RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20110256829A1
• Filed: 08/25/2009
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shimomura, Tomonori
• Granted Patent: US 10,953,323 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/39
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/327 using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/34 using peer-to-peer connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/803 Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing

Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication terminal capable of efficiently exchanging, with another wireless communication terminal, data items generated by a plurality of application programs. The wireless communication terminal, which performs wireless communication with another wireless communication terminal, is configured to: store a plurality of exchange data-related information items output when a plurality of application programs are executed; determine, when a wireless communication connection is established to the other wireless communication terminal, an exchange data-related information item to be subjected to data exchange processing, based on the stored plurality of exchange data-related information items and exchange data-related information items stored in the other wireless communication terminal; and execute the data exchange processing which is based on the determined exchange data-related information item, with the other wireless communication terminal.

Claims

1. A wireless communication terminal, which performs wireless communication with another wireless communication terminal, comprising:

storage means for storing a plurality of exchange data-related information items output when a plurality of application programs are executed;

exchange data determining means for determining, when a wireless communication connection is established to the other wireless communication terminal, an exchange data-related information item to be subjected to data exchange processing, based on the plurality of exchange data-related information items stored in the storage means and exchange data-related information items stored in the other wireless communication terminal; and

data exchanging means for executing the data exchange processing which is based on the determined exchange data-related information item, with the other wireless communication terminal.

2. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

in a case where a plurality of exchange data-related information items are determined to be subjected to data exchange processing, the exchange data determining means determines execution order of the data exchange processing which is based on each of the plurality of the determined exchange data-related information items, based on attribute information associated with each of the plurality of the determined exchange data-related information items; and

the data exchanging means executes the data exchange processing which is based on each of the plurality of the determined exchange data-related information items, in accordance with the determined execution order.

3. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information contains information on an execution history of the application program corresponding to the exchange data-related information item.

4. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information contains information on the data exchange processing executed in a past based on the exchange data-related information item.

5. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information contains information on an update history of the exchange data-related information item.

6. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where there are a plurality of other wireless communication terminals for which the wireless communication connection can be established, the exchange data determining means determines order in which the data exchange processing is executed for each of the plurality of other wireless communication terminals, and establishes the wireless communication connection to each of the plurality of other wireless communication terminals in the determined order.

7. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

the exchange data-related information item contains exchange data control information defining a communication procedure used when the data exchange processing is executed with the other wireless communication terminal; and

the data exchanging means executes the data exchange processing which is based on the exchange data-related information item in accordance with the exchange data control information.

8. A method of controlling a wireless communication terminal, which performs wireless communication with another wireless communication terminal, comprising the steps of:

storing, in storage means, a plurality of exchange data-related information items output when a plurality of application programs are executed;

determining, when a wireless communication connection is established to the other wireless communication terminal, an exchange data-related information item to be subjected to data exchange processing, based on the plurality of exchange data-related information items stored in the storage means and exchange data-related information items stored in the other wireless communication terminal; and

executing the data exchange processing which is based on the determined exchange data-related information item, with the other wireless communication terminal.

9. A non-transitory, computer-readable information storage medium having a program stored therein, the program for causing a wireless communication terminal which performs wireless communication with another wireless communication terminal to function as:

means for storing, in storage means, a plurality of exchange data-related information items output when a plurality of application programs are executed;

exchange data determining means for determining, when a wireless communication connection is established to the other wireless communication terminal, an exchange data-related information item to be subjected to data exchange processing, based on the plurality of exchange data-related information items stored in the storage means and exchange data-related information items stored in the other wireless communication terminal; and

data exchanging means for executing the data exchange processing which is based on the determined exchange data-related information item, with the other wireless communication terminal.