Nintendo Co., Ltd.

The Pokemon Company

Kojiro Taguchi

Daisuke Nakamura

Yosuke Fujino

Masashi Seiki

Naoya Hirota

Daisuke Tsujimura

Miki Murakami

Hideaki Tanabe

Sho Onuma

Yoji Kamikawa

Noritaka Otsuka

Taiyo Hara

Kazuto Shimizu

Makoto Takano

Hirokazu Shimaoka

Yuya Ono

Shinnosuke Miki

An example of a server receives first event data from an information processing apparatus. The server stores therein event management data including event state information that indicates whether a second event has already occurred or has not yet occurred. When receiving a request from the information processing apparatus, the server transmits at least one piece of second event data to the information processing apparatus. The at least one piece of second event data includes second event data based on event management data in which the event state information indicates that the second event has already occurred and/or second event data to be transmitted when the second event data stored in the first storage area is insufficient. Upon receiving the third event data indicating that the second event has occurred, the server updates the event state information so as to indicate that the second event has already occurred.

Information processing system, server, and information processing method for performing exchange between games

Exemplary communication systemincludes game devices, communication terminals, and game support server. Game devicesenable users to perform a multi-play activity. Each of communication terminalsruns an application associated with corresponding game device. Game support serverdivides communication terminalsinto separate communication groups in accordance with a situation of the multi-play activity performed by game devicesso that communication terminalsbelonging to a same communication group can communicate with each other.

Communication system, server and information-processing method

Communication system, server, and information-processing method

Exemplary communication system 1 includes game devices 10, communication terminals 20, and game support server 30. Game devices 10 enable users to perform a multi-play activity. Each of communication terminals 20 runs an application associated with corresponding game device 10. Game support server 30 divides communication terminals 20 into separate communication groups in accordance with a situation of the multi-play activity performed by game devices 10 so that communication terminals 20 belonging to a same communication group can communicate with each other.

A non-limiting example game system includes a game apparatus which is stored with various kinds of application programs. When an application program for a specific service such as a television program guide (program guide program) is started, prior to an acquisition of a content (webpage), an authentication of the game apparatus is performed, and a white list which records a domain name accessible by the game apparatus (the program guide program) is acquired from a managing server which is controlled by a provider of the television program guide. In the program guide program, it is determined whether or not a domain name described in URL of the webpage appears in the white list when a request to send the webpage is to be sent. If not appeared in the white list, the program guide program is suspended, and a web browser is activated to send the request to send the webpage.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium and information processing method

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Kyoto, Japan

Kojiro Taguchi