Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki OWAKU

Hiroyuki OWAKU 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: 9833704
    Abstract: A game control device according to the present invention includes: a correlator configured to correlate a plurality of objects with each of a plurality of users including a first user and a second user; a setter configured to set a plurality of object groups including more than one object selected from the plurality of objects correlated with each of the plurality of users for each of the plurality of users; an associator configured to associate each of the plurality of object groups set by the setter, with a group type; an executor configured to execute a battle game between an object group of the first user and an object group of the second user; a determiner configured to determine a group type of the object group of the second user before the battle game is executed; and a selector configured to select an object group of the first user from the plurality of object groups set for the first user, the object group of the first user applied to the battle game, the object group of the first user associated wit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Owaku, Taku Endo
  • Publication number: 20150174485
    Abstract: The first game control device according to the present invention includes: an executor configured to execute the first game; a determiner configured to determine whether at least one of a status of execution in the first game played by a user, and a degree of association in the first game between the user and another user satisfies a condition; a provider configured to provide a second game control device that executes a second game, with first information indicating that the condition is satisfied, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied; and a notifier configured to notify the user that the user can receive a benefit in the second game, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi SUENAGA, Taku ENDO, Hiroyuki OWAKU, Ryosaku UENO
  • Publication number: 20150148131
    Abstract: A game control device according to the present invention includes: a correlator configured to correlate a plurality of objects with each of a plurality of users including a first user and a second user; a setter configured to set a plurality of object groups including more than one object selected from the plurality of objects correlated with each of the plurality of users for each of the plurality of users; an associator configured to associate each of the plurality of object groups set by the setter, with a group type; an executor configured to execute a battle game between an object group of the first user and an object group of the second user; a determiner configured to determine a group type of the object group of the second user before the battle game is executed; and a selector configured to select an object group of the first user from the plurality of object groups set for the first user, the object group of the first user applied to the battle game, the object group of the first user associated wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OWAKU, Taku ENDO