STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NOTIFICATION METHOD

• US 20150350307A1
• Filed: 05/21/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: SHIMIZU, Takao
• Granted Patent: US 10,250,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/22 Traffic shaping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

An example information-processing device, when accepting a login from a user (SA1), executes a first processing (SA2). The first processing is, for example, execution of a game. The example information-processing device, when receiving, for example, a signal for having a chat (SA3), determines whether a destination user of the signal is a logged-in user (SA4). The example information-processing device, when the destination user is not a logged-in user, notifies the logged-in user of the receipt of the signal by displaying an icon (SA6). When doing so, the example information-processing device displays information on the destination user, without displaying a source user of the signal.

Claims

1. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

accepting a login from a first user;

executing a first processing;

detecting receipt of data relevant to a second user different from the first user, the first user being logged in, while the first processing is running; and

executing a second processing to notify the first user, the first user being logged in, of information relevant to the detected receipt of the data.

2. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to notify the first user of information identifying the second user.

3. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to display information associated with the second user.

4. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 3, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to display an image of an avatar corresponding to the second user.

5. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the data comprises a request by a third user different from the first user and the second user, for communication with the second user.

6. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to notify the first user of the request, while preventing the first user from identifying the third user.

7. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to notify the first user of a type of the data.

8. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to display an image according to the type.

9. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the second processing comprises a processing to reproduce a sound.

10. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the section of executing the second processing comprises executing the second processing in parallel to the first processing.

11. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 10, wherein:

the first processing comprises a processing to display a first screen; and

the second processing comprises a processing to display an image, the image being displayed together with the first screen.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the first processing comprises a processing to execute a game program.

13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first processing comprises a processing according to the first user, the first user being logged in.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein:

the section of detecting receipt of data relevant to the second user comprises detecting receipt of data relevant to the first user or the data relevant to the second user while the first processing is running; and

the section of executing the second processing comprises making a different notification depending on which of the first user and the second user a user corresponding to the data is, the receipt of the data having been detected.

15. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1, wherein:

the section of detecting receipt of data relevant to the second user comprises determining whether the second user is a particular user; and

the section of executing the second processing comprises making a different notification based on a result of the determination.

16. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the section of executing the second processing comprises omitting a notification in response to a determination that the second user is not a particular user.

17. An information-processing device, comprising:

an accepting unit that accepts a login from a first user;

a first execution unit that executes a first processing;

a detection unit that detects receipt of data relevant to a second user different from the first user, the first user being logged in, while the first processing is running; and

a second execution unit that executes a second processing to notify the first user, the first user being logged in, of information relevant to the detected receipt of the data.

18. An information-processing system, comprising:

an accepting unit that accepts a login from a first user;

a first execution unit that executes a first processing;

a detection unit that detects receipt of data relevant to a second user different from the first user, the first user being logged in, while the first processing is running; and

a second execution unit that executes a second processing to notify the first user, the first user being logged in, of information relevant to the detected receipt of the data.

19. A notification method, comprising:

accepting a login from a first user;

executing a first processing;

detecting receipt of data relevant to a second user different from the first user, the first user being logged in, while the first processing is running; and

executing a second processing to notify the first user, the first user being logged in, of information relevant to the detected receipt of the data.