METHOD OF ASSOCIATING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS

• US 20130326521A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: TSUDA, Munetaka, AOKI, Ryoma, KAKIMOTO, Yasuto
• Application Number:
  US13/606,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326521A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

An example information-processing device includes: am acquisition unit configured to acquire application-related information relating to a first application program; and a presentation unit configured, when a second application program, by which a search can be performed, is activated after activation of the first application program, to present to a user the application-related information acquired by the acquisition unit as a candidate for an item to be searched for.

Claims

1. An information-processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire application-related information on a first application program; and

a presentation unit configured, when a second application program capable of performing a search is activated after activation of the first application program, to present to a user the application-related information acquired by the acquisition unit as a candidate for an item to be searched for.

2. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second application program is a browser program.

3. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation unit is further configured, when the second application program is activated, to cause an image displayed on a display device by execution of the first application program to be replaced with the application-related information and an image displayed as a result of execution of the second application program.

4. The information-processing device according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction unit configured, in response to an instruction of searching for the application-related information presented by the presentation unit, to instruct the second application program to search for information relating to the application-related information.

5. The information-processing device according to claim 4, wherein the instruction unit is further configured to instruct the second application program to search for information relating to the application-related information, irrespective of whether an image for inputting an item to be searched for is displayed as a result of activation of the second application program.

6. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation unit is further configured to display automatically the application-related information in an Input field for an item to be searched for, the input field being displayed as a result of activation of the second application program.

7. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation unit is further configured to display the application-related information on an image displayed as a result of activation of the second application program.

8. The information-processing device according to claim 7, wherein, the presentation unit is further configured, in response to an instruction, to delete the application-related information displayed on the image displayed as a result of activation of the second application program, and after deletion of the application-related information, to display the identical application-related information again in response to an instruction.

9. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the application-related information is stored in a storage unit in association with a type of the first application program, and

the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire the application-related information from the storage unit.

10. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the application-related information is stored in a storage unit in association with a state of execution of the first application program, and

the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire the application-related information from the storage unit.

11. An information-processing method comprising:

when a second application program, by which a search can be performed, is activated after activation of a first application program, presenting to a user application-related information, which is information relating to the first application program, as a candidate for an item to be searched for.

12. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute:

acquiring application-related information, which is information relating to a first application program; and

when a second application program capable of performing a search is activated after activation of the first application program, presenting to a user the application-related information relating to the first application program as a candidate for an item to be searched for.

13. A display system comprising:

a display;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire application-related information, which is information relating to a first application program; and

a presentation unit configured, when a second application program capable of performing a search is activated after activation of the first application program, to present to a user the application-related information relating to the first application program and acquired by the acquisition unit, as a candidate for an item to be searched for.

14. An information-processing device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire application-related information relating to a first application program; and

a presentation unit configured, when a state where an image of the first application program is displayed is caused to transition to a state where an image of the second application program capable of performing a search is displayed, to present to a user the application-related information acquired by the acquisition unit.