Patents by Inventor Shohei KONNO

Shohei KONNO 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: 11759700
    Abstract: Only a first parameter associated with an active object is incremented in accordance with an exercise amount of a user. In accordance with the exercise amount of the user, a second parameter is incremented even when the first parameter has not reached an upper limit, and the second parameter is incremented also when the first parameter has reached the upper limit. An in-game reward according to the active object with which the first parameter is associated is given to the user when the first parameter has reached the upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Motoki Yano, Keita Tsutsui, Hiroki Asakawa, Shohei Konno
  • Publication number: 20230173389
    Abstract: A player may send virtual characters to travel to remote locations in a parallel-reality game. The remote locations are virtual locations corresponding to real-world locations other than where the player is located. The player can therefore send a virtual character to a virtual location without traveling to the corresponding real-world location themselves. A travel time and a path the character will travel along to reach the remote location is determined. Once the virtual character has reached the remote location, it stays there for a duration of time. Client devices of players near the remote location may display a visual representation of the virtual character. The virtual character may collect virtual items and interact with other players and return to the player with any virtual items it has collected or been given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Keita Tsutsui, Tatsuo Nomura, Hiroki Asakawa, Shigeru Miyamoto, Motoki Yano
  • Patent number: 11590421
    Abstract: A player may send virtual characters to travel to remote locations in a parallel-reality game. The remote locations are virtual locations corresponding to real-world locations other than where the player is located. The player can therefore send a virtual character to a virtual location without traveling to the corresponding real-world location themselves. A travel time and a path the character will travel along to reach the remote location is determined. Once the virtual character has reached the remote location, it stays there for a duration of time. Client devices of players near the remote location may display a visual representation of the virtual character. The virtual character may collect virtual items and interact with other players and return to the player with any virtual items it has collected or been given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Keita Tsutsui, Tatsuo Nomura, Hiroki Asakawa, Shigeru Miyamoto, Motoki Yano
  • Publication number: 20220305385
    Abstract: A player may send virtual characters to travel to remote locations in a parallel-reality game. The remote locations are virtual locations corresponding to real-world locations other than where the player is located. The player can therefore send a virtual character to a virtual location without traveling to the corresponding real-world location themselves. A travel time and a path the character will travel along to reach the remote location is determined. Once the virtual character has reached the remote location, it stays there for a duration of time. Client devices of players near the remote location may display a visual representation of the virtual character. The virtual character may collect virtual items and interact with other players and return to the player with any virtual items it has collected or been given.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Keita Tsutsui, Tatsuo Nomura, Hiroki Asakawa, Shigeru Miyamoto, Motoki Yano
  • Publication number: 20220296995
    Abstract: Only a first parameter associated with an active object is incremented in accordance with an exercise amount of a user. In accordance with the exercise amount of the user, a second parameter is incremented even when the first parameter has not reached an upper limit, and the second parameter is incremented also when the first parameter has reached the upper limit. An in-game reward according to the active object with which the first parameter is associated is given to the user when the first parameter has reached the upper limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shigeru MIYAMOTO, Motoki YANO, Keita TSUTSUI, Hiroki ASAKAWA, Shohei KONNO
  • Patent number: 10031866
    Abstract: It is made possible for a user to set whether to download data used by a program without waiting for the acceptance of a download permission or download the data in response to the acceptance of the download permission via a screen that allows for making the setting for a plurality of programs. An input/output control section (90) accepts, from the user, a setting as to whether to select an automatic download state or a manual download state via a screen that allows for doing so for a plurality of programs. If the setting of selecting the automatic download state is accepted, an item management section (96) downloads the data from a server without waiting for the acceptance of the download permission from the user when a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the setting of selecting the manual download state is accepted, the item management section (96) downloads the data from the server in response to the acceptance of the download permission from the user when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Hiroshi Tamate, Keisuke Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9398417
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section for obtaining positions from a plurality of user terminals, and a nearby user distributing section for selecting, under the condition that the nearby user distributing section obtains a position of a specified user terminal, one or more of the plurality of user terminals corresponding to the position obtained from the specified user terminal and the positions obtained from the plurality of user terminals and providing the specified user terminal with information on the selected one or more of the plurality of user terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kaido, Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Takamasa Shichisawa, Keigo Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9351108
    Abstract: The present invention is to facilitate finding of a user expected to have a high relevance among other users present in the same living area when identification information of these other users is displayed as a list. A location information acquirer acquires location information showing a location measured in an information processing terminal. A display controller (70) carries out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Eiichi Nishina, Kenji Kaido, Hiroshi Tamate
  • Publication number: 20160073237
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section for obtaining positions from a plurality of user terminals, and a nearby user distributing section for selecting, under the condition that the nearby user distributing section obtains a position of a specified user terminal, one or more of the plurality of user terminals corresponding to the position obtained from the specified user terminal and the positions obtained from the plurality of user terminals and providing the specified user terminal with information on the selected one or more of the plurality of user terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji KAIDO, Eiichi NISHINA, Shohei KONNO, Tomohiro HASEKURA, Takamasa SHICHISAWA, Keigo TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9220019
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system for allowing a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section (80) for obtaining positions from a plurality of user terminals, and a nearby user distributing section (94) for selecting, under the condition that the nearby user distributing section (94) obtains a position of a specified user terminal, one or more of the plurality of user terminals corresponding to the position obtained from the specified user terminal and the positions obtained from the plurality of user terminals and providing the specified user terminal with information on the selected one or more of the plurality of user terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kaido, Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Takamasa Shichisawa, Keigo Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20150207730
    Abstract: It is made possible for a user to set whether to download data used by a program without waiting for the acceptance of a download permission or download the data in response to the acceptance of the download permission via a screen that allows for making the setting for a plurality of programs. An input/output control section (90) accepts, from the user, a setting as to whether to select an automatic download state or a manual download state via a screen that allows for doing so for a plurality of programs. If the setting of selecting the automatic download state is accepted, an item management section (96) downloads the data from a server without waiting for the acceptance of the download permission from the user when a predetermined condition is satisfied. If the setting of selecting the manual download state is accepted, the item management section (96) downloads the data from the server in response to the acceptance of the download permission from the user when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Hiroshi Tamate, Keisuke Ichikawa, Kazuhiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8983777
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that provides a user with a trajectory of positions calculated by positioning unit in a user-friendly way without displaying a map. The device includes a positioning section (60) repeatedly calculates a position, a position coordinate storage section (62) that stores a plurality of positions calculated by the positioning section, and an other-user information providing section (70) that displays letter strings indicating the positions stored in the position coordinate storage section (62) in an order that the positions are calculated. The positioning section (60) stores, in a case where a newly calculated position is at a given distance or more from the position last stored in the position coordinate storage section (62), the newly calculated position into the position coordinate storage section (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kaido, Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura
  • Publication number: 20150024783
    Abstract: The present invention is to facilitate finding of a user expected to have a high relevance among other users present in the same living area when identification information of these other users is displayed as a list. A location information acquirer acquires location information showing a location measured in an information processing terminal. A display controller (70) carries out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Eiichi Nishina, Kenji Kaido, Hiroshi Tamate
  • Patent number: 8655376
    Abstract: A position coordinate receiving section obtains a position from a user terminal. A nearby user distributing section provides information about a source user terminal to a recipient user terminal. The nearby user distributing section controls whether or not to provide the information about the source user terminal to the recipient user terminal based on a position that is obtained from the recipient user terminal and a position obtained from the source user terminal. The position obtained from the source user terminal that is used in the control is a position outside an area set by a user of the source user terminal. Accordingly, a user is provided a way to prevent other users from knowing that the user is in a place specified by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kaido, Eiichi Nishina, Tomohiro Hasekura, Shohei Konno
  • Publication number: 20130157698
    Abstract: Provided is a communication system for allowing a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section (80) for obtaining positions from a plurality of user terminals, and a nearby user distributing section (94) for selecting, under the condition that the nearby user distributing section (94) obtains a position of a specified user terminal, one or more of the plurality of user terminals corresponding to the position obtained from the specified user terminal and the positions obtained from the plurality of user terminals and providing the specified user terminal with information on the selected one or more of the plurality of user terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Kaido, Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura, Takamasa Shichisawa, Keigo Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20130103310
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that provides a user with a trajectory of positions calculated by positioning unit in a user-friendly way without displaying a map. The device includes a positioning section (60) repeatedly calculates a position, a position coordinate storage section (62) that stores a plurality of positions calculated by the positioning section, and an other-user information providing section (70) that displays letter strings indicating the positions stored in the position coordinate storage section (62) in an order that the positions are calculated. The positioning section (60) stores, in a case where a newly calculated position is at a given distance or more from the position last stored in the position coordinate storage section (62), the newly calculated position into the position coordinate storage section (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Kaido, Eiichi Nishina, Shohei Konno, Tomohiro Hasekura
  • Publication number: 20120214505
    Abstract: A position coordinate receiving section obtains a position from a user terminal. A nearby user distributing section provides information about a source user terminal to a recipient user terminal. The nearby user distributing section controls whether or not to provide the information about the source user terminal to the recipient user terminal based on a position that is obtained from the recipient user terminal and a position obtained from the source user terminal. The position obtained from the source user terminal that is used in the control is a position outside an area set by a user of the source user terminal. Accordingly, a user is provided a way to prevent other users from knowing that the user is in a place specified by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Kenji KAIDO, Eiichi NISHINA, Tomohiro HASEKURA, Shohei KONNO