Information processing system, information processing method, information processing device, and non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable information processing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10289986-B2
Application number	US-201514725428-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	Jul 29, 2014
Publication date	May 14, 2019
Grant date	May 14, 2019

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment provides a configuration allowing promotion of communication among users by making use of exchange of a virtual currency. An information processing system includes a providing module configured to provide a content created by a first user to a second user and a management module configured to manage a virtual currency in association with each of the first and second users. The management module makes change such that the entirety or a part of the virtual currency associated with the second user is associated with the first user in response to an instruction from the second user, as appreciation of the content created by the first user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system, comprising a server device and a plurality of information processing devices, the server device being configured to:
provide a game content created by a first user of a first information processing device to a second information processing device operated by a second user, the game content being stored in association with an identifier identifying the first user;
manage virtual currencies in association with the first and second users respectively;
receive a command from the second information processing device, the command requesting transferring a designated amount of the virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user;
in response to the command received from the second information processing device, transfer the designated amount of the virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user, as appreciation of the game content created by the first user;
upon transferring the designated amount of virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user, determine whether the designated amount of the virtual currency transferred to the first user satisfies a prescribed condition; and
upon determining that the designated amount satisfies the prescribed condition, transfer a reward to the second user.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server device is further configured to:
present the game content to the second user and have the second user make use of the game content.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server device is further configured to hold the game content created by the first user in a manner sharable with other users.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the server device is further configured to:
hold game contents created by a plurality of users, and
in response to an input from the second information processing device, select one of the plurality of users to which the virtual currency associated with the second user is to be transferred.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the server device is further configured to:
hold comments from the first user together with the content from the first user, and
provide the game content and the comments from the first user together.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a game processing system including at least one processor, the game processing system being configured to perform game processing, wherein the server device is further configured to, when a prescribed condition is satisfied in the game processing when being played by a user, increase virtual currency associated with the user.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server device is further configured to:
accept a response to a game content from the second user; and
hold the response from the second user in association with the game content.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reward includes an item which can be used for communication among users.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server device is further configured to, in response to an instruction from a user, decrease the virtual currency associated with the user and give the user an item which can be used for creating a game content.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server device is further configured to:
in response to provision of the game content created by the first user to the second user, increase the virtual currency associated with the first user and the virtual currency associated with the second user.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the designated amount of virtual currency to be transferred to the first user is determined based on at least one button input from the second user.

12. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second information processing device issues the command upon receipt a button input from the second user.

13. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the designated amount is designated via a user interface indicating the designated amount of virtual currency is transferred to the first user in appreciation of the game content created by the first user, the user interface being generated on the second information processing device.

14. An information processing method performed by one computer or a plurality of computers, comprising:
providing a game content created by a first user of a first information processing device to a second information processing device operated by a second user, the game content being stored in association with an identifier identifying the first user;
managing virtual currencies in association with the first and second users respectively,
receiving a command from the second information processing device, the command requesting transferring a designated amount of the virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user;
in response to the command received from the second information processing device, transferring the designated amount of the virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user, as appreciation of the game content created by the first user;
upon transferring the designated amount of virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user, determining whether the designated amount of the virtual currency transferred to the first user satisfies a prescribed condition; and
upon determining that the designated amount satisfies the prescribed condition, transferring a reward to the second user.

15. An information processing device, comprising a communication interface and one or more processors, the one or more processors being configured to:
access a game content created by a first user of a first information processing device, the game content being stored in a server device in association with an identifier identifying the first user;
receive an input from a second user of the information processing device; and
in response to the input received from the second user, transmit, via the communication interface, to the server device a command for transferring a designated amount of the virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user, as appreciation of the game content created by the first user, wherein the server device manages virtual currencies in association with the first and second users respectively and the designated amount of virtual currency to be transferred to the first user is determined based on an input received from the second user,
wherein, upon transferring the designated amount of virtual currency associated with the second user to the first user, determine whether the designated amount of the virtual currency transferred to the first user satisfies a prescribed condition; and
upon determining that the designated amount satisfies the prescribed condition, transfer a reward to the second user.

16. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executed by one or more processors of an information processing device, the information processing program causing the one or more processors to:
access a game content created by a first user of a first information processing device, the game content being stored in a server device in association with an identifier identifying the first user;
receive an input from a

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakamoto Akiya
• Sato Takayoshi
• Ito Norihito
• Mortimer Stephen

Classifications

• H04L67/1095

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• G06Q20/223

  based on the use of peer-to-peer networks · CPC title

• G06Q20/06

  Private payment circuits, e.g. involving electronic currency used among participants of a common payment scheme · CPC title

• G07F17/3225

  Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title