Patents by Inventor Yohei Marufuji

Yohei Marufuji 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: 8262463
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game system (10) having a game terminal (20) and a communication apparatus (30). A processor (29) of the game terminal (20) receives a command from a participant player during a play of a game, counts the number of inputs for each command, and transmits count result data indicating the result to a communication apparatus (30). A processor (33) of the communication apparatus (30) receives and aggregates the data, identifies, based on the result, a command for which the number of inputs exceeds a predetermined standard value, and transmits to game terminal (20) setting data in association with the identified command, the setting data indicating a weighting factor that has smaller effect on a play result than a weighting factor set to the command. The processor (29) receives this and updates weighting factor data indicating a weighting factor set to a corresponding command so as to indicate the weighting factor by the received setting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohei Marufuji
  • Publication number: 20100178983
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game system (10) having a game terminal (20) and a communication apparatus (30). A processor (29) of the game terminal (20) receives a command from a participant player during a play of a game, counts the number of inputs for each command, and transmits count result data indicating the result to a communication apparatus (30). A processor (33) of the communication apparatus (30) receives and aggregates the data, identifies, based on the result, a command for which the number of inputs exceeds a predetermined standard value, and transmits to game terminal (20) setting data in association with the identified command, the setting data indicating a weighting factor that has smaller effect on a play result than a weighting factor set to the command. The processor (29) receives this and updates weighting factor data indicating a weighting factor set to a corresponding command so as to indicate the weighting factor by the received setting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Yohei Marufuji
  • Publication number: 20100105456
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game terminal (10). In a quiz, processor (150) of game terminal (10) performs a process of asking a quiz question, receiving an answer to the quiz question, and notifying a result of the quiz after the quiz is completed (SD6, SD10, SD12, SD14, SF3, SF9, SF10, SF11), a process of converting answer data representing a received answer in such a manner that, when the answer is correct, the encoded bit string is the shortest (SD7, Sf4), a process of transmitting the converted answer data to another game terminal (10) (SD9, SF5), and a process of reverse-converting the answer data after receiving the answer data from another game terminal (10) SD11, SD13, SF8, SF14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Yohei Marufuji
  • Publication number: 20100048274
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game system (1) having plural game terminals (10) and a server device (40). In each game terminal (10), processor (150) asks a quiz question, receives an answer, and generates quiz result data indicating a quiz question ID of the quiz question and whether the answer to the question was correct, for transmission to the server device (40). Server device (40) has stored therein, for each quiz question, calculation mandatory data. Processor (410) of the server device receives quiz result data from each game terminal (10) to update the calculation mandatory data, calculates an accuracy rate using the latest calculation mandatory data, and transmits to each game terminal (10) a do-not-ask list indicating a quiz question ID of a quiz question for which the accuracy rate is outside an adequate range determined in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Shuichi Kura, Yohei Marufuji
  • Publication number: 20100041455
    Abstract: The present invention provides a game terminal (10). Game terminal (10) has a processor (150) and a terminal storage device (160). Stored in terminal storage device (160) for each quiz question is keyword group data representing a keyword group including plural keywords. Processor (150) uses a computer program P1 stored in terminal storage device (160), to perform a process (SC3) of dynamically specifying one search keyword, a process (SC5) of selecting plural quiz questions for which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the specified search keyword is stored in terminal storage device (160), and a process (SB4A, SD6A) of giving a player the selected plural quiz questions in one quiz game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Shuichi Kura, Yohei Marufuji