Patents by Inventor Norihiro SERA

Norihiro SERA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240131435
    Abstract: Provided are a game system, a game method, a game program, and a game server capable of, in a game in which a plurality of players can participate, contributing to a team through behaviors other than interpersonal battles in the game and encouraging fight together with other players. A game system 1 comprising: a character state decision unit 50 that is configured to decide a state of a neutral character based on a result of a fight between the neutral character and a player character; and a point giving control unit 62 that is configured to control a giving of points of the neutral character to a player, wherein the point giving control unit 62 is further configured to automatically give the points to the player if a first condition is satisfied, and cause a point object to appear in a play field and make the point object available for acquisition by any player of an ally team and an enemy team if a second condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Masaaki HOSHINO, Yuki Gabe, Naoya Oikawa, Norihiro Sera, Yixiang Li, Siqin Yang, Xin Ding, Yihan Wu, Mochi Li
  • Publication number: 20240108986
    Abstract: A game system that contributes to a team not through an inter-person battle but through an action in a game and can provide an exciting fight even in a final stage of the game is provided. The game system includes processing circuitry configured to control assignment of a predetermined point associated with a neutral character to a player; set points assigned to the player as a score of the ally team; and determine a victory or a defeat by comparing a score of the ally team with a score of the enemy team, wherein the display, before a victory or a defeat is determined, does not display totals of scores of the ally team and the enemy team and, after a victory or a defeat is determined, displays a total of scores of each team and displays a score progress of a predetermined player character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: The Pokémon Company
    Inventors: Masaaki HOSHINO, Yuki GABE, Naoya OIKAWA, Norihiro SERA, Yixiang LI
  • Publication number: 20220387891
    Abstract: Provided is a game system where a player of a game can contribute to a team by an action. The game system includes a character action control unit that controls actions of a player character in the play field based on instructions of the player, a point giving control unit configured to add a number of points associated with a neutral character to a point value associated with the player character in response to the neutral character reaching a predetermined state relative to the player character, a scoring unit configured to convert the point value associated with the player character to a score of its team when the player character is located in a predetermined area provided in the play field and completes a score transferring operation, and an outcome determination unit configured to determine an outcome of the game by comparing scores associated with different teams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yasunori SUENAGA, Masaaki HOSHINO, Norihiro SERA, Zefeng JI, Siqin YANG, Wenyi LI