Patents by Inventor Kyoko Watanabe

Kyoko Watanabe 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: 7549923
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes: a plurality of operation controllers to be operated by separate players; obtained partial area storage locations for storing a partial area obtained by each player as an obtained partial area; a partial area choice mechanism for allowing each player to choose a partial area in turns; a single-player-mode game execution mechanism for, when a partial area is chosen, executing a single-player-mode game for a player who has chosen the partial area; and an obtained partial area adding mechanism for, depending on a result of the single-player-mode game, storing the partial area chosen by the player who has played the single-player-mode game as an obtained partial area of the players in the obtained partial area storage locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goro Abe, Kyoko Watanabe, Ryutaro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20050049045
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes: a plurality of operation means to be operated by separate players; obtained partial area storage means for storing a partial area obtained by each player as an obtained partial area; partial area choice means for allowing each player to choose a partial area in turns; single-player-mode game execution means for, when a partial area is chosen, executing a single-player-mode game for a player who has chosen the partial area; and obtained partial area adding means for, depending on a result of the single-player-mode game, storing the partial area chosen by the player who has played the single-player-mode game as an obtained partial area of the player's in the obtained partial area storage means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Goro Abe, Kyoko Watanabe, Ryutaro Takahashi