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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Ryuhei Matsuura, Kyoto, JP;
Shiro Mouri, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Asuke, Kyoto, JP;
Hajime Nakao, Kyoto, JP;
Ayano Masaki, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/577 (2014.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/44 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/577 (2014.09); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/44 (2014.09);
Abstract
A first item is caused to appear in a virtual space on the basis of an operation input by a first player, and a player character is caused to acquire the first item on the basis of contact between a first player character and the first item. After a predetermined period has elapsed since the appearance of the first item, on the basis of contact between the first item and another player character operated by another player, the other player character is caused to acquire the first item.