Computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system for conducting communication between information processing apparatuses and control of execution of predetermined processing based on the communication result

An information processing apparatus having a communication function, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• an object data storing section configured to store object data that can be used in a predetermined application;
• a communication section configured to make communication with another unspecified information processing apparatus that is within a predetermined range, by using the communication function;
• a communication execution determination section configured to determine whether or not the communication with the other unspecified information processing apparatus that is within the predetermined range has been made by the communication section;
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• a controller configured to perform control in a case where the communication execution determination section determines that the communication with the other information processing apparatus has been made such that, when object data that can be used in the predetermined application is received by the communication, an object based on the object data having been received is caused to appear in a virtual space, and when object data that can be used in the predetermined application is not received by the communication, an object based on the object data previously stored in the object data storing section is caused to appear in the virtual space.

An information processing system having a communication function, the information processing system comprising:

• an object data storage medium configured to store object data that can be used in a predetermined application;
• a computer processing system, comprising at least one computer processor, the computer processing system being configured to:
• make communication with another unspecified information processing system that is within a predetermined range, by using the communication function;
• determine whether or not the communication with the other unspecified information processing system that is within the predetermined range has been made by the computer processing system;
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• perform control in a case where the computer processing system determines that the communication with the other information processing system has been made such that, when object data that can be used in the predetermined application is received by the communication, an object based on the object data having been received is caused to appear in a virtual space, and when object data that can be used in the predetermined application is not received by the communication, an object based on the object data previously stored in the object data storage medium is caused to appear in the virtual space.

An information processing method used in a computer of an information processing system having a communication function, the information processing method comprising:

• storing object data that can be used in a predetermined application;
• making communication with another unspecified information processing system that is within a predetermined range, by using the communication function;
• determining whether or not the communication with the other unspecified information processing system that is within the predetermined range has been made;
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• performing control in a case where the determining step determines that the communication with the other information processing system has been made such that, when object data that can be used in the predetermined application is received by the communication, an object based on the object data having been received is caused to appear in a virtual space, and when object data that can be used in the predetermined application is not received by the communication, an object based on the object data previously stored in the object data storing section is caused to appear in the virtual space.