IP Library Granted Patent US 12,357,913
Granted Patent B2
US 12,357,913 · App. 18/497,728 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Method for controlling computer, recording medium and computer

Inventor: Takashi Shiratori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GREE HOLDINGS, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,357,913
App. No.
18/497,728
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling a computer and the like that cause players to effectively use possessed game contents in a game and increase the attractiveness of the game. The computer includes a storage unit that stores one or more game contents possessed by a player and a game content group, the one or more game contents each having a parameter value, the game content group being composed by using at least one of the one or more game contents, and makes a game proceed based on an instruction from a player. The method includes the steps of modifying the parameter value of a common game content in the game content group possessed by the player and being the same type as the one or more game contents other than the game content group, and processing an event by using the game content group whose parameter value is modified.

Claims (41)

1. A computer for executing progress of a game by using a game content having a parameter value, the computer comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of game contents; and

circuitry configured to

count, for each of a first set of game contents, a number of a second set of game contents whose type matches that of the first set of game contents while displaying different game content from the first set of game contents although of a same type,

determine whether or not the parameter value of each of the first set of game contents is modifiable based on the counted number of the second set of game contents, wherein the counted number of the second set of game contents represents a number of times that the type of one of the first set of game contents matches the type of one of the second set of game contents, and

control a display to display in an identifiable manner a first game content of the first set of game contents in which the parameter value has changed based on a result of the determination,

wherein a first game content of the first set of game contents is interchangeable with a second game content of the second set of game contents.

2. The computer according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to execute an event in the game between a first player and a specific game content by comparing the parameter value of the at least one of the first set of game contents having a modified parameter value and a parameter value of the specific game content, the parameter values of game contents of the same type being modified, where game contents of different types maintaining their parameter value.

3. The computer according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to display the number of the second set of game contents whose type matches that of the at least one of the first set of game contents.

4. The computer according to claim 1 , wherein

the first set of game contents forms a deck used in an event which occurs in the game, and

the circuitry is configured to display a deck editing screen prompting a first player to select the first set of game contents for forming the deck.

5. The computer according to claim 4 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to:

display a deck selection screen prompting the first player to select the deck to be edited from a plurality of decks; and

when the deck is selected at the deck selection screen, display the deck editing screen corresponding to the selected deck.

6. The computer according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to output display data for displaying the parameter value of each of the first set of game contents before the parameter value of the at least one of the first set of game contents is modified.

7. The computer according to claim 1 , wherein when the number of second set of game contents whose type matches that of the first set of game contents has reached an upper limit, parameter values of the first set of game contents are changed,

wherein an upper limit number is set in advance for each of the first game contents, and

in the changing of the parameter values of the first set of game contents, the number of that second set of game contents that is of a same type as each of the first set of game contents is set.

8. The computer according to claim 7 , wherein, before the changing of the parameter values of the first set of game contents, the circuitry is further configured to display the upper limit number based on a predetermined condition.

9. The computer according to claim 7 , wherein, in the changing of the parameter values of the first set of game contents, the circuitry is further configured to display an image corresponding to the upper limit number on a display screen for each of the set of first game contents.

10. The computer according to claim 1 , wherein the first set of game contents is a first set of cards and the second set of game contents is a second set of cards,

wherein the circuitry configured to count, for each of the first set of cards, the number of the second set of cards by identifying matching cards and counting the identified matching cards, and

wherein the counted number represents the number of times that the type of card in the first set of cards matches the type of card in the second set of cards.

11. A method for controlling a computer for executing progress of a game by using a game content having a parameter value, the method comprising:

storing, in a memory, a plurality of game contents;

counting, for each of a first set of game contents, a number of a second set of game contents whose type matches that of the first set of game contents while displaying different game content from the first set of game contents although of a same type;

determining whether or not the parameter value of each of the first set of game contents is modifiable based on the counted number of the second set of game contents, wherein the counted number of the second set of game contents represents a number of times that the type of one of the first set of game contents matches the type of one of the second set of game contents; and

controlling a display to display in an identifiable manner a first game content of the first set of game contents in which the parameter value has changed based on a result of the determination,

wherein a first game content of the first set of game contents is interchangeable with a second game content of the second set of game contents.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: executing an event in the game between a first player and a specific game content by comparing the parameter value of the at least one of the first set of game contents having a modified parameter value and a parameter value of the specific game content, the parameter values of game contents of the same type being modified, where game contents of different types maintaining their parameter value.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program that when executed by a computer causes the computer to implement the method for executing progress of the game by using the game content having the parameter value according to claim 11 .

14. A computer for executing progress of a game, the computer comprising:

a memory configured to store a game content; and

circuitry configured to

count, for a first set of game contents, a number of a second set of game contents whose type matches the first set of game contents while displaying different game content from the first set of game contents although of a same type,

determine whether or not a parameter value of each of the first set of game contents is modifiable based on the counted number of the second set of game contents, wherein the counted number of the second set of game contents represents a number of times that the type of one of the first set of game contents matches the type of one of the second set of game contents, and

control a display to display in an identifiable manner a first game content of the first set of game contents in which the parameter value has changed based on a result of the determination,

wherein a first game content of the first set of game contents is interchangeable with a second game content of the second set of game contents.

15. The computer according to claim 14 , wherein the circuitry is configured to execute an event in the game between a first player and a specific game content by comparing a parameter value of the at least one of the first set of game contents having a modified parameter value and a parameter value of the specific game content, the parameter values of game contents of the same type being modified, where game contents of different types maintaining their parameter value.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY STREET ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71308 FRAME: 765. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0252 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071308/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-205827 · Sep 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17221662 · Apr 2, 2021
Continuation 16534664 · Aug 7, 2019
Continuation 16035130 · Jul 13, 2018
Continuation 14498588 · Sep 26, 2014
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