US 2023/0191262 A1 · Information Processing System, Information Processing Apparatus, Computer-Readable Storage Medium Having Stored Therein Information Processing Program, and Information Processing Method

Abstract

A plurality of game apparatuses function as a master, a client, and an audience. The master and the client register each other by performing therebetween an authentication process. The authentication process is not performed between the master and the audience. The audience receives a beacon from the master and registers the master in an own apparatus while the audience is not registered in the master. The master and the client execute a predetermined program, exchanging data by communicating with each other. The audience receives the data exchanged between the master and the client, and executes the predetermined program using the received data, thereby watches a game which is progressed between the master and the client, as a spectator.

Claims21

Dependent claims

1-20. (canceled)

A game processing system comprising a first gaming device, a second gaming device, and a third gaming device,

wherein the first gaming device comprises:
a first network interface;
and
at least one first processor configured to perform operations comprising:
executing a communicative game based on communication, using the first network interface, with the second gaming device,
wherein the second gaming device comprises:
a second network interface;
and
at least one second processor configured to perform second operations comprising:
executing the communicative game based on communication, using the second network interface, with the first gaming device, and
wherein the third gaming device comprises:
a third network interface;
and
at least one third processor configured to perform third operations comprising:
receiving, using the third network interface, data associated with the communicative game from the at least one of the first gaming device or the second gaming device;
executing a spectating experience process based on the received data;
and
in response to a user input during the executing the spectating experience process, transmitting, using the third network interface, indication data of a user reaction to at least one of the first gaming device or the second gaming device,
wherein the at least one first processor and/or the at least one second processor are each further configured to perform outputting a respective representation of the user reaction.

16 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/110,540Filed 16 Feb 2023

Priority

JP 2011-04093525 Feb 2011

Published

22 Jun 2023

Term ends

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Classification17 codes

A63F 13/71
Game security or game management aspects: using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or…
A63F 13/31
Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection…:…
A63F 13/327
Using local area network [LAN] connections: using wireless networks, e.g. Wi-Fi® or piconet
A63F 13/34
Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection…: using…

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