Information processing device for generating a message input area and processing a received message

• US 9,425,990 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2011
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sakai, Masaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US13/257,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20130144956A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,965 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/833 Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition A63F13/837 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A message data acquisition unit acquires message data including a message and additional information. An event ID acquisition unit acquires, when a condition fulfillment detection unit determines that a condition is fulfilled, condition identification information identifying the fulfilled playing condition in the game. A display information generation unit displays a message in the message data including the additional information corresponding to the acquired condition identification information, in a game screen displayed on a display device.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising a microprocessor operating under the control of a computer program, the device comprising:

an input area generation unit configured to generate, upon a game playing condition predefined in an application being fulfilled, a message input area;

an acknowledging unit configured to acknowledge a message entered by a user in the input area; and

a transmission data generation unit configured to generate transmission data including an acknowledged message and additional information identifying the fulfilled condition of the application fulfilled by the user.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input area generation unit presents to the user an attribute determination screen to specify an attribute of the entered message.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an application execution unit configured to execute an application program; and

a condition fulfillment detection unit configured to detect that a condition predefined in the application is fulfilled,

wherein the input area generation unit generates an input area to enter a message on a screen when the condition fulfillment detection unit detects that the condition is fulfilled.

4. A computer program embedded in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, comprising:

a module configured to generate, upon a game playing condition predefined in an application being fulfilled, a message input area;

a module configured to acknowledge a message entered by a user in the input area; and

a module configured to generate transmission data including an acknowledged message and additional information identifying the fulfilled condition of the application fulfilled by the user.