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US 7,934,168 · App. 12/081,735 · Granted Apr 26, 2011

Storage medium storing program and information processing apparatus

Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,934,168
App. No.
12/081,735
Granted
Apr 26, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an LCD and a touch panel, for example. On the LCD, a plurality of operation items making up of a series of operating procedures by means of a touch panel are displayed, and a current operation item out of them is highlight. Whether or not the current operation item is executed is determined on the basis of coordinate data via the touch panel, and whether or not a state attained by execution of a previous operation item has not been maintained is determined. In a case that it is determined that the previous operation item has not been maintained, the display of the current operation item is changed to a normal manner.

Claims (25)

1. A storage medium storing a program to be executed in a computer of an information processing apparatus having an input and a display, and causing a user to perform an operation according to a series of operating procedures by said input, wherein

said program causes said computer to execute:

displaying a plurality of operation items making up said series of operating procedures on said display in a first manner, and displaying at least a current operation item out of said plurality of operation items on said display in a second manner different from said first manner,

determining whether or not said current operation item is executed on the basis of input data from said input,

changing a display of a next operation item to the second manner when it is determined that said current operation item is executed by determining whether or not said current operation item is executed on the basis of input data from said input;

determining whether or not a state attained by execution of a previous operation item has not been maintained on the basis of the input data from said input, and

changing a display of said current operation item to the first manner when it is determined that the state attained by said previous operation item has not been maintained on the basis of the input data from the input.

2. A storage medium storing a program according to claim 1 , wherein

said changing a display of a next operation item changes a display of a next operation item to the second manner and changes the display of said current operation item to the first manner when it is determined that said current operation item is executed, and

wherein said changing a display of said current operation item changes the display of said current operation item to the first manner and changes the display of said previous operation item to the second manner when it is determined that a state attained by execution of said previous operation item has not been maintained.

3. A storage medium storing a program according to claim 1 , wherein

said changing a display of a next operation item displays the operation items from a first operation item to a next operation item in the second manner when it is determined that said current operation item is executed.

4. A storage medium storing a program according to claim 1 , wherein

said determining whether or not said current operation item is executed is determined on the basis of the input data from said input and a first condition stored in advance for advancing said current operation item to the next operation item, and

said determining whether or not a state attained by execution of a previous operation item has not been maintained is determined on the basis of the input data from said input and a second condition stored in advance for returning said current operation item to the previous operation item.

5. A storage medium storing a program according to claim 1 , wherein

said input is a pointing device for instructing an arbitrary position on a screen to be displayed on said display, and inputting coordinate data of the instructed position,

said determining whether or not said current operation item is executed determines whether or not an operation kind is a predetermined state on the basis of said coordinate data, determines whether or not an operation area is a predetermined area, and determines said current operation item is executed in a case that both of the operation kind and the operation area are satisfied, and

said determining whether or not a state attained by execution of a previous item has not been maintained determines whether or not the operation kind is the predetermined state on the basis of said coordinate data, determines whether or not the operation area is the predetermined area, and determines that a state attained by execution of said previous operation item has not been maintained in a case that both of the operation kind and the operation area are satisfied.

6. An information processing apparatus having an input and a display, and causing a user to perform an operation according to a series of operating procedures by said input, comprising:

an operation item display generator for displaying a plurality of operation items making up of said series of operating procedures on said display in a first manner, and displaying at least a current operation item out of said plurality of operation items on said display in a second manner different from said first manner,

a first processing determiner that determines whether or not said current operation item is executed on the basis of input data from said input,

a first display changer for changing a display of a next operation item to the second manner when it is determined that said current operation item is executed by said first processing determiner,

a second processing determiner that determines whether or not a state attained by execution of a previous operation item has not been maintained on the basis of the input data from said input means, and

a second display changer for changing a display of said current operation item to the first manner when it is determined that the state attained by said previous operation item has not been maintained by said second processing determiner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2008
From: SAKAMOTO, YOSHIO; KITA, KAORU
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-220485 · Aug 28, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090064022A1 · Mar 5, 2009