Patents by Inventor Tomoki Yasuhara

Tomoki Yasuhara 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: 11918917
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Tsukihara, Norikazu Kato, Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Patent number: 11872485
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20230372822
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tomohiro TSUKIHARA, Norikazu KATO, Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Publication number: 20230233936
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 11642592
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Patent number: 11642595
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Tsukihara, Norikazu Kato, Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20220184496
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Patent number: 11298616
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20220088487
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tomohiro TSUKIHARA, Norikazu KATO, Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 11229847
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Tsukihara, Norikazu Kato, Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20210016171
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 10835820
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20200164277
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tomohiro TSUKIHARA, Norikazu KATO, Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 10583365
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Tsukihara, Norikazu Kato, Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20190351330
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YOSHIKAWA, Tomohiro TSUKIHARA, Norikazu KATO, Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 10413832
    Abstract: A game control method, game server, and program can increase variations on methods for acquiring items, increase the predictability of acquisition of an item with a high rarity value or the like, and heighten interest in the game. Included are the steps of presenting a communication terminal, connected over a communication line, with acquirable item information that, for each item type, includes a total count and an acquisition count or a non-acquisition count of items when receiving, from the communication terminal, a request to present information related to items acquirable by the communication terminal, determining an item to provide to the communication terminal when receiving an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, and changing the acquirable item information when receiving a reset request from the communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Tsukihara, Norikazu Kato, Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20190275425
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 10343066
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara
  • Publication number: 20190070504
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki YASUHARA
  • Patent number: 10159898
    Abstract: A social game capable of informing a player of the attractiveness of a group fighting event is disclosed herein. A server device comprises: an information storage unit that stores information on the game; and a control unit that executes an arithmetic operation relating to the game and performs processing to display an image of the game at the terminal devices. The information storage unit stores, as a part of the information on the game, information on a fighting event, and the control unit performs processing to, in accordance with an instruction from a player, display the information on the fighting event at a terminal device operated by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuhara