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-9640138-B2
Application number	US-201514608697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

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 configured to connect to an external network; and
a second information processing terminal configured to receive data from the external network through the first information processing terminal,
the first information processing terminal being configured to stand by in a sleep mode, and to cancel the sleep mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied and transmit the data from the external network to the second information processing terminal, wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to return to the sleep mode after the first information processing terminal transmits the data from the external network to the second information processing terminal, wherein:
the first information processing terminal is configured to cancel the sleep mode based on information from a time counter, and
the second information processing terminal is configured to inform a user of reception of data from the first information processing terminal when the second information processing terminal receives the data from the first information processing terminal.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to stand by in the sleep mode, and to cancel the sleep mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied and obtain the data from the external network.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to transmit to the second information processing terminal, second data obtained by editing first data received from the external network.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to generate the second data based on information held in the first information processing terminal.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein
the first information processing terminal is configured to generate the second data based on history of past processing information in the first information processing terminal.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
in the sleep mode, an information processing portion of the first information processing terminal is in a power saving state.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
in the sleep mode, electric power supply to an information processing portion of the first information processing terminal is cut off.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing terminal also stands by in the sleep mode.

9. The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein
in the sleep mode, an information processing portion of the second information processing terminal is in a power saving state.

10. The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein
in the sleep mode, electric power supply to an information processing portion of the second information processing terminal is cut off.

11. The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein
the first information processing terminal includes a communication portion configured to process data from the second information processing terminal even in the sleep mode, and
the second information processing terminal includes a communication portion configured to process data from the first information processing terminal even in the sleep mode.

12. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the data received from the external network includes data on an application executable in the first information processing terminal.

13. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first information processing terminal has no image display portion.

14. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second information processing terminal is configured to obtain the data from the external network only through the first information processing terminal.

15. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executed by one or more processors of an information processing terminal which is configured to connect to an external network, the information processing program causing the one or more processors to:
have another information processing terminal receive data from the external network through the information processing terminal; and
stand by in a sleep mode, and cancel the sleep mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied and transmit the data from the external network to the another information processing terminal, wherein
return to the sleep mode after the information processing terminal transmits the data from the external network to the another information processing terminal; and
cancel the sleep mode based on information from a time counter; wherein
the another information processing terminal is configured to inform a user of reception of data from the information processing terminal when the another information processing terminal receives the data from the information processing terminal.

16. An information processing terminal configured to:
connect to an external network;
have another information processing terminal receive data from the external network through the information processing terminal; and
stand by in a sleep mode, and cancel the sleep mode when a predetermined condition is satisfied and transmit the data from the external network to the another information processing terminal,
return to the sleep mode after the information processing terminal transmits the data from the external network to the another information processing terminal,
cancel the sleep mode based on information from a time counter; wherein
the another information processing terminal is configured to inform a user of reception of data from the information processing terminal when the another information processing terminal receives the data from the information processing terminal.

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G06F1/3231

  Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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

• G06F1/3278

  Power saving in modem or I/O interface · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title