IP Library Granted Patent US 10,532,289
Granted Patent B2
US 10,532,289 · App. 16/019,633 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Program, control method, and information processing apparatus

Inventors: Taku Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Norifumi Okumura (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Itoh (Tokyo, JP); Kanji Uemura (Tokyo, JP); Naoko Hanada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GREE, Inc.
A63F13/80A63F13/33A63F13/48A63F13/58
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Patent No.
US 10,532,289
App. No.
16/019,633
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A program, a control method, and an information processing apparatus capable of improving excitement of a game. An information processing apparatus (including a server device and a terminal device) executing a process of a game including game content for performing a battle using a plurality of game media may store the plurality of game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user, display some game media among the plurality of game media in a field area and proceed with the game content, and perform a process for providing a cooperation effect including changing of a parameter of a first game medium included in some game media when the first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition and a second game medium in a predetermined relationship with the first game medium and not included in some game media is included in the plurality of game media.

Claims (28)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code that, when executed, causes an information processing apparatus executing a process of a game including game content for performing a battle using a plurality of battle-participating game media to execute:

a step of storing the plurality of battle-participating game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user;

a step of displaying at least one displayed game media among the plurality of battle-participating game media in a field area and proceeding with the game content for performing the battle;

a step of performing a process to provide a cooperation effect, wherein performing the process to provide the cooperation effect comprises determining whether a first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition, said first game medium included in the plurality of battle-participating game media and in the at least one displayed game media, and determining whether a second game medium having a predetermined relationship with the first game medium is included in the plurality of battle-participating game media, wherein said second game medium is not displayed in the field area; and

a step of changing of a parameter of the first game medium when the first game medium satisfies the predetermined condition and the second game medium is included in the plurality of battle-participating game media.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is that the first game medium is in a state of inability to battle in the game content.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 2 , wherein the step of performing the process to provide the cooperation effect further comprises, with the second game medium, putting the first game medium in a battle-enabled state in the game content.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the step of performing the process to provide the cooperation effect further comprises, with the second game medium, performing a battle together with the first game medium in the game content.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , further causing the information processing apparatus to execute

a step of displaying an image associated with the plurality of battle-participating game media in an area other than the field area,

wherein the step of providing the cooperation effect includes displaying an image associated with the first game medium and the second game medium in a different mode from a mode of an image associated with a remainder of the plurality of battle-participating game media except for the first game medium and the second game medium.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , further causing the information processing apparatus to execute

a step of selecting one of a plurality of cooperation skill candidates extracted according to a combination of the first game medium and the second game medium,

wherein the step of performing the process to provide the cooperation effect includes an effect associated with one selected cooperation skill.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein an order of priority is set for each of the plurality of cooperation skill candidates.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein a probability is set for each of the plurality of cooperation skill candidates, and one of the plurality of cooperation skill candidates is selected according to the probability.

9. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus executing a process of a game including game content for performing a battle using a plurality of battle-participating game media, the method comprising:

a step of storing the plurality of battle-participating game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user;

a step of displaying at least one displayed game media among the plurality of battle-participating game media in a field area and proceeding with the game content for performing the battle;

a step of performing a process to provide a cooperation effect, wherein performing the process to provide the cooperation effect comprises determining whether a first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition, said first game medium included in the plurality of battle-participating game media and in the at least one displayed game media, and determining whether a second game medium having a predetermined relationship with the first game medium is included in the plurality of battle-participating game media, wherein said second game medium is not displayed in the field area; and

a step of changing of a parameter of the first game medium when the first game medium satisfies the predetermined condition and the second game medium is included in the plurality of battle-participating game media.

10. An information processing apparatus configured to execute a process of a game including game content for performing a battle using a plurality of battle-participating game media, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the plurality of battle-participating game media selected by a user of the game in association with the user; and

a control unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to perform the steps of:

displaying at least one displayed game media among the plurality of battle-participating game media in a field area and proceeding with the game content for performing the battle,

performing a process for providing a cooperation effect, wherein performing the process for providing the cooperation effect comprises determining whether a first game medium satisfies a predetermined condition, said first game medium included in the plurality of battle-participating game media and in the at least one displayed game media, and determining whether a second game medium having a predetermined relationship with the first game medium is included in the plurality of battle-participating game media, wherein said second game medium is not displayed in the field area, and

a process of changing of a parameter of the first game medium when the first game medium satisfies the predetermined condition and the second game medium is included in the plurality of battle-participating game media.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71296 FRAME: 482. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0140 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071296/0482 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2018
From: WATANABE, TAKU; OKUMURA, NORIFUMI; ITOH, TAKAYUKI; UEMURA, KANJI; HANADA, NAOKO
To: GREE, INC.
Reel/Frame 046215/0416 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-128868 · Jun 30, 2017 · national
JP 2017-232595 · Dec 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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