Video game system and service provider system
First Claim
1. A video game system comprising a service provider and a video game device connected through a network, wherein said video game device comprises video game soft program read-out means for reading out a video game soft program from a video game program recording medium, client registration control means for getting access to said service provider through said network and performing client registration of said video game soft program, control means for controlling of progressing a video game in accordance with a video soft program read out by said video game soft program read-out means, getting access to said service provider through said network when the game stage of said video game is cleared, and obtaining privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage from said service provider, aid printing control means for converting the privilege information obtained from said service provider into printing data, and outputting the printing data;
- and said service provider comprises database administration means for administrating privilege data base in which privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game and client data base in which client information of said video game is registered, and distribution control means for controlling of accepting access based on said client information from the video game device connected through said network, taking out privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage by said database administration means, and distributing said privilege information.
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Abstract
There comprises reading out a video game soft program from a video game program recording medium body (60) having a video game soft program recorded including a video game soft program (60A), privilege information (60B) corresponding to a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game program, and a printing control program (60C) capable of printing privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage when the game stage is cleared; progressing a video game in accordance with the video game soft program; and converting privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage in accordance with the printing control program when the game stage of the video game is cleared to print it.
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27 Claims
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1. A video game system comprising a service provider and a video game device connected through a network, wherein
said video game device comprises video game soft program read-out means for reading out a video game soft program from a video game program recording medium, client registration control means for getting access to said service provider through said network and performing client registration of said video game soft program, control means for controlling of progressing a video game in accordance with a video soft program read out by said video game soft program read-out means, getting access to said service provider through said network when the game stage of said video game is cleared, and obtaining privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage from said service provider, aid printing control means for converting the privilege information obtained from said service provider into printing data, and outputting the printing data; - and
said service provider comprises database administration means for administrating privilege data base in which privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game and client data base in which client information of said video game is registered, and distribution control means for controlling of accepting access based on said client information from the video game device connected through said network, taking out privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage by said database administration means, and distributing said privilege information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A video game system, comprising:
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a video game program recording medium having a video game soft program recorded therein comprising a video game soft program body, privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program, and a printing control program capable of printing privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage when the game stage is cleared;
a video game device comprising video game soft program read-out means for reading out said video game soft program from the recording medium, and control means for progressing a video game in accordance with the video game soft program read out by the video game soft program read-out means, and converting privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage in accordance with said printing control program into printing data, and outputting the printing data when the game stage of said video game is cleared, and a printer device for printing said printing data output from said video game device.
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7. A video game system comprising a service provider and a video game device connected through a network, wherein
said video game device comprises video game soft program read-out means for reading out the video game soft program from a video game program recording medium having a video game soft program that can be read and executed by a computer including a video game soft program body, and identification information for getting access, when a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program is cleared, to a service provider to obtain privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage, and printing the privilege information, control means for controlling of progressing a video game in accordance with a video game soft program read out by the video game soft program read-out means, and getting access to a service provider on the basis of the identification information to obtain privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage, when the game stage of the video game is cleared, and printing control means for converting the privilege information obtained from the service provider into printing data, and outputting the printing data; - and
said service provider comprises data base administration means for administrating data base including privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game, and distribution control means for controlling of accepting access based on said identification information from the video game device connected through a network and taking out privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage by said data base administration means to distribute said privilege information.
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8. A service provider system, comprising:
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data base administration means for administrating privilege data base in which privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game is registered and client data base in which client information of the video game is registered; and
distribution control means for controlling of accepting access based on said client information from a video game device connected through said network and taking out privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage by said data base administration means to distribute said privilege information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A service provider system, comprising:
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data base administration means for administrating data base including privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game; and
distribution control means for controlling of accepting access based on identification information from a video game device connected through a network, taking out privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage in said video game device by said data base administration means, and distributing said privilege information. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A video game device, comprising:
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video game soft program read-out means for reading out the video game soft program from a recording medium having a video game soft program recorded therein comprising a video game program body, privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program, and a printing control program capable of printing privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage when the game stage is cleared; and
control means for progressing a video game in accordance with a video game soft program read out by said video game soft program read-out means and converting privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage in accordance with said printing control program into printing data, and outputting the printing data when the game stage of said video game is cleared.
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16. A video game device, comprising:
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video game soft program read-out means for getting access, when a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program is cleared, to a service provider, and reading out said video game soft program from a video game program recording medium having a video game soft program that can be read and executed by a computer including a video game soft program body and identification information to obtain privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage, and printing the privilege information;
control means for controlling of progressing a video game in accordance with the video game soft program read out by said video game soft program read-out means, and getting access to a service provider on the basis of said identification information, when the game stage of said video game is cleared, to obtain privilege information corresponding to the cleared game stage from said service provider; and
printing control means for converting the privilege information obtained from said service provider into printing data, and outputting the printing data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A control method for a video game device comprising:
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reading out a video game soft program from a video game program recording medium having a video game soft program recorded comprising a video game soft program, privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game program, and a printing control program capable of printing privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage when the game stage is cleared;
progressing a video game in accordance with the video game soft program; and
converting privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage in accordance with the printing control program, and printing the converted privilege information, when the game stage of the video game is cleared.
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20. A printing control method in a video game system comprising a service provider and a video game device connected through a network, comprising the steps of:
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reading out a video game soft program from a video game program recording medium having a video game soft program that can be read and executed by a computer including a video soft program body and identification information for obtaining privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage, and printing the privilege information by getting access to a service provider when a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program is cleared;
progressing a video game in accordance with said video game soft program;
getting access to a service provider on the basis of the identification information to obtain privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage from the service provider, when the game stage of the video game is cleared; and
converting the privilege information obtained from the service provider into printing data, and printing the printing data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A video game program recording medium recording a video game soft program that can be read and executed by a computer comprising:
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a video game soft program body;
privilege information corresponding to a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program; and
a printing control program for reading out and capable of printing privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage when the game stage is cleared. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A video game program recording medium recording a video game soft program that can be read and executed by a computer including:
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a video game soft program body; and
identification information for obtaining and printing privilege information corresponding to a cleared game stage by getting access to a service provider when a game stage of a video game progressed in accordance with a video game soft program is cleared. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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