Patents by Inventor Yusuke Kigoshi

Yusuke Kigoshi 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).

  • Method for advancing network game by group competition
    Patent number: 7530895
    Abstract: A world map includes multiple regions. Each region includes one or multiple areas. A player causes his/her player character to belong to any nation. As a task given to the player character, a battle with an enemy character is provided on the map of each area (the battle may be waged by a party). When the, player character wins the battle in each area, predetermined points are given to a home nation of the player character participating in the battle. The points given to each home nation are totaled for each region, and a nation that dominates each region is decided according to a result of the total points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventor: Yusuke Kigoshi
  • Method for advancing network game by group competition
    Publication number: 20030216184
    Abstract: A world map includes multiple regions. Each region includes one or multiple areas. A player causes his/her player character to belong to any nation. As a task given to the player character, a battle with an enemy character is provided on the map of each area (the battle may be waged by a party). When the, player character wins the battle in each area, predetermined points are given to a home nation of the player character participating in the battle. The points given to each home nation are totaled for each region, and a nation that dominates each region is decided according to a result of the total points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: SQUARE Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yusuke Kigoshi