US 11,769,367 B2
Systems and methods of electronic gaming
Ryan Hawkins, Henderson, NV (US); Robert Honeycutt, Henderson, NV (US); and Stephanie Johns, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed by ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/463,234.
Application 17/463,234 is a continuation of application No. 16/686,622, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,113,925.
Application 16/686,622 is a continuation of application No. 15/275,407, filed on Sep. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,490,020, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0398386 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3213 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 (2013.01); G07F 17/3246 (2013.01); G07F 17/3251 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming system comprising:
a display device configured to display an electronic game;
a game controller;
a memory communicatively coupled to the game controller and having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the game controller, cause the game controller to:
determine a trigger symbol action from a plurality of trigger symbol actions, the trigger symbol action indicating an action to be applied in the electronic game;
control the display device to display a trigger symbol and a visual indicator associated with the trigger symbol action prior to a play of the electronic game to indicate that at least one instance of the trigger symbol displayed in the play of the electronic game will cause application of the trigger symbol action;
control the display device to display electronic game symbols for the play of the electronic game, the electronic game symbols including the trigger symbol;
control the display device to convert the trigger symbol to include a visual indicator symbol associated with the visual indicator; and
perform the trigger symbol action after the trigger symbol conversion.