Patents by Inventor Hiroki TOGASHI

Hiroki TOGASHI 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).

  • Patent number: 11998838
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games up to a first upper number, and a management information storage medium configured to store valid period information of a right to use an extended function concerning the content data The server, in case that a right to use an extended function is valid, sends the content data to an information-processing device or receives the content data from the information-processing device, and stores the content data in the content storage medium up to a second upper number larger than the first upper number. The server, in case that the right is invalid, performs at least one of transmission of the content data to the information-processing device and reception of the content data from the information-processing device, in a restricted manner as compared with a case where the right is valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Takanori Sowa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Takahiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Togashi, Akira Kinashi
  • Publication number: 20230356078
    Abstract: A non-limiting example content holding system includes a game apparatus and a server, which are connected to each other communicably via a network. Multiple types of games can be played on the game apparatus, and a character used in the game can be deposited with the server. In a case of depositing a character with the server, character data is converted into a format having a common area and an inherent area of a game. When keeping the character, the server updates, in withdrawal character data of the character, only common data and data of the inherent area used in the game. When withdrawing a deposited character, the game apparatus acquires, from withdrawal character data held on the server, the character data having the common area, and the inherent area of the game that uses the character to be withdrawn, and converts the acquired character data into a format to be used in the game, and saves the converted data while including in save data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd., The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Hiroki TOGASHI, Nobuyuki OHTA
  • Patent number: 11782898
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., THE POKÉMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsunekazu Ishihara, Takanori Sowa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Takahiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Togashi
  • Publication number: 20220121639
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Tsunekazu ISHIHARA, Takanori SOWA, Nobuyuki OHTA, Takahiro OHNISHI, Hiroki TOGASHI
  • Patent number: 11243931
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: NINTENDO CO., LTD., THE POKÉMON COMPANY
    Inventors: Tsunekazu Ishihara, Takanori Sowa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Takahiro Ohnishi, Hiroki Togashi
  • Publication number: 20200376372
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games up to a first upper number, and a management information storage medium configured to store valid period information of a right to use an extended function concerning the content data The server, in case that a right to use an extended function is valid, sends the content data to an information-processing device or receives the content data from the information-processing device, and stores the content data in the content storage medium up to a second upper number larger than the first upper number. The server, in case that the right is invalid, performs at least one of transmission of the content data to the information-processing device and reception of the content data from the information-processing device, in a restricted manner as compared with a case where the right is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Takanori SOWA, Nobuyuki OHTA, Takahiro OHNISHI, Hiroki TOGASHI, Akira KINASHI
  • Publication number: 20200379969
    Abstract: A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Tsunekazu ISHIHARA, Takanori SOWA, Nobuyuki OHTA, Takahiro OHNISHI, Hiroki TOGASHI