Patents by Inventor Takahide OIKAWA

Takahide OIKAWA 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).

  • Multigame ranking with virtual item rewards
    Patent number: 8920228
    Abstract: A game server includes an operation data receiving section that receives, from a terminal whereto a plurality of games is provided via a communication network, operation data for operating a virtual user created in a virtual space, an overall ranking creating section that creates an overall ranking based on ranking-per-game information related to the plurality of games stored in a storing section, an item extracting section that extracts a virtual item stored in a storing section and usable in a specific game, based on information on the overall ranking upon reception of predetermined operation data from the terminal, and an item setting section that sets an extracted virtual item as a virtual item possessed by the virtual user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: gloops, Inc.
    Inventor: Takahide Oikawa
  • GAME SERVER, GAME CONTROLLING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM AND GAME SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140243088
    Abstract: A game server includes an operation data receiving section that receives, from a terminal whereto a plurality of games is provided via a communication network, operation data for operating a virtual user created in a virtual space, an overall ranking creating section that creates an overall ranking based on ranking-per-game information related to the plurality of games stored in a storing section, an item extracting section that extracts a virtual item stored in a storing section and usable in a specific game, based on information on the overall ranking upon reception of predetermined operation data from the terminal, and an item setting section that sets an extracted virtual item as a virtual item possessed by the virtual user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: gloops, Inc.
    Inventor: Takahide OIKAWA