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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiro Nitta, Kyoto, JP;

Junpei Horita, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/52 (2014.09); G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01); G06Q 20/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

If an account is changed in a periodic service withdrawn state, a first timing which is an in-game item distribution timing on an account before the change, a second timing which is the next distribution timing, and a third timing which is the distribution timing next thereto, are acquired. A valid period of a periodic service that has been associated with an account after the change is acquired. If the expiration timing of the valid period is at or before the third timing, a post-change distribution timing which is a distribution timing for the first time after the account change timing is determined as the third timing. If the expiration timing is after the third timing, the post-change distribution timing is determined in accordance with a second valid period. An in-game item is provided at both of timings from the first timing onward and from the post-change distribution timing onward.


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