IP Library Granted Patent US 8,821,235
Granted Patent B2
US 8,821,235 · App. 13/864,052 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and server device

Inventors: Daiki Urakubo (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Koyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
A63F13/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,821,235
App. No.
13/864,052
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game program according to the invention instructs a computer to perform the following processes: a reception process in which a building request that requests building of a character group into which a plurality of characters are organized is received from a player terminal that is used by a player when the player plays a game; an image generation process in which a group-building game image is generated in response to the building request, the group-building game image being displayed on a display unit of the player terminal when the player builds the character group, the group-building game image including images of characters owned by the player and pieces of suggesting information that causes the player to estimate an attribute set for each of these characters; and a process in which the group-building game image generated in the image generation process is sent to the player terminal.

Claims (16)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, with a game program stored thereon, wherein the game program comprises instructions that when executed cause a computer, having a processor and a memory, to:

perform a reception process wherein a building request that requests building of a character group, into which a plurality of characters are organized, is received from a player terminal that is used by a player when the player plays a game;

perform an image generation process wherein a group-building game image is generated in response to the building request, and wherein the group-building game image is displayed on a display unit of the player terminal when the player builds the character group, and wherein the group-building game image comprises images of characters owned by the player and suggesting information that allows the player to estimate an attribute associated with each of the characters and does not directly display an attribute associated with the characters; and

perform a process wherein the group-building game image generated in the image generation process is sent to the player terminal.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein when the attributes associated with a plurality of characters constituting the character group are related to each other, the instructions cause the computer to perform a process wherein a special effect is produced in the character group.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2 , wherein the instructions further cause the computer to perform an image generation process wherein a history game image is generated, and

wherein the history game image comprises a history of the character group that the player has previously built and an attribute associated with the characters constituting the character group in which the special effect is produced.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the suggesting information is text data containing a character string that allows the player to estimate the attribute associated with the character, and

wherein in the image generation process, the group-building game image further comprises a text containing the character string which corresponds to an image of the character.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein in the image generation process, the instructions further cause the computer to perform a process which

allows a first character of the plurality of characters constituting the character group and a second character that differs from the first character to be combined, such that the suggesting information of the first character is changed, and

generates a group-building game image comprising the suggesting information that has been changed.

6. A server device, comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive a building request that requests building of a character group into which a plurality of characters are organized, from a player terminal that is used by a player when the player plays a game;

an image generation unit configured to generate a group-building game image in response to the building request, wherein the group-building game image is displayed on a display unit of the player terminal when the player builds the character group, wherein the group-building game image comprises images of characters owned by the player and suggesting information that allows the player to estimate an attribute associated with each of the characters and does not directly display an attribute associated with the characters; and

a transmission unit configured to send to the player terminal the group-building game image generated by the image generation unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: DENA CO., LTD.
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059805/0970 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2013
From: URAKUBO, DAIKI; KOYAMA, HIROSHI
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030229/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-137995 · Jun 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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