US 12,251,632 B2
Tile selection and award determination sequence
David Twomey, Berkhamsted (GB); and Raymond Latham, Farnworth (GB)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/493,387.
Application 18/493,387 is a continuation of application No. 18/047,740, filed on Oct. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,826,647.
Application 18/047,740 is a continuation of application No. 17/223,719, filed on Apr. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,511,189, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/009,586, filed on Apr. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0050850 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/537 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/537 (2014.09) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
communicating data that results in a display, by a display device, of a first tile associated with one of a plurality of different symbol components;
communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of the symbol component associated with the first tile;
communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of a plurality of second tiles, each of the plurality of second tiles associated with any of one of the plurality of different symbol components and one of a plurality of different action components;
for each of the plurality of second tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of one of the symbol component associated with the second tile or the action component associated with the second tile;
responsive to an input associated with one of the second tiles associated with one of the action components that indicates that second tile is selectable, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of each of a plurality of third tiles associated with that second tile, each of the plurality of third tiles associated with any of one of the plurality of different symbol components and one of the plurality of different action components;
for each of the plurality of third tiles, communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of one of the symbol component associated with the third tile or the action component associated with the third tile; and
communicating data that results in a display, by the display device, of any determined awards associated with the displayed symbol components associated with the first tile, the plurality of second tiles, and the plurality of third tiles, and based on a plurality of positions of the first tile, the plurality of second tiles, and the plurality of third tiles.