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Granted Patent B2
US 11,478,705 · App. 17/085,920 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Program, terminal, game system, and provision device

Inventors: Takashi Nagura (Tokyo, JP); Hideto Kotani (Tokyo, JP); Nao Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Masahiko Saito (Tokyo, JP); Hyunsoo Lee (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.
A63F13/537
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Patent No.
US 11,478,705
App. No.
17/085,920
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a program causing a computer to function as: a display control unit configured to display a first game element possessed by a player in a first display mode, and display a first game element not possessed by the player in a second display mode different from the first display mode; and a transition unit configured to cause transition to a provision screen on which a procedure for providing the first game element is performed, when a predetermined operation is performed on the first game element displayed in the second display mode.

Claims (27)

1. A program control apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile computer readable medium comprising computer code, the at least one non-volatile memory and the computer code configured to, with the processor, cause a computer to:

display a first game element possessed by a player in a first display mode, and display a first game element not possessed by the player in a second display mode different from the first display mode;

transition to a provision screen on which a procedure for provision of the first game element is performed, when a predetermined operation is performed on the first game element displayed in the second display mode; and

acquire, in response to execution of a predetermined procedure on the provision screen, the first game element displayed in the second display mode, the first game element displayed in the second display mode with a predetermined probability, or a group of a plurality of the first game elements comprising the first game element displayed in the second display mode with a predetermined probability.

2. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first display mode and the second display mode are display modes that are visually distinguishable from each other.

3. The program control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first display mode is a display mode with which the first game element is displayed in a first color, and the second display mode is a display mode with which the first game element is displayed in a second color.

4. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the first game element not possessed by the player is acquired, the computer changes the display mode of the first game element from the second display mode to the first display mode.

5. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operation is any one of a selection operation of selecting the first game element displayed in the second display mode, an approval operation of approving transition to the provision screen, or a combination of the selection operation and the approval operation.

6. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in response to the selection operation on the first game element displayed in the second display mode, the computer enlarges and displays the first game element.

7. The program control apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the computer displays information prompting transition to the provision screen, while superimposing the information on the first game element enlarged and displayed or not superimposing the information on the first game element enlarged and displayed.

8. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined procedure is approval of payment of a cost for acquiring the first game element displayed in the second display mode or approval of payment of a cost for acquiring the group.

9. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each first game element belongs to one or more predetermined series, and

the computer acquires the first game element belonging to a series to which the first game element displayed in the second display mode belongs.

10. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each first game element belongs to one or more predetermined series, and

the computer acquires the first game element not belonging to a series to which the first game element displayed in the second display mode belongs.

11. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 further causing the computer to set the first game element not possessed by the player to be a first game element to form a deck of the player.

12. The program control apparatus according to claim 11 further causing the computer to make the first game element displayed in the first display mode to be usable in a competition game, and to make the first game element displayed in the second display mode to be unusable in the competition game.

13. The program control apparatus according to claim 11 further causing the computer to make the first game element possessed by the player to be usable in a competition game, and to make the first game element not possessed by the player to be unusable in the competition game.

14. The program control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the computer causes the transition to a first provision screen or a second provision screen, wherein the second provision screen comprises the first game element displayed in the second display mode and selected by the player is acquirable.

15. A program control apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile computer readable medium comprising computer code, the at least one non-volatile memory and the computer code configured to, with the processor, cause the computer to:

display a first game element possessed by a player in a first display mode, and display a first game element not possessed by the player in a second display mode different from the first display mode;

transition to a provision screen on which a procedure for provision of the first game element is performed, when a predetermined operation is performed on the first game element displayed in the second display mode;

set a second game element comprising character information that is variable in accordance with a progress of a game, and is able to use the first game element;

acquire first game element information that is information about the first game element displayed in the second display mode and selected by the player, and corresponds to the character information about the second game element; and

provide the first game element information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2020
From: NAGURA, TAKASHI; KOTANI, HIDETO; YAMAGUCHI, NAO; SAITO, MASAHIKO; LEE, HYUNSOO
To: BANDAI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054394/0444 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-211880 · Nov 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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