Communication control apparatus, computer-readable storage medium having stored therein communication control program, communication control method, and information processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016183255-A1
Application number	US-201615002055-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 20, 2016
Priority date	Feb 25, 2011
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a game apparatus which stores, in an outbox for individual-transmission data, individual-transmission data the destinations of which are individually specified, and stores, in an outbox for universal-transmission data, universal-transmission data the destinations of which are all terminals. A plurality of pieces of data is stored in the outbox for individual-transmission data, and information regarding the destination thereof and the information regarding the source thereof are added to each piece of data. When the outbox for individual-transmission data is full, all data stored in the outbox is retrieved, and one frame which includes the plurality of pieces of data is generated and transmitted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a communication control program which, when executed by a computer of an information processing device, causes the computer to:
form a transmission data frame which includes a plurality of pieces of data, at least one of the pieces of data having a source address different from source addresses of one or more others of the pieces of data; and transmit the transmission data frame by either broadcast or multicast.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the transmission data frame comprises a header portion and a data portion, the header portion including a frame destination address and the data portion including the plurality of pieces of data.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein at least one of said pieces of data being addressed to a destination information processing device different from destination information processing devices addressed in one or more others of the pieces of data.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the source address of said at least one of the pieces of data corresponds to the information processing device, and one or more of the source addresses of said others of the pieces of data correspond to other information processing devices.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the plurality of pieces of data has a source address corresponding to a first other information processing device and a destination address corresponding to a second other information processing device, the first and second other information processing devices being different from the information processing device.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing device is a handheld device.

7 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing device is a game apparatus.

8 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the communication control program causes the computer to display an image on a screen of the information processing device.

9 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the transmission data frame in either a broadcast fashion or a multicast fashion includes specifying a broadcast address or a multicast address as a transmission destination address and transmitting the transmission data frame.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the communication control program causes the computer to execute:
sequentially acquiring the plurality of pieces of data; sequentially storing the acquired plurality of pieces of data in a storage unit; and causing the transmission data frame, which includes at least two of the plurality of pieces of data stored in the storage unit and the destination information of the at least two of plurality of pieces of data, to be generated.

11 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory; at least one processor configured to form, in the memory, a transmission data frame which includes a plurality of pieces of data, at least one of the pieces of data having a source address different from source addresses of one or more others of the pieces of data; and a communication interface configured to transmit the transmission data frame by either broadcast or multicast.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to form the transmission data frame such that the transmission data frame comprises a header portion and a data portion, the header portion including a frame destination address and the data portion including the plurality of pieces of data.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to form the transmission data frame such that at least one of said pieces of data being addressed to a destination information processing apparatus different from destination information processing apparatuses addressed in one or more others of the pieces of data.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to form the transmission data frame such that the source address of said at least one of the pieces of data corresponds to the information processing apparatus, and one or more of the source addresses of said others of the pieces of data correspond to other information processing apparatuses.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information processing apparatus is a handheld device.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information processing device is a game apparatus.

17 . A communication control method comprising:
forming, in a memory of an information processing apparatus, a transmission data frame which includes a plurality of pieces of data, at least one of the pieces of data having a source address different from source addresses of one or more others of the pieces of data; and transmitting, using a communication interface of the information processing apparatus, the transmission data frame by either broadcast or multicast.

18 . The communication control method according to claim 17 , wherein the forming comprises forming the transmission data frame such that the transmission data frame comprises a header portion and a data portion, the header portion including a frame destination address and the data portion including the plurality of pieces of data.

19 . The communication control method according to claim 17 , wherein the forming comprises forming the transmission data frame such that at least one of said pieces of data being addressed to a destination information processing apparatus different from destination communication control apparatuses addressed in one or more others of the pieces of data.

20 . The communication control method according to claim 17 , wherein the forming comprises forming the transmission data frame such that the source address of said at least one of the pieces of data corresponds to the information processing apparatus, and one or more of the source addresses of said others of the pieces of data correspond to other information processing apparatuses.

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okajima Manabu

Classifications

• H04W72/0446 Primary

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04L5/0044

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title

• A63F13/86

  Watching games played by other players · CPC title

• A63F13/95

  Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges · CPC title