PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, A GAME EXECUTION SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING EXECUTION OF A GAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROCESSING PROGRAMS FOR ACTIVATING THE PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND GAME EXECUTION SUPPORT APPARATUS

• US 6,764,399 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2001
• Issued: 07/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukutake, Shigeru, Nagata, Akihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Chen Wen
• Application Number:
  US09/903,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20020016203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• Field of Search: 463/35, 463/34, 463/1, 463/31, 463/43, 463/44, 463/37, 463/42, 463/49, 463/41, 846/00
• US Class Current: 463/35
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• 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 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6063 for sound processing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8058 Virtual breeding, e.g. tamagotchi

Abstract

A game production is effected by utilization of a ringing melody registered in a portable terminal apparatus. With reference to a fruit image table (152), a processing section (110) fetches a fruit image corresponding to a ringing melody number assigned to a ringing melody which has been selected previously in accordance with an instruction. The thus-fetched fruit image is provided within a background image (1200) in a step (S1406). Accordingly, the processing section (110) displays the fruit corresponding to the selected ringing melody within a game screen. A production of an image can be controlled in accordance with the selected ringing melody.

Claims

1. A portable terminal apparatus, comprising:

a music data registration device in which a plurality of distributed music data sets are registered;

a storage device which stores game information distributed from a game execution support apparatus which distributes game information including a game operation program; and

a control device which causes a game to proceed by executing the game operation program, and which effects a game production in consideration of music data which have been selected from the plurality of music data sets in accordance with an instruction.

2. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a game screen on which a game image is displayed; and

an operation device which is operated to control a character in the game image,

wherein the control device causes the game screen to display in a background image of the game image a display object which is to be acquired by the character, and the control device causes the background image to scroll in a predetermined direction,

wherein when the display object is acquired by the character in accordance with an operation of the character performed by the operation device, the control device causes the game to proceed such that a score for the game is increased, and

wherein when the character is caused to perform an action colliding with a specific display object, the control device causes the game to be terminated.

3. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control device includes a transformer which transforms the character when the number of display objects acquired by the character exceeds a predetermined number.

4. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 3, wherein the predetermined number is set according to a type of the display object.

5. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 4, wherein based on the selected music data, the control device controls a background music for the game in progress.

6. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control device causes the game screen thereon to display the display object corresponding to the selected music data.

7. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control device includes a transmitter which transmits, to the game execution support apparatus, a control signal which enables acquisition of game information used for the game and corresponding to the selected music data when the number of display objects acquired by the character exceeds a predetermined number.

8. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control device effects a wait screen display using game information transmitted from the game execution support apparatus.

9. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 3, wherein based on the selected music data, the control device controls a background music for the game in progress.

10. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 3, wherein the control device causes the game screen thereon to display the display object corresponding to the selected music data.

11. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 3, wherein the control device includes a transmitter which transmits, to the game execution support apparatus, a control signal which enables acquisition of game information used for the game and corresponding to the selected music data when the number of display objects acquired by the character exceeds a predetermined number.

12. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control device effects a wait screen display using game information transmitted from the game execution support apparatus.

13. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 2, wherein based on the selected music data, the control device controls a background music for the game in progress.

14. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control device causes the game screen thereon to display the display object corresponding to the selected music data.

15. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control device includes a transmitter which transmits, to the game execution support apparatus, a control signal which enables acquisition of game information used for the game and corresponding to the selected music data when the number of display objects acquired by the character exceeds a predetermined number.

16. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 15, wherein the control device effects await screen display using game information transmitted from the game execution support apparatus.

17. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein based on the selected music data, the control device controls a background music for the game in progress.

18. The portable terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the music data is data on at least one ringing melody.