US 11,771,989 B2
Method for providing item enhancement service in game
Jong Min Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Song Hee So, Seongnam-si (KR); Joo Won Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Yeon Gyeong Joo, Seongnam-si (KR); Jung Joon Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Dan Bi Bae, Seongnam-si (KR); Jin Soo Seo, Seongnam-si (KR); and Yoon Chae Lee, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to NCSOFT Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by NCSOFT Corporation, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/466,540.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0114642 (KR), filed on Sep. 8, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0108376 (KR), filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072426 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/537 (2014.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); A63F 13/822 (2014.01); A63F 13/5375 (2014.01); A63F 13/58 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/537 (2014.09) [A63F 13/5375 (2014.09); A63F 13/58 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/822 (2014.09); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); A63F 2300/308 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device with a display, cause the electronic device to:
display, in a first area of a user interface for a game, a plurality of visual objects respectively indicating a plurality of items that are capable of being enhanced in the game, via the display;
in response to receiving first user inputs for selecting first visual objects from among the plurality of visual objects,
display, in a second area of the user interface next to the first area, the first visual objects, via the display;
while displaying, with the first visual objects, a bar-shaped visual object in which visual elements respectively indicating a plurality of reinforcement levels are arranged in a predetermined direction, in the second area, receive, via the bar-shaped visual object, a second user input for setting a target enhancement level of items indicated by the first visual objects;
while displaying, with the first visual objects, at least one second visual object indicating at least one resource for enhancement of the items indicated by the first visual objects in the second area after receiving the second user input, receive a third user input for executing the enhancement of the items;
in response to receiving the third user input, display at least one visual effect for representing that the enhancement of the items is being executed; and
based at least in part on completion of execution of the enhancement, display a result of the enhancement according to the target enhancement level in the second area via the display after displaying the at least one visual effect.