Patents by Inventor Masaki ARIZUKA

Masaki ARIZUKA 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: 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
  • Patent number: 9403097
    Abstract: A server device stores a plurality of first messages and a plurality of second messages to be made available to a player as a result of a use condition being satisfied. The server device generates, if the use condition is not satisfied, a first message list including only the first fixed messages and generates, if the use condition is satisfied, a second message list including at least one of the second fixed messages. In response to a request from a player terminal, the server device generates, before the use condition is satisfied, data of a game screen including a selection operation area allowing a player to select a message from the first message list and generates, after the use condition is satisfied, data of a game screen including a selection operation area allowing a player to select a message from the second message list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: DENA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Yukishita, Masaki Arizuka, Takashi Ohkubo, Yusuke Sumaki
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20150087415
    Abstract: A server device stores a plurality of first messages and a plurality of second messages to be made available to a player as a result of a use condition being satisfied. The server device generates, if the use condition is not satisfied, a first message list including only the first fixed messages and generates, if the use condition is satisfied, a second message list including at least one of the second fixed messages. In response to a request from a player terminal, the server device generates, before the use condition is satisfied, data of a game screen including a selection operation area allowing a player to select a message from the first message list and generates, after the use condition is satisfied, data of a game screen including a selection operation area allowing a player to select a message from the second message list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: DENA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke YUKISHITA, Masaki ARIZUKA, Takashi OHKUBO, Yusuke SUMAKI
  • Publication number: 20140349770
    Abstract: An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a storage unit configured to store possessed character information that is information related to characters possessed by a player and a game parameter indicating an accumulation state of points possessed by the player in association with the player; a character selection unit configured to select a main character and a sub character from among the characters possessed by the player; a point accumulation unit configured to accumulate points by updating the possessed character information so that the sub character selected by the character selection unit is made into a character not possessed by the player and by adding the number of points corresponding to the sub character to the game parameter; and a parameter varying unit configured to vary a parameter set to the main character by causing the points accumulated by the point accumulation unit to be consumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: DENA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki ARIZUKA, Yusuke SUMAKI, Taku TOMONARI, Takashi OHKUBO, Hiroshi KOYAMA, Masanori KAGA, Takao MUKAI