Information-processing system, information-processing device, storage medium, and information-processing method for sharing posting information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9375645-B2
Application number	US-201414189290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	Jun 24, 2013
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

An information-processing system includes: at least one processor configured to display posting information relevant to an application on a display, which information is shared by plural users. The application is started and executed in response to selection of an object in a vicinity of a first item of posting information, while items of posting information are displayed on the display, using conditional additional information of the first item of posting information corresponding to the selected object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information-processing system comprising:
at least one processor;
an input device configured to acquire items of posting information posted in connection with an application, and
a memory;
the at least one processor configured to:
display the items of posting information acquired by the input device on a display; at least a first item of the displayed items of posting information including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application, and at least a second item of the displayed items of posting information not including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application; and at least an object to input a user's instruction of executing the application in a vicinity of at least the first item of the displayed items of posting information; and
start and execute, in response to selection of the object by the user, while the items of posting information are displayed on the display, the application using the conditional additional information of the first item of the displayed items of posting information corresponding to the selected object.

2. The information-processing system according to claim 1 , wherein additional information is data associated with one or more of the items of posting information.

3. The information-processing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
additional information differs for each of the items of posting information.

4. The information-processing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
one or more of the items of posting information are posted by a second user of the application; and
the additional information is data generated when the application is executed by the second user.

5. The information-processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the additional information is data generated when the application is executed by the second user, and a predetermined condition is satisfied.

6. The information-processing system according to claim 2 , wherein a user posts posting information to which additional information is added via the input device.

7. The information-processing system according to claim 6 , further comprising a generator configured to generate posting information to which additional information selected by the user is added.

8. The information-processing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the items of posting information include first posting information associated with the additional information, and second posting information not associated with the additional information;
the at least one processor displays on the display the first posting information in a first manner indicative that the application can be executed, and displays on the display the second posting information in a second manner different from the first manner; and
the processor executes, in response to the predetermined input operation performed by the user, directed to the first posting information, the application according to the execution condition indicated by the additional information associated with the first posting information.

9. The information-processing system according to claim 8 , wherein:
the processor determines whether the additional information associated with the first posting information is a predetermined additional information; and
the at least one processor displays on the display the first posting information in the first manner, the first posting information being posting information that has been determined by the determination unit to be associated with the predetermined additional information.

10. The information-processing system according to claim 8 , wherein when the first posting information is displayed in the first manner, an image for accepting an instruction to execute the application is displayed, and when the second posting information is displayed in the second manner, the image is not displayed.

11. The information-processing system according to claim 1 , wherein additional information is data indicative of a content used in the application.

12. An information-processing system comprising:
a server device; and
an information-processing device, wherein:
the server device comprises:
a first memory in which posting information posted in connection with an application is stored; and
a notification unit configured to notify the information-processing device of the posting information stored in the first storage unit, and

the information processing device comprises:
one of (i) a second memory in which the application is stored and (ii) a reader configured to read the application stored in the second memory; and
at least one processor configured to:
display on the display, using the posting information notified by the notification unit, at least a first item of the displayed items of posting information including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application, and at least a second item of the displayed items of posting information not including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application, and at least an object to input a user's instruction of executing the application in a vicinity of at least the first item of the displayed items of posting information; and
start and execute, in response to selection of the object by the user, while the items of posting information are displayed on the display, the application using the conditional additional information of the first item of the displayed items of posting information corresponding to the selected object.

13. The information-processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the processor, when the application cannot be executed in the information-processing device, performs a processing other than a processing of executing the application.

14. An information-processing device comprising at least one processor configured to:
display posting information relevant to an application on a display, which information is shared by plural users, the posting information including at least a first item including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application and at least a second item not including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application;
display at least an object to input a user's instruction of executing the application in a vicinity of at least the first item of posting information; and
start and execute, in response to selection of the object by the user, while the items of posting information are displayed on the display, the application using the conditional additional information of the first item of posting information corresponding to the selected object.

15. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute:
displaying, on a display, posting information relevant to an application, which information is shared by plural users, the posting information including at least a first item including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application and at least a second item not including conditional additional information for starting execution of the application;
displaying at least an object to input a user's instruction of executing the application in a vicinity of at least the first item of posting information; and
starting and executing, in response to selection of the object by the user, while the items of posting information are displayed on the display, the application using the conditional additional information of the first item of posting information corresponding to the selected object.

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mizuki Kiyoshi
• Yuzawa Hideto
• Kato Shunsaku
• Oiwa Ryota

Classifications

• A63F13/87 Primary

  Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat · CPC title

• A63F13/33

  using wide area network [WAN] connections · CPC title

• A63F13/48

  Starting a game, e.g. activating a game device or waiting for other players to join a multiplayer session · CPC title