Information processing apparatus, method therefor, and computer program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShoichi Hayashi
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Abstract
A graphical access counter for encouraging users to repeatedly access a homepage is provided. In a flower-counter-number display area of the access counter, a flower counter value incremented by each access and reset at a predetermined period is displayed. In a flower-counter-image display area, a plant image growing in accordance with the flower counter value is displayed. In a cumulative-counter display area, a cumulative counter value incremented by each access is displayed. In a comment display area, a message from a sever is displayed. The flower counter value and the cumulative counter value are incremented only by one a day even if the corresponding homepage is accessed a plurality of times within the same day.
Claims16
An information processing apparatus to be accessed from a plurality of information terminals via a network, comprising:
- a generating component for generating first information in response to an access from one of the information terminals and for supplying the first information to the information terminal;
- a receiving component for receiving the first information sent from the information terminal;
- an incrementing component for incrementing an organism count and a cumulative count, according to a predetermined algorithm, wherein the organism count and the cumulative count are contained in the first information received by said receiving component;
- an initializing component for resetting the organism count when the organism count has reached a predetermined reset value;
- a sending component for sending image information to the information terminal, wherein the image information indicates a virtual organism which grows in accordance with the incrementing of the organism count and the image information indicates the cumulative count;
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- an event executing component for executing a predetermined event when the organism count has reached a predetermined event value.
An information processing method for use in an information processing apparatus to be accessed from a plurality of information terminals via a network, comprising:
- a generating step of generating first information in response to an access from one of the information terminals and of supplying the first information to the information terminal;
- a receiving step of receiving the first information sent from the information terminal;
- an incrementing step of incrementing an organism count and a cumulative count, according to a predetermined algorithm, wherein the organism count and the cumulative count are contained in the first information received in said receiving step;
- an initializing step of resetting the organism count when the organism count has reached a predetermined reset value;
- a sending step of sending image information to the information terminal, wherein the image information indicates a virtual organism which grows in accordance with the incrementing of the organism count and the image information indicates the cumulative count;
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- an event executing step of executing a predetermined event when the organism count has reached a predetermined event value.
A computer program for processing accesses made from a plurality of information terminals via a network, comprising:
- a generating step of generating first information in response to an access from one of the information terminals and of supplying the first information to the information terminal;
- a receiving step of receiving the first information sent from the information terminal;
- an incrementing step of incrementing an organism count and a cumulative count, according to a predetermined algorithm, wherein the organism count and the cumulative count are contained in the first information received in said receiving step;
- an initializing step of resetting the organism count when the organism count has reached a predetermined reset value;
- a sending step of sending image information to the information terminal, wherein the image information indicates a virtual organism which grows in accordance with the incrementing of the organism count and the image information indicates the cumulative count;
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- an event executing step of executing a predetermined event when the organism count has reached a predetermined event value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.