US 12,283,151 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. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,502.
Application 18/521,502 is a continuation of application No. 17/982,940, filed on Nov. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,861,973.
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 2024/0096166 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
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 system, comprising:
one or more processors coupled to memory, the one or more processors configured to:
provide a first set of random symbols for presentation in a graphical user interface displayed on a visual display, each random symbol of the first set of random symbols presented in one of at least three columns of the graphical user interface, at least one of the first set of random symbols comprising a first partial symbol presented within a first column of the at least three columns;
identify a completed symbol formed by the first partial symbol in the first column and a second partial symbol in a second column adjacent to the first column;
determine a first value shown by a first completed symbol formed by the first partial symbol in the first column and the second partial symbol in the second column, wherein the first partial symbol is configured to match with a third partial symbol to form a second completed symbol showing a second value; and
cause a credit balance to be adjusted based on the first value shown by the first completed symbol.