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Patent No.:

US 7677978 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2005
Applicant:

Masaki Tawara, Kyoto, JP;

Inventor:

Masaki Tawara, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A game apparatus provided with a touch panel that a player can use to enter an instruction by touching a touch panel with a stick or a finger. A touch panel image, including multiple button switch images, is displayed on the touch panel, and the player can enter a desired instruction by touching a button switch image associated with the desired instruction. Thus, the player is able to provide an instruction concerning the action of a selected character with a simple operation.


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Tawara, Masaki. (2010). Game apparatus and game program (U.S. Patent No. 7677978). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7677978

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