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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10459605-B2
Application number	US-201715472495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2017
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

An information processing system includes a first information processing terminal which can be connected to an external network and a second information processing terminal which receives data from the external network through the first information processing terminal. The first information processing terminal stands by in a sleep mode, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, it cancels the sleep mode and transmits data from the external network to the second information processing terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system, comprising:
a first information processing terminal; and
a second information processing terminal configured to communicate with the first information processing terminal,
the second information processing terminal being configured to:
display a first menu screen based on menu information which includes information on selectable contents and is obtained in advance from the first information processing terminal, and
transmit, in response to selection by a user on the first menu screen, an instruction indicating a selected content to the first information processing terminal, and

the first information processing terminal being configured to:
receive the instruction indicating the selected content from the second information processing terminal, and
upon receiving the instruction from the second information processing terminal before launch, cancel a sleep mode and directly launch the selected content without displaying an additional screen before the launch.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the user can directly launch the content in a single operation on the first menu screen.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein
the second information processing terminal is configured to obtain the menu information while the first information processing terminal is in an OFF state and/or in the sleep mode.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to generate the menu information based on information held in the first information processing terminal.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to generate the menu information based on history of past processing information in the first information processing terminal.

6. The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to generate the menu information using data from an external network.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing terminal is configured to display a second menu screen different from the first menu screen provided by the first information processing terminal after launch.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7 , configured to directly display the second menu screen over the first menu screen.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , configured to directly access data on an external network on the first menu screen.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first menu screen includes a piece of advertisement information.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing terminal is configured to inform a user of reception of the menu information from the first information processing terminal when the second information processing terminal receives the menu information from the first information processing terminal.

12. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing terminal is configured to display a screen different from the first menu screen for giving a notification of reception of the menu information from the first information processing terminal when the first information processing terminal receives the menu information from the first information processing terminal.

13. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing terminal is configured to make selection between
a mode in which image information received from the first information processing terminal is displayed as it is, and
a mode in which image information received from the first information processing terminal is stored and a display image is constructed using the stored image information.

14. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the contents include an application.

15. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executed by one or more processors of a first information processing terminal configured to communicate with a second information processing terminal, the second information processing terminal being configured to display a first menu screen based on menu information which includes information on selectable contents and is obtained in advance from the first information processing terminal and to transmit, in response to selection by a user on the first menu screen, an instruction indicating a selected content to the first information processing terminal, the information processing program causing the one or more processors to:
receive the instruction indicating the selected content from the second information processing terminal; and
upon receiving the instruction from the second information processing terminal before launch, cancel a sleep mode and directly launch the selected content without displaying an additional screen before the launch.

16. A first information processing terminal configured to communicate with a second information processing terminal, the second information processing terminal being configured to display a first menu screen based on menu information which includes information on selectable contents and is obtained in advance from the first information processing terminal and to transmit, in response to selection by a user on the first menu screen, an instruction indicating a selected content to the first information processing terminal, the first information processing terminal comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first information processing terminal to:
receive the instruction indicating the selected content from the second information processing terminal; and
upon receiving the instruction from the second information processing terminal before launch, cancel a sleep mode and directly launch the selected content without displaying an additional screen before the launch.

17. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the selectable contents of the first menu screen of the second information processing terminal include a selectable icon for executing a new application and a selectable message field which provides information regarding the new application, the new application corresponding to information received by the second information processing terminal from the first information processing terminal.

18. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second information processing terminal obtains the menu information before or at a moment of a power OFF operation.

19. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the menu information is generated by the first information processing terminal based on, at least, history of applications in the first information processing terminal.

20. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first information processing terminal is further configured to directly launch the selected content without displaying a menu screen.

21. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first menu screen is a quick menu screen displayed on the second information processing terminal, a

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• YASUDA Shumpei
• Sugino Masaaki
• HORII Yu
• Yamazaki Masatoshi
• Tokunaga Eiji
• Iwai Yuma
• Torigoe Nobutaka

Classifications

• G09G5/006

  Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04) · CPC title

• G09G2330/022

  in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G09G2330/027

  Arrangements or methods related to powering off a display · CPC title

• G06F1/3209

  Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections · CPC title