IP Library Granted Patent US 9,425,990
Granted Patent B2
US 9,425,990 · App. 13/257,341 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

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

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,425,990
App. No.
13/257,341
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
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 (13)

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.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 043761/0975 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 7, 2016
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 039099/0371 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2016
From: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039099/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2011
From: SAKAI, MASAHARU
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 027311/0844 →