IP Library Patent Application 18345742
Patent Application
App. No. 18/345,742

PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

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18/345,742
Abstract

A program, information processing method, and information processing system for displaying a screen of a game played by a user on a display unit; transmitting data for streaming a video of the game to a stream management server for managing streaming; accepting an operation of the user to view an object acquired in the game; and displaying an object display screen including the object acquired by the user and streaming conditions of the video acquired from the stream management server in response to accepting the operation of the user.

Claims (61)

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a program including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or a plurality of computers, cause the one or the plurality of computers to perform a method, the method comprising:

displaying a screen of a game played by a user on a display unit;

transmitting data for streaming a video of the game to a stream management server for managing streaming;

accepting an operation of the user to view an object acquired in the game; and

displaying an object display screen including the object acquired by the user and streaming conditions of the video acquired from the stream management server in response to accepting the operation of the user.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the object display screen includes displaying information relating to other users associated with devices receiving the data for streaming the video of the game on the object display screen as the streaming conditions.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the object display screen includes displaying conditions from when the user played the game on the object display screen as the streaming conditions.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the object display screen includes displaying a viewable group chat including other users associated with devices receiving the data for streaming the video of the game on the object display screen as the streaming conditions.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the game is a multiplayer game that can be played by a plurality of users simultaneously, and

displaying the object display screen includes displaying information relating to the plurality of users in the multiplayer game on the object display screen as the streaming conditions.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , the method further comprising receiving data for displaying a received video of the game streamed from the stream management server; and

configuring the object display screen to be displayable only while displaying the received video.

7 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , the method further comprising receiving data for displaying a received video of the game streamed from the stream management server; and

configuring the object display screen to be displayable during a period other than a watching period in which the received video is displayed.

8 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the game is a multiplayer game that can be played by a plurality of users simultaneously and in which a game field is respectively associated with each of the plurality of users, the method further comprising:

transmitting game progress data based on an operation of a first user, who is a user using a user device, to the game management server for managing progress of the game;

progressing the game in a game field associated with a second user different from the first user among the plurality of users; and

displaying the object display screen of the acquired object based on an acquisition condition of the object, regardless of whether the game field associated with the second user is associated with the first user.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , the method further comprising enabling display of a screen of the associated game field in response to a list of objects acquired in a game field associated with the user meeting prescribed conditions; and

displaying the object display screen including the objects acquired by the first user in the associated game field.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 , the method further comprising enabling display of a screen of a newly associated game field to the user in response to a level associated with the user meeting prescribed conditions; and

displaying the object display screen including objects acquired by the user in the newly associated game field.

11 . An information processing method, the method comprising:

displaying, via first output control processing circuitry, a screen of a game played by a user on a display unit;

transmitting, via first transmission processing circuitry, data for streaming a video of the game to a stream management server for managing streaming;

accepting, via operation accepting processing circuitry, an operation of the user to view an object acquired in the game; and

displaying, via second output control processing circuitry, an object display screen including the object acquired by the user and streaming conditions of the video acquired from the stream management server in response to accepting the operation of the user.

12 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the game is a multiplayer game that can be played by a plurality of users simultaneously, and

the method further comprises displaying the object display screen includes displaying information relating to the plurality of users in the multiplayer game on the object display screen as the streaming conditions.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving, via acquisition processing circuitry, data for displaying a received video of the game streamed from the stream management server; and

configuring, via the second output control processing circuitry, the object display screen to be displayable only while displaying the received video.

14 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising receiving data for displaying a received video of the game streamed from the stream management server; and

configuring, via the second output control processing circuitry, the object display screen to be displayable during a period other than a watching period in which the received video is displayed.

15 . The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the game is a multiplayer game that can be played by a plurality of users simultaneously and in which a game field is respectively associated with each of the plurality of users, the information processing method further comprising:

transmitting, via second transmission processing circuitry, game progress data based on an operation of a first user, who is a user using a user device, to a game management server for managing progress of the game;

progressing, via the first output control processing circuitry, the game in a game field associated with a second user different from the first user among the plurality of users; and

displaying, via the second output control processing circuitry, the object display screen of the acquired object based on an acquisition condition of the object, regardless of whether the game field associated with the second user is associated with the first user.

16 . An information processing system comprising:

a user device,

a stream management server configured to manage streaming of video, and

a game management server configured to manage progress of a game, wherein

the user device is provided with:

first output control processing circuitry configured to display a screen of the game played by a user on a display unit,

first transmission processing circuitry configured to transmit data for streaming a video of the game to the stream management server,

operation accepting processing circuitry configured to accept an operation of the user to view an object acquired in the game, and

second output processing circuitry configured to display an object display screen including the object acquired in the game and streaming conditions of the video acquired from the stream management server in response to accepting the operation of the user,

the stream management server is configured to transmit data for streaming the video to watching user devices and record streaming conditions of the video, and

the game management server is configured to determine whether a playing status of the user for the game meets an acquisition condition for the object and record the object and the user in association with each other in response to the acquisition condition being met.

17 . The information processing system according to claim 16 , wherein the game is a multiplayer game that can be played by a plurality of users simultaneously, and

the second output control processing circuitry is configured to display information relating to the plurality of users in the multiplayer game on the object display screen as the streaming conditions.

18 . The information processing system according to claim 16 , further comprising acquisition processing circuitry configured to receive data for displaying a received video of the game streamed from the stream management server, wherein the second output control processing circuitry is configured to configure the object display screen to be displayable only while displaying the received video.

19 . The information processing system according to claim 16 , further comprising acquisition processing circuitry configured to receive data for displaying a received video of the game streamed from the stream management server, wherein the second output control processing circuitry is configured to configure the object display screen to be displayable during a period other than a watching period in which the received video is displayed.

20 . The information processing system according to claim 16 , wherein the game is a multiplayer game that can be played by a plurality of users simultaneously and in which a game field is respectively associated with each of the plurality of users, further comprising:

second transmission processing circuitry configured to transmit game progress data based on the operation of a first user, who is a user using the user device, to the game management server for managing progress of the game, wherein

the first output control processing circuitry is configured to progress the game in a game field associated with a second user different from the first user among the plurality of users, and

the second output control processing circuitry is configured to display the object display screen of the acquired object when the first user meets an acquisition condition of the object, regardless of whether the game field associated with the second user is associated with the first user.

21 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

first output control processing circuitry configured to display a screen of the game played by a user on a display unit,

first transmission processing circuitry configured to transmit data for streaming a video of the game to a stream management server,

operation accepting processing circuitry configured to accept an operation of the user to view an object acquired in the game, and

second output processing circuitry configured to display an object display screen including the object acquired in the game and streaming conditions of the video acquired from the stream management server in response to accepting the operation of the user.

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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY STREET ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71308 FRAME: 765. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
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From: WATANABE, MASASHI
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