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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Michael Russ, Graz, AT;
Sven Aurich, Schwanberg, AT;
Lukas Angermayer, Graz, AT;
Thomas Trenkler, Thal, AT;
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for unlocking hardware and associated functionality of gaming devices. Before a player reaches a predetermined progress level, enhanced user interface devices of the gaming device remain locked to the player. The functionality associated with the enhanced user interface devices also remains unavailable to the player while the enhanced user interface devices are locked. Once the player reaches the progress level, a hardware-unlock option is presented to the player allowing the player to unlock an enhanced user interface device and select a functionality associated with the unlocked enhanced user interface device. The availability of the hardware-unlock options and specific functionality to be activated can be limited based on in-game events and a progress level reached by the player.