IP Library Granted Patent US 9,390,581
Granted Patent B2
US 9,390,581 · App. 13/837,049 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Information generation device, information provision system, and information storage medium

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Patent No.
US 9,390,581
App. No.
13/837,049
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information generation device includes an adjustment section that adjusts a selection probability of a game medium that is provided to a second player based on a game status of a first player, the game medium being displayed in a game, and an information generation section that generates indication information corresponding to the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section, the indication information indicating the selection probability of the game medium in a lottery event to the second player, the lottery event being an event for providing the game medium.

Claims (74)

1. An information generation device comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor configured to, based on executing instructions stored in the memory,

generate, in an information generation section, first image information for a first game played by a first player based on operation information input by the first player, and second image information for a second game played by a second player based on operation information input by the second player, the second game is not the first game;

adjust, in an adjustment section, a selection probability of a game medium provided to the second player based on a game status of the first player, the game medium being displayed in the second game, the game medium being at least one of a game card, a game item, and a game character;

generate, in the information generation section, indication information corresponding to the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, the indication information indicating the selection probability of the second player acquiring the game medium in a lottery event to the second player, the lottery event being an event for providing the game medium;

determine, in a determination section, the game medium to be provided to the second player upon execution of the lottery event, based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player; and

transmit, to the second game played by the second player, upon receipt of a lottery request, the game medium determined by the determination section based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player.

2. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the adjustment section adjusts the selection probability of the game medium provided to the second player based on at least one condition among a condition whereby the first player is playing the first game, a condition whereby the first player is participating in a network of the first game, a condition whereby a history of the first game played by the first player satisfies a given condition, and a condition whereby a history of the lottery event played by the first player satisfies a given condition.

3. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the adjustment section adjusts the selection probability of the game medium provided to the second player on condition that the first player and the second player have a given relationship.

4. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the adjustment section adjusts the selection probability of the game medium provided to the second player on condition that the first player and the second player have a given positional relationship.

5. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein a number of the first players is two or more, and

the adjustment section increases the selection probability of the game medium provided to the second player as the number of the first players who satisfy a selection probability adjustment condition increases.

6. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein the adjustment section adjusts the selection probability of the game medium provided to the second player corresponding to an attribute of the first player who satisfies a selection probability adjustment condition.

7. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 , further comprising:

a communication section that transmits the indication information to a terminal that executes the second game.

8. The information generation device as defined in claim 7 , wherein

the communication section transmits the second image information to the terminal when the terminal has connected to a game network, or when the lottery event can be executed, or when the lottery event has been executed in the terminal.

9. An information provision system comprising:

the information generation device as defined in claim 7 ; and

the terminal that executes the second game.

10. The information provision system as defined in claim 9 ,

wherein the terminal includes an image generation section and a display section,

the information generation section generates an e-mail as the indication information,

the image generation section generates an image that indicates the selection probability based on the e-mail transmitted from the information generation device, and

the display section displays the image.

11. The information provision system as defined in claim 9 ,

wherein the terminal includes an image generation section and a display section,

the information generation section generates the second image information as the indication information,

the image generation section generates an image that indicates the selection probability based on the second image information transmitted from the information generation device, and

the display section displays the image.

12. An information provision system that provides indication information that indicates a selection probability of a game medium that is displayed in a game, the information provision system comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor configured to, based on executing instructions stored in the memory,

generate, in an information generation section, first image information for a first game played by a first player based on operation information input by the first player, and second image information for a second game played by a second player based on operation information input by the second player, the second game is not the first game;

adjust, in an adjustment section, the selection probability of the game medium provided to the second player based on a game status of the first player, the game medium being at least one of a game card, a game item, and a game character;

generate, in the information generation section, the indication information corresponding to the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, the indication information indicating the selection probability of the second player acquiring the game medium in a lottery event to the second player, the lottery event being an event for providing the game medium;

determine, in a determination section, the game medium to be provided to the second player upon execution of the lottery event, based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player; and

transmit, to the second game played by the second player, upon receipt of a lottery request, the game medium determined by the determination section based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player.

13. A non-transitory information storage medium storing thereon a program, which when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

generate, in an information generation section, first image information for a first game played by a first player based on operation information input by the first player, and second image information for a second game played by a second player based on operation information input by the second player, the second game is not the first game;

adjust, in an adjustment section, a selection probability of a game medium that is provided to the second player based on a game status of the first player, the game medium being displayed in the second game, the game medium being at least one of a game card, a game item, and a game character;

generate, in the information generation section, indication information corresponding to the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, the indication information indicating the selection probability of the second player acquiring the game medium in a lottery event to the second player, the lottery event being an event for providing the game medium;

determine, in a determination section, the game medium to be provided to the second player upon execution of the lottery event, based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player; and

transmit, to the second game played by the second player, upon receipt of a lottery request, the game medium determined by the determination section based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player.

14. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 , further comprising

a communication section that transmits image information to a terminal that executes the second game,

wherein

when it is determined that a connection request is issued by the terminal that executes the second game,

the information generation section generates the second image information which includes the indication information that indicates the selection probability of the second player acquiring the game medium adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, and the communication transmits the second image information, to the terminal that executes the second game; and

when it is determined that the lottery request is issued by the terminal that executes the second game,

the information generation section further generates the second image information which includes the indication information that indicates the game medium determined by the determination section based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, and the communication further transmits the second image information, to the terminal that executes the second game.

15. The information provision system as defined in claim 12 , further comprising

a communication section that transmits image information to a terminal that executes the second game,

wherein

when it is determined that a connection request is issued by the terminal that executes the second game,

the information generation section generates the second image information which includes the indication information that indicates the selection probability of the second player acquiring the game medium adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, and the communication transmits the second image information, to the terminal that executes the second game; and

when it is determined that the lottery request is issued by the terminal that executes the second game,

the information generation section further generates the second image information which includes the indication information that indicates the game medium determined by the determination section based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, and the communication further transmits the second image information, to the terminal that executes the second game.

16. The non-transitory information storage medium as defined in claim 13 , further comprising

a communication section that transmits image information to a terminal that executes the second game,

wherein

when it is determined that a connection request is issued by the terminal that executes the second game,

the information generation section generates the second image information which includes the indication information that indicates the selection probability of the second player acquiring the game medium adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, and the communication transmits the second image information, to the terminal that executes the second game; and

when it is determined that the lottery request is issued by the terminal that executes the second game,

the information generation section further generates the second image information which includes the indication information that indicates the game medium determined by the determination section based on the selection probability adjusted by the adjustment section based on the game status of the first player, and the communication further transmits the second image information, to the terminal that executes the second game.

17. The information generation device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor controls acquisition of game mediums in a game network using a lottery executed by terminals in the game network.

18. The information provision system as defined in claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor controls acquisition of game mediums in a game network using a lottery executed by terminals in the game network.

19. The non-transitory information storage medium as defined in claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor controls acquisition of game mediums in a game network using a lottery executed by terminals in the game network.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2016
From: BANDAI NAMCO GAMES INC.
To: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 038040/0208 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2014
From: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
To: BANDAI NAMCO GAMES INC.
Reel/Frame 032975/0393 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2013
From: NASHIDA, HIROYUKI
To: NAMCO BANDAI GAMES INC.
Reel/Frame 030602/0429 →