IP Library Granted Patent US 11,278,800
Granted Patent B2
US 11,278,800 · App. 16/902,427 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

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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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,278,800
App. No.
16/902,427
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
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 (33)

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 a 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 in a manner such that the character card with the point equal to or less than the point amount is selectable by a player of the game; and

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

wherein, when a player selects the character card, the point amount is subtracted by the point of the selected character card and the character card with the point equal to or less than the renewed point amount is selectable by the player,

plural character cards in the first field are selectable at a single operation of the player; and

the character corresponding to the selected character card is configured to attack an enemy character in the second field based on the plural parameters associated with the selected character card.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , further comprising a touch panel configured to select the character card in the first field by the player,

wherein the plural character cards are selected by the player dragging on the touch panel in the first field.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein a first indication to indicate selection candidate is displayed in the first field.

4. The terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein selection of a previous character card is cancelled when a direction of the player's dragging is different from a direction indicated by the first indication.

5. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein a set of second indications are indicated in the character cards in the first field when in a state of being able to exercise specific move to the player character in the second field, and

the specific move is exercised when the character cards with the second indications are selected without a break.

6. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the point amount increases as time passes irrespective of player's operation.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the character card as substitute of the removed character card is displayed to move over or fill the region where the removed character card was arranged.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the character card as substitute of the removed character card is determined arbitrary.

9. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein a set of character cards are repeatedly displayed in the first field as the new character card.

10. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the point amount is not subtracted until the character card is arranged in the second field.

11. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the point amount continuously increases except when the character card is arranged in the second field.

12. 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 and in a manner such that the character card with the point equal to or less than the point amount is selectable by a player of the game;

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

when a player selects the character card, subtracting the point amount by the point of the selected character card, and the character card with the point equal to or less than the renewed point amount being selectable by the player,

wherein plural character cards in the first field are selectable at a single operation of the player, and

the character corresponding to the selected character card is configured to attack an enemy character in the second field based on the plural parameters associated with the selected character card.

13. 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 and in a manner such that the character card with the point equal to or less than the point amount is selectable by a player of the game;

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

when a player selects the character card, subtracting the point amount by the point of the selected character card, and the character card with the point equal to or less than the renewed point amount,

wherein plural character cards in the first field are selectable at a single operation of the player, and

the character corresponding to the selected character card is configured to attack an enemy character in the second field based on the plural parameters associated with the selected character card.

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 Jun 16, 2020
From: HISAOKA, YUSUKE; TAMURA, MAKIKO; OKADA, YUJI; MORI, TAKAHIRO; IWAO, MITSUO
To: GREE, INC.
Reel/Frame 052948/0284 →
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 (6)
Continuation 16427523 · May 31, 2019
Continuation 15943867 · Apr 3, 2018
Continuation 15391157 · Dec 27, 2016
Continuation 14929738 · Nov 2, 2015
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