Information processing apparatus and method for displaying weather data as a background for an electronic pet in a virtual space
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTsunetake Noma, Naohiro Yokoo, Hiroshi Goto
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus and method as well as a program storage medium wherein the weather of a real space is reflected on the weather of a virtual space. A plurality of personal computers can communicate data with a weather server over a display section. The weather server provides the look of the sky imaged by a video camera as weather information. Each of the personal computers displays, for example, when it is operating with an application for an electronic pet, a weather of a virtual space in which an electronic pet lives based on the weather information provided from the weather server.
Claims12
An information processing method, comprising the steps of:
- requesting weather data regarding a desired district from an external apparatus;
- receiving the weather data and information corresponding to a time at which the weather data was requested regarding the desired district from the external apparatus;
- displaying the received weather data and the information corresponding to the time as a background for an electronic pet in a virtual space;
- displaying a command display section along with the electronic pet said command display section including commands a user may activate to control the electronic pet;
- displaying a weather setting button along with the electronic pet;
- and
- displaying a setting window when the weather setting button is selected said setting window including acquiring options for acquiring the weather data.
An information processing apparatus, comprising:
- requesting means for requesting weather data regarding a desired district from an external apparatus;
- reception means for receiving the weather data and information corresponding to a time at which the weather data was requested regarding the desired district from the external apparatus;
- and
- display means for displaying the received weather data and the information corresponding to the time in a predetermined form as a background for an electronic pet in a virtual space;
- display means for displaying a command display section along with the electronic pet, said command display section including commands a user may activate to control the electronic pet;
- display means for displaying a weather setting button along with the electronic pet;
- and
- display means for displaying a setting window when the weather setting button is selected, said setting window including acquiring options for acquiring the weather data.
A program storage medium on which a computer-readable program to be executed by an information processing apparatus is stored, the program comprising the steps of:
- requesting weather data regarding a desired district from an external apparatus;
- receiving the weather data and information corresponding to a time at which the weather data was requested regarding the desired district from the external apparatus;
- displaying the received weather data and the information corresponding to the time in a predetermined form as a background for an electronic pet in a virtual space;
- displaying a command display section along with the electronic pet, said command display section including commands a user may activate to control the electronic pet;
- displaying a weather setting button along with the electronic pet;
- and
- displaying a setting window when the weather setting button is selected, said setting window including acquiring options for acquiring weather data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.