Patents by Inventor Yumi TODO

Yumi TODO 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).

  • Patent number: 10573127
    Abstract: A first virtual item is provided to a user in response to purchase made by the user. A second virtual item is provided to the user free of charge according to a certain provision rule. The provision rule is changed according to purchase information related to the first virtual item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Yumi Todo, Hiroshi Onishi
  • Publication number: 20180130297
    Abstract: A first virtual item is provided to a user in response to purchase made by the user. A second virtual item is provided to the user free of charge according to a certain provision rule. The provision rule is changed according to purchase information related to the first virtual item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicants: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Yumi TODO, Hiroshi ONISHI
  • Patent number: 9420271
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has upper and lower LCDs different in width and an inputter such as a touch panel, or the like. A computer of the information processing apparatus displays, out of information being made up of plurality of pages, information of a predetermined page on the upper and lower LCDs so as to be fit into the width of the lower LCD, and displays, when there is a previous or next page previous or next to the predetermined page, a part of the previous or next page at blank potions on both sides of the upper LCD. Then, in response to an input from the inputter, the information of the page displayed on the upper and lower LCDs is switched to the information corresponding to the previous or next page displayed at the blank potions on the upper LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., HAL Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Matsubara, Yumi Todo, Shinichi Kawaji
  • Patent number: 9348612
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. If a user has designated a first area, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a first timing. If the user has designated a second area, the scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a second timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., HAL LABORATORY INC.
    Inventors: Daiji Imai, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Shohei Mizutani, Yumi Todo
  • Patent number: 9021385
    Abstract: Based on an output signal outputted from an input device, a plurality of selection objects having at least a part thereof displayed on a display area of a display device are moved relative to the display area. Among the moved plurality of selection objects, when an end-located selection object reaches a predetermined position of the display area, at least one of the plurality of selection objects displayed on the display area are transformed and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Hal Laboratory
    Inventors: Shohei Mizutani, Tomohiro Fujii, Eiichi Shirakawa, Yumi Todo
  • Publication number: 20120075352
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. Display switching means discontinuously switches the part to another part at least partially different from the part. When the switching is performed, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the position of the part in the entirety of the content 61 is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: HAL Laboratory Inc., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Mizutani, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Yumi Todo, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20120075351
    Abstract: A part of a content 61 is displayed on a display screen. If a user has designated a first area, a scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a first timing. If the user has designated a second area, the scrolling indicator 57 that indicates the part displayed on the display screen is displayed at a second timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: HAL LABORATORY INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji IMAI, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Shohei Mizutani, Yumi Todo
  • Publication number: 20120075350
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus has upper and lower LCDs different in width and an inputter such as a touch panel, or the like. A computer of the information processing apparatus displays, out of information being made up of plurality of pages, information of a predetermined page on the upper and lower LCDs so as to be fit into the width of the lower LCD, and displays, when there is a previous or next page previous or next to the predetermined page, a part of the previous or next page at blank potions on both sides of the upper LCD. Then, in response to an input from the inputter, the information of the page displayed on the upper and lower LCDs is switched to the information corresponding to the previous or next page displayed at the blank potions on the upper LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: Hal Laboratory, Inc., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi MATSUBARA, Yumi Todo, Shinichi Kawaji
  • Publication number: 20120066644
    Abstract: Based on an output signal outputted from an input device, a plurality of selection objects having at least a part thereof displayed on a display area of a display device are moved relative to the display area. Among the moved plurality of selection objects, when an end-located selection object reaches a predetermined position of the display area, at least one of the plurality of selection objects displayed on the display area are transformed and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: HAL LABORATORY INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei MIZUTANI, Tomohiro FUJII, Eiichi SHIRAKAWA, Yumi TODO