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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
Applicants:
Yumi Todo, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yumi Todo, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Onishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
HAL LABORATORY, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 20/405 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0209 (2013.01); G07F 17/326 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first virtual item is provided to a user in response to purchase made by the user. A second virtual item is provided to the user free of charge according to a certain provision rule. The provision rule is changed according to purchase information related to the first virtual item.