Patents by Inventor Kazuki NAKATANI

Kazuki NAKATANI 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).

  • Gaming device implementing a cooperative battle game in which the quantity of players of a group of players are managed based on mission success rates
    Patent number: 9561440
    Abstract: A server device according to the present invention, which is connected to a plurality of player terminals through a network, includes a storage unit configured to store an initial upper limit of number of groups and an initial threshold value smaller than an upper limit of a group affiliation rate, which is a ratio of number of affiliated persons with respect to a quota of a group, a group generating portion configured to generate a plurality of groups to which the group affiliation rate of the initial threshold value is set, at a start of a game, based on the initial upper limit of the number of groups, and a player distributing portion configured to distribute players to groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sumaki, Kazuki Nakatani, Mamoru Murakami, Yutaka Muto, Masaki Arizuka
  • SERVER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150105161
    Abstract: A server device according to the present invention, which is connected to a plurality of player terminals through a network, includes a storage unit configured to store an initial upper limit of number of groups and an initial threshold value smaller than an upper limit of a group affiliation rate, which is a ratio of number of affiliated persons with respect to a quota of a group, a group generating portion configured to generate a plurality of groups to which the group affiliation rate of the initial threshold value is set, at a start of a game, based on the initial upper limit of the number of groups, and a player distributing portion configured to distribute players to groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: DeNA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke SUMAKI, Kazuki NAKATANI, Mamoru MURAKAMI, Yutaka MUTO, Masaki ARIZUKA