US 11,806,627 B2
Server device, control method performed by the server device, program, and terminal device
Takayuki Sano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GREE, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by GREE, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,789.
Application 17/894,789 is a continuation of application No. 17/076,117, filed on Oct. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,458,401.
Application 17/076,117 is a continuation of application No. 16/387,946, filed on Apr. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,843,083, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Application 16/387,946 is a continuation of application No. 14/228,162, filed on Mar. 27, 2014, granted, now 10,307,681, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-070196 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410013 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/69 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/69 (2014.09) [G07F 17/326 (2013.01); G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); A63F 2300/558 (2013.01); A63F 2300/609 (2013.01); A63F 2300/63 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A control method performed by a server device, the server device connected via a network to a terminal device configured to communicate with the server device and configured to implement a lottery system for enhancing interest of a user in a game, the method comprising:
storing, in a storage unit, a plurality of lottery modes, wherein each of the plurality of lottery modes associates respective items, which are providable to the user, with item odds;
receiving a start request for a game from the terminal device;
selecting, with a mode selecting unit, a lottery mode from among the plurality of lottery modes, and storing mode information for the lottery mode in a user information table of a user associated with the terminal device;
receiving a mode selection request, on the mode selecting unit, from the terminal device, the mode selection request including one of a release command or a continue command, and determining, with the mode selecting unit, whether the mode selection request includes the release command or whether the mode selection request includes the continue command;
when the continue command is received, retaining the mode information of the lottery mode in the user information table;
when the release command is received, changing the selected lottery mode to another lottery mode from among the plurality of lottery modes such that the another lottery mode becomes the selected lottery mode, and updating the mode information stored in the user information table;
holding a drawing from among a plurality of types of the items on the basis of the selected lottery mode; and
when the continue command was received, maintaining the mode information in the user information table and performing, in response to a subsequent request for the game from the terminal device, the game according to the selected lottery mode without a further step of selecting the lottery mode from among the plurality of lottery modes.