( 12 ) United States Patent
`Eda
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`( 10 ) Patent No . : US 10 , 398 , 978 B2
`( 45 ) Date of Patent :
`" Sep . 3 , 2019
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`US010398978B2
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`( 54 ) COMPUTER CONTROL METHOD ,
`CONTROL PROGRAM AND COMPUTER
`( 71 ) Applicant : Gree , Inc . , Minato - ku ( JP )
`( 72 ) Inventor :
`Taiki Eda , Tokyo ( JP )
`( 73 ) Assignee : GREE , INC . , Minato - ku ( JP )
`Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this
`( * ) Notice :
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 0 days .
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis
`claimer .
`( 21 ) Appl . No . : 15 / 393 , 646
`( 22 ) Filed :
`Dec . 29 , 2016
`( 65 )
`Prior Publication Data
`US 2017 / 0106287 A1 Apr . 20 , 2017
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`Related U . S . Application Data
`( 63 ) Continuation of application No . 14 / 983 , 984 , filed on
`Dec . 30 , 2015 , now Pat . No . 9 , 597 , 594 , which is a
`( Continued )
`Foreign Application Priority Data
`( 30 )
`Sep . 27 , 2013
`. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 - 202721
`( JP )
`. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
`Apr . 9 , 2014
`( JP ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 - 080554
`( 51 )
`Int . Ci .
`A63F 9 / 24
`( 2006 . 01 )
`A63F 13 / 537
`( 2014 . 01 )
`A63F 1331
`( 2014 . 01 )
`U . S . CI .
`CPC . . . . . . . . . . . . A63F 13 / 537 ( 2014 . 09 ) ; A63F 13 / 31
`( 2014 . 09 )
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`( 52 )
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`( 56 )
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`DE EP
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`( 58 ) Field of Classification Search
`. . . . 463 / 29 - 42
`USPC
`. . . . . . . . . .
`See application file for complete search history .
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`dated Feb . 23 , 2016 ( 3 pages ) ( with English Translation ) .
`( Continued )
`Primary Examiner — Masud Ahmed
`( 74 ) Attorney , Agent , or Firm — Oblon , McClelland ,
`Maier & Neustadt , L . L . P .
`( 57 )
`ABSTRACT
`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 the game contents , and a template defining
`positions of one or more of game contents , and progresses
`a game by arranging the game contents within the game
`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 .
`18 Claims , 15 Drawing Sheets
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`ARRANGE
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`CREATE APPLY
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`Supercell
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