Patents by Inventor Akitsu TERASHIMA

Akitsu TERASHIMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20130316810
    Abstract: A game apparatus assigns an item, which includes one or more characters and in which points are set for each character, to a player. A storage device stores items owned by the player. When an instruction is given to synthesize a first item and a second item out of multiple items stored in the storage device, a control device generates an item that includes a specific character common between the first and second items and in which points of the specific character are set according to points of the specific character of the first item and those of the specific character of the second item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuma Minami, Akitsu Terashima, Hiroto Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130288766
    Abstract: A game system includes a setting unit allocating each item of a plurality of game items with its own item-selecting probability. The system also includes a selection unit configured to perform an item-selection process in accordance with the item-selecting probabilities that are selectively allocated to the plurality of game items. The system also includes a game item granting unit that grants each item to player in accordance with a result of at least one of the item-selection processes performed by the selection unit. The system also includes an advantage granting unit that grants at least an advantage to game player, if the item granting unit has granted, to player, at least one predetermined item included in the plurality of items. The system also includes a setting unit that re-allocates a higher item-selecting probability to at least one game item, if the setting unit recognizes that a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akitsu TERASHIMA, Kazuhiro KUSUDA