Gaming system and method for providing a game which populates symbols along a path

US9881459B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IGT · US

Inventors

• Scott A. Caputo · Santa Clara, US
• Leandro Basallo · San Francisco, US
• Rachael A. Bristol · San Francisco, US
• Thomas Uster · San Francisco, US
• Jodi Manela · Walnut Creek, US
• Dacotah Petermann-Turner · Oakland, US
• Amity Wang · Fremont, US
• Benjamin J. Zoltewicz · Mill Valley, US
• Prashant Arora · Mountain View, US
• David Hernandez-Diaz · San Francisco, US
• Stephen J. Edwards · Ward, US
• Matthew Falzone · San Francisco, US
• Sean Mountain · Redwood City, US
• Alexander Present · Berkeley, US
• Todd Wong · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/34
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates generally to a game including a path of different symbol display positions. The gaming system generates one or more symbols (and/or one or more awards) at one or more of the symbol display positions of a matrix or grid. The gaming system then randomly forms a path including a plurality of the symbol display positions and determines an award for the player based on which symbol display positions are included in the formed path.