Game device
AssigneeKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
InventorsShogo Azuma, Hirokatsu Yamaguchi, Hiroki Nakasato, Kenta Ito, Takashi Uchiyama
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Abstract
A reference strength (P) is set at a game device (10) as a received signal strength enabling stable communication in a range in which radio waves reach from a wireless relay device (20) (radio wave coverage range), and permits a game play at a portable terminal (30), for which the received signal strength reaches the set reference strength (P). Thus, it is possible to permit players in an area satisfying store manager's wishes to perform remote play under a stable communication environment, without being influenced by a decrease in an effective communication speed.
Claims7
A game device connected with a plurality of portable terminals via a wireless relay device capable of communicating wirelessly with the plurality of portable terminals, the game device comprising:
- (a) a computer storage storing identification information of a plurality of portable terminals registered with the game device;
- (b) a computer processor at the game device, the computer processor coupled to the computer storage and programmed to:
- transmit a connection response to a connection requesting portable terminal that has transmitted a connection request;
- receive a connection confirmation operation of a player;
- receive an input of credit information indicating the number of credits that can be consumed in the game play;
- register in the computer storage, along with a registration list, identification information corresponding to the connection requesting portable terminal for which the input of the credit information has been received;
- receive network environment information from the wireless relay device;
- analyze and extract a signal strength value for each of the plurality of portable terminals;
- determine, for each of the plurality of portable terminals, whether or not the signal strength value is less than a predetermined reference value;
- receive a request from a first portable terminal, among the plurality of portable terminals, to perform a game play operation;
- access the computer storage and retrieve the registration list;
- prohibit performance of the requested game play operation when the identification information of the first portable terminal is not registered with the registration list and when it is determined that the signal strength value of the first portable terminal is less than the predetermined reference value;
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- permit the performance of the requested game play operation when the identification information of the first portable terminal is registered with the registration list and if it is determined that the signal strength value of the first portable terminal is greater than or equal to the predetermined reference value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.