INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20130144956A1
• Filed: 04/07/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Masaharu
• Granted Patent: US 9,425,990 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/833 Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition A63F13/837 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A message data acquisition unit acquires message data including a message and additional information. An event ID acquisition unit acquires, when a condition fulfillment detection unit determines that a condition is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled playing condition in the game. A display information generation unit displays a message in the message data including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information, in a game screen displayed on a display device.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a message data acquisition unit configured to acquire message data including a message and additional information;

a storage device configured to store acquired message data;

a condition identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire, when a condition predefined in an application is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled condition; and

a communicating unit configured to communicate the message in the message data, including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the communicating unit displays the message on a screen displayed on a display device.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the message data includes attribute information identifying an attribute of the message, and

the communicating unit displays messages in different modes according to the attribute information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication determination unit configured to determine whether the additional information in the message data stored in the storage device corresponds to the condition identification information acquired by the condition identification information acquisition unit.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the message data includes, as the additional information, condition identification information identifying a condition defined in the application, and

the communication determination unit determines whether the condition identification information acquired by the condition identification information acquisition unit matches the additional information.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an application execution unit configured to execute an application program; and

a condition fulfillment detection unit configured to detect that a condition predefined in the application is fulfilled,

wherein, when the condition fulfillment detection unit detects that the condition is fulfilled, the condition identification information acquisition unit acquires the condition identification information identifying the fulfilled condition.

7. An information processing device comprising:

an input area generation unit configured to generate an input area to enter a message on a screen when a condition predefined in an application is fulfilled;

an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge a message entered by a user in the input area; and

a transmission data generation unit configured to generate transmission data including an acknowledged message and additional information identifying the fulfilled condition of the application.

8. The information processing device according to claim 7, wherein the input area generation unit presents to the user an attribute determination screen to specify an attribute of the entered message.

9. The information processing device according to claim 7, further comprising:

an application execution unit configured to execute an application program; and

a condition fulfillment detection unit configured to detect that a condition predefined in the application is fulfilled,

wherein the input area generation unit generates an input area to enter a message on a screen when the condition fulfillment detection unit detects that the condition is fulfilled.

10. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to acquire message data including a message and additional information;

a module configured to store acquired message data in a storage device;

a module configured to acquire, when a condition predefined in an application is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled condition; and

a module configured to communicate the message in the message data including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information.

11. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to generate an input area to enter a message on a screen when a condition predefined in an application is fulfilled;

a module configured to acknowledge a message entered by a user in the input area; and

a module configured to generate transmission data including an acknowledged message and additional information identifying the fulfilled condition of the application.

12. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, adapted to communicate condition identification information to a management utility having a function of communicating a message in message data including additional information corresponding to condition identification information identifying a condition predefined in an application or a function of generating message data including additional information, the program comprising:

a module configured to execute an application program;

a module configured to detect that a condition predefined in the application is fulfilled; and

a module configured to communicate the condition identification information identifying the fulfilled condition to the message management utility.

13. (canceled)

14. An information processing device comprising:

a message data acquisition unit configured to acquire message data including a message and a condition to communicate the message;

a storage device configured to store the acquired message data;

a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information of the information processing device;

a communication determination unit configured to determine whether the acquired status information meets the condition to communicate the message data stored in the storage device; and

a communication unit configured to communicate the message when the communication determination unit determines that the status information meets the condition to communicate the message.

15. The information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the status information acquisition unit acquires at least one of time information, location information, and event information as the status information.

16. The information processing device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a reader unit configured to read message data from the storage device when the communication determination unit determines that the status information meets the condition to communicate the message.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16, wherein the reader unit deletes message data from the storage device upon reading the message data.

18. The information processing device according to claim 16, wherein

the message data includes attribute information identifying an attribute of the message, and

the reader unit configures a state of the read message data, indicating that the message data is opened, is unopened, or should be deleted, according to the attribute information.

19. A program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to acquire message data including a message and a condition to communicate the message;

a module configured to store the acquired message data in a storage device;

a module configured to acquire status information;

a module configured to determine whether the acquired status information meets the condition to communicate the message data stored in the storage device; and

a module configured to communicate the message when it is determined that the status information meets the condition to communicate the message.

20. (canceled)