Data Providing System, Game Machine Data Providing Method, Information Recording Medium and Program

A game machine that is capable of being both a parent machine (100) and a child machine (200), and when being a parent machine (100), provides data to another game machine (1) that is being a child machine (200), comprising:

• a downloading unit (114) that downloads additional data that matches a progress status of a game from an external device (60) that manages plural kinds of additional data;
• an additional data storage unit (130) that stores the downloaded additional data;
• a child machine information receiving unit (112) that receives child machine information sent from the child machine (200);
• a searching unit (123) that searches out any additional data that can be provided from the additional data storage unit (130) based on the received child machine information;
• and
• an additional data delivering unit (113) that delivers the searched-out additional data to the child machine (200).

A data providing method of a system that is constituted by a plurality of wirelessly-communicable game machines (1), each of which is capable of being both a parent machine (100) and a child machine (200), the system allowing the game machine (1) that is being a parent machine (100) to provide data to the game machine (1) that is being a child machine (200), the method comprising:

• a downloading step, performed by the parent machine (100), of downloading additional data that matches a progress status of a game from an external device (60) that manages plural kinds of additional data;
• an additional data storing step, performed by the parent machine (100), of storing the downloaded additional data in a predetermined storage unit (130);
• a child machine information generating step, performed by the child machine (200), of generating child machine information including a progress status of a game;
• a child machine information sending step, performed by the child machine (200), of sending the generated child machine information to the parent machine (100);
• a child machine information receiving step, performed by the parent machine (100), of receiving the child machine information sent from the child machine (200);
• a searching step, performed by the parent machine (100), of searching out any additional data that can be provided from the storage unit (130) based on the received child machine information;
• an additional data delivering step, performed by the parent machine (100), of delivering the searched-out additional data to the child machine (200);
• and
• an additional data receiving step, performed by the child machine (200), of receiving the additional data delivered from the parent machine (100).

An information recording medium storing a program that controls a computer that is capable of being both a parent machine (100) and a child machine (200), and when being a parent machine (100), provides data to another game machine (1) that is being a child machine (200), the program controlling the computer to function as:

• a downloading unit (114) that downloads additional data that matches a progress status of a game from an external device (60) that manages plural kinds of additional data;
• an additional data storage unit (130) that stores the downloaded additional data;
• a child machine information receiving unit (112) that receives child machine information sent from the child machine (200);
• a searching unit (123) that searches out any additional data that can be provided from the additional data storage unit (130) based on the received child machine information;
• and
• an additional data delivering unit (130) that delivers the searched-out additional data to the child machine (200).

A program that controls a computer that is capable of being both a parent machine (100) and a child machine (200), and when being a parent machine (100), provides data to another game machine (1) that is being a child machine (200), the program controlling the computer to function as:

• a downloading unit (114) that downloads additional data that matches a progress status of a game from an external device (60) that manages plural kinds of additional data;
• an additional data storage unit (130) that stores the downloaded additional data;
• a child machine information receiving unit (112) that receives child machine information sent from the child machine (200);
• a searching unit (123) that searches out any additional data that can be provided from the additional data storage unit (130) based on the received child machine information;
• and
• an additional data delivering unit (130) that delivers the searched-out additional data to the child machine (200).