IP Library Granted Patent US 10,449,452
Granted Patent B2
US 10,449,452 · App. 16/277,144 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Storage medium storing game program, game processing method, and information processing apparatus

Inventor: Hirohiko Atobe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GREE, INC.
A63F13/52A63F13/21A63F13/25A63F13/35A63F13/537A63F13/822A63F13/95A63F2300/308A63F2300/65
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Patent No.
US 10,449,452
App. No.
16/277,144
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stores game program code instructions for a game in which users do battle, and the game program code instructions cause a computer to perform a data storage function of storing a first panel data that includes a plurality of panels associated with the first user to a storage unit; a control function of receiving information regarding a selection by the first user, the selection being for one or more panels indicating characters to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions; the data storage function further stores the panel associated with information of motion to the storage unit, and the control function transmits information for displaying the panel as a moving character according to the information of motion associated with the panel when the panel is disposed in a target division.

Claims (34)

1. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing game program code instructions for a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, and when the game program code instructions are executed by a computer, the game program code instructions cause the computer to perform:

a panel selection function of receiving, using the computer, a selection by the first user, the selection being for one or more panels indicating one or more characters to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;

a panel layout function of disposing, using the computer, the one or more characters of the one or more panels in the one or more divisions on the basis of the selection received by the panel selection function; and

a screen display control function of controlling, using the computer, the game display screen on a screen display unit on the basis of information regarding the layout by the panel layout function and layout of the one or more characters of the one or more panels in the divisions by the second user, wherein

at least one of the characters is displayed, using the computer, moving and/or emphasized in a manner differently than other characters when being disposed in the one or more divisions.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1 , causing a computer to further perform

a division execution function of executing, using the computer, the one or more divisions in which the one or more characters of the one or more panels are disposed by the panel layout function in a predetermined order.

3. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein

the predetermined order is determined based on an arrangement, shapes, and/or sizes of the panels.

4. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the battle is performed based in part on panel information that includes size information.

5. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more panels are given according to progress of the game.

6. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

information of text to be displayed relative to the one or more characters is associated with the one or more panels,

the display region possesses one or more text display portions for displaying the text, and

the screen display control function controls, using the computer, the game display screen such that the one or more text display portions display the text overlapping or proximate the one or more characters on the basis of the one or more panels selected by the first user and the information of the text.

7. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the divisions has a frame portion, and

a frame portion of a division in which a character of a panel selected from a first panel database is disposed, and a frame portion of a division in which a character of a panel selected from a second panel database is disposed, are constructed in different colors.

8. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more panels indicate characters that the first user and the second user use for attack or defense in the game.

9. A game processing method for a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, and when executed by a computer, the game processing method causes the computer to perform:

a panel selection step of receiving, using the computer, a selection by the first user, the selection being for one or more panels indicating one or more characters, which are to be disposed in one or more divisions of a game display screen including a display region formed by the divisions;

a panel layout step of disposing, using the computer, the one or more characters of the one or more panels in the one or more divisions on the basis of the selection received by the panel selection step; and

a screen display control step of controlling, using the computer, the game display screen on a screen display unit on the basis of information regarding the layout by the panel layout step and layout of the one or more characters of the one or more panels in the divisions by the second user, wherein

at least one of the characters is displayed, using the computer, moving and/or emphasized in a manner differently than other characters when being disposed in the one or more divisions.

10. An information processing apparatus that controls a game in which a first user and a second user do battle, comprising a computer programmed to act as:

a control unit, wherein the control unit includes:

a screen display control section that displays, using the computer, a game display screen that includes a display region formed by one or more divisions, on a screen display unit;

a panel selection section that receives, using the computer, a selection by the first user, the selection being for panels indicating one or more characters to be disposed in the one or more divisions of the display region; and

a panel layout section that disposes, using the computer, the one or more characters of the one or more panels in the one or more divisions on the basis of the selection received by the panel selection section, wherein

the screen display control section controls, using the computer, the game display screen on the screen display unit on the basis of information regarding the layout by the panel layout section and layout of the one or more characters of the one or more panels in the divisions by the second user, and

at least one of the characters is displayed, using the computer, moving and/or emphasized in a manner differently than other characters when being disposed in the one or more divisions.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-116039 · May 31, 2013 · national
JP 2013-268385 · Dec 26, 2013 · national
JP 2014-042491 · Mar 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15686268 · Aug 25, 2017
Continuation 15391123 · Dec 27, 2016
Continuation 15253964 · Sep 1, 2016
Continuation 14291358 · May 30, 2014
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