Non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable information processing program, information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and information processing system, capable of enhancing zest of wireless communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9788148-B2
Application number	US-201414472980-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2014
Priority date	Dec 12, 2013
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus, causing one or more processors to perform an obtaining module obtaining information on a state of the information processing apparatus or on a state of surroundings of the information processing apparatus, a setting module setting a communication condition for wireless communication based on the obtained information, and a data communication module carrying out at least one of transmission and reception of data through wireless communication with another information processing apparatus within coverage by using the set communication condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with an information processing program, which, when executed by a computer of a portable information processing terminal having a wireless communication function, causes one or more processors of the computer to perform operations comprising:
obtaining information on a state of said portable information processing terminal or a state of surroundings of said portable information processing terminal;
setting a communication condition for wireless communication based on obtained said information;
receiving data through wireless communication with another portable information processing terminal within coverage;
when the data is received from said another portable information processing terminal within a predetermined distance, extracting reception data from the received data in accordance with the set communication condition, and performing prescribed information processing based on the extracted reception data; and
when the data is received from said another portable information processing terminal outside the predetermined distance, not extracting reception data from the received data, and not performing the prescribed information processing.

2. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
obtain position data representing a position of said portable information processing terminal,
receive the position data through wireless communication with another portable information processing terminal within said coverage, and
calculate a distance from said another portable information processing terminal based on obtained said position data representing the position of said portable information processing terminal and received said position data of another portable information processing terminal, and extract, based on a result of calculation, said reception data in accordance with said set communication condition for wireless communication from the received data.

3. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein
said one or more processors are further configured to perform said prescribed information processing based on the received position data from said another portable information processing terminal.

4. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein
said one or more processors are configured to set the communication condition for said wireless communication for each application.

5. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein
said one or more processors are configured to set a condition for the coverage of said wireless communication as said communication condition, based on obtained said information.

6. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the received data includes first data that is compatible with the set communication condition and second data that is not compatible with the set communication condition.

Assignees

• Nintendo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mae Kenichi
• Kondo Yoshihisa
• Shimomura Masaru
• Imura Yoshitaka
• Shoji Masahiro
• Shibata Takayuki

Classifications

• H04W76/023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title