Granted Patent B2

US 12,226,698 · App. 18/077,235 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Inventor: Takahiro Otomo (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: SEGA CORPORATION

A63F13/61A63F13/85G06Q30/0272

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. An information processing method comprising:

modifying a display screen of a touch panel to display, during a game:

a merchandise advertisement screen; and

an object, within the merchandise advertisement screen, that moves toward a position of a merchandise name displayed on the merchandise advertisement screen;

modifying the display screen, in response to displaying the merchandise advertisement screen, to display a question related to an advertisement content for a merchandise that is different from the game;

receiving an answer to the question from a player of the game;

while displaying the merchandise advertisement screen, obtaining a time duration during which an eye of the player is captured with a camera;

calculating a timing of a touch operation, on a touch sensor of the touch panel, on the object displayed on the display screen of the touch panel;

calculating a degree of scrutinization that indicates a degree to which the player has scrutinized the advertisement content based on:

the time duration that the eye of the player is captured;

the timing of the touch operation on the object, where the degree of scrutinization increases when the touch operation occurs within a predetermined time period from a timing of displaying the object; and

a difference between the timing at which the object reaches the position and the timing at which the answer is received via the object, where the degree of scrutinization increases as the difference decreases;

modifying an information of the player to include a rewarded game content, to be used in the game; and

modifying the display screen to incorporate the rewarded game content into functionality of the game, wherein

an amount or quality of the rewarded game content is proportional to the degree of scrutinization.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 further comprising: causing the display to end the display of the merchandise advertisement screen based on an input instruction for the answer received from the player.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1 further comprising: varying a timing for ending the display of the merchandise advertisement screen based on an input instruction for the answer received from the player.

4. An information processing device comprising a controller that:

modifies a display screen of a touch panel to display, during a game:

a merchandise advertisement screen; and

an object, within the merchandise advertisement screen, that moves toward a position of a merchandise name displayed on the merchandise advertisement screen;

modifies the display screen, in response to displaying the merchandise advertisement screen, to display a question related to an advertisement content for a merchandise that is different from the game;

receives an answer to the question from a player of the game;

while displaying the merchandise advertisement screen, obtains a time duration during which an eye of the player is captured with a camera;

calculates a timing of a touch operation, on a touch sensor of the touch panel, on the object displayed on the display screen of the touch panel;

calculates a degree of scrutinization that indicates a degree to which the player has scrutinized the advertisement content based on:

the time duration that the eye of the player is captured;

the timing of the touch operation on the object, where the degree of scrutinization increases when the touch operation occurs within a predetermined time period from a timing of displaying the object; and

a difference between the timing at which the object reaches the position and the timing at which the answer is received via the object, where the degree of scrutinization increases as the difference decreases;

modifies an information of the player to include a rewarded game content, to be used in the game; and

modifies the display screen to incorporate the rewarded game content into functionality of the game, wherein

an amount or quality of the rewarded game content is proportional to the degree of scrutinization.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed, the instructions cause a computer to execute operations comprising:

modifying a display screen of a touch panel to display, during a game:

a merchandise advertisement screen; and

an object, within the merchandise advertisement screen, that moves toward a position of a merchandise name displayed on the merchandise advertisement screen;

modifying the display screen, in response to displaying the merchandise advertisement screen, to display a question related to an advertisement content for a merchandise that is different from the game;

receiving an answer to the question from a player of the game;

while displaying the merchandise advertisement screen, obtaining a time duration during which an eye of the player is captured with a camera;

calculating a timing of a touch operation, on a touch sensor of the touch panel, on the object displayed on the display screen of the touch panel;

calculating a degree of scrutinization that indicates a degree to which the player has scrutinized the advertisement content based on:

the time duration that the eye of the player is captured;

the timing of the touch operation on the object, where the degree of scrutinization increases when the touch operation occurs within a predetermined time period from a timing of displaying the object; and

a difference between the timing at which the object reaches the position and the timing at which the answer is received via the object, where the degree of scrutinization increases as the difference decreases;

modifying an information of the player to include a rewarded game content, to be used in the game; and

modifying the display screen to incorporate the rewarded game content into functionality of the game, wherein

an amount or quality of the rewarded game content is proportional to the degree of scrutinization.

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