INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM

• US 20140244722A1
• Filed: 08/22/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: HAYASHI, Yugo
• Application Number:
  US13/973,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

An example information-processing device includes: a sending unit that sends data dependent on an application as shared information, the shared information being associated with a community to which a user of the information-processing device belongs from among one or more communities relevant to the application; a receiving unit that receives shared information sent from another user, who belongs to the community to which the user of the information-processing device belongs; and an outputting unit that outputs information generated based on the shared information received by the receiving unit.

Claims

1. An information-processing device, comprising:

a sending unit that sends data dependent on an application as shared information, the shared information being associated with a community to which a user of the information-processing device belongs from among one or more communities relevant to the application;

a receiving unit that receives shared information sent from another user, who belongs to the community to which the user of the information-processing device belongs; and

an outputting unit that outputs information generated based on the shared information received by the receiving unit.

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

plural communities are provided for the application; and

the sending unit identifies the community to which the user of the information-processing device belongs from among the plural communities, and sends the shared information in such a manner that the shared information is associated with the identified community.

3. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the application includes a function by which different games are played.

4. The information-processing device according to claim 1, the shared information includes a history of execution of the application.

5. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the sending of the shared information by the sending unit is triggered by occurrence of a predetermined event.

6. The information-processing device according to claim 5, wherein the sending of the shared information by the sending unit is triggered by termination of the application.

7. The information-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit preferentially receives shared information from another user meeting a predetermined condition.

8. The information-processing device according to claim 7, wherein the receiving unit preferentially receives shared information from another user whose shared information has previously been received.

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

the shared information received by the receiving unit includes attribute information of the other user; and

the outputting unit outputs information indicative of a result of counting based on the attribute information included in the shared information received by the receiving unit.

10. The information-processing device according to claim 9, further comprising a counting unit that performs counting based on the attribute information included in the shared information received by the receiving unit, wherein the outputting unit outputs information indicative of a result of the counting by the counting unit.

11. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

sending data dependent on an application as shared information, the shared information being associated with a community to which a user of the computer belongs from among one or more communities relevant to the application;

receiving shared information sent from another user, who belongs to the community to which the user of the computer belongs; and

outputting information generated based on the received shared information.

12. An information sharing system, comprising:

a plurality of information-processing devices; and

a server device, wherein each of the plurality of information-processing devices comprises;

a sending unit that sends data dependent on an application to the server device as shared information, the shared information being associated with a community to which a user of the information-processing device belongs from among one or more communities relevant to the application;

a receiving unit that receives, from the server device, shared information sent from another user, who belongs to the community to which the user of the information-processing device belongs; and

an outputting unit that outputs information generated based on the shared information received by the receiving unit.

13. An information sharing method, comprising:

obtaining by a server device, from each of a plurality of information-processing devices, data dependent on an application as shared information, the shared information being associated with a community to which a user of the information-processing device belongs from among one or more communities relevant to the application;

in response to a request from a user, sending, by the server device, shared information sent from another user belonging to a community to which the user belongs, to an information-processing device of the user who has made the request; and

outputting information generated based on the shared information received from the server device.