Patents by Inventor Kaname KOSUGI

Kaname KOSUGI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240173630
    Abstract: An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Takayuki SHINDO, Satoshi OGAWA, Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO, Koya NAKAHATA
  • Patent number: 11944908
    Abstract: An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE POKEMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Takayuki Shindo, Satoshi Ogawa, Kaname Kosugi, Marie Shuto, Koya Nakahata
  • Publication number: 20240017176
    Abstract: A game system acquires the sleep information of a user and a game that uses the sleep information can be advanced even in a situation where the sleep information cannot be measured appropriately. The game system includes processing circuitry configured to acquire the sleep information of the user, generate modified sleep information with respect to at least a part of the sleep information by modifying the sleep information on the basis of sleep information having different content to the sleep information. When the modified sleep information has not been generated, the processing circuitry determines a first effect of the game on the basis of the sleep information, and when the modified sleep information has been generated, the processing circuitry determines a second effect, the second effect differing from the first effect, on the basis of the modified sleep information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Kaname KOSUGI, Yuki TERADA, Marie SHUTO, Koya NAKAHATA, Takumi TSUKADA, Keisuke MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230294000
    Abstract: Provided is a program executed by a computer that includes a processor, wherein the program causes the processor to execute a step for acquiring daily sleep information from a user, a step for specifying a first parameter, which is a parameter to be used by the user to play a game, for each date by comparing sleep information of the user over a predetermined period with sleep information of the user for each date, and a step for advancing the game on each date by performing lottery processing using the first parameter corresponding to the date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO, Yuki TERADA, Koya NAKAHATA, Takumi TSUKADA, Keisuke MIYAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230077898
    Abstract: An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: The Pokemon Company
    Inventors: Takayuki SHINDO, Satoshi OGAWA, Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO, Koya NAKAHATA
  • Patent number: 11534695
    Abstract: An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: THE POKEMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Takayuki Shindo, Satoshi Ogawa, Kaname Kosugi, Marie Shuto, Koya Nakahata
  • Publication number: 20220362665
    Abstract: A user breeds a virtual life form by practicing good sleep habits and stays motivated toward practicing good sleep habits while enjoying breeding the virtual life form. A game server manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form, the game server including circuitry configured to acquire sleep data that at least includes a sleep pattern indicating a bedtime and a wake-up time of a user; store the acquired sleep data as a sleep history; and update the breeding game based on the sleep pattern in the sleep history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: The Pokemon Company
    Inventors: Takayuki SHINDO, Satoshi OGAWA, Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO, Koya NAKAHATA
  • Patent number: 11433303
    Abstract: A user breeds a virtual life form by practicing good sleep habits and stays motivated toward practicing good sleep habits while enjoying breeding the virtual life form. A game server manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form, the game server including circuitry configured to acquire sleep data that at least includes a sleep pattern indicating a bedtime and a wake-up time of a user; store the acquired sleep data as a sleep history; and update the breeding game based on the sleep pattern in the sleep history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: THE POKEMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Takayuki Shindo, Satoshi Ogawa, Kaname Kosugi, Marie Shuto, Koya Nakahata
  • Publication number: 20220036383
    Abstract: A purchase support server including circuitry configured to store attribute information of each user and made-to-order contents of clothing; specify another user associated with an attribute of a user to purchase made-to-order clothing based on the attribute information of each user and which outputs, to a terminal of the user to purchase made-to-order clothing, information on made-to-order contents of the other user as a custom-making target of the clothing; and accept a custom-making operation with respect to the output made-to-order contents from the terminal and which executes order processing using a made-to-order result obtained by reflecting the custom-making operation onto the made-to-order contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: The Pokemon Company
    Inventors: Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO
  • Publication number: 20210205713
    Abstract: An object is to provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. A game server that manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form can provide a user with motivation to enjoy waking up in the morning and guide the user to sufficient awakening by generating a breeding event in a breeding game of a virtual life form when the user wakes up in the morning. The game server includes circuitry configured to acquire a wake-up time of a user; and a update the breeding game in accordance with the acquired wake-up time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: The Pokemon Company
    Inventors: Takayuki SHINDO, Satoshi OGAWA, Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO, Koya NAKAHATA
  • Publication number: 20210205701
    Abstract: A user breeds a virtual life form by practicing good sleep habits and stays motivated toward practicing good sleep habits while enjoying breeding the virtual life form. A game server manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form, the game server including circuitry configured to acquire sleep data that at least includes a sleep pattern indicating a bedtime and a wake-up time of a user; store the acquired sleep data as a sleep history; and update the breeding game based on the sleep pattern in the sleep history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: The Pokemon Company
    Inventors: Takayuki SHINDO, Satoshi OGAWA, Kaname KOSUGI, Marie SHUTO, Koya NAKAHATA
  • Patent number: 10275626
    Abstract: A sheet body 30 includes first and second sheets 40 and 60 that transmit infrared radiation. A rear face of the first sheet 40 is opposed to a front face of the second sheet 60. An information code is marked on a front or rear face of the second sheet 60 by using an infrared absorbing material. The rear face of the first sheet 40 and the front face of the second sheet 60 are stuck together with a highly infrared transmitting adhesive. The front face of the first sheet 40 is marked with a pattern using an infrared transmitting material that is visible when visible radiation is irradiated onto the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takuya Kuji, Yuichi Machida, Takeshi Yamagishi, Kaname Kosugi, Jun Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20170011247
    Abstract: A sheet body 30 includes first and second sheets 40 and 60 that transmit infrared radiation. A rear face of the first sheet 40 is opposed to a front face of the second sheet 60. An information code is marked on a front or rear face of the second sheet 60 by using an infrared absorbing material. The rear face of the first sheet 40 and the front face of the second sheet 60 are stuck together with a highly infrared transmitting adhesive. The front face of the first sheet 40 is marked with a pattern using an infrared transmitting material that is visible when visible radiation is irradiated onto the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Takuya KUJI, Yuichi MACHIDA, Takeshi YAMAGISHI, Kaname KOSUGI, Jun SAKAMOTO