Patents by Inventor Akihiro Kayama

Akihiro Kayama 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).

  • Game apparatus, game data delivery system, and storage medium for use with hitting count related game, and/or associated methods
    Patent number: 8825659
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes game processing of a virtual game. The game program and the game data are read from an optical disk into a main memory of the game apparatus. During execution of the game processing, a single-search hitting count obtained in a case that a predetermined database is searched by a word selected by the player is read from the game data, or an AND search hitting count obtained in a case that the database is searched by a word selected by the player and a word set in advance is read from the game data. The game apparatus progresses the game processing on the basis of the read single-search hitting count and AND search hitting count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nishimura, Yoichi Yui, Akihiro Kayama
  • GAME APPARATUS, GAME DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20090305759
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes game processing of a virtual game. The game program and the game data are read from an optical disk into a main memory of the game apparatus. During execution of the game processing, a single-search hitting count obtained in a case that a predetermined database is searched by a word selected by the player is read from the game data, or an AND search hitting count obtained in a case that the database is searched by a word selected by the player and a word set in advance is read from the game data. The game apparatus progresses the game processing on the basis of the read single-search hitting count and AND search hitting count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Kentaro NISHIMURA, Yoichi Yui, Akihiro Kayama