INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130257715A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Isozu, Masaaki, Watanabe, Kazuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,519,343 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage, and a controller. The storage is configured to store rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation by the user. The controller is configured to calculate, based on a detected operation of a first user and the rule information, points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation, to control the storage to store first point information indicating the calculated points, and to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication unit;

a storage configured to store rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation by the user; and

a controller configured

to calculate, based on a detected operation of a first user and the rule information, points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation,

to control the storage to store first point information indicating the calculated points, and

to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to generate display information for displaying the stored first point information and the received second point information.

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

the controller is configured

to control the storage to store operation history information indicating the detected operation, and

to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the stored operation history information to the other information processing apparatus and reception of operation history information of the second user from the other information processing apparatus, the operation history information of the second user being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to calculate the points when a series of operations is completed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to calculate the points for each of operations constituting a series of operations.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured

to control the storage to store operation history information indicating the detected operation, and

to calculate a frequency of an operation detected after the operation history information is stored with respect to an operation stored as the operation history information, and calculate the points such that a value of the points becomes higher as the frequency becomes lower.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display configured to display a first user interface for receiving the operation, wherein

the controller is configured to control the display to change the first user interface to a second user interface in a case where a point value indicated by the stored first point information exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the second user interface being handled by an operation of a level higher than that for the first user interface.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the storage is configured to store a first application that provides a first user interface for receiving the operation, and

the controller is configured to control the storage to update the first application to be a second application in a case where a point value indicated by the stored first point information exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the second application providing a second user interface handled by an operation of a level higher than that for the first user interface.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured

to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the first point information to another apparatus capable of operating in cooperation with the information processing apparatus and reception of third point information from the other apparatus, the third point information indicating the points of the first user and being stored in the other apparatus, and

to combine the first point information and the second point information.

10. An information processing method, comprising:

storing rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation of the user;

acquiring a detected operation of a first user;

calculating points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation based on the rule information;

storing first point information indicating the calculated points; and

performing one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

11. A program causing an information processing apparatus to execute:

storing rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation of the user;

acquiring a detected operation of a first user;

calculating points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation based on the rule information;

storing first point information indicating the calculated points; and

performing one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

12. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a server; and

a controller configured

to detect an operation of a first user, and

to control the communication unit

to transmit information on the detected operation of the first user to the server, and

to perform one of transmission of first point information of the first user to another information processing apparatus by using the server, the first point information of the first user corresponding to a type of the detected operation and being calculated by the server based on the detected operation of the first user and rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation of the user, and reception of second point information from the server, the second point information indicating points of a second user who operates the other information processing apparatus.