Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Game system, game device, and storage medium
- Patent Title (中): 游戏系统,游戏机和存储介质
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Application No.: US10655035Application Date: 2003-09-05
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Publication No.: US07357719B2Publication Date: 2008-04-15
- Inventor: Satoshi Yamato , Nobuhito Koganezawa , Daisuke Tsujimura , Masanobu Suzui , Hirotaka Watanabe , Mitsuru Shinohara , Keiji Hara
- Applicant: Satoshi Yamato , Nobuhito Koganezawa , Daisuke Tsujimura , Masanobu Suzui , Hirotaka Watanabe , Mitsuru Shinohara , Keiji Hara
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2003-041314 20030219
- Main IPC: A63F13/00
- IPC: A63F13/00 ; A63F9/24

Abstract:
When a character is lent from a first game device to a second game device, clocks of those two game devices are synchronized, a shared lending/borrowing expiration time is set, the use of the character is temporarily disabled in the first game device, and the use of the character is temporarily enabled in the second game device. Then, a character return timing is determined, based on a time of the clock and the lending/borrowing expiration time, in the respective game devices. In accordance with the determined timing, the use of the character is enabled in the first game device, and the use of the character is disabled in the second game device. Thus, it is possible to lend/borrow a character as an item in the real world without generating a copy thereof, and the lent character is sure to be returned at the expiration of a predetermined lending/borrowing period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040162136A1 Game system, game device, and storage medium Public/Granted day:2004-08-19
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