Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for converting proficiency levels into indices

An information processing method, comprising:

• in an information processing apparatus:
• storing rule information in which each of a plurality of operations of a user for a device of the information processing apparatus are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation;
• acquiring a detected operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus, wherein the detected operation is detected from among the plurality of operations;
• calculating point values of the first user in accordance with the type of the detected operation based on the rule information;
• storing first point information indicating the calculated point values;
• controlling a display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the stored first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different functions from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface;
• and
• one of transmitting the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus or receiving second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating point values of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus,
• wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform steps in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

• storing rule information in which each of a plurality of operations of a user for a device of the information processing apparatus are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation;
• acquiring a detected operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus, wherein the detected operation is detected from among the plurality of operations;
• calculating point values of the first user in accordance with the type of the detected operation based on the rule information;
• storing first point information indicating the calculated point values;
• controlling a display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the stored first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different function from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface;
• and
• one of transmitting the stored first point information to another information processing apparatus or receiving second point information from the other information processing apparatus, the second point information indicating point values of a second user and being stored in the other information processing apparatus,
• wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to communicate with a server;
• and
• a controller configured:
• to detect an operation of a first user of the device of the information processing apparatus;
• to control the communication unit to transmit information on the detected operation of the first user, to the server, wherein the detected operation is detected from among a plurality of operations of a user, and
• to one of
• transmit first point information of the first user to another information processing apparatus by using the server, wherein the first point information of the first user corresponds to a type of the detected operation and is calculated by the server based on the detected operation of the first user and rule information, wherein in the rule information each of the plurality of operations are assigned a point value in accordance with a type of operation, and
• receive second point information from the server, the second point information indicating point values of a second user who operates the other information processing apparatus, and
• to control a display to change from a first user interface to a second user interface based on the first point information, wherein a set of buttons displayed in the second user interface is different from, and has corresponding different function from, a set of buttons displayed in the first user interface,
• wherein each set of buttons on the first and second user interface control operations being performed by the device of the information processing apparatus.