IP Library Granted Patent US 9,333,428
Granted Patent B2
US 9,333,428 · App. 14/219,909 · Granted May 10, 2016

Server device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing game program

Inventors: Shun Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Ukai (Tokyo, JP); Naoto Yoshie (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
A63F13/12A63F13/69A63F2300/575
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,333,428
App. No.
14/219,909
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A server device connected with a player terminal used by a player when performing a game operation over a network includes: a rental unit; a providing unit; a storage unit configured to store player information in which the rental game content rented from the rental unit is set as game content temporarily possessed by the player, and the game content provided by the providing unit is set as game content possessed by the player; a parameter varying unit; a game content determination unit; a parameter setting unit configured to set a parameter of the game content based on a parameter of the rental game content varied by the parameter varying unit; a condition determination unit configured to determine whether a return condition of the rental game content is satisfied; and an update unit configured to update the player information stored in the storage unit.

Claims (13)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor, configured to:

associate rental game content rented to a player and game content provided to the player, with the player to store;

vary at least a parameter set to the rental game content, based on an operation input from the player;

determine, when the game content is provided to the player during the rental game content being rented, whether the game content and the rental game content have a predetermined relationship; and

set a parameter of the game content based on the varied parameter set to the rental game content when it is determined that there is the predetermined relationship.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor varies not only the parameter set to the rental game content but also the parameter set to the game content provided to the player, based on the operation input from the player and significantly varies the parameter set to the rental game content compared with the parameter set to the game content when varying the parameter set to the rental game content.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a game program for causing a computer to execute the processing of:

storing, in a storage unit, rental game content rented to a player and game content provide to the player in association with the player;

varying at least a parameter set to the rental game content based on an operation input from the player;

when game content is provided to the player during the rental game content being rented, determining whether the game content and the rental game content have a predetermined relationship; and

setting a parameter of the game content based on the varied parameter set to the rental game content when it has been determined that there is the predetermined relationship.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: DENA CO., LTD.
To: DENA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059805/0970 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-238208 · Oct 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14063268 · Oct 25, 2013
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