ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,890, issued on June 17, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Symbol substitution system" was invented by Stephan Adamek (Graz, Austria), Alois Mazgan (Raaba, Austria) and Michael Russ (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for substituting images, graphics, video, and other content presented by an Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM during execution of an electronic game. Embodiments can include a mobile application which can be used in the casino environment, for example, and through which players of electronic games may choose different game content either out of a pre-...