Granted Patent B2

US 12,246,258 · App. 17/952,352 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventors: Naruatsu Baba (Tokyo, JP); Jiro Taoka (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: COLOPL, Inc.

A63F13/65A63F13/45A63F13/54G06F3/16H04W4/023A63F2300/6081A63F2300/69

Abstract

Claims (44)

1. A non-transitory recording medium having recorded thereon a game program comprising a set of computer-readable instructions executable on a processor of a terminal apparatus including the processor, a memory, an input device, an output device, and a display device, wherein a game based on the game program includes a game configured to progress by moving a location of the terminal apparatus possessed by a user, the game program causing the processor to perform:

accepting user input from the terminal apparatus indicative of a moving means selected from a plurality of moving means presented to the user;

enabling the game to progress by using the selected moving means to move the location of the terminal apparatus possessed by the user during the game and announcing information for the user using the display device in a non-specific mode associated with the selected moving means; and

responsive to accepting the user input associated with the selected moving means indicative of a specific mode, shifting to announcing the information for the user using an output device other than the display device while continuing to display other game-related information using the display device;

wherein the specific mode is associated with the user operating a vehicle.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the output device is an output device configured to output sound, and

the announcing includes announcing by outputting sound according to the information for the user from the output device in the specific mode.

3. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the information for the user includes information with which a progress status of the game is identifiable.

4. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the enabling the game to progress includes granting, during the specific mode, a right according to a movement of the terminal apparatus during the specific mode, and

the game program causes the processor to perform

enabling an increase in an advantage degree of the user in the game according to the right in response to the right having been granted when the specific mode is ended.

5. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein

the enabling the game to progress includes granting, during the specific mode, a right according to a movement of the terminal apparatus during the specific mode, and

the game program causes the processor to perform

enabling an increase in an advantage degree of the user in the game according to the right in response to the right having been granted when the specific mode is ended.

6. The recording medium according to claim 3 , wherein

the enabling the game to progress includes granting, during the specific mode, a right according to a movement of the terminal apparatus during the specific mode, and

the game program causes the processor to perform

enabling an increase in an advantage degree of the user in the game according to the right in response to the right having been granted when the specific mode is ended.

7. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the announcing includes outputting sound according to a presence of a terminal apparatus possessed by another user within a predetermined range from the location of the terminal apparatus on a predetermined map during the specific mode.

8. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein the announcing includes outputting sound according to a presence of a terminal apparatus possessed by another user within a predetermined range from the location of the terminal apparatus on a predetermined map during the specific mode.

9. The recording medium according to claim 3 , wherein the announcing includes outputting sound according to a presence of a terminal apparatus possessed by another user within a predetermined range from the location of the terminal apparatus on a predetermined map during the specific mode.

10. The recording medium according to claim 4 , wherein the announcing includes outputting sound according to a presence of a terminal apparatus possessed by another user within a predetermined range from the location of the terminal apparatus on a predetermined map during the specific mode.

11. The recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the other game-related information displayed using the display device includes map information.

12. A game method performed by a processor in a terminal apparatus including the processor, a memory, an input device, an output device, and a display device, wherein

a game based on the game method includes a game configured to progress by moving a location of the terminal apparatus possessed by a user, and

the game method includes:

accepting, by the terminal apparatus, user input indicative of a moving means selected from a plurality of moving means presented to the user;

enabling, by the terminal apparatus, the game to progress by using the selected moving means to move the location of the terminal apparatus possessed by the user during the game;

announcing, by the terminal apparatus, information for the user using the display device in a non-specific mode associated with the selected moving means; and

responsive to accepting the user input associated with the selected moving means indicative of a specific mode, shifting to announcing, by the terminal apparatus, the information for the user using an output device other than the display device while continuing to display other game-related information using the display device;

wherein the specific mode is associated with the user operating a vehicle.

13. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a storage device configured to store a game program; and

a control unit that uses a processor to control an operation of the terminal apparatus by executing the game program, wherein

a game based on the game program includes a game configured to progress by moving a location of the terminal apparatus possessed by a user, and

the control unit causes the processor to perform

accepting user input from the terminal apparatus indicative of a moving means selected from a plurality of moving means presented to the user;

enabling the game to progress by using the selected moving means to move the location of the terminal apparatus possessed by the user during the game;

announcing information for the user using a display device in a non-specific mode associated with the selected moving means; and

responsive to accepting the user input associated with the selected moving means indicative of a specific mode, shifting to announcing the information for the user using an output device other than the display device while continuing to display other game-related information using the display device;

wherein the specific mode is associated with the user operating a vehicle.

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