Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

• US 10,675,535 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2015
• Issued: 06/09/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamamura, Tomohiro, Sano, Tomomi, Takahashi, Hiroyuki, Takahashi, Shugo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dollinger, Tonia L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Goodwin, Schquita D
• Application Number:
  US14/667,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20150319266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,903 Days
• Field of Search: 709219
• 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 13/60 Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or game-integrated level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

After presentation target information for presenting information of a predetermined content to a user has been newly received from a predetermined server, a first notification that urges the user to check the newly-arrived presentation target information is displayed. Thereafter, while the presentation target information has not yet been checked, a second notification that urges the user to check the unchecked presentation target information is displayed periodically or according to a predetermined time schedule. The presentation target information is displayed when an operation to check the presentation target information is performed to the first notification or the second notification has been performed.

Claims

1. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus which provides notifications relating to information distributed from a server, the information processing program, when executed, causing the computer to control the information processing apparatus to:

after starting execution of an application, determine whether presentation target information including information about content for the application has been received from the server;

receive an input to start performing operations in the application;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has not been received, perform the operations;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has been received, impede processing of the operations in the application and display a first notification simultaneously displaying a first selection option to display the received presentation target information and a second selection option to stop displaying the first notification;

after the first notification has been displayed and based on the received presentation target information not having been displayed, impede processing of the operations in the application and display a second notification, different from the first notification, periodically or according to a time schedule, the second notification simultaneously displaying a third selection option to display the received presentation target information and a fourth selection option to stop displaying the second notification;

display the received presentation target information when the first or third selection option to display the received presentation target information is selected in response to the first notification or the second notification; and

after displaying the received presentation target information, display a screen for obtaining the content for the application, wherein

the first notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and the first notification is deleted when the input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and

the second notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received, and the second notification is deleted when the input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received.

2. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the information processing program, when executed, further causes the computer to control the information processing apparatus to:

after selection of the second selection option or the fourth selection option, processing of the operations in the application is continued.

3. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

the first notification and the second notification are superimposed on a screen content relating to processing executed by the application.

4. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

the processing of the operations in the application is impeded until an input operation to the first notification is performed, while the first notification is displayed.

5. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

display positions of the first notification and the second notification are in the center of a screen.

6. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

the received presentation target information is information for explaining, in detail, the content that is purchasable for the application, and

the program, when executed, further causes the computer to control the information processing apparatus to, subsequently to the process of displaying the received presentation target information, display a screen for purchase of the purchasable content, and execute a process for purchase of the content based on a user operation.

7. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing program, when executed, further causes the computer to control the information processing apparatus to display a third notification indicating that a predetermined process, based on a user operation, is possible to the content corresponding to the received presentation target information, and

the third notification is displayed after the received presentation target information is displayed.

8. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 7, wherein

the third notification is displayed in a display mode in which advance of processing being executed is not impeded.

9. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 8, wherein

the third notification is displayed in a display mode in which display content other than the third notification is not impeded by display of the third notification.

10. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 8, wherein

the third notification is notification that does not include a request for an input operation of the user to the notification.

11. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 8, wherein

the information processing program, when executed, further causes the computer to control the information processing apparatus to execute processing allowing a user to perform an operation even when the third notification is displayed.

12. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 7, wherein

the presentation target information is information for explaining, in detail, the content that is purchasable for the application, and

the third notification is displayed while the content has not been purchased, and is not displayed after the content has been purchased.

23. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the received presentation target information includes a moving picture.

24. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein the information processing program according to claim 1, wherein the information processing program, when executed, further causes the computer to control the information processing apparatus to, display a third notification after the received presentation target information is displayed, the third notification indicating that the content for the application can be obtained.

13. An information processing apparatus which provides notifications relating to information distributed from a server, comprising:

a processing system, including at least one processor, the processing system configured to;

after starting execution of an application, determine whether presentation target information including information about content for the application has been received from the server;

receive an input to start performing operations in the application;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has not been received, perform the operations;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has been received, impede processing of the operations in the application and display a first notification simultaneously displaying a first selection option to display the received presentation target information and a second selection option to stop displaying the first notification;

after the first notification has been displayed and based on the received presentation target information not having been displayed, impede processing of the operations in the application and display a second notification, different from the first notification, periodically or according to a time schedule, the second notification simultaneously displaying a third selection option to display the received presentation target information and a fourth selection option to stop displaying the second notification;

display the received presentation target information when the first or third selection option to display the received presentation target information is selected in response to the first notification or the second notification; and

after displaying the received presentation target information, display a screen for obtaining the content for the application, wherein

the first notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and the first notification is deleted when the input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and

the second notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received, and the second notification is deleted when the input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received.

21. The information processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the application is a game application, and the content is a downloadable content providing additional features in the game application.

22. The information processing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises storage, and the processing system is further configured to:

before execution of the application is started, store the presentation target information received from the server in the storage; and

after starting execution of an application, copy the stored presentation target information into memory storing application data of the executed application and delete the presentation target information stored in the storage.

14. An information processing system which provides notifications relating to information distributed from a server, comprising:

a display;

a receiver configured to receive, from the server, presentation target information;

a processing circuitry, including at least one processor, the processing circuitry configured to;

after starting execution of an application, determine whether presentation target information including information about content for the application has been received from the server;

receive an input to start performing operations in the application;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has not been received, perform the operations;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has been received, impede processing of the operations in the application and display, on the display, a first notification simultaneously displaying a first selection option to display the received presentation target information and a second selection option to stop displaying the first notification;

after the first notification has been displayed and based on the received presentation target information not having been displayed, impede processing of the operations in the application and display, on the display, a second notification, different from the first notification, periodically or according to a time schedule, the second notification simultaneously displaying a third selection option to display the received presentation target information and a fourth selection option to stop displaying the second notification;

display, on the display, the received presentation target information when the first or third selection option to display the received presentation target information is selected in response to the first notification or the second notification; and

after displaying the received presentation target information, display a screen for obtaining the content for the application, wherein

the first notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and the first notification is deleted when the input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and

the second notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received, and the second notification is deleted when the input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received.

16. The information processing system of claim 14, wherein the application is a game application, and the first notification and the second notification are displayed within the game application.

17. The information processing system of claim 14, wherein the first notification and the second notification are displayed within the application.

18. The information processing system of claim 14, wherein the received presentation target information is a movie.

19. The information processing system of claim 18, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, when playback of the movie is ended, automatically display, on the display, a page for purchase of the content.

20. The information processing system of claim 14, wherein the first notification is displayed on the whole screen of the display.

15. An information processing method for controlling an information processing apparatus which provides notifications relating to information distributed from a server, the method comprising:

after starting execution of an application, determining whether presentation target information including information about content for the application has been received from the server;

receiving an input to start performing operations in the application;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has not been received, performing the operations;

after receiving the input to start performing operations in the application and determining that the presentation target information has been received, impeding processing of the operations in the application and displaying a first notification simultaneously displaying a first selection option to display the received presentation target information and a second selection option to stop displaying the first notification;

after the first notification has been displayed and based on the received presentation target information not having been displayed, impede processing of the operations in the application and displaying a second notification, different from the first notification, periodically or according to a time schedule, the second notification simultaneously displaying a third selection option to display the received presentation target information and a fourth selection option to stop displaying the second notification;

displaying the received presentation target information when the first or third selection option to display the received presentation target information is selected in response to the first notification or the second notification; and

after displaying the received presentation target information, displaying a screen for obtaining the content for the application, wherein

the first notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and the first notification is deleted when the input operation to the first or second selection option is received, and

the second notification is continuously displayed until an input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received, and the second notification is deleted when the input operation to the third or fourth selection option is received.