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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takehiro Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/67 (2014.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/67 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); A63F 2300/1075 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6027 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6045 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and medium for controlling a progress of a video game are provided. A user interface element of the video game is displayed on a display screen. The user interface element is displayed with transparency determined during the progress of the video game. An operation to the user interface element displayed on the display screen is received regardless of the transparency. The progress of the video game is controlled in accordance with the operation to the user interface element displayed on the display screen.