INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a communicating unit operable to perform a communication with another information processing apparatus;
a searching unit operable to repeatedly search one or more other information processing apparatuses existing within a predetermined area by using the communicating unit; and
a display controlling unit operable to display on a display device information of a first other information processing apparatus that is stored in advance in a storage and information of a second other information processing apparatus that is searched by the searching unit, whereinthe display controlling unit is further operable to renew in a real-time at least information of the second other information processing apparatus in accordance with a search result by the searching unit.
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Abstract
A non-limiting example information processing apparatus that functions as a game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and usually, a game screen of a single-play game is displayed on the first LCD and a list screen is displayed on the second LCD. In the list screen, an icon of a player of another game apparatus that is searched as a passer-by is displayed as well as icons of a player of another game apparatus that is registered as a friend and a player of another game apparatus that is determined as an acquaintance. That is, during a time that game processing of the single-play is being performed, the game screen is displayed and a list of a player who is registered and a player who exists in the neighborhood is displayed. The player sends an offer of a battle-play to a desired player through an operation using the list screen at an arbitrary timing during a time that the game processing of the single-play is being performed.
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16 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a communicating unit operable to perform a communication with another information processing apparatus; a searching unit operable to repeatedly search one or more other information processing apparatuses existing within a predetermined area by using the communicating unit; and a display controlling unit operable to display on a display device information of a first other information processing apparatus that is stored in advance in a storage and information of a second other information processing apparatus that is searched by the searching unit, wherein the display controlling unit is further operable to renew in a real-time at least information of the second other information processing apparatus in accordance with a search result by the searching unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a communicating unit operable to perform a communication with another information processing apparatus by a short-distance wireless communication; a searching unit operable to repeatedly search one or more other information processing apparatuses by using the communicating unit; and a display controlling unit operable to display on a display device information of one or more other information processing apparatuses searched by the searching unit by using predetermined information that is stored in advance in a storage, wherein the display controlling unit is further operable to renew in a real-time at least information of the one or more other information processing apparatuses in accordance with a search result by the searching unit.
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14. An information processing system, comprising:
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a communicating unit operable to perform a communication with an information processing apparatus; a searching unit operable to repeatedly search one or more information processing apparatuses existing within a predetermined area by using the communicating unit; and a display controlling unit operable to display on a display device information of a first information processing apparatus that is stored in advance in a storage and information of a second information processing apparatus that is searched by the searching unit, wherein the display controlling unit is further operable to renew in a real-time at least information of the second information processing apparatus in accordance with a search result by the searching unit.
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program, wherein the information processing program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to function as:
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a communicating unit operable to perform a communication with another information processing apparatus; a searching unit operable to repeatedly search one or more other information processing apparatuses existing within a predetermined area by using the communicating unit; and a display controlling unit operable to display information of a first other information processing apparatus that is stored in advance in a storage and information of a second other information processing apparatus that is searched by the searching unit, wherein the display controlling unit is further operable to renew in a real-time at least information of the second other information processing apparatus in accordance with a search result by the searching unit.
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16. An information processing method in an information processing apparatus that comprises a communicating unit operable to perform a communication with another information processing apparatus, comprising steps of:
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(a) searching one or more other information processing apparatuses existing within a predetermined area by using the communicating unit; (b) displaying on a display device information of a first other information processing apparatus that is stored in advance in a storage and information of a second other information processing apparatus that is searched in the step (a); and (c) performing the step (a) repeatedly and renewing in a real-time at least information of the second other information processing apparatus in accordance with search results.
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Specification