Game system, information processing device, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9849373-B2
Application number	US-201414308155-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2014
Priority date	Jul 5, 2013
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A data communication restricted content providing device executes a program of game content, accepts operation input for the game content, controls the game content in accordance with operation input, generates, based on information of a changed progress condition of the game content, audio data indicating the progress condition, and plays back the audio data. An information processing device acquires an audio signal played back by the content providing device, extracts information of the progress condition from the audio signal, and outputs, to an external device, information of the progress condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A game system, comprising:
an information processing device;
a content providing device; and
an external device,
wherein the content providing device comprises:
a memory configured to store a program of game content;
a user interface configured to accept operation input for the game content;
a central processor configured to read the program of game content and to control the game content in accordance with the operation input accepted by the user interface; and
a first audio processor configured to generate, based on information of a progress condition of the game content caused to change by the central processor, and to play, audio data indicating the progress condition, and

wherein the information processing device comprises:
a communication interface configured to acquire an audio signal played by the first audio processor;
a second audio processor configured to extract the information of the progress condition from the audio signal acquired by the communication interface; and
an output configured to output, to the external device, the information of the progress condition extracted by the second audio processor.

2. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the information processing device further comprises a second central processor configured to set a type of the information of the progress condition output to the external device by the output, and
the output is configured to output the type of the information of the progress condition set by the second central processor.

3. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the output, in accordance with the information of the progress condition being extracted by the second audio processor, outputs the information of the progress condition.

4. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the external device is configured to share the information of the progress condition with a plurality of connected devices.

5. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the first audio processor plays the audio data indicating the progress condition of the game content, the progress condition being attached to the audio data beforehand.

6. The game system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication interface of the information processing device further receives information corresponding to the information of the progress condition from the external device.

7. An information processing device, comprising:
a communication interface configured to acquire an audio signal played by a first audio processor of a content providing device, based on audio data including information of a progress condition of game content that the content providing device provides, the audio data having been output from the content providing device;
an audio processor configured to extract the information of the progress condition from the audio signal acquired by the communication interface; and
an output configured to output, to an external device, the information of the progress condition extracted by the audio processor.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the information processing device according to claim 7 .

Assignees

• Square Enix Co Ltd

Inventors

• Morimoto Hiroki

Classifications

• G10L19/018

  Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal · CPC title

• A63F13/00 Primary

  Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions · CPC title

• A63F13/327

  using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet · CPC title

• A63F2300/6081

  generating an output signal, e.g. under timing constraints, for spatialization · CPC title

• A63F13/323

  between game devices with different hardware characteristics, e.g. hand-held game devices connectable to game consoles or arcade machines · CPC title