US 11,887,430 B2
Systems and methods for electronic gaming with trigger conditions
Rogelio Decasa, Jr., Renton, WA (US); Hanna Sanborn, Georgetown, TX (US); Jeffrey Uss, Liberty Hill, TX (US); Jennifer Mizzi, Round Rock, TX (US); and Erick Ching, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,628.
Application 18/171,628 is a continuation of application No. 17/479,732, filed on Sep. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,600,136.
Application 17/479,732 is a continuation of application No. 16/879,338, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,138,825, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,795, filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0206717 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G06F 7/588 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming device comprising:
at least one memory with instructions stored thereon; and
at least one processor in communication with the at least one memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
determine that a reel of a plurality of reels is eligible to have a bonus symbol displayed thereon;
based on the reel being eligible to have the bonus symbol displayed thereon, cause display of an unlock animation associated with a reel unlock indicator associated with the reel, wherein the unlock animation is associated with changing the reel unlock indicator from a first display state to a second display state, the first display state being associated the reel being locked as ineligible to have the bonus symbol displayed thereon, the second display state being associated with the reel being unlocked as eligible to have the bonus symbol displayed thereon; and
determine an outcome for an electronic game, wherein the outcome includes display of the bonus symbol on the reel based on the reel being eligible to have the bonus symbol displayed thereon and includes no bonus symbols on any reels of the plurality of reels that are ineligible to have the bonus symbol displayed thereon.