# US 2019/0168121 A1 · Game processing system, game processing program, and game processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0168121 A1 - Document ID: US20190168121A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/269,069 - Filed: 2019-02-06 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-24 - Assignees: GREE, Inc. - Applicants: Gree, Inc. - Inventors: Ryosuke INAMORI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168121A1 ## CPC - A63F 13/537: using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen - A63F 13/2145: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens - A63F 13/426: involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun - A63F 13/5375: for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game - A63F 13/69: by enabling or updating specific game elements, e.g. unlocking hidden features, items, levels or versions - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A game processing system that controls a display to display a plurality of graphic forms each indicating an identifier; identifies a trajectory of a continuously drawn input selecting a plurality of the graphic forms; identifies the identifiers of the graphic forms corresponding to the input trajectory; identifies at least a first command based on an arrangement of the identifiers when detecting an end of the input; and controls a game operation of attacking an opponent based on the command. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 A system for providing a game, the system comprising: a user interface including a touch panel display; and circuitry configured to: control the touch panel display to display a plurality of graphic forms; identify a trajectory on the touch panel display that is continuously drawn and input by a user to select one or more first graphic forms of the plurality of the graphic forms; identify a command based on the identified trajectory; control a game operation of the corresponding to the identified command; responsive to detecting an end of the input, control the touch panel display to erase the one or more first graphic forms in the identified trajectory; control the touch panel display to move at least a part of a remaining plurality of graphic forms from first positions where the remaining plurality of graphic forms are currently displayed to second positions where the one or more graphic forms have been erased; and control the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions, wherein a hidden command is allocated to the one or more new graphic forms. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: control the touch panel display to display a hint for the hidden command on one or more second graphic forms adjacent to the one or more first graphic forms in the trajectory. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: responsive to the identified command including the hidden command, control the game operation to progress the game unfavorable to the player. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the hint represents a number of graphic forms, to which the hidden command is allocated, among graphic forms adjacent to the one or more second graphic forms. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein each of the one or more first graphic forms in the identified trajectory indicates a type of an identifier of a plurality of identifiers; and the circuitry is further configured to identify the command based on an arrangement of the identifiers selected by the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: control the touch panel display to change the identifiers of the selected graphic forms. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: control the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions; select at least one of the one or more new graphic forms; and allocate a hidden command to the selected at least one graphic form. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a program which, when executed by a system comprising circuitry and a user interface including a touch panel display, causes the circuitry to perform a method comprising: controlling the touch panel display to display a plurality of graphic forms; identifying a trajectory on the touch panel display that is continuously drawn and input by a user to select one or more first graphic forms of the plurality of the graphic forms; identifying a command based on the identified trajectory; controlling a game operation of the corresponding to the identified command; responsive to detecting an end of the input, controlling the touch panel display to erase the one or more first graphic forms in the identified trajectory; controlling the touch panel display to move at least a part of a remaining plurality of graphic forms from first positions where the remaining plurality of graphic forms are currently displayed to second positions where the one or more graphic forms have been erased; and controlling the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions, wherein a hidden command is allocated to the one or more new graphic forms. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, further comprising: controlling the touch panel display to display a hint for the hidden command on one or more second graphic forms adjacent to the one or more first graphic forms in the trajectory. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10, further comprising: responsive to the identified command including the hidden command, controlling the game operation to progress the game unfavorable to the player. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 10, wherein the hint represents a number of graphic forms, to which the hidden command is allocated, among graphic forms adjacent to the one or more second graphic forms. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, wherein each of the one or more first graphic forms in the identified trajectory indicates a type of an identifier of a plurality of identifiers; and the program further causes the circuitry to identify a command based on an arrangement of the identifiers selected by the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, further comprising: controlling the touch panel display to change the identifiers of the selected graphic forms. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 9, further comprising: controlling the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions; selecting at least one of the one or more new graphic forms; and allocating a hidden command to the selected at least one graphic form. ### Claim 16 A game processing method performed by a system comprising circuitry and a user interface including a touch panel display, the method comprising: controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to display a plurality of graphic forms; identifying, by the circuitry, a trajectory on the touch panel display that is continuously drawn and input by a user to select one or more first graphic forms of the plurality of the graphic forms; identifying, by the circuitry, a command based on the identified trajectory; controlling, by the circuitry, a game operation of the corresponding to the identified command; responsive to detecting an end of the input, controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to erase the one or more first graphic forms in the identified trajectory; controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to move at least a part of a remaining plurality of graphic forms from first positions where the remaining plurality of graphic forms are currently displayed to second positions where the one or more graphic forms have been erased; and controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions, wherein a hidden command is allocated to the one or more new graphic forms. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The game processing method of claim 16, further comprising: controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to display a hint for the hidden command on one or more second graphic forms adjacent to the one or more first graphic forms in the trajectory. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The game processing method of claim 17, further comprising: responsive to the identified command including the hidden command, controlling, by the circuitry, the game operation to progress the game unfavorable to the player ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The game processing method of claim 17, wherein the hint represents a number of graphic forms, to which the hidden command is allocated, among graphic forms adjacent to the one or more second graphic forms. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The game processing method of claim 16, wherein each of the one or more first graphic forms in the identified trajectory indicates a type of an identifier of a plurality of identifiers; and the method further comprises identifying, by the circuitry, a command includes to identify a command based on an arrangement of the identifiers selected by the user. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The game processing method of claim 16, further comprising: controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to change the identifiers of the selected graphic forms. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The game processing method of claim 16, wherein controlling the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions comprises: controlling, by the circuitry, the touch panel display to display one or more new graphic forms at the first positions; selecting, by the circuitry, at least one of the one or more new graphic forms; and allocating, by the circuitry, a hidden command to the selected at least one graphic form.