Patents by Inventor Yukihiko Hojo

Yukihiko Hojo 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: 7887403
    Abstract: In a game system, a PC control unit controls an attack on an enemy character by a player's character. An enemy character control unit controls an attack on the player's character by the enemy character. An MP management unit stores, in an MP storage, a current value of a magic point indicative of the power required for a magic attack and manages an increase and decrease in the current value of the magic point. The magic point stored in the MP storage is used commonly by the player's character and the enemy character. When the player's character attacks the enemy character and the enemy character attacks the player's character, the MP management unit subtracts a value required for the attack, from the current value of the magic point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kotani, Yukihiko Hojo
  • Publication number: 20070087801
    Abstract: In a game system, a PC control unit controls an attack on an enemy character by a player's character. An enemy character control unit controls an attack on the player's character by the enemy character. An MP management unit stores, in an MP storage, a current value of a magic point indicative of the power required for a magic attack and manages an increase and decrease in the current value of the magic point. The magic point stored in the MP storage is used commonly by the player's character and the enemy character. When the player's character attacks the enemy character and the enemy character attacks the player's character, the MP management unit subtracts a value required for the attack, from the current value of the magic point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kotani, Yukihiko Hojo