US 11,861,973 B2
Electronic gaming machine with potential matching segments in adjacent horizontal frames
Daniel Sahl, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to DK Crown Holdings Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by DK Crown Holdings Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,940.
Application 17/982,940 is a continuation of application No. 16/939,164, filed on Aug. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,501,598.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/886,415, filed on Aug. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054680 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/3262 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
distributing, by one or more processors coupled to memory, a first set of random symbols into an at least 3-column by 3-row frame array displayed on a visual display, each random symbol of the first set of random symbols distributed into a respective frame of the at least 3-column by 3-row frame array, at least one of the first set of random symbols comprising a first partial symbol extending towards an edge of a first frame of the at least 3-column by 3-row frame array, wherein the edge of the first frame is adjacent to an edge of an adjacent second frame of the at least 3-column by 3-row frame array;
identifying, by the one or more processors, a completed symbol formed by the first partial symbol in the first frame and a second partial symbol in the adjacent second frame;
determining, by the one or more processors, a first value shown by a first completed symbol formed by the first partial symbol in the first frame and the second partial symbol in the adjacent second frame, wherein the first partial symbol in the first frame is configured to match with a third partial symbol configured to be displayed in the at least 3-column by 3-row frame array to from a second completed symbol showing a second value; and
causing, by the one or more processors, a credit balance to be adjusted by the first value shown by the first completed symbol.