JP4658092B2 - Information processing apparatus, method for executing multiple partial processes, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is a plurality of parts in which the second part is executed by entering a standby state after the execution of the process up to the first part is completed and inputting a predetermined instruction after the process of the first part is completed. Regarding execution of processing.

  Recent personal computers and game machines not only execute programs recorded on disk-shaped recording media or semiconductor memory cards, but also have network connection functions, and servers that exist on the network. Content such as an application program can be downloaded from the apparatus and executed. Here, there is a limit to the information transfer speed in the network, and if the content has a large amount of information, it will take a certain amount of time to complete the download from the server device to the personal computer or game machine. .

  When the user designates the download of the content, the user often wants to execute the content immediately, but the user must wait for the time to complete the content download. Since the time during which content is downloaded is boring for the user in this way, many personal computers and game machines have a predetermined screen indicating that the content is being downloaded. Is displayed on the display device so that the user is not bored (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-128534 A (paragraph 0169)

  In recent years, mobile phones have functions as a computer device including a network connection function. A user can play a game by executing an application program on the mobile phone, or a server device on a network. It is possible to download and execute the content provided by the mobile phone. The content downloaded from the server device to the mobile phone is also compressed and transmitted in a predetermined format, similar to the content downloaded to the personal computer.

  By the way, the mobile phone has to be downsized to a certain size or less due to the characteristic that the user usually carries it with it, and in order to provide components for the computer function in addition to the configuration necessary for the original call function. The part that realizes the computer function must be further miniaturized. The demand for downsizing is much stricter than that of portable game machines. Miniaturization is accompanied by design constraints, and the functions of a mobile phone as a computer device in terms of memory size, hierarchical structure, and CPU processing capability, such as personal computers and game machines. Compared to ability, it is very low.

  For this reason, if it is a personal computer or a game-dedicated machine, even if it is content with an amount of information that can be downloaded all at once and the compressed state can be expanded, or content with an amount of information less than that, Mobile phones may not be able to download all at once due to insufficient capacity. Therefore, in order to download content whose amount of information is a predetermined amount or more to a mobile phone, the content is divided into a plurality of parts and downloaded. An information transmission request must be sent to the server device, and a predetermined input is required from the input device each time.

  Then, the user not only has to wait until the download of the desired content is completed, but also has to input from the input device many times for each divided part, so it feels very annoying. End up. In addition, since the display of the screen indicating that downloading is in progress in the case of the personal computer or the game dedicated machine described above is interrupted for each input, the effect of preventing the user from being bored is reduced.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can complete the processing without making the user aware that an operation for inputting a predetermined instruction is required halfway before the processing is completed. To do.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus having a function of executing a plurality of processes in parallel and including a display device that displays an image. An instruction input means for inputting a predetermined instruction by a user's operation, and a first part process and a second part process that need to be sequentially executed until the entire process is completed. After the execution up to the process is completed, an input standby state from the instruction input means is entered, and the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input means after the processing of the first part is completed, whereby the first part is input to the first part. A plurality of partial processing execution means for executing a plurality of partial processes in which the second part is executed in succession, and a predetermined effect image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the processing of the first part by the plurality of partial processing means. Displayed In addition, when the processing of the first part is finished and an input standby state from the instruction input unit is entered, input promotion that prompts input from the instruction input unit while continuing to display the predetermined effect image Display processing execution means for executing image display processing for displaying an image on the display device, wherein the display processing execution means is parallel to the execution of the processing of the second part by the plurality of partial processing means. A predetermined effect image is displayed on the display device, a specific sentence is displayed on the display device before the processing of the first part is finished, and the processing of the first part is finished and the instruction input means An image that prompts the user to input an instruction to display the continuation of the specific sentence when the input standby state is entered is displayed on the display device as the input promotion image .

  In the information processing apparatus, the first part process and the second part process must be sequentially executed before the plural partial processes are completed. In the multiple partial processing, when the processing of the first portion is completed, the processing of the second portion is not executed as it is, but after the execution up to the processing of the first portion is completed, the input standby state from the instruction input means is entered. Thus, the process of the second part is not executed unless the user inputs a predetermined instruction from the instruction input means.

In parallel with the execution of the plurality of partial processes, an image display process is performed by the display process execution means. In this image display process, a predetermined effect image is displayed on the display device when the process of the first part is being performed. While displaying, the display of a predetermined effect image is continued even if it is in the input standby state from the instruction input means. For this reason, it is not necessary for the user to be aware that continuous execution is interrupted between the processing of the first part and the processing of the second part and the input standby state is entered. In the input standby state, the input promotion image is displayed on the display device together with the predetermined effect image. Therefore, the user inputs a predetermined instruction from the instruction input means according to the input promotion image, and the second Partial processing can be executed.
In addition, a period during which the process of the first part is being executed, a period during which input of a predetermined instruction for executing the process of the second part from the end of execution of the process of the first part is in a standby state, and a predetermined instruction Since the predetermined effect image is continuously displayed over the period during which the process of the second part is executed based on the input of the “”, between the process of the first part and the process of the second part It is possible to make the user less aware that continuous execution is interrupted and the input standby state is set.
In addition, if the user has finished reading the specific sentence displayed on the display device before the first process is completed, the user wants to continue reading if there is a sentence following the specific sentence. Is normal. At this time, by displaying an image prompting the user to input an instruction for displaying the continuation of the specific sentence on the display device as an input promotion image , the processing of the first part is originally completed and the input standby state is entered. The user does not have to be aware that a predetermined input is performed from the instruction input means to execute the process of the second part later.

  Here, the specific sentence may be a sentence whose contents are not completed up to the specific sentence. In this case, the display processing execution means executes the second part processing by the plurality of partial processing means when the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input means after completion of the processing of the first part. In parallel with or before the processing of the second part is executed, a process of displaying a sentence following the specific sentence on the display device may be executed as the image display process.

In this case, if the content of the specific sentence is not complete, the user feels that inputting a predetermined instruction from the instruction input means causes the continuation of the specific sentence to be displayed. This makes it possible to make the user less aware of the predetermined input from the instruction input means for execution.

  Further, the information processing apparatus is a game for causing a predetermined line generated by a character to be displayed on the display apparatus, and the predetermined line is input from the instruction input unit after the first part is displayed. It is possible to further include game execution means for executing a game in which the second part is displayed. In this case, the image that prompts the user to input an instruction to display the continuation of the specific sentence prompts the input to display the second part when the first part of the predetermined line is displayed. Therefore, it can be made substantially the same as the image displayed on the display device.

  The user of the information processing apparatus can also play a game on the information processing apparatus. However, in order to display the second part following the first part of the predetermined line of the character in the game, a predetermined input from the instruction input unit is performed. You must enter instructions. When the first part is displayed, an image for prompting an input for displaying the subsequent second part is displayed. The input promotion image displayed on the display device in order to cause the second part process to be executed in the input standby state after the execution of the first part process in the plurality of partial processes described above is performed in a predetermined line in the game. Since it is the same as the image that prompts input for displaying the second part subsequent to one part, the user can input a predetermined instruction for executing the process of the second part as if it were a game. Become.

  In the information processing apparatus, the display processing execution unit may display an image of a character riding on a moving body in a predetermined direction as the predetermined effect image. The moving body can be, for example, an elevator, and the elevator can be raised / lowered.

  In this case, when the whole of the plurality of partial processes is completed, it is possible to give the user an impression that the subsequent process is performed by moving from the virtual space before the execution of the multiple partial processes to another virtual space. It becomes like this. In particular, if the moving body is an elevator, it is possible to give an impression that the user has moved to a different hierarchy.

  The information processing apparatus includes a menu screen display unit that displays a menu screen including a plurality of types of processing items executed according to a user's selection on the display device, and a menu screen displayed on the display device by a user operation. Processing item selection means for selecting a desired processing item from the included processing items may be further provided. In this case, the plurality of partial process execution means is configured to perform processing of the first part of the plurality of partial processes when a predetermined process item is selected from the plurality of types of process items by the selection input means. Execution can be started.

  By selecting a predetermined processing item from the menu screen displayed on the display device in this way, the execution of the first part of the plurality of partial processes is started, so that the user can perform a plurality of operations with an easy operation. Partial processing can be started.

  In this case, the plurality of partial processes include processes from the first part to the n-th part (n is an integer of 2 or more) as processes that need to be sequentially executed until the entire process is completed, After the execution up to the processing of one part is completed, the input standby state from the instruction input means is entered, and the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input means after the processing of the (n-1) th part is completed. The n-th part may be executed subsequent to the first part, and the display process execution means may perform the image display process before the n-th part by the multiple-part processing means. The predetermined effect image is displayed on the display device in parallel with the execution of the process of the k part (k is an integer between 1 and n−1), and the instruction of the k-th part is finished and the instruction is displayed. Waiting for input from input means When Tsu, can be made to display the input prompting image to prompt input from the instruction input unit on the display device. Here, when there are a plurality of the predetermined processing items and different n values are determined for a plurality of partial processes corresponding to each of the plurality of predetermined processing items, the menu screen is It is preferable that the process items are arranged in the order corresponding to the value of n for the corresponding partial processes.

  In this case, when the user selects a desired processing item from the menu screen, the user completes the entire processing corresponding to the selected processing item according to the order in which the selected processing item is arranged on the menu screen. The number of times that a predetermined instruction must be input from the instruction input means varies. As a result, the user can feel the virtual positional relationship between the process items in accordance with the position of the process item on the menu screen and the number of instructions input from the instruction input means.

  Here, when an image in which a character rides on a moving body and moves in a predetermined direction is displayed as a predetermined effect image, it is close / distant in the virtual space according to the position where each processing item is arranged on the menu screen. It is possible to give the user an impression that the user has moved to In particular, if the moving body is an elevator, a hierarchical virtual space is formed according to each processing item, and an impression that the user is moving between the levels can be given. In addition, when displaying a specific sentence (and subsequent sentences), the specific sentence etc. is displayed on the display device as a dialogue of the character on the moving body, so that the moving body is moving. An impression that the user is talking with the character can be given.

  The information processing apparatus inputs a communication unit that transmits and receives information via a network with a server device that provides predetermined content, and an instruction to execute a process of downloading the predetermined content from the server device by a user operation The predetermined content may be divided into at least a first part and a second part and downloaded from the server apparatus to the information processing apparatus. In this case, when the download instruction input unit inputs a download instruction for the predetermined content, the multiple processing part execution unit transmits a first download request from the communication unit to the server device, and A process of receiving the first part of the predetermined content downloaded from the server device by the communication unit is executed as the process of the first part, and after the first part of the content is downloaded, the predetermined input from the instruction input unit When the instruction is input, a process of transmitting a second download request from the communication unit to the server device and receiving the second part of the predetermined content downloaded from the server device by the communication unit. It can be executed as part processing.

  Here, the communication means may be capable of receiving information up to a predetermined amount of information in one reception operation. In this case, the information amount of the predetermined content is It can be larger than a predetermined amount of information.

  When a predetermined content is downloaded from the server device, a certain amount of time is required due to restrictions such as network communication capacity. When the predetermined content is downloaded by being divided into the first part and the second part due to restrictions on the amount of information that can be received in one reception operation, the second part is also downloaded when the first part is downloaded. It will take some time to download. In this way, the above-described image display processing is executed in parallel with the plurality of partial processes that require time so that the user does not have to be bored until the predetermined content is completely downloaded. Become.

  The information processing apparatus can be configured by a mobile phone, for example.

  In general, a cellular phone has performance and performance in comparison with an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a game dedicated machine in terms of processing capability of a processing means (CPU) and storage capacity of a storage means (main storage device, auxiliary storage device). There are functional limitations. For this reason, in the case of a personal computer or a game-dedicated machine, even a process that does not need to be divided into a plurality of parts and executed cannot be completed unless it is divided into a plurality of parts and sequentially executed. As described above, the present invention is particularly effective when the mobile phone is realized as a platform.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for executing a plurality of partial processes according to the second aspect of the present invention has a function of executing a plurality of processes in parallel, and has a display device for displaying an image and a predetermined operation by a user operation. In the computer device comprising the input device for inputting the instruction, a method executed by the processing device of the computer device, the first part processing and the second processing that need to be executed sequentially until the entire processing is completed A step of executing a plurality of partial processes including a partial process; and a step of executing an image display process for displaying an image on the display device in parallel with the step of executing the plurality of partial processes. The step of executing the partial process includes the step of executing up to the process of the first part of the plurality of partial processes and the execution of the process up to the process of the first part. A step of waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device; and a step of executing the processing of the second part of the plurality of partial processes after the predetermined instruction is input from the input device And the step of executing the image display process displays a predetermined effect image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the process of the first part when the process of the first part is being executed. And a step of inputting the predetermined instruction from the input device while continuing to display the predetermined effect image while waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device. the input prompting image viewing including the step of displaying on the display device prompting the step of displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device, before by performing the processing of the second portion The step of displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device and displaying the input promotion image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the processing of the second portion is performed before the processing of the first portion is completed. In the step of causing the display device to display a specific sentence and waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input, an image prompting the user to input an instruction for displaying a continuation of the specific sentence is displayed on the input promotion image. As a display on the display device .

In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a third aspect of the present invention has a function of executing a plurality of processes in parallel, and inputs a predetermined instruction by a display device that displays an image and a user operation. A plurality of partial processes including a first part process and a second part process, which are executed in a computer device including an input device and need to be sequentially executed until the entire process is completed; In parallel with the step of executing a plurality of partial processes, the computer apparatus executes an image display process for displaying an image on the display device, and the plurality of partial processes is a process of a first part of the plurality of partial processes. And a step of waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device after the execution of the process up to the first part is completed. After the predetermined instruction is input from the input device, executing the process of the second part of the plurality of partial processes, and the image display process is executed by the process of the first part When displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the processing of the first portion, and when waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device to, look including the step of displaying the input prompting image on the display device prompting the user to input a predetermined instruction from the input device while continuing the display of the predetermined effect image, the predetermined effect image Displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the processing of the second portion by the step of executing the processing of the second portion, The step of displaying a hex image on the display device includes the step of displaying a specific sentence on the display device and waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input before the processing of the first part is completed. An image that prompts the user to input an instruction for displaying a continuation of a specific sentence is displayed on the display device as the input promotion image .

  The program according to the third aspect can be provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be a recording medium configured to be detachable from the computer device and provided separately from the computer device. The computer-readable recording medium may be a recording medium such as a fixed disk device provided in the computer device and provided together with the computer device. The program according to the third aspect can be distributed from the server device existing on the network to the computer device through the network by superimposing the data signal on a carrier wave.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system applied to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, this network system includes a server device 2 and a plurality of mobile phones 1 (1-1 to 1-n) connected to the server device 2 via a network 3 including a mobile phone network and the Internet. Consists of

  The mobile phone 1 has a function as a computer device including a network connection function, and a user can play a game with the function of the mobile phone 1 as a computer device. In addition, the mobile phone 1 can access the server device 2 via the network 3 to download and execute the content provided by the server device 2.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone 1 of FIG. As shown in the figure, a cellular phone 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a flash memory 14, an input device 15, and a display device 16. And a communication device 17. The cellular phone 1 includes other components necessary for making a call, but is omitted in FIG. 2 because it is not directly related to the present invention.

  The CPU 11 executes a program stored in the program area of the RAM 13 and performs processing necessary for the progress of the game. The CPU 11 has a function of executing processing of a plurality of processes in parallel under the control of an OS (operation system) program. When processing of a plurality of processes is executed at the same time, synchronization between processes is realized by a method of inter-process communication.

  The ROM 12 is a storage device in which an OS program of the CPU 11, application programs bundled in the mobile phone 1, fixed data used in these programs, sample data, and the like are stored in advance. The program bundled with the mobile phone 1 includes a game program (FIG. 6 to be described later). In the game played by this game program, there are a player character that is operated by a player's operation and other non-player characters. The program bundled with the cellular phone 1 includes a program for downloading content from the server device 2 (FIG. 7 to be described later) and a background screen displayed on the display device 15 in parallel therewith. A program (FIG. 7 described later) is included.

  The RAM 13 is a storage device used as the main memory of the CPU 11. The stored contents of the RAM 13 are erased when the power of the mobile phone 1 is turned off. The flash memory 14 is a storage device that can be electrically written / erased, but does not lose its stored contents even when the power of the mobile phone 1 is turned off, and is a storage device used as an auxiliary memory of the CPU 11.

  The input device 15 includes numeric keys from “1” to “0”, a “*” key, a “#” key, a direction key, a confirmation key, and the like, and inputs necessary information to the CPU 11 by a user operation. The direction keys of the input device 15 are used for moving a player character on a game screen to be described later, selecting a command such as the action of the player character, and the like, and for selecting a content option on a menu screen to be described later. The confirmation key of the input device 15 is used for confirming selection of a command or the like on the game screen, and is used for confirming selection of a content option on the menu screen.

  The confirmation key of the input device 15 is used for displaying a continuation line when the line of the character is displayed on the game screen and a background screen described later, and the line is continued. However, the enter key of the input device 15 for displaying the subsequent lines on the background screen is not actually used for displaying the continuous lines, but instructing the downloading of each part of the content. Is to be done.

  The display device 16 is configured by a liquid crystal display device or the like, and a game screen being executed, a menu screen acquired from the server device 2, a background screen displayed when content is acquired according to the menu screen, Displays the screen of the acquired content.

  The communication device 17 transmits and receives information to and from the server device 2 via the network 3. All information sent from the server device 2 via the network 3 is compressed in a predetermined format. Since a format with a high compression rate places an enormous load on the CPU 11 when expanding information, the compression format of information sent from the server device 2 to the mobile phone 1 is inevitably a format with a light load on the CPU 11, that is, information. The compression ratio must be a format that is not so high.

  Information such as contents received by the cellular phone 1 from the server device 3 is temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 13 in a compressed state. The compressed information does not become information that can be used by the CPU 11 unless it is expanded. However, in order to expand the information, in addition to the area storing the compressed state information, information on the information to be expanded It is necessary to secure an area having a size corresponding to the amount in the RAM 13.

  On the other hand, the storage capacity of the RAM 13 is limited, and if a content with a large amount of information is downloaded at a time, an area necessary for developing the information of the content cannot be secured in the RAM 13. On the other hand, regardless of the total amount of information to be downloaded, the area that must be secured in the RAM 13 to perform background processing for displaying the background screen is almost unchanged, and background processing is not performed. Thus, the size of the area that can be secured for developing the content information does not increase so much.

  For this reason, for content whose amount of information is greater than a predetermined amount, each information amount is divided into a plurality of parts with a predetermined amount or less, and each part is downloaded from the server device 2 to the mobile phone 1. In order to download the entire content divided into a plurality of parts in this way, the mobile phone 1 must request the server device 2 to download each part. Since the download request for each part must be transmitted to the server device 2 several times, the input from the input device 16 must be repeated until the download of the content whose information amount is larger than the predetermined amount is completed. It becomes something that will not be.

  Hereinafter, screens displayed on the display device 16 of the mobile phone 1 will be described. The mobile phone 1 can execute the above-described game. Further, the mobile phone 1 accesses the server device 2 via the network 3 to obtain a menu screen, selects desired content from the menu screen displayed on the display device 16, and sends the selected content to the mobile phone 16. Can be downloaded.

  FIGS. 3A to 3D are diagrams showing game screens displayed on the mobile phone 1 during execution of the game program. In the game screen 100 </ b> A displayed on the display device 16 in FIG. 3A, there are three non-player characters 102 to 104 in addition to the player character 101 on the game field. It is assumed that the player character 101 has moved to the vicinity of the non-player character 102 by operating the direction key of the input device 15.

  When the user inputs the confirmation key of the input device 15 in the state of FIG. 3A, a game screen 100B having a serif display window 110 at the bottom is displayed on the display device 16, as shown in FIG. Is displayed. The lines displayed by the non-player character 102 are displayed in the line display window 110, but not all lines of the non-player character 102 can be displayed in the line display window 110 on the game screen 100B. In this case, an inverted triangular serif continuation mark 111 is added to the lower right position in the serif display window 110.

  When the user further inputs the confirmation key of the input device 15 in the state of FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. 3C, a line that is a continuation of the line displayed in FIG. The game screen 100 </ b> C displayed in the dialog display window 110 is displayed on the display device 16. In the game screen 100 </ b> C, the lines of the non-player character 102 have already been displayed to the end, and therefore the line continuation mark 111 is not added in the line display window 110.

  When the user further inputs the confirmation key of the input device 15 in the state of FIG. 3C, the erased game screen 100D of the dialog display window 110 is displayed on the display device 16 as shown in FIG. Is done. In the state where game screens 100B and 100C are displayed, input from the input device 15 other than the confirmation key cannot be accepted.

  If the non-player character 102 has a very short line, if a confirmation key is input in the state shown in FIG. 3A, a line continuation mark is displayed in the line display window 110 as shown in FIG. A game screen without 111 is displayed. On the other hand, when the line of the non-player character 102 is very long, when the part before the last part of the line is displayed, a line continuation mark 111 is added in the line display window 110 as shown in FIG. The game screen is displayed repeatedly.

  Although not particularly illustrated, a menu window is provided for selecting a command or item in the game screen when the user performs a predetermined input from the input device 15 or when the progress of the game reaches a predetermined state. When the direction key of the input device 15 is input while the menu window is displayed, any item (command or item) in the menu window is selected and selected when the enter key is input. Processing according to the item being played (the player character 101 moves, uses an item, etc.) is performed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a menu screen for selecting content provided by the server device 2 and downloaded to the mobile phone 1. The menu screen 200 shown in FIG. 4 includes a plurality of content options 202 to 20X. A desired content option is selected from the content options 202 to 20X by the user's operation of the input device 15, and the menu screen 200 shown in FIG. Instructing the mobile phone 1 to download the content corresponding to the content option from the server device 2. On the menu screen 200, the title 201 “first floor: entrance to the content department store” is displayed, and the page of the menu screen 200 virtually exists on the first floor.

  In addition, the content options 202 to 20X each have a display from “second floor” to “X floor”, and content pages corresponding to the content options 202 to 20X are virtually present from the second floor to the X floor, respectively. It is said. In a state where a desired content option is selected from among the content options 202 to 20X (FIG. 4 shows a state where the content option 203 is selected, and the selection changes depending on the input of the direction key). The content option is designated by inputting the confirmation key from 15.

  The user must input the confirmation key of the input device 15 at least twice after the desired content option is specified and before the corresponding content is activated. The content options 202 to 20X are arranged in ascending order of the number of times that the enter key must be input before starting the corresponding content (however, the same number of times that the enter key must be input is arranged). It does not matter.

  Of the input of the confirmation key after designating a desired content option, the input of the confirmation key immediately before starting the content is an input for instructing the activation of the content. The input is an input for transmitting a content transmission request to the server apparatus 1. In the content options 202 to 20X, a URL for a transmission request is embedded for each divided part of the corresponding content. For example, the content options 202 and 20X are content options that require three confirmation key inputs before the content is activated. Are embedded with two URLs for a transmission request.

  FIGS. 5A to 5D are diagrams showing background screens that are displayed while the user designates desired content according to the menu screen 200 and then downloads the content from the server device 2. The background screens 300A to 300D in FIGS. 5A to 5D show an example in the case where content is divided and received in two parts (the enter key is input three times). In addition, the process for displaying the background screens 300A to 300D shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D on the display device 16 is a process for downloading the content as a process different from the process for downloading the content. Performed in parallel with processing.

  In the menu screen 200 of FIG. 4, when the user designates a desired content option from among the content options 202 to 20X (here, the number of input of the confirmation key necessary for starting the corresponding content is three), A background screen 300 </ b> A shown in FIG. 5A is displayed on the display device 16. On the background screen 300 </ b> A, the background character 301 (elevator girl) is on the elevator that is in a stopped state with the door closed, and the first line generated by the background character 301 is displayed in the line display window 310.

  In the state where the background screen 300A is displayed, any part of the corresponding content is not downloaded unless at least the user inputs the confirmation key of the input device 16. Therefore, in order to prompt the input of the confirmation key here, the game A serif continuation mark 311 having the same form as the serif continuation mark 111 on the screen 100B is added in the serif display window 310.

  When the user inputs the first confirmation key of the input device 15 in the state shown in FIG. 5A, downloading of the first part of the content is started. Here, the dialogue in the dialogue display window 310 is temporarily displayed. As it is erased (the window itself is not erased), a predetermined effect display is made that makes the elevator appear to rise. When the download of the first part of the content is completed, another line is displayed in the line display window 310 and a line continuation mark 311 is added in the line display window 310 as shown in FIG. Will be. The effect display that seems to be raising the elevator continues.

  When the user inputs the second confirmation key of the input device 15 in the state of FIG. 5B, downloading of the next part of the content is started. Here again, the effect display that appears as if the elevator is rising is continued as it is, but the serif in the serif display window 310 is once erased (the window itself is not erased). When the download of this portion is completed, the download of the entire content is completed, and as shown in FIG. 5 (c), the predetermined effect display that makes the elevator appear to rise is stopped. In addition, the last line is displayed in the line display window 310.

  When the user inputs the third confirmation key of the input device 15 in the state of FIG. 5 (c), the activation of the content is started. Here, as shown in FIG. 5 (d), the door of the elevator is started. Is displayed.

  Note that the first line generated by the background character 301 and the final line when the content download is completed are fixed, but are displayed when only a part of the content is downloaded. Another line is chosen at random from several types. When the download of content that can be received without being divided into parts is completed, the next line after the first line becomes the last line.

  Here, the first line is “Welcome. Welcome to the content department store.” This gives the user a sense of getting into the elevator. The dialogue that is issued when all of the contents have been downloaded is “Arrived at the desired floor.” This gives the user a sense of having arrived at the desired location. On the other hand, the dialogue when only a part of the content has been downloaded is, for example, something that is easy-going, such as “Today is a good weather.” No matter where the message is displayed or where it ends, the user does not feel uncomfortable.

  Hereinafter, processing executed in the mobile phone 1 configuring the network system according to this embodiment will be described. The processing executed in the mobile phone 1 includes game processing and content download processing, but the mobile phone 1 does not particularly need to communicate with the server device 2 in order to perform game processing.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the mobile phone 1 by executing the game program. In this flowchart, processing such as reading of programs and data into the RAM 13 performed when starting a game or when a game scene is switched is omitted.

  In the processing of the game program, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the direction key of the input device 15 has been input (step S101). When the direction key is input, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a menu window is provided on the game screen currently displayed on the display device 16 (step S102).

  When the menu window is not provided on the game screen, the CPU 11 moves the position of the player character 101 on the field according to the input direction, and displays the game screen on which the player character 101 has moved to the position. 16 is displayed (step S103). Then, the process returns to step S101. If a menu window is provided on the game screen, the CPU 11 switches the item being selected from the items in the menu window according to the input direction, and displays the selected item on the display device 16 (step S104). Then, the process returns to step S101.

  When there is no direction key input, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the enter key of the input device 15 has been input (step S105). When there is no input of the confirmation key, the CPU 11 determines whether there is an input of another key of the input device 15 (step S106). If there is no other key input, the process directly returns to step S101. When there is an input from another key, the CPU 11 performs a process according to the input from the input device 15. This process includes a process of providing a menu window in the game screen and displaying an item to be selected by the user (step S107). Then, the process returns to step S101.

  When the confirmation key is input, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the dialog display window 110 is provided on the game screen currently displayed on the display device 16 (step S108). When the dialogue display window 110 is provided on the game screen, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the dialogue continuation mark 111 is added in the dialogue display window 110 (step S109).

  If the continuation mark 111 is added, the CPU 11 switches to the continuation of the line displayed so far and displays it in the line display window 110 (step S110). Then, the process returns to step S101. When the serif continuation mark 111 is not attached, the CPU 11 deletes the serif display window 110 from the game screen and displays it on the display device 16 (step S111). Then, the process returns to step S101.

  When the dialog display window 110 is not provided on the game screen, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the non-player characters 102 to 104 that emit the dialog exist in the vicinity of the player character 101 on the field (step S112). ). If there are non-player characters 102 to 104 that emit lines in the vicinity of the player character 101, the CPU 11 provides a line display window 110 on the game screen to display the first part of the line of the non-player character. Then, it is displayed on the display device 16 (step S113). Then, the process returns to step S101.

  If there are no non-player characters 102 to 104 that emit lines in the vicinity of the player character 101, the CPU 11 generates another event (including confirmation of the item selected in the menu window) by inputting the confirmation key. It is determined whether this is the case (step S114). If another event is to be generated, it is determined whether the event to be generated is an event for ending the game (step S115). If it is an event that ends the game, the process of this flowchart is ended.

  If the event does not end the game, the CPU 11 performs processing according to the event to be generated (step S115). Then, the process returns to step S101. If it is not the case of generating another event in step S114, the process returns to step S101 as it is.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a download process executed to download the content of the room in the mobile phone 1 when the room is selected from the menu screen. This process is started when the user's desired content is designated from among the content options 202 to 20X on the menu screen 200.

  In the download process, the CPU 11 first activates a background process, the details of which will be described later with reference to FIG. 8, and executes it in parallel with the download process (step S201). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the enter key of the input device 15 has been input (step S202). The CPU 11 repeatedly executes the process of step S202 while no confirmation key is input, and waits for the confirmation key to be input.

  When the confirmation key is input, the CPU 11 notifies the background processing process being executed in parallel that content reception is started (step S203). Thereafter, the CPU 11 transmits a request for downloading the first portion of the unreceived portions of the content corresponding to the designated content option from the communication device 17 to the server device 2 via the network 3 (step S204). ).

  Thereafter, the CPU 11 performs a process of receiving the part of the content transmitted from the server device 2 in response to the request (step S205), and determines whether or not the reception of the part of the content is completed (step S206). ). If reception of the part of the content has not been completed, the process returns to step S205, and the CPU 11 continues to receive the part of the content.

  When the reception of the part of the content is completed, the CPU 11 secures a work area in the RAM 13 and expands the part of the content. Here, the portion of the developed content is saved in the flash memory 14 as necessary (step S207). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not reception of all parts of the content corresponding to the content option designated by the user has been completed (step S208). If the reception of only a part of the content has been completed, the CPU 11 notifies the background processing process being executed in parallel that the reception of the part of the content has been completed (step S209). Then, the process returns to step S202.

  When the reception of all the parts of the content is completed, the CPU 11 notifies the background processing process being executed in parallel that the reception of all the parts of the content has been completed (step S210). Further, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the confirmation key of the input device 15 has been input (step S211). The CPU 11 repeatedly executes the process of step S211 while no confirmation key is input, and waits for the confirmation key to be input.

  When the confirmation key is input, the CPU 11 notifies the background processing process executed in parallel that the content is to be activated (step S212). And CPU11 starts the said content downloaded from the server apparatus 2 (step S213). And the process of this flowchart is complete | finished. When the process of this flowchart is completed, the background process is also terminated as will be described later, but after this, the content process activated in step S213 is being executed.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing background processing executed in the mobile phone 1 in parallel with the download processing of FIG. In the background processing, the CPU 11 displays a background screen in a state where the elevator on which the background character 301 is riding is stopped (step S301), and further provides a serif display window 310 on the background screen. The first line of the character 301 is displayed, and a line continued mark 311 is added in the line display window 310 (step S302).

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a notification indicating that content reception is to be started is received from the download processing process being executed in parallel (step S303). While the notification that the content reception is started is not received, the process of step S303 is repeatedly executed to wait for the notification that the content reception is started. When the CPU 11 receives the notification that the content reception is started, the CPU 11 does not erase the dialogue display window 310 itself, but erases the dialogue displayed therein (step S304).

  Next, the CPU 11 performs a predetermined effect display that makes it appear that the elevator included in the background screen displayed on the display device 16 is rising (step S305). Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a notification indicating that the reception of all the contents has been completed is received from the download processing process being executed in parallel (step S306). If the notification that the reception of all parts of the content has been completed has not been received, the CPU 11 now notifies that the reception of a part of the content has been completed from the download processing process that is being executed in parallel. It is determined whether it has been received (step S307).

  If the notification that the reception of a part of the content has been completed is not received, the process returns to the process of step S304, and a predetermined effect display that seems that the elevator is rising is continuously performed. If the notification indicating that the reception of a part of the content has been completed is received, the CPU 11 randomly selects a line other than the first and last lines and displays the line. While displaying in the window 310, a serif continuation mark 311 is added in the serif display window 310 (step S308). Then, the process returns to step S303.

  If the notification that the whole part of the content has been received has been received, the CPU 11 stops the predetermined effect display that seems to have lifted the elevator and displays the background screen with the elevator stopped (step S309). The CPU 11 also displays the last line in the line display window 310, but does not add the line continuation mark 311 in the line display window 310 (step S310).

  Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a notification indicating that the content is to be activated is received from the download processing process being executed in parallel (step S311). If the notification that the content is to be activated has not been received, the process returns to step S309, and the display of the background screen in which the last line is displayed in the line display window 310 is continued with the elevator stopped.

  When receiving the notification that the content is to be activated, the CPU 11 deletes the display window 310 displayed on the background screen (step S312), and displays an image indicating that the elevator door is opened. (Step S313). When the elevator door on the background screen is opened, the processing of this flowchart is terminated.

  As described above, in the network system according to this embodiment, the mobile phone 1 can execute a game by the game program bundled in the ROM 12 and the user selects a desired content option from the menu screen 200. Thus, the content provided by the server device 2 can be downloaded and executed via the network 3. However, if the amount of content information corresponding to the content option specified by the user is large due to restrictions such as the storage capacity of the RAM 13 of the mobile phone 1, it is not always possible to download it at the same time. May be divided into parts and downloaded.

  For example, when downloading content divided into two parts, the user designates content options by operating the input device 15, and the confirmation key of the input device 15 is displayed according to the background screen 300 </ b> A displayed on the display device 16 here. When input is made, downloading of the first part of the content is started. After the download of the first part of the content is completed, the download of the next part is not started unless the user further inputs the confirmation key of the input device 15. That is, after the download of one part of the content is completed, input of the confirmation key of the input device 15 is awaited, and download of the next part is started after waiting for the input of the confirmation key. When the download of the second part of the content is completed, the input device 15 again waits for input of the confirmation key, and the content is activated after waiting for the input of the confirmation key.

  On the other hand, after the user specifies a desired content option from the menu screen 200, background processing is performed in parallel with the process for downloading the content corresponding to the specified content option, and the background is displayed on the display device 16. Screens 300A to 300D are displayed. The background screens 300A to 300D display the content from the background screen 300A in a state in which the elevator displayed when waiting for the input of the confirmation key for starting the download of the first part of the content is stopped. After the background screen 300B, 300C in which the elevator displayed when downloading the content is downloaded, the background screen 300D in a state where the elevator door displayed when starting the downloaded content is opened is changed. Go.

  In addition, the background screen 300A is provided with a serif display window 310 on which the first serif of the background character 301 riding on the elevator is displayed and the serif in the same form as the serif continuation mark 111 on the game screen 100B. A continuation mark 311 is added. When the download of the first part of the content is completed, another dialogue is displayed in the dialogue display window 310 of the background screen 300B, and the final dialogue is displayed in the dialogue display window 310 of the background screen 300C when the downloading of the entire content is completed. Will be displayed. In the background screen 300 </ b> B that is not the case where the last line is displayed, a line continued mark 311 is added in the line display window 310.

  When the user designates a desired content option from the menu screen 200 as described above, the content corresponding to the content option designated for the mobile phone 1 is downloaded from the server device 2 via the network 3. Due to this limitation, it takes a certain amount of time to complete the content download. Here, since the background screens 300A to 300D that are uniformly expressed by the movement of the elevator are continuously displayed from the start to the start of the content download, until the content download is completed and started. Users will not be bored over time. In addition, the process of downloading the desired content can be started with a simple operation of simply specifying the desired content option from the menu screen 200.

  Further, since the background screens 300A to 300D that are uniformly expressed by the movement of the elevator are continuously displayed, before the download of the first part of the content is started from the start of the download of the content to the start, Before the download of the next part is started after the completion of the download of the part, the download of the entire content is completed but before the start, the confirmation key input of the input device 15 is in an input standby state. You don't have to be very aware of the user. Since the screen displayed after the confirmation key is input from the input standby state is also uniform, the user is not further aware of the input state of the confirmation key.

  In the background screen 300 </ b> A that is displayed when the input of the confirmation key is awaited before starting the download of the first part of the content, a serif continuation mark 311 is added to the serif display window 310. Even in the background screen 300B that is displayed when the input of the confirmation key is awaited after the download of one part of the content is completed and before the download of the next part is started, the serif continuation mark is displayed in the serif display window 310. 311 is added. A background display window 310 is provided on the background screen 300C that is displayed when the entire content has been downloaded but the input of the confirmation key is awaited before starting, although the line continuation mark 311 is not added.

  Thus, the dialogue display window 310 provided on the background screens 300A to 300C has the same form as the dialogue display window 110 provided on the game screens 100B and 100C when the user is playing a game. The serif continuation mark 311 in 300A and 300B has the same form as the serif display mark 111 in the game screen 100B. When the user displays the continuation of the non-player character 102 according to the continuation mark 111 when the game is being performed, the user confirms the input device 15 when all the lines are displayed and the line display window 110 is deleted. Key input will be performed.

  Originally, the user starts the download of the first part of the content, starts the download of the next part after downloading the first part, or inputs a confirmation key for instructing the start of the content that has been downloaded completely. It is possible to perform the same game feeling as displaying the continuation of the line of the non-player character 102 or erasing the line when performing the game. In addition, the user can input the confirmation key in a scene in the input standby state without being particularly aware of the game feeling, and can execute the subsequent processing. Furthermore, the user can enjoy a conversation with the background character 301 on the background screens 300 </ b> A to 300 </ b> D that are displayed until the content is activated, with a game sensation similar to that of a conversation with the non-player character 102. .

  Similarly to the lines of the non-player character 102 on the game screens 100 </ b> B and 100 </ b> C, the lines of the background character 301 are displayed on the background screens 300 </ b> A to 300 </ b> C, and the line continuation mark 311 is added to the line display window 310. So, if you want to read the continuation of the line or want to erase it because you have finished reading it, you have to enter the enter key many times from the start of content download to startup This makes it unnecessary for the user to be aware of the fact that it is not necessary.

  The background screens 300 </ b> A to 300 </ b> D are configured by a unified image of an elevator that is in a stopped state first, then rises, and finally stops and the door opens. The background screens 300 </ b> A to 300 </ b> D are displayed when the menu screen 200 including the content options 202 to 20 </ b> X corresponding to the downloadable content is displayed and when the content screen activated after downloading is displayed. Between. Further, the menu screen 200 has a title 201 “1st floor: entrance to content department store”.

  As described above, the background screen 300 </ b> A to 300 </ b> A expressed by an elevator that is in a stopped state first and then rises and then stops and opens the door until the display is switched from the display of the menu screen 200 </ b> A to the display of the content screen. By displaying 300D, the user has moved from the floor (the first floor) where the menu screen 200 is placed to the floor (the second floor to the X floor) where the content corresponding to the specified content option is placed. You can have an impression.

  By the way, the menu screen 200 includes a plurality of content options 202 to 20X. The content options 202 to 20X include the number of parts into which the corresponding content is divided, that is, the download of the entire corresponding content. They are arranged in the order of the number of times that the enter key of the input device 15 has to be input. That is, the user is given an impression that the user is moving to a floor that is close to / far from the space (first floor: content department store entrance) of the current menu screen 200 according to the position on the menu screen 200 of the content option specified by the user. Will be able to.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where content is downloaded to the mobile phone 1 is taken as an example. However, the content of information that can be downloaded at one time if it is another information processing device such as a personal computer or a dedicated game machine. However, the cellular phone 1 may not be able to download at a time due to restrictions such as the storage capacity of the RAM 13, and may need to be divided into a plurality of parts and downloaded. Since the cellular phone 1 has a great system restriction, a significant effect is produced by performing the above background processing in parallel with content download.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and applications are possible. Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment applicable to the present invention will be described.

  In the above embodiment, the content corresponding to the content option specified by the user is divided into a plurality of parts and downloaded from the server device 2 to the mobile phone 1, but each part of the content is downloaded. In the middle of the background screen, the lines of the background character 301 were not displayed. Each time the download is completed for each part, the lines of the background character 301 are displayed on the line display window 310 and the line continuation mark 311 is added (when a line other than the final line is displayed). .

  However, the display start timing of each line of the background character 301 is not limited to when the downloading of each part of the content is completed, for example, when the downloading of each part of the content is started. Different lines may be displayed on the line display window 310. However, the timing for adding the serif continuation mark 311 may be the timing at which downloading of each part of the content is completed. In addition, when the line is switched at such timing, the line continuation mark 311 may be added when the last line is displayed.

  In the above embodiment, a dialogue (completed download of the entire content) that is displayed when the download of one part of the content is completed and waiting for the enter key to start downloading the next part is started. In some cases, the content may not be displayed in any order, and no matter what the order is displayed, the user will not feel uncomfortable. On the other hand, if you know from the start how many times you have to enter the confirmation key before completing the download of the content, you can display a series of lines that are separated according to the number of times. It is good to go.

  In this case, a series of line expansion patterns is created in advance for each number of divided parts of the content. For example, if the content is divided into three parts and downloaded, while waiting for the enter key to complete the download of the first part and start downloading the second part , Display a line that is not complete in terms of content, such as “What is the recommended product for this department store today?” Next, when waiting for the confirmation key to complete the download of the second part and start the download of the third part, “XX. Please try this opportunity.” It is possible to display a line to which the contents are connected as shown in FIG.

  In this way, if the line displayed earlier is not complete in content alone, the user considers that there is still a continuation in the line, and the input device is conscious of trying to display the continuation line. Since the 16 confirmation keys can be input, the user is not required to be aware that the confirmation key input standby state has been entered.

  In the above embodiment, the background screens 300 </ b> A to 300 </ b> D are first expressed as an elevator that is in a stopped state, then rises, and finally stops and opens the door. However, the background screen displayed between the start of content download and activation may be expressed by another moving body that moves in a predetermined direction, such as an airplane or a car. Furthermore, the background screen displayed between the start of content download and activation may be expressed by something other than a moving object as long as it is expressed by a consistent image.

  In the above embodiment, if the amount of content information corresponding to the content option specified by the user is large, the content is divided into a plurality of parts and downloaded. This was due to restrictions such as the storage capacity of the RAM 13 of the mobile phone 1. However, the storage capacity of the RAM 13 of the mobile phone 1 and the processing capability of the CPU 11 are different between the latest model just released and the old model after a certain period of time has passed.

  By the way, although the resolution of the display device 15 is different depending on the model of the mobile phone 1, if the server device 2 can recognize the model of the mobile phone 1, the content provided to the mobile phone 1 according to the resolution of the display device 15 or the like. The contents of may be changed. As described above, when the server device 2 knows the model of the mobile phone 1, the content may be divided into a plurality of parts according to the model and transmitted to the mobile phone 1. The number of divided parts may be notified to the cellular phone 1 by embedding information in the content options 202 to 20X of the menu screen 200.

  In the above embodiment, the user does not start downloading any part of the content simply by specifying the desired content option from the menu screen 200, and the user can input the input device 15 according to the background screen 300A displayed at this time. By inputting the confirmation key, downloading of the first part of the content is started. However, if the user specifies a desired content option from the menu screen 200, the download of the first portion of the content corresponding to this may be automatically started.

  In addition, the content is not activated just by completing the download of the entire content corresponding to the content option specified by the user, and the user presses the confirmation key of the input device 15 according to the background screen 300C displayed at that time. The content is supposed to be activated by inputting. However, when the download of the entire content is completed, the content may be automatically activated from there.

  In the above embodiment, the process of downloading content from the server device 1 is executed in a plurality of parts, and in parallel with this, the background for displaying the background screens 300A to 300D on the display device 16 The process was supposed to be executed. On the other hand, it is necessary to sequentially execute the processes of a plurality of parts before the end of the series of processes, and any process that requires input from the input device 15 every time the process of each part is completed. The background processing of FIG. 8 can be executed in parallel with respect to processing other than content download.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the background processing to which the present invention is applied is executed in parallel with the download processing in the mobile phone 1 having the network connection function and the information processing device has been described as an example. . However, since there are few restrictions on the system, it is rarely necessary. However, it is possible to sequentially execute the processing of a plurality of parts until the download processing of information such as content and other types of processing are completed. Yes, as long as each part and each part process execute a plurality of part processes that are waiting for input from the input device, the information processing apparatus other than the cellular phone such as a personal computer or a dedicated game machine can execute the plurality of part processes. The present invention can be applied to the case where the above background processing is executed in parallel.

  In the above embodiment, the program for causing the mobile phone 1 to execute the game process of FIG. 6, the download process of FIG. 7, and the background process of FIG. 8 is stored in the ROM 12 in advance and distributed. . However, the recording medium for storing these programs is not limited to such a recording medium. For example, when the mobile phone 1 includes a card slot for mounting a memory card such as an SD card, the recording medium is stored in the memory card. Can be provided. Only the program for the game process of FIG. 6 or only the program for the download process of FIG. 7 and the background process of FIG. 8 may be stored and provided in such a memory card.

  Further, when an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a game dedicated machine other than the mobile phone 1 is applied as a platform to which the present invention is applied, an optical and / or is used according to the form of the information processing apparatus serving as the platform. A magnetic disk device (flexible disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.) can also be applied. When an information processing apparatus including a fixed disk device is used as a platform, these programs may be stored in a fixed disk device in advance and distributed.

  Furthermore, only the program for the game process of FIG. 6 and / or the program for the download process of FIG. 7 and the program for the background process of FIG. It may be stored in a fixed disk device included in the server device 1) and distributed via the network 3.

It is a block diagram which shows the network system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone of FIG. In embodiment of this invention, it is a figure which shows the game screen displayed during execution of a game program with a mobile telephone. In embodiment of this invention, it is a figure which shows the menu screen for selecting the content provided by the server apparatus. In embodiment of this invention, it is a figure which shows the background screen displayed when downloading the content provided by the server apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed by execution of a game program. It is a flowchart which shows the download process performed in order to download the content of the said room, when a room is selected from a menu screen. It is a flowchart which shows the background process performed in parallel with the download process of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 cellular phone 2 server device 3 network 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
14 flash memory 15 input device 16 display device 17 communication device 100A to 100D game screen 101 player character 102 to 104 non-player character 110 serif display window 111 serif continuation mark 200 menu screen 202 to 20X content option 300A to 300D background screen 301 back Ground character 310 Line display window 311 Line continuation mark

Claims (12)

An information processing apparatus having a function of executing a plurality of processes in parallel and including a display device that displays an image,
An instruction input means for inputting a predetermined instruction by a user operation;
It includes a first part process and a second part process that must be sequentially executed until the entire process is completed, and waits for an input from the instruction input unit after the execution up to the first part process is completed. When the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input means after the processing of the first part is completed, a plurality of partial processes are executed in which the second part is executed following the first part. Multiple partial processing execution means;
In parallel with the execution of the processing of the first part by the plurality of partial processing means, a predetermined effect image is displayed on the display device, and the processing of the first part is finished and an input standby state from the instruction input means Display processing execution means for executing an image display process for causing the display device to display an input promotion image that prompts input from the instruction input means while continuing to display the predetermined effect image.
The display processing execution means includes
Even in parallel with the execution of the processing of the second part by the plurality of partial processing means, the predetermined effect image is displayed on the display device,
The specific text is displayed on the display device before the processing of the first part is finished, and the specific text is displayed when the processing of the first part is finished and the state of waiting for input from the instruction input unit is entered. An information processing apparatus that causes the display device to display an image that prompts the user to input an instruction for displaying the continuation of the image as the input promotion image . The specific sentence is a sentence whose contents are not completed up to the specific sentence,
The display processing execution means, in parallel with execution of the processing of the second part by the plurality of partial processing means, when the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input means after completion of the processing of the first part , or information according to claim 1, processing the second part before being executed, the process of displaying the continuation of the sentence of the specific sentence to the display device and executes as the image display processing Processing equipment. A game in which a predetermined line generated by a character is displayed on the display device. The predetermined line is displayed when the second part is displayed by inputting the predetermined instruction from the instruction input unit after the first part is displayed. It further comprises game execution means for executing the displayed game,
The image prompting the user to input an instruction to display the continuation of the specific sentence is displayed to prompt the input to display the second part when the first part of the predetermined line is displayed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is substantially the same as an image displayed on the apparatus. The display processing execution means, the information processing apparatus according to an image to be moving character is riding on the moving body in a predetermined direction in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that to be displayed as the predetermined effect image . Menu screen display means for displaying on the display device a menu screen including a plurality of types of processing items executed in accordance with a user's selection;
Processing item selection means for selecting a desired processing item from processing items included in the menu screen displayed on the display device by a user operation,
The plurality of partial process execution means starts execution of the process of the first part of the plurality of partial processes when a predetermined process item of the plurality of types of process items is selected by the selection input means. the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that. The plurality of partial processes include processes from the first part to the n-th part (n is an integer of 2 or more) as processes that need to be sequentially executed until the entire process is completed. After the execution up to the end, the input standby state from the instruction input means is entered, and the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input means after the completion of the processing of the (n-1) th part. Followed by execution of the nth part,
The display processing execution means is in parallel with the execution of the k-th portion (k is an integer between 1 and n−1) preceding the n-th portion by the plurality of partial processing means as the image display processing. The predetermined effect image is displayed on the display device, and the input from the instruction input unit is urged when the processing of the k-th part is finished and the input state from the instruction input unit is entered. Displaying an input promotion image on the display device;
There are a plurality of the predetermined processing items, and different values of n are determined for a plurality of partial processes corresponding to each of the plurality of predetermined processing items.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the menu screen arranges the plurality of processing items in an order corresponding to a value of n for a corresponding plurality of partial processes. The information processing apparatus includes:
Communication means for transmitting / receiving information via a network to a server device that provides predetermined content;
A download instruction input means for inputting an instruction to execute a process of downloading the predetermined content from the server device by a user operation;
The predetermined content is divided into at least a first part and a second part and downloaded from the server device to the information processing device,
The multiple processing part execution means includes:
When an instruction to download the predetermined content is input by the download instruction input unit, a first download request is transmitted from the communication unit to the server device, and a first of the predetermined content downloaded from the server device is transmitted. The process of receiving the part by the communication means is executed as the process of the first part,
When the predetermined instruction is input from the instruction input unit after downloading the first part of the content, the communication unit transmits a second download request to the server device, and the predetermined download is performed from the server device. the information processing apparatus according a process of receiving any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that executed as processing of the second portion by a second portion wherein the communication means content. The communication means can receive information up to a predetermined amount of information in one reception operation,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein an information amount of the predetermined content is larger than the predetermined information amount. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the information processing apparatus includes a mobile phone. A computer apparatus having a function of executing a plurality of processes in parallel and having a display device for displaying an image and an input device for inputting a predetermined instruction by a user operation, the method executed by the processing device of the computer apparatus Because
Performing a multi-part process including a first part process and a second part process that need to be performed sequentially until the entire process is completed;
In parallel with the step of executing the plurality of partial processes, the step of executing an image display process for displaying an image on the display device,
The step of executing the plurality of partial processes includes:
Executing up to the first part of the plurality of partial processes;
Waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device after the execution of the processing up to the first portion is completed;
Executing the process of the second part of the plurality of partial processes after the predetermined instruction is input from the input device,
The step of executing the image display process includes:
Displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the process of the first part when the process of the first part is being executed;
Input promotion that prompts the user to input the predetermined instruction from the input device while continuing to display the predetermined effect image while waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device Displaying an image on the display device,
The step of displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device is performed on the display device in parallel with the execution of the processing of the second portion by the step of executing the processing of the second portion. Display
The step of displaying the input promotion image on the display device includes a step of displaying a specific sentence on the display device and waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input before the processing of the first part is completed. A method for executing a plurality of partial processes, wherein an image prompting a user to input an instruction for displaying a continuation of the specific sentence is displayed on the display device as the input promotion image . A program executed in a computer device having a function of executing a plurality of processes in parallel and including a display device that displays an image and an input device that inputs a predetermined instruction by a user operation,
A plurality of partial processes including a first part process and a second part process that need to be executed sequentially until the entire process is completed;
In parallel with the step of executing the plurality of partial processes, the computer apparatus executes an image display process for displaying an image on the display device,
The plurality of partial processes are:
Executing up to the first part of the plurality of partial processes;
Waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device after the execution of the processing up to the first portion is completed;
Executing the process of the second part of the plurality of partial processes after the predetermined instruction is input from the input device,
The image display process includes
Displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device in parallel with the execution of the process of the first part when the process of the first part is being executed;
Input promotion that prompts the user to input the predetermined instruction from the input device while continuing to display the predetermined effect image while waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input from the input device Displaying an image on the display device,
The step of displaying the predetermined effect image on the display device is performed on the display device in parallel with the execution of the processing of the second portion by the step of executing the processing of the second portion. Display
The step of displaying the input promotion image on the display device includes a step of displaying a specific sentence on the display device and waiting for the predetermined instruction to be input before the processing of the first part is completed. A program for causing the display device to display an image prompting the user to input an instruction for displaying the continuation of the specific sentence as the input promotion image . A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 11 is recorded.

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