US 12,142,106 B2
Gameplay method with connected image segments
David Marsh, Charlottesville, VA (US); and Karl Roelofs, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed by Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited, North Ryde (AU)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,833.
Application 18/239,833 is a continuation of application No. 17/747,605, filed on May 18, 2022, granted, now 11,783,664.
Application 17/747,605 is a continuation of application No. 16/931,290, filed on Jul. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,341,804, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 16/931,290 is a continuation of application No. 15/926,905, filed on Mar. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,726,661, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401923 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
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 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming system comprising:
at least one server operable to determine a randomly generated outcome based on a random number generator meeting a return-to-player; and
a client device coupled to the at least one server and having a plurality of display positions arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, a device processor and memory storing a symbol set, the symbol set including game symbols, some of the game symbols having a plurality of image segments, a contiguous image being formable from a subset of the plurality of image segments, and instructions, which, when executed, cause the device processor to at least:
receive data indicative of the randomly generated outcome from the server,
control the display positions to display a subset of game symbols selected including the contiguous image initially occupying the plurality of columns based on the data received from the server,
control the display positions to animate the contiguous image from being displayed in the plurality of columns to occupying a decreased number of columns thus decreasing the contiguous image to a decreased image, and
responsive to the decreased image being occupied in a single display position, control the single display position to animate an award over the decreased image to meet the return-to-player.