INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20150057027A1
• Filed: 10/07/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: NAKATA, Satoru, MATSUSHIMA, Yoshihiro, ONOZAWA, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US14/508,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20150057027A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/327 using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/401 Secure communication, e.g. using encryption or authentication
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/403 Connection between platform and handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/405 being a wireless ad hoc network, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pico net
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/552 for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

When an information processing apparatus is started, reception of data indicative of presence of a connection point apparatus is attempted. A plurality of objects respectively corresponding to a plurality of application programs is displayed on a display device, and upon reception of an operation performed by a user, an application program corresponding to one of the objects selected by the operation performed by the user is launched. When the data is received, a display form of an object, which relates to a connection application program including a program for executing a procedural step of connecting to the connection point apparatus, is changed.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. An information processing system, comprising:

a communication device communicating a localization ID; and

an information processing device including at least one display and at least one processor, the information processing device configured to;

receive the localization ID from the communication device,

obtain information corresponding to the received localization ID, and

generate a display, configured to be displayed using the display device, using the obtained information corresponding to the received localization ID.

22. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the communication device is configured to broadcast the localization ID to one or more information processing devices.

23. The information processing system of claim 21, where said obtaining information comprises executing at least part of a look-up process using the received localization ID to retrieve one or more pieces of information derived from the localization ID.

24. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the communication device includes a terminal device configured to wirelessly broadcast the localization ID.

25. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the communication device includes a terminal device configured to wirelessly broadcast the localization ID at regular intervals.

26. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the information processing device includes a handheld device configured to wirelessly receive the localization ID communicated from the communication device.

27. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the generated display includes information related to an establishment in which the communication device is located.

28. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the obtained information corresponding to the received localization ID includes at least information related to a name of a shop in which the communication device is located.

29. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the obtained information corresponding to the received localization ID includes at least information related to a list of services provided by a shop in which the communication device is located.

30. The information processing system of claim 21, further comprising:

a server,

the information processing device is configured to obtain the information corresponding to the received localization ID from the server.

31. The information processing system of claim 30, wherein the information processing device is configured to wirelessly obtain the information corresponding to the received localization ID, via an access point, from the server.

32. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the information processing device is configured to obtain URL information as the information corresponding to the received localization ID and configured to generate the display using the obtained URL information.

33. The information processing system of claim 32, further comprising:

a server,

the information processing device is configured to obtain the URL information from the server based on the received localization ID.

34. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the information processing device generates a display including a web-site using a connection point address, the connection point address obtained as the information corresponding to the received localization ID.

35. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the information processing device includes at least one memory storing an application program, the application program configured to cause the information processing device to execute the obtaining process and the displaying process, and wherein the receiving process is active even if the application program is not currently running.

36. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the information processing device is further configured to provide a notification when the localization ID is received from the communication device.

37. The information processing system of claim 36, wherein the notification is configured to enable the information processing device to launch an application program related to the notification.

38. The information processing system of claim 36, wherein the information processing device further comprises at least one memory configured to store an application program, the application program causing the information processing device to execute the obtaining process and the displaying process, and wherein the receiving process and the notification process are active even if the application program is not currently running.

39. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the communication device transmits a beacon including at least the localization ID.

40. The information processing system of claim 21, wherein the information processing device is further configured to:

detect a received strength level of receiving the localization ID from the communication device; and

obtain the information based on the received strength level.

41. An information processing device, comprising at least one display and at least one processor, the information processing device is configured to:

receive a localization ID from a communication device;

obtain information corresponding to the received localization ID; and

generate a display, configured to be displayed using the display device, using the obtained information corresponding to the received localization ID.

42. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program, said information processing program causes a computer to provide execution comprising:

receiving a localization ID from a communication device;

obtaining information corresponding to the received localization ID; and

generating a display, configured to be displayed using a display device, using the obtained information corresponding to the received localization ID.

43. An information processing system, comprising:

a beacon configured to transmit identification information; and

an information processing device including at least one display and at least one processor, the information processing device configured to;

receive the identification information transmitted from the beacon,

retrieve first information corresponding to the received identification information using the identification information as a retrieval key, and

generate a display, configured to be displayed using the display device, using at least the retrieved first information corresponding to the received identification information.

44. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the identification information transmitted from the beacon is a localization ID.

45. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the beacon wirelessly transmits the identification information.

46. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the wireless transmission from the beacon is performed over Wi-Fi communication.

47. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the display is generated directly from the retrieved first information corresponding to the received identification information.

48. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the display is generated indirectly from the retrieved first information corresponding to the received identification information.

49. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the information processing device is further configured to retrieve second information using the retrieved first information and generate the display using the retrieved second information.

50. The information processing system of claim 43, wherein the retrieving process is executed in association with a server.