Patents by Inventor Akihiro SUGA
Akihiro SUGA 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).
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Patent number: 9795889Abstract: The game program that relates to the present invention directs a computer to execute a process that involves extracting all of the groups that can be constituted by combining a plurality of characters owned by the player from among a plurality of groups respectively composed of a plurality of pre-associated characters, a process that involves assembling a deck constituted by combining groups consecutively selected from all of the extracted groups, and a process that involves conducting a battle game during which the deck is engaged in battle by causing the deck to generate the special effects associated with each selected group.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akihiro Suga
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Patent number: 9630112Abstract: A server device determines: win/loss of a battle game in response to a battle request from a player terminal; a provisional game content when it is determined that a player wins the battle game; win/loss of a successive battle game succeeding the battle game in response to a successive battle request from the player terminal after determining the provisional game content; and a game content, to which rarity higher than or identical to the provisional game content is set, to be provisional game content after change when determined that the player wins the successive battle game; and allows the player to own the provisional game content when accepting an acquisition request from the player terminal after determining the provisional game content, and allows the player to own the provisional game content after change when accepting an acquisition request from the player terminal after determining the provisional game content after change.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadaaki Satsuma, Akihiro Suga, Keisuke Kamiyama, Satoshi Kagami
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Publication number: 20150298002Abstract: The information processing device that relates to the present invention places, in the game content placement area, at least one set of score-varying content which varies a player's score and special score-varying content which varies the score more strongly than the score-varying content; provides the player with game content selected in the game content placement area in response to the player's operations; and, when the game content provided to the player is the score-varying content or the special score-varying content, updates the player's score by varying it depending on the respective content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Keisuke YOKOTA, Akihiro SUGA, Kentaro TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150283466Abstract: The game program that relates to the present invention directs a computer to execute a process that involves extracting all of the groups that can be constituted by combining a plurality of characters owned by the player from among a plurality of groups respectively composed of a plurality of pre-associated characters, a process that involves assembling a deck constituted by combining groups consecutively selected from all of the extracted groups, and a process that involves conducting a battle game during which the deck is engaged in battle by causing the deck to generate the special effects associated with each selected group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventor: Akihiro SUGA
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Patent number: 9129484Abstract: A program causes a computer to execute a process of, upon receiving a content request from a player, consuming the lottery point associated with the player, and executing a lottery game for the player, upon receiving a support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player without consuming a play point of the second player, upon receiving a special support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, consuming a play point of the second player and giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player, and limiting the number of executions of the support process to a predetermined number or smaller and permitting execution of the special support process a number of times larger than the predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Watanuki, Sadaaki Satsuma, Akihiro Suga, Satoshi Kagami, Keisuke Kamiyama, Shota Tanaka, Makoto Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9126117Abstract: A server device is connected with a player terminal that displays a game screen including a game content arrangement area in a manner capable of communicating information. The server device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of game content including special game content; an arrangement unit configured to arrange game content in the game content arrangement area; a determination unit configured to determine whether the special game content is included in a plurality of pieces of game content; and a grant unit configured to grant a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content, or all of game content to a player when the special game content is not included, and to grant only a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content to the player when the special game content is included.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Suga, Sadaaki Satsuma, Shota Tanaka
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Publication number: 20150057066Abstract: A program causes a computer to execute a process of, upon receiving a content request from a player, consuming the lottery point associated with the player, and executing a lottery game for the player, upon receiving a support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player without consuming a play point of the second player, upon receiving a special support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, consuming a play point of the second player and giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player, and limiting the number of executions of the support process to a predetermined number or smaller and permitting execution of the special support process a number of times larger than the predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventors: Tomoya WATANUKI, Sadaaki SATSUMA, Akihiro SUGA, Satoshi KAGAMI, Keisuke KAMIYAMA, Shota TANAKA, Makoto YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150011319Abstract: A server device determines: win/loss of a battle game in response to a battle request from a player terminal; a provisional game content when it is determined that a player wins the battle game; win/loss of a successive battle game succeeding the battle game in response to a successive battle request from the player terminal after determining the provisional game content; and a game content, to which rarity higher than or identical to the provisional game content is set, to be provisional game content after change when determined that the player wins the successive battle game; and allows the player to own the provisional game content when accepting an acquisition request from the player terminal after determining the provisional game content, and allows the player to own the provisional game content after change when accepting an acquisition request from the player terminal after determining the provisional game content after change.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: DENA CO., LTD.Inventors: Sadaaki SATSUMA, Akihiro SUGA, Keisuke KAMIYAMA, Satoshi KAGAMI
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Publication number: 20140378202Abstract: A program causes a computer to execute a process of, upon receiving a content request from a player, consuming the lottery point associated with the player, and executing a lottery game for the player, upon receiving a support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player without consuming a play point of the second player, upon receiving a special support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, consuming a play point of the second player and giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player, and limiting the number of executions of the support process to a predetermined number or smaller and permitting execution of the special support process a number of times larger than the predetermined number.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya WATANUKI, Sadaaki SATSUMA, Akihiro SUGA, Satoshi KAGAMI, Keisuke KAMIYAMA, Shota TANAKA, Makoto YAMAGUCHI
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Patent number: 8905839Abstract: A program causes a computer to execute a process of, upon receiving a content request from a player, consuming the lottery point associated with the player, and executing a lottery game for the player, upon receiving a support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player without consuming a play point of the second player, upon receiving a special support request for supporting a first player playing the lottery game by a second player, consuming a play point of the second player and giving a lottery point to the first player and the second player, and limiting the number of executions of the support process to a predetermined number or smaller and permitting execution of the special support process a number of times larger than the predetermined number.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoya Watanuki, Sadaaki Satsuma, Akihiro Suga, Satoshi Kagami, Keisuke Kamiyama, Shota Tanaka, Makoto Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140187329Abstract: A server device is connected with a player terminal that displays a game screen including a game content arrangement area in a manner capable of communicating information. The server device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of game content including special game content; an arrangement unit configured to arrange game content in the game content arrangement area; a determination unit configured to determine whether the special game content is included in a plurality of pieces of game content; and a grant unit configured to grant a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content, or all of game content to a player when the special game content is not included, and to grant only a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content to the player when the special game content is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro SUGA, Sadaaki SATSUMA, Shota TANAKA
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Patent number: 8696454Abstract: A server device is connected with a player terminal that displays a game screen including a game content arrangement area in a manner capable of communicating information. The server device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of game content including special game content; an arrangement unit configured to arrange game content in the game content arrangement area; a determination unit configured to determine whether the special game content is included in a plurality of pieces of game content; and a grant unit configured to grant a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content, or all of game content to a player when the special game content is not included, and to grant only a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content to the player when the special game content is included.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Suga, Sadaaki Satsuma, Shota Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140080595Abstract: A server device is connected with a player terminal that displays a game screen including a game content arrangement area in a manner capable of communicating information. The server device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of game content including special game content; an arrangement unit configured to arrange game content in the game content arrangement area; a determination unit configured to determine whether the special game content is included in a plurality of pieces of game content; and a grant unit configured to grant a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content, or all of game content to a player when the special game content is not included, and to grant only a part of game content selected from the plurality of pieces of game content to the player when the special game content is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Akihiro SUGA, Sadaaki SATSUMA, Shota TANAKA