Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for converting proficiency levels into indices

• US 9,519,343 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Isozu, Masaaki, Watanabe, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Alan S
• Application Number:
  US13/787,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 705/50, 705/80, 705/1.1, 705 711- 742, 396/310
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage, and a controller. The storage is configured to store rule information indicating a rule for calculating points of a user in accordance with a type of an operation by the user. The controller is configured to calculate, based on a detected operation of a first user and the rule information, points of the first user in accordance with a type of the detected operation, to control the storage to store first point information indicating the calculated points, and to control the communication unit to perform one of transmission of the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus and reception of second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating points of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display;

a communication unit;

a storage configured to store rule information in which each of a plurality of operations of a user for a device of the information processing apparatus are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation; and

a controller configured;

to calculate, based on a detected operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus and the rule information, point values of the first user in accordance with the type of the detected operation, wherein the detected operation is detected from among the plurality of operations;

to control the storage to store first point information indicating the calculated point values;

to control the display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the stored first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different function from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface; and

to control the communication unit to one of transmit the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus or receive second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating point values of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus,

wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to generate display information for displaying the stored first point information and the received second point information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured:

to control the storage to store operation history information indicating the detected operation; and

to control the communication unit to one of transmit the stored operation history information to the other information processing apparatus or receive operation history information of the second user from the other information processing apparatus, the operation history information of the second user being stored in the other information processing apparatus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to calculate the point values in an event of a series of operations is completed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the point values for each of operations constituting a series of operations.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured:

to control the storage to store operation history information indicating the detected operation; and

to calculate a frequency of an operation detected after the operation history information is stored with respect to an operation stored as the operation history information, and calculate the point values such that a value of the point values becomes higher as the frequency becomes lower.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display is configured to display the first user interface for receiving the detected operation, and

wherein the controller is configured to control the display to change the first user interface to the second user interface in a case where the point values indicated by the stored first point information exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the second user interface being handled by an operation of a level higher than that for the first user interface.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the storage is configured to store a first application that provides the first user interface for receiving the detected operation, and

the controller is configured to control the storage to update the first application to be a second application in a case where the point values indicated by the stored first point information exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the second application providing the second user interface handled by an operation of a level higher than that for the first user interface.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured:

to control the communication unit to one of transmit the first point information to another apparatus capable of operating in cooperation with the information processing apparatus or receive third point information from the other apparatus, the third point information indicating the point values of the first user and being stored in the other apparatus, and

to combine the first point information and the second point information.

10. An information processing method, comprising:

in an information processing apparatus;

storing rule information in which each of a plurality of operations of a user for a device of the information processing apparatus are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation;

acquiring a detected operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus, wherein the detected operation is detected from among the plurality of operations;

calculating point values of the first user in accordance with the type of the detected operation based on the rule information;

storing first point information indicating the calculated point values;

controlling a display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the stored first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different functions from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface; and

one of transmitting the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus or receiving second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating point values of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus,

wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform steps in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

storing rule information in which each of a plurality of operations of a user for a device of the information processing apparatus are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation;

acquiring a detected operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus, wherein the detected operation is detected from among the plurality of operations;

calculating point values of the first user in accordance with the type of the detected operation based on the rule information;

storing first point information indicating the calculated point values;

controlling a display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the stored first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different function from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface; and

one of transmitting the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus or receiving second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating point values of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus,

wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.

12. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a server; and

a controller configured;

to detect an operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus;

to control the communication unit to transmit information on the detected operation of the first user, to the server, wherein the detected operation is detected from among a plurality of operations of a user, and

to one of

transmit first point information of the first user to another information processing apparatus by using the server, wherein the first point information of the first user corresponds to a type of the detected operation and is calculated by the server based on the detected operation of the first user and rule information, wherein in the rule information each of the plurality of operations are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation, and

receive second point information from the server, the second point information indicating point values of a second user who operates the other information processing apparatus, and

to control a display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different function from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface,

wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.