Patents by Inventor Ken Narita

Ken Narita 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: 6961747
    Abstract: To provide information beneficial for a user, with proper contents. Each client starts a screen saver when a user input has been idle for a predetermined time period. Personal information is transmitted at the start to a push server by a push demand program. The push server has an information database with push information of different categories. The push server selects the appropriate push information when it receives personal information in response to the push demand from the client. The selected push information is sent from the push server to the client that demanded the push information, to be displayed on a display device when the screen saver is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Narita, Keizo Kokubo
  • Patent number: 6761638
    Abstract: Progression of a game executed at a mobile terminal is changed in response to the current location of the mobile terminal. A portable telephone set receives a control signal transmitted via radio from a base station controlling the radio area in which the portable telephone set is currently located. Then, the received control signal is demodulated to detect the base station ID code, which is in turn stored in an ID code storage area. The update processing of the base station ID code is successively carried out during the waiting time and a latest base station ID code is stored in the ID code storage area. Then, in the course of the progression of a game, enemy characters to combat, items to be generated, and the branching of the game scenario are controlled in accordance with the value of the base station ID code stored in the ID code storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventor: Ken Narita
  • Patent number: 6733392
    Abstract: Progression of a game executed at a mobile terminal is changed in response to the radiowave reception intensity of radio signals received by the mobile terminal. During the course of the progression of a game, enemy characters to combat, items to be generated, and the branching of the game scenario are controlled in accordance with the received signal intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
    Inventor: Ken Narita
  • Publication number: 20030195044
    Abstract: Progression of a game executed at a mobile terminal is changed in response to the radiowave reception intensity of radio signals received by the mobile terminal. During the course of the progression of a game, enemy characters to combat, items to be generated, and the branching of the game scenario are controlled in accordance with the received signal intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix (also trading as Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
    Inventor: Ken Narita
  • Publication number: 20020019855
    Abstract: To provide information beneficial for a user, with proper contents. Each client starts a screen saver when a user input has been idle for a predetermined time period. Personal information is transmitted at the start to a push server by a push demand program. The push server has an information database with push information of different categories. The push server selects the appropriate push information when it receives personal information in response to the push demand from the client. The selected push information is sent from the push server to the client that demanded the push information, to be displayed on a display device when the screen saver is operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: SQUARE CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Narita, Keizo Kokubo
  • Publication number: 20010009867
    Abstract: During execution of a game program, in response to a manipulation by a player, each game terminal requests a situation-solving information server to supply situation-solving information. In sending such a request, each game terminal also sends game progress information such as a current scene (map No.), a standstill time at the same scene, and the number of times of requesting of situation-solving information for the same scene. In response to the request from each game terminal, the situation-solving information server judges the level of each player based on the game progress information, extracts situation-solving information whose content is suitable for the level, and supplies it to the request source game terminal. Each game terminal displays the situation-solving information thus received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: SQUARE CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Narita, Keizo Kokubo, Yoshinori Kitase
  • Publication number: 20010009868
    Abstract: To make it possible to provide other services even at the time of executing an online game and to communicate with a player receiving the other services in an online game space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: SQUARE CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Narita, Keizo Kokubo