Patents by Inventor Masao Suganuma

Masao Suganuma 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).

  • Storage medium storing game program for providing play-against-type game in which multiple players can participate, game device, and game system
    Patent number: 8403747
    Abstract: When a game is started, at least two types of pieces obtained based on random extraction from prepared types of pieces are set in advance for each player as his/her own assigned pieces (assigned objects). When the game ends as a prescribed condition is satisfied, an evaluation value of each player is calculated based on a cumulative value at that time point of the assigned pieces set for that player. The assigned piece defines the type of the piece to be evaluated for each player. Here, as a difference between a cumulative value of one assigned piece and a cumulative value of the other assigned piece is greater, a higher evaluation value is calculated. Typically, the difference (absolute value) between the cumulative values of the respective assigned pieces is calculated as the evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Tanabe, Risa Tabata, Masao Suganuma
  • STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING PLAY-AGAINST-TYPE GAME IN WHICH MULTIPLE PLAYERS CAN PARTICIPATE, GAME DEVICE, AND GAME SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100317432
    Abstract: When a game is started, at least two types of pieces obtained based on random extraction from prepared types of pieces are set in advance for each player as his/her own assigned pieces (assigned objects). When the game ends as a prescribed condition is satisfied, an evaluation value of each player is calculated based on a cumulative value at that time point of the assigned pieces set for that player. The assigned piece defines the type of the piece to be evaluated for each player. Here, as a difference between a cumulative value of one assigned piece and a cumulative value of the other assigned piece is greater, a higher evaluation value is calculated. Typically, the difference (absolute value) between the cumulative values of the respective assigned pieces is calculated as the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Kensuke TANABE, Risa TABATA, Masao SUGANUMA