IP Library Granted Patent US 9,351,108
Granted Patent B2
US 9,351,108 · App. 14/375,292 · Granted May 24, 2016

Information processing system, information processing terminal, information processing method, program, and information storage medium

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Patent No.
US 9,351,108
App. No.
14/375,292
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is to facilitate finding of a user expected to have a high relevance among other users present in the same living area when identification information of these other users is displayed as a list. A location information acquirer acquires location information showing a location measured in an information processing terminal. A display controller ( 70 ) carries out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal. The display controller ( 70 ) carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to timing when a reference location is measured by the specific terminal or the number of times of existence of a location shown by location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to a user as a subject of display control in an area including the reference location about a case in which the location shown by the location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to the user as the subject of the display control exists in the area including the reference location.

Claims (22)

1. An information processing system characterized by including

a location information acquiring unit operating to acquire, from each of a plurality of information processing terminals, location information showing a location measured in the information processing terminal, and

a display control unit operating to carry out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal that is the information processing terminal as a provision destination of information,

wherein the display control unit carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to timing when a reference location that is a location shown by location information acquired from the specific terminal is measured by the specific terminal or the number of times of existence of a location shown by location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to a user as a subject of display control in an area including the reference location that is the location shown by the location information acquired from the specific terminal about a case in which the location shown by the location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to the user as the subject of the display control exists in the area including the reference location.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the display control unit carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to a degree of commonality between attributes of the user as the subject of the display control and attributes of a user corresponding to the specific terminal.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , characterized in that the display control unit carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to a degree of commonality between games played by the user as the subject of the display control and games played by the user corresponding to the specific terminal.

4. An information processing terminal characterized by including:

a receiver operating to accept information from a server that acquires, from each of a plurality of information processing terminals, location information showing a location measured in the information processing terminal, and

a display control operating to carry out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed based on the accepted information,

wherein the display control carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to timing when a reference location that is a location measured by the information processing terminal of oneself is measured by the information processing terminal of oneself or the number of times of existence of a location shown by location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to a user as a subject of display control in an area including the reference location that is the location measured by the information processing terminal of oneself about a case in which the location shown by the location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to the user as the subject of the display control exists in the area including the reference location.

5. An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

of acquiring, from each of a plurality of information processing terminals, location information showing a location measured in the information processing terminal, and

carrying out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal that is the information processing terminal as a provision destination of information,

wherein in the step of carrying out control, the control is so carried out that the identification information of the plurality of users is displayed in order according to timing when a reference location that is a location shown by location information acquired from the specific terminal is measured by the specific terminal or the number of times of existence of a location shown by location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to a user as a subject of display control in an area including the reference location that is the location shown by the location information acquired from the specific terminal about a case in which the location shown by the location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to the user as the subject of the display control exists in the area including the reference location.

6. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to implement the following:

a location information acquiring unit operating to acquire, from each of a plurality of information processing terminals, location information showing a location measured in the information processing terminal, and

a display control unit operating to carry out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal that is the information processing terminal as a provision destination of information,

wherein the display control unit carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to timing when a reference location that is a location shown by location information acquired from the specific terminal is measured by the specific terminal or the number of times of existence of a location shown by location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to a user as a subject of display control in an area including the reference location that is the location shown by the location information acquired from the specific terminal about a case in which the location shown by the location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to the user as the subject of the display control exists in the area including the reference location.

7. A computer having a microprocessor and a non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium in which a program is stored, where the microprocessor executes the program, which causes the computer to function as:

a location information acquiring unit operating to acquire, from each of a plurality of information processing terminals, location information showing a location measured in the information processing terminal, and

a display control unit operating to carry out control to make identification information of a plurality of users be displayed on a specific terminal that is the information processing terminal as a provision destination of information,

wherein the display control unit carries out control to make the identification information of the plurality of users be displayed in order according to timing when a reference location that is a location shown by location information acquired from the specific terminal is measured by the specific terminal or the number of times of existence of a location shown by location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to a user as a subject of display control in an area including the reference location that is the location shown by the location information acquired from the specific terminal about a case in which the location shown by the location information acquired from the information processing terminal corresponding to the user as the subject of the display control exists in the area including the reference location.

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 Apr 15, 2016
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 038293/0485 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2016
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037974/0281 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2014
From: KONNO, SHOHEI; HASEKURA, TOMOHIRO; NISHINA, EIICHI; KAIDO, KENJI; TAMATE, HIROSHI
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 033413/0225 →