PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881618
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["463", "020000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems are disclosed providing slot machine games a capability of adjusting probabilities of triggering different bonus games based on non-random factors provided in supplemental data. Programming and data structure design are provided to implement a bonus trigger probability adjuster based on supplemental data input. Such data can include the state a dynamic interactive game theme displayed at the gaming machine. Player interactions with the theme can alter the sequence of the theme display.

Claim (Index 1):
A gaming machine comprising:\n a cabinet holding one or more video displays; a controller operatively coupled to control the one or more video displays; a credit input device in communication with the controller and adapted for accepting a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a player credit balance; a plurality of player-activated input devices in communication with the controller for setting wagers covered by the credit balance and initiating games for determining the outcomes of the wagers; a first data structure stored in a memory comprising data corresponding to a base game presentation; a second data structure stored in memory comprising data representing a set of game theme graphical objects; a set of bonus game data structures stored in memory, each representing a game presentation of a different bonus game each having a non-zero probability to be triggered in a base game round; a bonus trigger probability data structure stored in memory including first data on which is based the non-zero probabilities of the different bonus games being triggered in a base game round; wherein the controller is programmed to: adjust the first data in the bonus trigger probability data structure based on supplemental data to change the probability of at least one of the bonus games being triggered; in response to a wager activation by a player on one of the player input devices, (i) cause a game outcome to be generated with the chance of a bonus game trigger occurring being based on the current state of the game math probability data structure; (ii) activate the first data structure to cause the base game presentation to display conducting a base game to produce the game outcome and evaluating the outcome for winning patterns each having an associated credit award; (iii) in the event of a bonus game trigger, causing a selected one of the bonus game data structures to be activated to display a bonus game being conducted; and receive a player cash out input through the player controls and, in response, initiate a payout of the credit balance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.49057
- Patent Class: 463.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15872814', '14101726', '10757151', '15015658', '13863265']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3751411831146826
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.488871577815557
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3865142225847701
- Mean Citation Score: 289.38907400000005
- Max Citation Score: 301.45612
- Similarity Product: 248.71895813216688

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

Dataset: test