Patents by Inventor Bryce HOLLIDAY

Bryce HOLLIDAY 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).

  • Non-transitory storage medium having stored therein game program, game apparatus, game system, and game method
    Patent number: 11633664
    Abstract: A game system includes a mode switching unit switching a play mode between a one-player play mode and a two-player play mode, on the basis of at least one of first operation data from a left controller and second operation data from a right controller, and a control unit controlling a player character and a sub-player character in a virtual space. In the one-player play mode, the control unit switches an operation target between the player character and the sub-player character is set as an operation target, on the basis of the first operation data and the second operation data, and in the two-player play mode, the control unit controls the player character on the basis of the first operation data and controls the sub-player character on the basis of the second operation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kira, Yoshihito Ikebata, Bryce Holliday, Christopher Rice, Jeffrie Wu
  • NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME METHOD
    Publication number: 20200269129
    Abstract: A game system includes a mode switching unit switching a play mode between a one-player play mode and a two-player play mode, on the basis of at least one of first operation data from a left controller and second operation data from a right controller, and a control unit controlling a player character and a sub-player character in a virtual space. In the one-player play mode, the control unit switches an operation target between the player character and the sub-player character is set as an operation target, on the basis of the first operation data and the second operation data, and in the two-player play mode, the control unit controls the player character on the basis of the first operation data and controls the sub-player character on the basis of the second operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi KIRA, Yoshihito IKEBATA, Bryce HOLLIDAY, Christopher RICE, Jeffrie WU