Print system, server, print method, and program

A server communicating with a camera-equipped portable terminal of a user through a network and providing an online game, the server comprising:

• a status information generation unit that generates status information related to a character of the game during the online game;
• a server-side communication unit that transmits a computer graphics image showing the character and the status information to the camera-equipped portable terminal during the online game and receives a composite image in which a captured image imaged by the camera-equipped portable terminal and the computer graphics image are composited, and print instruction information indicating an instruction to print the composite image;
• and
• a print image generation unit that generates a print image including the composite image and information including the status information in a case where the server-side communication unit receives the print instruction information,
• wherein the server-side communication unit transmits the generated print image to the camera-equipped portable terminal or a printer.

A print method applied to a game system that includes a server and a camera-equipped portable terminal communicating with each other through a network and provides an online game through the network, the print method comprising:

• a step of acquiring a computer graphics image showing a character of the game and status information related to the character from the server during the online game;
• a step of generating a composite image in which a captured image acquired by an imaging unit of the camera-equipped portable terminal and the computer graphics image are composited;
• a step of displaying the generated composite image on a display unit of the camera-equipped portable terminal;
• a step of acquiring the composite image displayed on the display unit in a case where imaging instruction information is received;
• a step of generating a print image including the acquired composite image and information including the status information in a case where print instruction information is received;
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• a step of outputting the generated print image to a printer.

A non-transitory computer-readable tangible medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute a print function applied to a game system that includes a server and a camera-equipped portable terminal communicating with each other through a network and provides an online game through the network, the print function comprising:

• a function of acquiring a computer graphics image showing a character of the game and status information related to the character from the server during the online game;
• a function of generating a composite image in which a captured image acquired by an imaging unit of the camera-equipped portable terminal and the computer graphics image are composited;
• a function of displaying the generated composite image on a display unit of the camera-equipped portable terminal;
• a function of acquiring the composite image displayed on the display unit in a case where imaging instruction information is received;
• a function of generating a print image including the acquired composite image and information including the status information in a case where print instruction information is received;
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• a function of outputting the generated print image to a printer.

A print system applied to a game system that includes a server and a camera-equipped portable terminal communicating with each other through a network and provides an online game through the network,

• wherein the server includes
• a database that manages personal information related to a user of the camera-equipped portable terminal, character identification information specifying a character appearing in the online game, and print identification information related to a photo print in association with each other,
• a status information generation unit that generates status information related to the character and including the character identification information,
• a server-side communication unit that transmits a computer graphics image showing the character and the status information to the camera-equipped portable terminal during the online game, and
• a genuineness determination unit that determines genuineness of the photo print,
• the camera-equipped portable terminal includes
• an imaging unit,
• a terminal-side communication unit that receives the computer graphics image and the status information from the server,
• a composite image generation unit that generates a composite image in which the received computer graphics image and the status information are composited,
• a display unit that displays the generated composite image,
• a composite image acquisition unit that acquires the composite image displayed on the display unit in a case where print instruction information is received,
• a print image generation unit that generates a print image including the acquired composite image, the received status information, and the personal information related to the user of the camera-equipped portable terminal and registered in the database,
• an output unit that outputs the print image generated by the print image generation unit to a printer, and
• a genuineness determination request unit that requests the server to determine the genuineness of the photo print,
• the print system comprises the printer that creates the photo print by printing the print image received from the camera-equipped portable terminal on a print medium, the printer printing the print image on the print medium in which the print identification information is printed in a margin region other than a print region,
• the genuineness determination request unit causes the imaging unit to image the photo print in a case of requesting the determination of the genuineness of the photo print, acquires the personal information, the character identification information, and the print identification information printed on the photo print, and transmits the acquired personal information, the character identification information, and the print identification information to the server from the terminal-side communication unit,
• in a case where the server-side communication unit receives the personal information, the character identification information, and the print identification information from the camera-equipped portable terminal, the genuineness determination unit compares the received personal information, the character identification information, and the print identification information with information registered in the database, determines that the photo print is genuine in a case where matching information is not present to register the received personal information, the character identification information, and the print identification information in the database in association with each other, and determines that the photo print is fake in a case where the matching information is present, and
• the server-side communication unit transmits a determination result of the genuineness determination unit for the genuineness to the camera-equipped portable terminal.