ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,014, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to COLOPL Inc. (Tokyo).

"Method, computer readable medium, and information processing device" was invented by Naruatsu Baba (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for advancement of a game by a computer having a processor, a memory, and a manipulation unit, the method comprising, by the processor, executing advancement of a first part by operating an NPC which is not a direct manipulation target by a user who is a game player, based on first operation instruction data prestored in the memory for specifying an operation of the NPC, and by responding to an input manipulation of the user, acc...