Patents Assigned to Gree Inc
  • Patent number: 11478698
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to operate a game program. The program may cause an information processing device to execute a step of storing information relating to a game part, a step of displaying a screen including a first interface capable of detecting a first user operation, a determination step of (if the first user operation is detected) determining a mode of the game part to be one of a first mode or a second mode, a change step of changing a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part determined in the determination step, and an execution step of executing the game part in the mode determined in the determination step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shota Shimoda, Yudai Nagano, Hiori Chiba
  • Patent number: 11481962
    Abstract: An information processing device for drawing an object arranged in a three-dimensional virtual space, in an expression viewed from a virtual camera, the object including a field object associated with a two-dimensional plane defined by a first axis and a second axis, and a specific object arranged on the field object, the device including: a change processing unit changing a region of the field object falling within a viewing angle of the virtual camera; and a deformation processing unit deforming the field object, in which in a case where the region is changed by the change processing unit, the deformation processing unit makes a deformation mode of the field object different when it is determined that the specific object is positioned in the region after being changed and when it is determined that the specific object is not positioned in the region after being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Nishida
  • Patent number: 11482069
    Abstract: A recording medium storing a game program processing progress of a game using a game content, the game program executes instructions including receiving, displaying, and determining. During determining, an action of the game content for the progress of the game is determined according to a combination of predetermined symbols displayed during displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Hideki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220331692
    Abstract: A computer program product which may cause an information processing apparatus to execute steps of associating one group with each of a plurality of game media, arranging a plurality of game media on a field, starting a battle, arranging a first object associated with a plurality of parameters on the field according to a progress situation of the battle, executing a first change process of changing a parameter of the first object according to a control process of the game medium, stopping the executing of the first change process of the parameter if the parameter of the first object reaches the predetermined value, increasing points of the group corresponding to the parameter that has reached the predetermined value, and determining a result of the battle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Minenori SHIGEOKA, Yuta TANAKA, Yasuhiro HAYASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220331699
    Abstract: A server device and the like that can make a whole game and SNS more active by promoting the movement of players between groups to enhance the mobility of game participants. A server device comprises: a controller configured to enable a first player belonging to a first group to transfer to a second group based on an operation by a second player belonging to the second group, wherein the controller is configured to associate compensation for the transfer with the transfer of the first player. The controller is configured to perform payment and receipt of compensation for the transfer between at least two out of the first player, the first group, and the second group when the first player transfers from the first group to the second group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi SUZUKI, Eigo ISOMURA
  • Publication number: 20220335700
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program, a method, and a server in which a possibility that a load on display control increases is reduced, compared to the related art. According to an exemplary embodiment of such a configuration, first data relevant to a first position in a virtual space in which a first avatar manipulated by using a first terminal of a first user exists is acquired, whether or not a first condition is satisfied is determined, second data is received in a case where it is determined that the first condition is satisfied, control data for controlling a display unit of the first terminal such that at least the virtual object is displayed on the display unit of the first terminal is decided on the basis of the second data, and the display unit is controlled on the basis of the control data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi WATANABE, Keiichi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220337470
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a server device for providing a service which enables users to be associated with each other and includes a storage unit for storing, for each user provided with the service, information on different users associated with the user, information on each event provided in the service and information on each user participating in the event. The server device transmits an event list including the information on each event to each user device, lets the user participate in an event selected from the event list when receiving a request to participate in the event from each user device, makes the event proceed when receiving a request to proceed with the event from each user device, and associates and stores, when the event is over, the information on the users participated in the event in the storage unit, thus associating the users with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaru TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11471754
    Abstract: A game program when executed causes a computer to perform a process including storing a plurality of game areas each associated with one of a plurality of players including a subject player; receiving information concerning an own game area associated with the subject player and information concerning statuses of progress of the subject player and a plurality of other players different from the subject player through the game in the own game area; storing, in association with the own game area, the statuses of the progress of the subject player and the plurality of other players through the game in the own game area; comparing statuses of progress of the plurality of players through the game in the own game area; outputting display information for displaying a comparison result; and transmitting the display information to terminals of the plurality of players.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Higo
  • Patent number: 11471761
    Abstract: A social game and the like that can increase the fun and amusement of a team battle and enhance players' motivation to participate in or continue a game by suppressing an occurrence of any non-participation team not participating in the battle are provided. A guild status determination unit determines, for each guild, whether the guild is in an inactive state or an active state, based on a result of detecting a login state of each player. A guild integrated control unit forcibly disbands a guild (i.e. an inactive guild) determined to be in the inactive state, based on guild activity information notified from the status determination unit. A disbandment notification unit notifies each player belonging to the inactive guild, of the disbandment of the guild.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11475609
    Abstract: A computer program is executed by a processor to move a position of at least one gift by a transparent object in a virtual space between a subject and a camera that images the subject, and move the position of the gift to increase a display area of the subject imaged by the camera. The processor is programmed to (i) acquire information related to the position of a subject in a virtual space, (ii) acquire information related to the position of a camera that images the subject, and (iii) generate a transparent object in the virtual space between the subject and the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Takashi Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20220329918
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for video transmission using tokens. According to one example, computer-readable storage media storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed by a computer having at least one processor, cause the computer to: generate a video including an animation of an avatar object of a distributor generated on the basis of motion data regarding a motion of the distributor and an animation of a token object given by a viewer to the distributor operating according to a predetermined rule; and transmit, toward a plurality of viewer terminals via a communication line, coordinate data including data regarding coordinates of the token object associated with a reference time, and audio data regarding a voice of the distributor associated with the reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuhei ASADA, Motoki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220323858
    Abstract: When a mobile terminal obtains a container upon movement of a display range, a processor increases points in a storage unit. When the mobile terminal opens a container obtained by movement of the display range or as a present from another mobile terminal, the processor opens the container at predetermined success percentages, and writes an item obtained from the opened container in the storage unit. When the mobile terminal presents a container without opening it, the processor transmits screen data indicating a present to the other mobile terminal. The processor converts an item in the storage unit into points to increase the points in the storage unit based on an operation of the user of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki ITOH, Tomohiro TSUKIHARA, Haruya NISHIKUBO, Midori MORIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220323868
    Abstract: A game apparatus for selectively providing motivation to specific users to continue playing a game, which may include a log information retrieval unit that retrieves log information associated with user identification information related to a plurality of registered users, a game processing unit that starts playing a game and progresses the game based on operation information by the registered users, an index value calculation unit that calculates, for each of the registered users, an index value indicating a possibility that the registered users will not perform a predetermined action within a predetermined period based on the log information retrieved by the log information retrieval unit, and a privilege granting unit that grants a predetermined privilege providing an advantage in the game to a specific user of the plurality of registered users based on the index value calculated by the index value calculation unit for each of the registered users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki FUJIWARA, Gakuto YOSHII
  • Publication number: 20220323864
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a game program causing a computer to execute functions includes moving each of a game medium in a game field including a plurality of regions, along respective paths set in accordance with a movable path and a moving speed set in the game medium associated with a first player and an attribute of the region; displaying a selection object so that the selection object is shown in at least one of the plurality of regions according to an operation by a second player; changing an attribute of a region in which the selection object is shown and an attribute of regions contained in an influence range set in the selection object; and moving, when the attribute of the region in which the selection object is shown is changed, the game medium according to the attribute of the region in which the selection object is shown, the movable path and the moving speed set in the game medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Makiko TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11470133
    Abstract: A method for displaying objects on a timeline area does not lower user retention and can increase the CVR. The present disclosure provides a method for displaying objects on a timeline area, including the steps of an object display device that manages a timeline of communication messages for a user of a Web service determining whether the user has taken an action within a predetermined time period on the timeline area of the Web service, displaying a first object on the timeline area when determining that the user has not taken the action, and displaying a second object that differs from the first object on the timeline area when determining that the user has taken the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ohida, Taro Yoshioka, Masaya Higashino, Kenji Sugimoto, Maya Sawamura
  • Patent number: 11467658
    Abstract: An application processing system provides an interaction with a virtual character to a user, the application processing system having one or more computer processors and being configured to output an image of a virtual space including the virtual character to a head mounted display mounted on a head of the user. In one aspect, the one or more computer processors execute computer-readable instructions to: specify a first action associated with a motion of the head of the user in the virtual space and performed toward the virtual character, based on one or more detection information items obtained by the head mounted display; and specify, in response to selection of a specific object included in the virtual space, a second action not associated with a motion of the head of the user in the virtual space and performed toward the virtual character, based on the one or more detection information items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Kuwatani, Makoto Chida
  • Publication number: 20220314122
    Abstract: A game control program for controlling a game in which a cost is set for each of a plurality of skills, the program allowing a computer to function as: a skill activation unit activating a first skill of the plurality of skills in response to a fact that an activation instruction of the first skill of which the set cost is less than or equal to a point that is used in skill activation and associated with a player is received from the player; a point subtraction unit subtracting a point corresponding to the cost that is set for the first skill from the point in response to the activation of the first skill; and a cost increase unit increasing the cost that is set for the first skill in response to the activation of the first skill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Hikaru IDE
  • Patent number: 11458401
    Abstract: An item can be provided to a user by a lottery and the item odds can be changed in accordance with a prescribed condition. A control method, performed by a server device connected via a communication line to a terminal device operated by a user, can be initiated by selecting a lottery mode from among a plurality of lottery modes. Following the selection of the lottery mode, the system may hold a drawing from among a plurality of types of items on the basis of the selected lottery mode, and, following the holding of the drawing, may ensure that the won item is provided to the user via the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Sano
  • Publication number: 20220311732
    Abstract: A controller stores a new notification in a storage section when receiving a new notification to a user device. The controller checks, in the storage section, a use status of an application of the user device. The controller determines a notification method for outputting the notification stored in the storage section to an application display of the application when determining that the application is in use based on the use status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Keisuke MURATA
  • Patent number: 11451431
    Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a server device for providing a service which enables users to be associated with each other and includes a storage unit for storing, for each user provided with the service, information on different users associated with the user, information on each event provided in the service and information on each user participating in the event. The server device transmits an event list including the information on each event to each user device, lets the user participate in an event selected from the event list when receiving a request to participate in the event from each user device, makes the event proceed when receiving a request to proceed with the event from each user device, and associates and stores, when the event is over, the information on the users participated in the event in the storage unit, thus associating the users with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Masaru Takeuchi