IP Library Granted Patent US 10,668,375
Granted Patent B2
US 10,668,375 · App. 15/943,867 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Server, control method therefor, computer-readable recording medium, and game system

Inventors: Yusuke Hisaoka (Tokyo, JP); Makiko Tamura (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Okada (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Mori (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuo Iwao (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GREE, Inc.
A63F13/35A63F13/25A63F13/44A63F13/46A63F13/814A63F13/822A63F13/95
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Patent No.
US 10,668,375
App. No.
15/943,867
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recording medium and server provide a game that improves the interest in and taste of a battle event and increases the interest in and real enjoyment of the entire game. The recording medium provides a game including a predetermined battle event comprising at least one battle. In a battle event of this game, game contents are displayed in a first field, and a player selects therefrom a game content to be used for a battle with an enemy character. The first field is replenished with another game content alternative to the selected game content as needed so that the player can further select an additional game content therefrom.

Claims (27)

1. A terminal device comprising:

a storage unit that stores, as part of information related to a game, (i) information on plural kinds of character cards in which a point for selecting a character and plural parameters are predetermined, (ii) information on a character in association with the character card, and (iii) information on point amount for selecting a character;

a display processing unit that displays the plural character cards in a first field in a state of being arranged adjacent to one another, and among the character cards displayed in the first field, that displays in a manner selectable by a player of the game the character card with a point equal to or less than a point amount that increases as time passes; and

a control unit that removes the selected character card from the first field, arranges or sends an instruction to arrange the character corresponding to the selected character card in a second field different from the first field, and displays a new character card in the first field as a substitute for a removed character card,

wherein the display unit displays a new point amount obtained by subtracting the point amount by the point of the selected character card; and

the character corresponding to the selected character card attacks an enemy character in the second field based on the plural parameters associated with the selected character card, and the character card with the point equal to or less than the new point amount is selectable by the player.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the set of the plural character cards displayed in the first field at a first timing can be different from the set of the plural character cards displayed in the first field at a second timing different from the first timing.

3. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein a gauge that indicates change in the point amount is displayed.

4. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the plural character cards include a first character card and a second character card, a rapidity set to the first character card is larger than a rapidity set to the second character card, and the point of the first character card is smaller than the point of the second character card.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays the point of the character card in the first field.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit removes the selected character card from the first field, and then displays in the second field in a state different from that in the first field.

7. A method of controlling a computer connected to another computer through a communication line to provide a game including a battle event, the method comprising:

storing, as part of information related to a game, (i) information on plural kinds of character cards in which a point for selecting a character and plural parameters are predetermined, (ii) information on a character in association with the character card, and (iii) information on point amount for selecting a character;

causing a display processing unit to display the plural character cards in a first field in a state of being arranged adjacent to one another;

among the character cards displayed in the first field, causing a display unit to display in a manner selectable by a player of the game the character card with a point equal to or less than a point amount that increases as time passes;

causing a control unit to remove the selected character card from the first field, arrange or send an instruction to arrange the character corresponding to the selected character card in a second field different from the first field, and display a new character card in the first field as a substitute of a removed character card; and

causing the display unit to display a new point amount obtained by subtracting the point amount by the point of the selected character card,

wherein the character corresponding to the selected character card attacks an enemy character in the second field based on the plural parameters associated with the selected character card, and the character card with the point equal to or less than the new point amount is selectable by the player.

8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that records a program causing the computer to perform steps of:

storing, as part of information related to a game, (i) information on plural kinds of character cards in which a point for selecting a character and plural parameters are predetermined, (ii) information on a character in association with the character card, and (iii) information on point amount for selecting a character;

causing a display processing unit to display the plural character cards in a first field in a state of being arranged adjacent to one another;

among the character cards displayed in the first field, causing a display unit to display in a manner selectable by a player of the game the character card with a point equal to or less than a point amount that increases as time passes;

causing a control unit to remove the selected character card from the first field, arrange or send an instruction to arrange the character corresponding to the selected character card in a second field different from the first field, and display a new character card in the first field as a substitute of the removed character card; and

causing the display unit to display the new point amount obtained by subtracting the point amount by the point of the selected character card,

wherein the character corresponding to the selected character card attacks an enemy character in the second field based on the plural parameters associated with the selected character card, and the character card with the point equal to or less than the new point amount is selectable by the player.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the plural parameters associated with the selected character card includes rapidity of an action.

10. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the plural parameters associated with the selected character card includes rapidity of an attack.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71296 FRAME: 163. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0203 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071296/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2018
From: HISAOKA, YUSUKE; TAMURA, MAKIKO; OKADA, YUJI; MORI, TAKAHIRO; IWAO, MITSUO
To: GREE, INC.
Reel/Frame 045422/0450 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-042162 · Mar 4, 2013 · national
JP 2013-177713 · Aug 29, 2013 · national
JP 2013-200439 · Sep 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15391157 · Dec 27, 2016
Continuation 14929738 · Nov 2, 2015
Continuation 14194466 · Feb 28, 2014
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