Information processing apparatus, information processing system, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10271159-B2
Application number	US-201514620592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2014
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

It is determined whether or not an information processing apparatus is located at a particular place. If it is determined in the determination of the location that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular place, use of predetermined data is permitted. If the information processing apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition related to the fact that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular place, the permitted use of the data is prohibited.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with another apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising memory and one or more processors configured to:
store, in the memory, data associated with a particular real world place, wherein the stored data is stored in the memory when the information processing apparatus is located at a place different from the particular real world place;
based on the stored data, display, on a display, information relating to the particular real world place;
after displaying the information, determine whether or not the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place;
in response to determining that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place, permit use of the stored data to perform a user interactive event based on the stored data; and
in response to the information processing apparatus satisfying, during the user interactive event, a predetermined condition related to the fact that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place, or in response to determining that the information processing apparatus has moved away from the particular real world place, prohibit the permitted use of the stored data.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since it has been determined in the determination of the location that the information processing apparatus has been located at the particular real world place, and
if it is determined in the determination of the predetermined time that the predetermined time has elapsed, prohibit the permitted use of the stored data.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since it has been determined in the determination of the location that the information processing apparatus has not been located at the particular real world place after it had been determined that the information processing apparatus had been located at the particular real world place, and
if it is determined in the determination of the predetermined time that the predetermined time has elapsed, prohibit the permitted use of the stored data.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the user interactive event includes participation of other information processing apparatuses simultaneously located at the particular real world place.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to, when the information processing apparatus is located at a place different from the particular real world place, receive data transmitted from another apparatus and store the received data in the memory, and
after it has been determined in the determination of the location that the information processing apparatus has been located at the particular real world place, the use of the stored data received at the place different from the particular real world place is permitted.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to receive data transmitted from another apparatus located at the particular real world place and store the received data in the memory, and
if it is determined in the determination of the location that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place, the use of the data received at the particular real world place from the another apparatus and stored in the memory is permitted.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the memory includes additional multi-user related data and the one or more processors are further configured to determine whether or not another information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place, and
use of the multi-user related data is permitted in accordance with whether another information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
if the information processing apparatus can communicate data via a particular access point installed at the particular real world place, it is determined that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stored data is winning probability data.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stored data is game character data.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to delete the stored data from the memory in response to determining that the information processing apparatus has moved away from the particular real world place.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the stored data includes a plurality of event right data, each event right data associated with a different real world place and each event right data giving the right to participate in a different user interactive event.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition is that a predetermined time has elapsed since it has been determined that the information processing apparatus has been located at the particular real world place.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information relating to the particular real world place is displayed upon satisfying an interactive condition in the user interactive event.

15. An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with another apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising memory and one or more processors configured to:
store, in the memory, data associated with a particular real world place, wherein the stored data is stored in the memory when the information processing apparatus is located at a place different from the particular real world place;
based on the stored data, display, on a display, information relating to the particular real world place;
after displaying the information, determine whether or not the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place;
in response to determining that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place, change a parameter used when predetermined processing providing a user interactive event is performed; and
in response to determining that the information processing apparatus has moved away from the particular real world place, change back the changed parameter to an original state.

16. The information processing apparatus of claim 15 , wherein changing the parameter in response to determining that the information processing apparatus is located at the particular real world place includes (1) changing the parameter to a first value upon determining that no other information processing apparatuses have established a connection with an access point installed at the particular real world place while the information processing apparatus has an established connection with the access point, and (2) changing the parameter to a second value upon determining that one or more other information processing apparatuses have established a connection with the access point

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamane Tomoyoshi

Classifications

• H04W48/04

  based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed · CPC title

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title