Computing of social game

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9289690-B2
Application number	US-201414480287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2014
Priority date	Feb 14, 2012
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

A method for computing a social game in a social media providing a computing environment in which members are visualized with their avatars respectively associated with the members and the members socialize. An environment in which the members play a master game and a slave game is provided, in which the slave game is a battle card game. Playing history data of the master game and playing history data of the slave game are stored and managed. The playing history data card information of cards possessed by each of the members is described; and a process of managing the slave game is provided, the process including a card-issuing process in which a member-avatar card that is used for playing the card game and is derived from each member is issued and is possessed by any of the members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an electronic game system with a game program stored thereon, the electronic game system comprising a processor and a memory, the game program instructing the electronic game system to perform the following processes:
storing and managing playing history data as correlated to each of members who play both a first game and a second game on the electronic game system, the storing and managing being performed each time the member plays the first game,
the playing history data being based on a result of the first game;

issuing to a certain member an electronic member-avatar card which is derived from one of the members,
the issuing being performed when the certain member plays
the second game, the second game being linked to the first game; and

determining a parameter of the member-avatar card issued to the certain member,
the determining being performed based on the playing history data of the first game at the point of time when the member-avatar card is issued,
the playing history data of the first game being correlated to the one from whom the member-avatar card is derived.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein in the issuing of the member-avatar card to the certain member, the issuing is triggered by updating the playing history data of the first game beyond a predetermined criterion, the playing history data of the first game being correlated to the certain member.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein in the issuing of the member-avatar card to the certain member, the member-avatar card which is issued is a member-avatar card that is selected based on a predetermined algorithm from a group of a plurality of member-avatar cards which are respectively derived from the members.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the game program instructs the computer to perform:
a process of generating visualization data based on avatar setting information,
the visualization data being data for displaying on a game screen the member-avatar card designated by the certain member, and
the avatar setting information being associated with an avatar made by combination of a plurality of avatar elements selected by the one from whom the member-avatar card is derived.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when the certain member plays the second game and battles another member using the member-avatar card possessed by the certain member, if the another member defeats the certain member, the game program instructs the computer to perform a process of causing the another member to acquire the member-avatar card possessed by the certain member.

6. An electronic game system, comprising a processor and a memory and further comprising:
a section that stores and manages playing history data as correlated to each of members, who play both a first game and a second game on the electronic game system, the storing and managing being performed each time the member plays the first game, the playing history data being based on a result of the first game;
a section that issues to a certain member an electronic member-avatar card which is derived from one of the members, the issuing being performed when the certain member plays the second game, the second game being linked to the first game; and
a section that determines a parameter of the member-avatar card issued to the certain member, the determining being performed based on the playing history data of the first game at the point of time when the member-avatar card is issued, the playing history data of the first game being correlated to the one from whom the member-avatar card is derived.

Assignees

• Dena Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kojo Taku

Classifications

• A63F13/335

  using Internet · CPC title

• A63F13/822 Primary

  Strategy games; Role-playing games (A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence) · CPC title

• A63F13/795 Primary

  for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list · CPC title

• A63F13/88

  Mini-games executed independently while main games are being loaded · CPC title

• A63F13/67

  adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use · CPC title