Media reproduction device

• US 8,690,672 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2009
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Square Enix Incorporated (Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Square Enix Incorporated (Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ando, Takehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoel, Matthew D
• Application Number:
  US13/054,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20110124412A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,901 Days
• Field of Search: 463/30, 463/31, 463/35, 463 40- 42, 463/43, 463 11- 13, 463 17- 19, 463/16, 463/20, 463/25, 463 26- 28, 463/29
• US Class Current: 463/35
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6063 for sound processing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8047 Music games

Abstract

It is possible to generate a game element in accordance with the customization state of a media reproduction device, which exhibits a uniqueness of user. Provided is a media reproduction device which acquires related attribution information from stored media data, selects an object corresponding to the attribution information from a list, and generates the object during a game.

Claims

1. A media reproduction device having a monitor for displaying an image, a memory portion for storing two or more music data, a reproduction output portion for outputting and reproducing music corresponding to the music data and an input operation portion, the media reproduction device being operable to select music to be outputted and reproduced by the reproduction output portion through operation of the input operation portion, said media reproduction device comprising:

game proceeding control means, that can advance a game according to a game program, display an image on said monitor as well as reproduce said music data based upon an input command to be inputted via said input operation portion; and

object storing means, for storing a combination table containing a list of attribution information for each of the two or more music data, wherein each attribution information represents an individual music data and each attribution information is corresponded to two or more game elements, wherein the two or more game elements are virtual objects or characters to be used in the game; and

object production control means for producing a game elements when a music to be outputted is selected from said two or more music data stored in said memory portion, said object production control means having;

attribution information obtaining means, for obtaining attribution information corresponding to the selected music data;

object selection means, for selecting the game element from the two or more game elements listed in the combination table as being corresponding to said obtained attribution information; and

display output means, for setting the selected game element for use in the game.

2. The media reproduction device according to claim 1, further comprising combination table producing means, for changing the combination between said list of attribution information and said two or more game elements in said combination table with a passage of time.

3. The media reproduction device according to claim 1, further comprising:

music data presentation means, for displaying two or more music data stored in said memory portion, that is reproducible by said media reproduction device on said monitor as a list so as to be selectable for a user, and

a media control portion that, when a command of selecting some music data from said music data presented by said music data presentation means is inputted through said input operation portion, reads the media data corresponding to the command out of said memory portion and can output and reproduce the music data through said reproduction output portion; and

said attribution information obtaining means that obtains attribution information relating to said music data selected from said music data that was presented through said music data presentation means.

4. The media reproduction device according to claim 1, wherein the two or more game elements are virtual characters to be used in the game.

5. The media reproduction device according to claim 1, wherein said object production control means produces said one game element when a normal music selection operation is done through said input operation portion during playing in the game.

6. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a program for a computer having

a monitor for displaying an image,

a memory portion for storing two or more music data,

a reproduction output portion for outputting and reproducing music corresponding to the music data and

an input operation portion, the computer being operable to select music to be outputted and reproduced by the reproduction output portion through operation of the input operation portion, said program, when executed by the computer, making the computer to function as following means:

game proceeding control means, that can advance a game according to a game program, display an image or the monitor as well as reproduce said music data based upon an input command to be inputted via said input operation portion; and

object storing means, for storing a combination table containing a list of attribution information for each of the two or more music data, wherein each attribution information represents an individual music data and each attribution information is corresponded to two or more game elements, wherein the two or more game elements are virtual objects or characters to be used in the game;

said program for further making the computer to function as object production control means, for producing a game element when a music to be outputted is selected from said two or more music data stored in said memory portion, said object production control means having;

attribution information obtaining means, for obtaining attribution information corresponding to the selected music data;

object selection means, for selecting the game element from the two or more game elements listed in the combination table as being corresponding to said obtained attribution information; and

display output means, for setting the selected game element for use in the game.