程序。 所有游戏功能都由与移动设备通信的固定游戏终端进行，例如通过使用WiFi。 移动设备作为用户界面来操作。 对于3D图像，可以针对移动设备调整原始格式。

公开(公告)号：US20160005263A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-07

申请号：US14821678

申请日：2015-08-07

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Stefan Keilwert ,  Franz Pierer ,  Sven Aurich

IPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  H04N13/04 ,  H04N13/02 ,  H04N13/00 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06T19/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3211 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06T19/003 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G06T2219/2016 ,  G06T2219/2024 ,  G07F17/3206 ,  G07F17/3209 ,  G07F17/3227 ,  H04N13/156 ,  H04N13/282 ,  H04N13/332 ,  H04N13/366 ,  H04N2013/405

摘要： A wagering gaming apparatus is provided, comprising a 3-dimensional (3D) display device configured to create for a player a visual illusion of a 3D scene for a wagering game, the 3D scene having perceived depth in a z-direction perpendicular to a physical screen having width in an x-direction and height in a y-direction; one or more sensor devices configured to sense a physical location of one or more anatomical features of the player; at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions. The processor-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform various adjustments regarding the 3D scene based on the sensed physical location of an anatomical feature of the player.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种投注游戏装置，其包括三维（3D）显示装置，其被配置为为玩家创建用于投注游戏的3D场景的视觉幻觉，所述3D场景具有垂直于物理的z方向的感知深度 屏幕在x方向上具有宽度并且在y方向上具有高度; 配置成感测玩家的一个或多个解剖特征的物理位置的一个或多个传感器装置; 至少一个处理器; 以及存储处理器可执行指令的至少一个非暂时处理器可读存储介质。 所述处理器可执行指令在由所述至少一个处理器执行时，使所述至少一个处理器基于所感测到的所述玩家的解剖特征的物理位置来执行关于所述3D场景的各种调整。

公开(公告)号：US09084932B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-21

申请号：US13738790

申请日：2013-01-10

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Bharat Kumar Gadher ,  Andrew R. McIntyre ,  Fayez Idris

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G07F17/3225 ,  G07F17/3227 ,  G07F17/3237 ,  G07F17/3239

摘要： Systems and methods for automated discovery of gaming preferences and delivery of gaming choices based gaming preferences are disclosed. The systems and methods may operate in real time and may detect and analyze data representing various game features and/or game player behavior and match the data with predetermined models, profiles or game player types. Game choices may then be presented to the game player based on the analysis of the data. Systems and methods to analyze and categorize the game player behavior are also disclosed, including mining data in a cluster model based analysis to identify and develop the models, profiles or game player types and to select the games to be provided for each of the identified models, profiles or game player types. A different collection of games may be provided for each of the identified models, profiles or game player types.

公开(公告)号：US20140323203A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-30

申请号：US14327023

申请日：2014-07-09

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Khaled ADAMS

IPC分类号： G07F17/34

CPC分类号： G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/326 ,  G07F17/34

摘要： A computer-implemented method for enhancing game components in a gaming system using various three-dimensional enhancements. The three-dimensional enhancements may involve stacks of gaming components to provide and integrate additional symbols, multi-faceted gaming components, multi-faceted gaming surfaces running multiple games in parallel, items animating to simulate real-world physics, merging components, shapes to push up or down gaming components to create stacks, and so on. Further example three-dimensional enhancements are described.

摘要翻译： 一种用于使用各种三维增强来增强游戏系统中的游戏组件的计算机实现的方法。 三维增强功能可能涉及到游戏组件的堆叠，以提供和集成附加符号，多面游戏组件，并行运行多个游戏的多面游戏表面，动画模拟真实世界物理学，合并组件，形状推送的项目 上下游戏组件创建堆栈等等。 描述进一步的示例三维增强。

公开(公告)号：US20140323202A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-30

申请号：US14327000

申请日：2014-07-09

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Khaled ADAMS ,  Bethany TRAINOR ,  Francois LEGER ,  William George AMOS

IPC分类号： G07F17/34

CPC分类号： G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/326 ,  G07F17/34

摘要： A computer-implemented method for enhancing game components in a gaming system using various three-dimensional enhancements. The three-dimensional enhancements may involve stacks of gaming components to provide and integrate additional symbols, multi-faceted gaming components, multi-faceted gaming surfaces running multiple games in parallel, items animating to simulate real-world physics, merging components, shapes to push up or down gaming components to create stacks, and so on. Further example three-dimensional enhancements are described.

摘要翻译： 一种用于使用各种三维增强来增强游戏系统中的游戏组件的计算机实现的方法。 三维增强功能可能涉及到游戏组件的堆叠，以提供和集成附加符号，多面游戏组件，并行运行多个游戏的多面游戏表面，动画模拟真实世界物理学，合并组件，形状推送的项目 上下游戏组件创建堆栈等等。 描述进一步的示例三维增强。

公开(公告)号：US20160321859A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-03

申请号：US14698021

申请日：2015-04-28

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： Lee Andrew TANNER

IPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

CPC分类号： G07F17/3267

摘要： A gaming system includes an input mechanism for initiating a game and one or more displays providing a plurality of reels. The gaming system also includes a controller coupled to the one or more displays and the input mechanism. The controller is configured to: detect a win involving a combination of the symbol instances across two or more of the reels; determine that at least one of the symbol instances involved in the win is a wild symbol, the wild symbol able to assume the identity of at least one other symbol when detecting the win; and in response to determining that at least one of the symbol instances involved in the win is a wild symbol, updating at least one of the other of the symbol instances involved in the win to include a wild symbol for at least the next iteration of the game.

摘要翻译： 游戏系统包括用于启动游戏的输入机构和提供多个卷轴的一个或多个显示器。 游戏系统还包括耦合到一个或多个显示器和输入机构的控制器。 控制器被配置为：检测涉及两个或更多个卷轴之间的符号实例的组合的胜利; 确定参与胜利的符号实例中的至少一个是野生符号，当检测到胜利时，野生符号能够承担至少一个其他符号的身份; 并且响应于确定涉及所述胜利的所述符号实例中的至少一个是野生符号，更新所述胜利中涉及的所述符号实例中的另一个符号实例中的至少一个，以包括用于至少下一次迭代的野生符号 游戏。

公开(公告)号：US20160171825A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-16

申请号：US14572622

申请日：2014-12-16

申请人： GTECH Canada ULC

发明人： James William Morrow ,  Sean Miller ,  Bradley Boudreau

IPC分类号： G07F17/32

CPC分类号： G07F17/3225 ,  G07F17/3223

摘要： A method for synchronizing a casino game playable at a plurality of gaming devices is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server having at least one processor, an indication of a wager from at least one of the plurality of gaming devices, obtaining, by the server, indications of communication latency from the server to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, and sending, by the server, game outcome determinations to at least the first and second gaming devices, the sending including sending a first game outcome determination to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, and sending a second game outcome determination to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel, wherein sending the first and second game outcome determinations is based at least in part on the indications of communication latency.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于同步在多个游戏设备上播放的娱乐场游戏的方法。 该方法包括由具有至少一个处理器的服务器接收来自多个游戏设备中的至少一个游戏设备的下注的指示，由服务器获得从服务器到至少第一游戏设备的通信延迟的指示 以及所述多个游戏设备的第二游戏设备，并且由所述服务器将游戏结果确定发送到至少所述第一和第二游戏设备，所述发送包括通过有线通信信道向所述第一游戏设备发送第一游戏结果确定 并且通过至少一个无线通信信道向第二游戏设备发送第二游戏结果确定，其中发送第一和第二游戏结果确定至少部分地基于通信延迟的指示。

公开(公告)号：US20160171816A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-16

申请号：US14570606

申请日：2014-12-15

申请人： GTECH CANADA ULC

发明人： Vicky LEBLANC ,  Reuben DUPUIS

IPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/34

CPC分类号： G07F17/3223 ,  G07F17/326 ,  G07F17/3265

摘要： An electronic gaming machine that includes a three-dimensional (3D) graphics processor to generate a 3D game environment for a game. A display controller defines a view window of the three-dimensional game environment. The view window defines a portion of the three-dimensional game environment. An electronic display device displays, via a display interface, the portion of the three-dimensional game environment defined by the view window using the 3D graphics processor. A player input device detects a player request interaction input to update the view window to navigate within the three dimensional game environment. In response to detection by the player input device, the display controller updates the view window based on the update action to define another portion of the three-dimensional game environment. The player can navigate throughout the 3D game environment using player request interaction input.

摘要翻译： 一种包括三维（3D）图形处理器以产生用于游戏的3D游戏环境的电子游戏机。 显示控制器定义三维游戏环境的视图窗口。 视图窗口定义了三维游戏环境的一部分。 电子显示装置通过显示接口显示使用3D图形处理器由视图窗口定义的三维游戏环境的部分。 播放器输入设备检测播放器请求交互输入以更新视图窗口以在三维游戏环境内导航。 响应于播放器输入设备的检测，显示控制器基于更新动作来更新视图窗口，以定义三维游戏环境的另一部分。 播放器可以使用播放器请求交互输入在整个3D游戏环境中导航。