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`COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD,
`CONTROL PROGRAIW AND COMPUTER
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`Applicant: GREE, INC., Minato-ku (JP)
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`Inventor: Taiki Eda, Tokyo (JP)
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`Assignee: GREE, INC., Minato-ku (JP)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`Continuation of application No. 15/393,646, filed on
`Dec. 29, 2016. which is a continuation of application
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`Primary Examiner 7 Masud Ahmed
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm 7 Oblon. McClelland,
`Maicr & Ncustadt, I,.I,.P.
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`ABSTRACT
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`Provided is a method for controlling a computer, etc., which
`makes it possible to improve the usability of city building
`games. The computer is provided with a storage unit con—
`figured to store game contents arranged Within a game space,
`positions of thc gamc contcnts, and a tcmplatc dcfim'ng
`positions of one or more of game contents, and progresses
`a gamc by arranging thc gamc contents within the gamc
`space based on a command by a player. The method includes
`when the template is applied to a predetermined area within
`the game space based on the command by the player,
`moving, by the computer, the game contents arranged within
`the game space to the positions of the game contents defined
`by the template.
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`16 Claims, 15 Drawing Sheets
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