GAME CONTROL DEVICE, GAME CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM

• US 20150174485A1
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: ENDO, Taku, OWAKU, Hiroyuki, SUENAGA, Takashi, UENO, Ryosaku
• Application Number:
  US14/579,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20150174485A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/69 by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/795 for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list

Abstract

The first game control device according to the present invention includes: an executor configured to execute the first game; a determiner configured to determine whether at least one of a status of execution in the first game played by a user, and a degree of association in the first game between the user and another user satisfies a condition; a provider configured to provide a second game control device that executes a second game, with first information indicating that the condition is satisfied, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied; and a notifier configured to notify the user that the user can receive a benefit in the second game, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied.

Claims

1. A first game control device for a first game comprising:

an executor configured to execute the first game;

a determiner configured to determine whether at least one of a status of execution in the first game played by a user, and a degree of association in the first game between the user and another user satisfies a condition;

a provider configured to provide a second game control device that executes a second game, with first information indicating that the condition is satisfied, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied; and

a notifier configured to notify the user that the user can receive a benefit in the second game, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied.

2. A first game control device according to claim 1, wherein

the first game and the second game are executable after completion of user registration, and a number of users having registered in the first game is less than a number of users having registered in the second game, and

the provider is configured to temporarily record the first information in a buffer, to transmit the first information in the buffer to the second game control device, and to repeat transmission of the first information until completion.

3. A first game control device according to claim 1, wherein

the first game and the second game are executable after completion of user registration, and a number of users having registered in the first game is less than a number of users having registered in the second game, and

the provider is configured to transmit the first information to the second game control device in response to an input of the user.

4. A first game control device according to claim 1,

wherein the provider is configured to simultaneously transmit the first information to the second game control device at set time intervals.

5. A first game control device according to claim 1,

wherein the condition is that a level reaches a predetermined value, the level indicating a degree of progression by the user in the first game or a degree of progression by the user in an event of the first game.

6. A first game control device according to claim 2,

wherein the condition is that a level reaches a predetermined value, the level indicating a degree of progression by the user in the first game or a degree of progression by the user in an event of the first game.

7. A first game control device according to claim 3,

wherein the condition is that a level reaches a predetermined value, the level indicating a degree of progression by the user in the first game or a degree of progression by the user in an event of the first game.

8. A first game control device according to claim 4,

wherein the condition is that a level reaches a predetermined value, the level indicating a degree of progression by the user in the first game or a degree of progression by the user in an event of the first game.

9. A first game control device according to claim 5,

wherein the benefit is increased as the level increases.

10. A first game control device according to claim 6,

wherein the benefit is increased as the level increases.

11. A first game control device according to claim 7,

wherein the benefit is increased as the level increases.

12. A first game control device according to claim 8,

wherein the benefit is increased as the level increases.

13. A first game control device according to claim 1, wherein the first game and the second game are executable after completion of user registration, wherein

the provider is configured to provide the second game control device with the first information, irrespective of whether the user is registered in the second game, and

the notifier is configured to notify the user, irrespective of whether the user is registered in the second game.

14. A first game control device according to claim 2, wherein the first game and the second game are executable after completion of user registration, wherein

the provider is configured to provide the second game control device with the first information, irrespective of whether the user is registered in the second game, and

the notifier is configured to notify the user, irrespective of whether the user is registered in the second game.

15. A first game control device according to claim 3, wherein the first game and the second game are executable after completion of user registration, wherein

the provider is configured to provide the second game control device with the first information, irrespective of whether the user is registered in the second game, and

the notifier is configured to notify the user, irrespective of whether the user is registered in the second game.

16. A first game control device according to claim 1, wherein the determiner is configured to limit a user to be determined, based on registered information for the user.

17. A first game control device according to claim 16, wherein the registered information is at least one of sex and age.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing a program for enabling a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

executing a first game;

determining whether at least one of a status of execution in the first game played by a user, and a degree of association in the first game between the user and another user satisfies a condition;

providing a device that executes a second game, with first information indicating that the condition is satisfied, after the condition has been satisfied; and

notifying the user that a benefit has been received in the second game, after the condition has been satisfied.

19. A game control method between a first server and a second server, the first server executing a first game in response to access from a communication terminal, the second server executing a second game in response to access from a communication terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by the first server, whether at least one of a status of execution in the first game played by a user, and a degree of association in the first game between the user and another user satisfies a condition;

providing, by the first server, the second server that executes a second game, with first information indicating that the condition is satisfied, after the condition has been satisfied;

notifying, by the second server, the user that a benefit has been provided in the second game, after the condition has been satisfied; and

providing, by the second server, the user with a benefit in the second game based on the first information.

20. A game system including a first server and a second server, the first server executing a first game in response to access from a communication terminal, the second server executing a second game in response to access from a communication terminal,

the first server comprising:

an executor configured to execute a first game;

a determiner for determining whether at least one of a status of execution in the first game played by a user, and a degree of association in the first game between the user and another user satisfies a condition;

a provider configured to provide the second server that executes a second game, with first information indicating that the condition is satisfied, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied; and

a notifier configured to notify the user that the user can receive a benefit in the second game, after the determiner determines that the condition has been satisfied,

the second server comprising a benefit provider for providing the user with a benefit in the second game based on the first information.