# US 12,214,278 B2 · Non-transitory computer readable medium, information processing method, and game device for implementing game actions using different input operations for a game controller > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,278 B2 - Document ID: US12214278B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/538,343 - Filed: 2021-11-30 - Published: 2022-03-24 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-30 - Assignees: Cygames, Inc. - Applicants: Cygames, Inc. - Inventors: Kazutoshi Sekine; Robert Chase LaCas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214278B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/42: by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle - A63F 13/422: automatically for the purpose of assisting the player, e.g. automatic braking in a driving game - A63F 13/45: Controlling the progress of the video game - A63F 13/5375: for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game - A63F 13/833: Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition - A63F 13/58: by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level - A63F 13/67: adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: determining an operation that is input from an operating section; causing a target object to execute a particular action both in the case where it is determined that a first operation is input and in the case where it is determined that a second operation that differs from the first operation is input; and causing the degree of disadvantage or the degree of advantage after the end of the particular action to differ between the case where the particular action is executed as a result of the first operation being input and the case where the particular action is executed as a result of the second operation being input. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform a method comprising: determining a first operation that is input to a game controller; causing a target object to execute a particular action in response to determining that a first type of operation is input based on the first operation that is input to the game controller and in response to determining that a second operation that differs from the first operation is input to the game controller; causing a degree of disadvantage or a degree of advantage after an end of the particular action is performed that differs between the particular action being executed as a first result of the first type of operation being input to the game controller and the particular action being executed as a second result of the second operation being input to the game controller, wherein the particular action is executed in response to determining that the first operation or the second operation is input to the game controller in a permitted state; changing a state from the permitted state to a restricted state in response to determining that the particular action is executed; determining that a first change condition is satisfied in the restricted state after the particular action is executed based on the first operation being input and in response to a second change condition that is satisfied earlier than the first change condition is satisfied in the restricted state after the particular action is executed based on the second operation being input; and changing the state from the restricted state to the permitted state in response to the first change condition being satisfied and the second change condition being satisfied earlier in the restricted state than the first change condition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the state is changed to the permitted state by determining that the first change condition is satisfied when a first time elapses in the restricted state, and wherein the state is changed to the permitted state by determining that the second change condition is satisfied when a second time that is shorter than the first time elapses in the restricted state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein the first operation is smaller than the second operation in either one or both of the number of operating sections that need to be operated and the total number of operations that need to be executed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 3, wherein the program further causes the computer to execute: displaying a notification image that suggests or indicates the first operation among the first operation and the second operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 2, wherein the program further causes the computer to execute: displaying a notification image that suggests or indicates the first operation among the first operation and the second operation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the first operation is smaller than the second operation in either one or both of the number of operating sections that need to be operated and the total number of operations that need to be executed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 6, wherein the program further causes the computer to execute: displaying a notification image that suggests or indicates the first operation among the first operation and the second operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the program further causes the computer to execute: displaying a notification image that suggests or indicates the first operation among the first operation and the second operation. ### Claim 9 An information processing method comprising: determining a first operation that is input to a game controller; causing a target object to execute a particular action in response to determining that a first type of operation is input based on the first operation that is input to the game controller and in response to determining that a second operation that differs from the first operation is input to the game controller; and causing a degree of disadvantage or a degree of advantage after an end of the particular action is performed that differs between the particular action being executed as a first result of the first type of operation being input to the game controller and the particular action being executed as a second result of the second operation being input to the game controller, wherein the particular action is executed in response to determining that the first operation or the second operation is input to the game controller in a permitted state; changing a state from the permitted state to a restricted state in response to determining that the particular action is executed; determining that a first change condition is satisfied in the restricted state after the particular action is executed based on the first operation being input and in response to a second change condition that is satisfied earlier than the first change condition is satisfied in the restricted state after the particular action is executed based on the second operation being input; and changing the state from the restricted state to the permitted state in response to the first change condition being satisfied and the second change condition being satisfied earlier in the restricted state than the first change condition. ### Claim 10 A game device comprising a computer configured to execute a method comprising: determining a first operation that is input to a game controller; causing a target object to execute a particular action in response to determining that a first type of operation is input based on the first operation that is input to the game controller and in response to determining that a second operation that differs from the first operation is input to the game controller; and causing a degree of disadvantage or a degree of advantage after an end of the particular action is performed that differs between the particular action being executed as a first result of the first type of operation being input to the game controller and the particular action being executed as a second result of the second operation being input to the game controller, wherein the particular action is executed in response to determining that the first operation or the second operation is input to the game controller in a permitted state; changing a state from the permitted state to a restricted state in response to determining that the particular action is executed; determining that a first change condition is satisfied in the restricted state after the particular action is executed based on the first operation being input and in response to a second change condition that is satisfied earlier than the first change condition is satisfied in the restricted state after the particular action is executed based on the second operation being input; and changing the state from the restricted state to the permitted state in response to the first change condition being satisfied and the second change condition being satisfied earlier in the restricted state than the first change condition.