US 12,251,630 B2
Information processing system, information processing method, information storage medium, and program
Toshiya Ikenaga, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/593,109.
Application 18/593,109 is a continuation of application No. 17/692,449, filed on Mar. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,944,901.
Application 17/692,449 is a continuation of application No. 16/816,656, filed on Mar. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,298,615, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Application 16/816,656 is a continuation of application No. 15/139,506, filed on Apr. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,625,155, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 15/139,506 is a continuation of application No. 13/822,182, granted, now 9,352,215, issued on May 31, 2016, previously published as PCT/JP2011/068366, filed on Aug. 11, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 2010-212845 (JP), filed on Sep. 22, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198219 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/426 (2014.01); A63F 13/49 (2014.01); A63F 13/497 (2014.01); A63F 13/86 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/355 (2014.09) [A63F 13/00 (2013.01); A63F 13/426 (2014.09); A63F 13/49 (2014.09); A63F 13/497 (2014.09); A63F 13/86 (2014.09); A63F 2300/636 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user terminal device, comprising:
transmitting circuitry operating to transmit an execution request, initiated by a user of the user terminal device, for execution of a game program to at least one game server over a network, where the at least one game server operates to load and execute the game program in response to the execution request, and where the execution request is associated with a play point in a video that shows previously played content of the game program;
receiving circuitry operating to receive the video over the network from at least one of the at least one game server and at least one video server;
a display operating to display the video to the user of the user terminal device, wherein:
the at least one game server includes a game situation data obtaining unit that obtains, from a storage unit that stores respective game situation data which indicate respective situations of the game program that are associated with respective play points in the video, certain game situation data that is identified based on the play point associated with the execution request,
wherein the at least one game server includes a game executing unit that starts executing the game program from a situation that is indicated by the certain game situation data obtained by the game situation data obtaining unit,
wherein the at least one game server includes a communications unit operating to transmit game data to the user terminal device over the network such that the user may enter into gameplay, and,
wherein at least one of:
(i) the user terminal device operates to cause a list of images to be displayed to the user, where each image within the list of images operates as a respective hyperlink to launch the game from a respective play point in the video of the previously played content of the game program, and
(ii) the user terminal device operates to cause a list of images to be displayed on the display of the user terminal device to the user, where each respective image within the list of images operates as a respective hyperlink, such that the user may activate each respective hyperlink using at least one input device, while each respective image is being displayed to the user, and the activation of each respective hyperlink causes the execution request to include information regarding the respective play point in the video of the previously played content of the game program, and the user clicks on each respective hyperlink while viewing the respective image on the display on which the video showing a play content that has been played by the user is being played.