US 12,118,853 B2
Gaming device with mobile win selector
Ryan Hawkins, Henderson, NV (US); Stephanie Klepzig, Las Vegas, NV (US); and Yanis Tsombanidis, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/418,878.
Application 18/418,878 is a continuation of application No. 17/701,576, filed on Mar. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,922,768.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,598, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0161582 A1, May 16, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3262 (2013.01) [G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor; wherein the at least one processor is operative to execute the instructions to:
randomly assign, from a set of reels, a subset of reels to a set of columns of a playing field using a random number generator (RNG), such that each of the subset of reels corresponds to a column of the set of columns and that return to player or volatility converges to a value across a series of games even though a mobile selector moves randomly or pseudo-randomly;
generate the playing field by randomly, via the RNG, determining a set of symbols for each column from the corresponding reel, each of the set of symbols occupying a position on the playing field;
cause a display device to graphically render the playing field in a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by the display device;
randomly, using the RNG, determine a size of a mobile selector;
cause the display device to graphically render, in the GUI, a position of the mobile selector on the playing field;
determine whether the position of the rendered mobile selector encompasses a prize symbol;
determine an outcome based on whether the position of the rendered mobile selector encompasses the prize symbol.