Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix

Gungho Online Entertainment, Inc.

Ken Narita

Kazuki Morishita

Tadashi Tsushima

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Keizo Kokubo

Satoshi Nakajima

Hitoshi Imai

A terminal device including: a communication interface which is communicably connected to a server device via a network; a memory that is configured to store computer readable instructions; a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to cause the communication interface to receive image selection information of a display image from the server, the display image being included in the advertisement and select one of a plurality of images as the display image to be included in the advertisement based on the selection information, the plurality of images being stored in at least one of the memory and a storage device connected to the terminal device via the network; and a display configured to display the advertisement including the selected display image.

Terminal device, program, and method

Provide, to a user, a banner with which it may be possible to arouse an interest of the user with respect to a specific application. A banner relating to an application that has been executed on a terminal device can be displayed on the terminal device. The banner can be generated on the basis of information unique to the terminal device or to a user thereof, the information being collected by a server device during execution of the application. Examples of the unique information include information relating to video displayed on the terminal device during execution of the application, and information relating to manipulations inputted to the terminal device during the execution of the application. Examples of a banner include media that include the video, and media that reproduce the manipulations on the terminal device on the basis of information relating to the manipulations.

Game recap push advertisements

A terminal device includes a pseudo input interface configured to make a user to perceive a pseudo operation, an external communication interface configured to receive intention information indicating an intention of the user from a sensor device, the sensor device being wiredly or wirelessly connected to the external communication interface, the sensor device detecting the intention of the user who intends to perform an intended operation with respect to the pseudo input interface, a memory configured to store computer readable instructions, and a processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions so as to identify the intended operation by the user based on the intention information received by the external communication interface, regardless of an actual operation perceived by the user with respect to the pseudo input interface, and perform a processing corresponding to the identified intended operation.

Terminal device, program, method, and system

A terminal device including: an input interface configured to receive an operation input by a user; an external communication interface configured to receive intention information of the user who performs the operation input from a sensor device, the sensor device being configured to detect intention of the user with respect to the operation input; a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to: identify the operation input which the user is going to perform based on the intention information before the input interface receives the operation input; start a process corresponding to the identified operation input; and perform a process corresponding to the operation input received by the input interface by using information relating to the already started process corresponding to the identified operation input when the input interference receives the operation input.

To provide a server device with which the burden of processing can be reduced during generation of relationship information among multiple terminal devices. The server device can include a communication unit for communicating with a first terminal device having a first touch panel, and with a second terminal device having a second touch panel; and a controller for determining whether an interval of time that is identified on the basis of first operation information received from the first terminal device via the communication unit and corresponding to a first swipe operation performed on the first touch panel, and second operation information received from the second terminal device via the communication unit and corresponding to a second swipe operation performed on the second touch panel, falls within a prescribed range, and for generating prescribed relationship information on the basis of the result of the determination.

Touch based association of multiple computing devices

An information servicing method for communicating information between a server and a client terminal through a network, comprising: deciding whether a predetermined time period has elapsed without user input; switching a prevailing processing to a background processing when it is decided that the no user input has occurred during the predetermined time period; transmitting to the server personal information comprising user preference data and/or a schedule, registered in advance, each time the prevailing processing becomes background processing; and displaying an answer corresponding to the transmitted personal information when the answer is received from the server, the answer comprising push information correlating to the personal information.

Information servicing method, recording medium recording with programs for realizing the method, and information servicing system

In a display device, items of information relating to specified information, which is displayed as the largest item, via a selected relation criterion, are displayed aligned on a selection axis, and items of information relating via other relation criteria are displayed aligned on non-selection axes. An item of information selected as the specified information can be sequentially changed in response to an input from up and down direction keys. The relation criteria for items of information displayed on the selection axis and the non-selection axes can be sequentially changed in response to an input from left and right direction keys. An information selection by the user is confirmed with present specified information by an input from a circle button, and a jump is made to a process according to the present specified information.

Information browsing apparatus and method, program and recording medium

A communications control program in which communication over an open network is allowed only between users who have previously communicated with one another over a local network. A terminal automatically registers, with a destination list, destinations with which the terminal has communicated over a local network such as ad hoc communications. Destinations of communications over an open network are limited to destinations included in the destination list, and thereby communications with strangers with whom a user of the terminal has not communicated in the local area are restricted.

Communications control program, communications control server and communications control method

In a display device, information related to specified information, which is displayed large in a center portion of a display, by a selected relation criterion is displayed aligned on a selection axis, while information related by other relation criteria is displayed aligned on non-selection axes. Information selected as the specified information can be sequentially changed in accordance with an input from an up or down direction key, and a relation criterion of information displayed on the selection axis and the non-selection axes can be sequentially changed in accordance with an input from a left or right direction key. Also, in accordance with an input from an X button, an immediately preceding input from a direction key is cancelled, and a display condition returns to an immediately preceding history. In accordance with an input from a &#x394; button, a display condition previously bookmarked by an input from a &#x25a1; button is displayed.

Display information selection apparatus and method, program and recording medium

To make it possible to provide other services even at the time of executing an online game and to communicate with a player receiving the other services in an online game space. Each game terminal receives comics distributions from a comics server and music distributions from a music server, even while executing the online game over its own browser. The game server administers the game participation of each game terminal and the utilization of various services (e.g., comics distributions, music distributions, mails or chats) by using a service utilization database. The game players can communicate with each other in the game space by the knock function in accordance with the service utilizations under the control of the game server.

Online-composite servicing method, recording medium recorded with programs for realizing the method, and online-composite servicing system

To provide information beneficial for a user, with proper contents. Each client starts a screen saver when a user input has been idle for a predetermined time period. Personal information is transmitted at the start to a push server by a push demand program. The push server has an information database with push information of different categories. The push server selects the appropriate push information when it receives personal information in response to the push demand from the client. The selected push information is sent from the push server to the client that demanded the push information, to be displayed on a display device when the screen saver is operating.

Progression of a game executed at a mobile terminal is changed in response to the current location of the mobile terminal. A portable telephone set receives a control signal transmitted via radio from a base station controlling the radio area in which the portable telephone set is currently located. Then, the received control signal is demodulated to detect the base station ID code, which is in turn stored in an ID code storage area. The update processing of the base station ID code is successively carried out during the waiting time and a latest base station ID code is stored in the ID code storage area. Then, in the course of the progression of a game, enemy characters to combat, items to be generated, and the branching of the game scenario are controlled in accordance with the value of the base station ID code stored in the ID code storage area.

Mobile terminal, method for controlling games, and computer readable recording medium

Progression of a game executed at a mobile terminal is changed in response to the radiowave reception intensity of radio signals received by the mobile terminal. During the course of the progression of a game, enemy characters to combat, items to be generated, and the branching of the game scenario are controlled in accordance with the received signal intensity.

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Tokyo, Japan

Ken Narita