JP2014018303A - Terminal device, control method for terminal device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game environment which allows a game to be played in accordance with a user's communication environment without making the user feel troublesome.SOLUTION: A terminal device 100 comprise: a detection part 103 for detecting a user's operation; an execution part 150 for executing a plurality of application (AP) processing using server information on the basis of the detected operation; a display part DS for displaying AP processing information about whether or not the plurality of AP processing are executable; a reception part 101 for receiving the server information; an acquisition part 104 for regularly acquiring communication status information; a determination part 105 for determining on the basis of the acquired communication status information whether or not the server information can be received; and a display control part 107 which changes AP processing information showing that the AP processing are inexecutable when it is determined that the AP processing information to be displayed are inexecutable, and again changes the AP processing information to AP processing information showing that the AP processing information are executable when it is determined that the AP processing are executable after the AP processing information are changed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device, a terminal device control method, and a program.

  Conventionally, there is a social game in which a plurality of users can participate in a game system. In such a game system, there is a game system in which a terminal device used by a user and a server device that supplies a game program or data to the terminal device communicate with each other via a network to advance the game ( For example, refer nonpatent literature 1.).

“Social Game General Information Magazine Application STYLE Vol.5”, East Press, p.7-p.8

In such a conventional game system, communication between the terminal device and the server device is required, and depending on the communication status between the terminal device and the server device, part of the game processing may not be executed. On the other hand, in recent game systems, many game processes can be carried out in the terminal device, and there is a demand to advance the game as much as possible even under poor communication conditions.
Conventionally, an antenna mark may be displayed on the terminal device in order to make it possible for the user to identify the communication status with the server device. The user cannot distinguish what is operable from what is impossible. For this reason, in a conventional game, there is a case where a communication error is unintentionally generated and a game operation cannot be performed as a result of erroneously performing a communication process in a state where the communication state is not good.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to allow a game to be continued according to a user's communication environment without causing an unintended communication abnormality and causing the user to feel troublesome.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a plurality of application processes including a detection unit that detects a user's operation and a first process that uses server information supplied from a server device through communication are applied to the operation detected by the detection unit. An execution unit to be executed on the basis of a plurality of application processes including the first process, and a display unit to display application process information indicating to each user whether or not the execution unit is executable. The acquisition of periodically receiving the communication status information indicating the status of the communication with the receiving unit that receives the server information used for the first process executed by the execution unit from the server device and the server device And determining whether the receiving unit is capable of receiving the server information based on the communication status information acquired by the acquiring unit When the determination unit determines that the first process is not executable for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display unit, the first process is not executable. When the determination unit determines that the first process can be executed after displaying the application process information of the first process and displaying the application process information of the first process, the first process is executed. And a display control unit that displays again the application process information of the first process indicating that it is possible.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the above terminal device, the application process information includes first image information indicating that the first process can be performed, and that the first process is not executable. Second image information to be displayed is preset, and when the determination unit determines that the first process can be performed, the display unit displays the first image information, and the first process The second image information is displayed as the application processing information when the determination unit determines that the process cannot be executed.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device, the display unit displays an image based on the second image information at a position where the image based on the first image information is displayed. Features.

  One embodiment of the present invention is an application process that uses server information supplied from a server device by communication for the plurality of application processes in the terminal device described above, and an information amount of the server information to be used Includes a second process different from the first process, and the communication status information includes communication rate information indicating an amount of information that can be transmitted per unit time of the communication with the server device. Based on the communication rate information included in the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit, the reception unit can receive the server information of the amount of information used by the application process for each application process. The display control unit determines whether or not the first process for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display unit. When the determination unit determines that execution is not possible, the application processing information of the first processing indicating that the first processing cannot be executed is displayed, and the second processing displayed by the display unit When the determination unit determines that the second process cannot be executed with respect to the application process information, the application process information of the second process indicating that the second process cannot be displayed is displayed. It is characterized by.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of application processes including a detection procedure for detecting a user operation and a first process using server information supplied from a server device through communication are detected by the detection procedure. Application processing information indicating to the user for each application process whether or not the execution procedure executed based on the operation and the plurality of application processes including the first process can be executed by the execution procedure is displayed. A display procedure, a reception procedure for receiving the server information used for the first process executed by the execution procedure from the server device, and communication status information indicating the status of the communication with the server device are periodically displayed. Based on the acquisition procedure acquired by the acquisition procedure and the communication status information acquired by the acquisition procedure The determination procedure for determining whether or not the server information can be received in order, and the determination that the first process cannot be executed for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display procedure. When it is determined by the procedure, the application process information of the first process indicating that the first process cannot be executed is displayed, and the application process information of the first process is displayed, and then the first process is displayed. And a display control procedure for displaying again the application process information of the first process indicating that the first process is executable when it is determined by the determination procedure that the first process is executable. It is a control method of a terminal device.

  Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of application processes including a detection step of detecting a user operation on a computer included in a terminal device and a first process of using server information supplied from the server device through communication are performed. The execution step executed based on the operation detected in the detection step, and the plurality of application processes including the first process, whether or not the application step can be executed is determined for each application process. A display step for displaying application processing information, a reception step for receiving the server information used for the first processing executed in the execution step from the server device, and a status of the communication with the server device. The acquisition step to periodically acquire the communication status information A determination step for determining whether or not the server information is receivable in the reception step based on the communication status information acquired in the acquisition step, and an application process of the first process displayed in the display step For the information, when it is determined in the determination step that the first process is not executable, the application process information of the first process indicating that the first process is not executable is displayed. After displaying the application process information of the first process, when it is determined in the determination step that the first process can be executed, the application process of the first process indicating that the first process can be executed This is a program for executing a display control step for displaying information again.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the degree that the user feels bothersome.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the game system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a structure of the terminal device of this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the game system of this embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows an example of the information which the terminal information storage part of this embodiment memorize | stores. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a structure of the image which the display part of this embodiment displays. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the game system of this embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the modification of the structure of the image which the display part of this embodiment displays. It is a table | surface which shows the modification of the information which the terminal information storage part of this embodiment memorize | stores.

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Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a game system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices 100 and a server device 200 (game device). The plurality of terminal devices 100 are, for example, terminal devices 100-1 to 100-n (n is a natural number). Further, the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 are connected via the network 2. That is, in the game system 1, a plurality of terminal devices and a server device that provides game information to the terminal devices communicate with each other via the network 2. Note that since the terminal devices 100-1 to 100-n have the same configuration, they are collectively referred to as the terminal device 100 unless otherwise distinguished.

  The network 2 is a wireless or wired communication network in which the server device 200 and the plurality of terminal devices 100 communicate. For example, a mobile phone network or the Internet can be applied to this communication network.

  The server device 200 communicates with a plurality of terminal devices 100 via the network 2. The information communicated by the server device 200 includes server information supplied from the server device 200 to the terminal device 100 and a game progress instruction output from the terminal device 100. Here, the server information is data used when the terminal device 100 progresses the game. This server information includes an object given to the user. This object is, for example, a card of a character appearing in the game. There are several types of this character. The user plays a game using the object included in the server information. Here, the user is a user (game user) registered as a user in the game.

  The terminal device 100 (terminal devices 100-1 to -n) is a computer device used by each user, and provides a user with a game using server information supplied from the server device 200 via the network 2. The terminal device 100-1 is a terminal device used by the user U1. Similarly, the terminal device 100-n is a terminal device used by the user Un. For example, a PC (Personal Computer), a tablet PC, a smartphone, a feature phone, or the like can be applied to the terminal device 100. Hereinafter, detailed configurations of the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 will be described. First, the configuration of the terminal device 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the configuration of the terminal device 100 of the present embodiment. The terminal device 100 includes a display unit DS that displays images, an operation detection unit TP that detects user operations, and an audio output unit SP that outputs audio.

  The display unit DS includes an image display panel such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL panel, and displays an image based on an input image signal. The configuration of the image displayed by the display unit DS will be described later.

  The audio output unit SP includes a speaker and outputs audio based on the input audio signal. The operation detection unit TP includes a touch sensor arranged on the image display panel of the display unit DS, and detects operation by a user who plays the game and outputs operation information indicating the detected operation.

  Here, an example of a game in the game system 1 will be described. This game is a card battle game in which a user battles with a card owned by a computer (or another user). If this game is, for example, a national theft game of the Sengoku period, characters such as Sengoku warlords are set in each card. If this game is a quest game, for example, a character such as a monster or an item such as a treasure is set in each card. Each of these cards has an object name (name of a monster or a treasure), an image of the object, a rare degree of the card, and the like. Hereinafter, the case where this game is a quest game is demonstrated as an example.

  This game is constituted by a game screen including operation icons for quest, lottery, composition, and menu. Here, the menu is application processing for displaying a menu screen for performing various settings.

  Next, the quest will be described. This game is composed of a plurality of areas. Each area has multiple quests. A quest is a game element such as an event set in each area. This game element includes events such as driving away enemies, searching for items such as treasures and weapons, and increasing the number of friends. The user operates the terminal device 100 to execute the quest, and clears each quest by satisfying a clear condition set for each quest. In this game, when all quests set in an area are cleared, a boss character (for example, a powerful monster) in that area appears. In this game, it is possible to advance to the next area by defeating the appearing boss character.

  In this game, the quest is controlled by a game program (quest processing program) stored in the terminal device 100. Therefore, the terminal device 100 executes the quest without performing communication with the server device 200 via the network 2. That is, a quest is application processing that does not use server information supplied from a server device.

  Next, lottery will be described. A lottery is a game element that gives a predetermined object to a user with a predetermined probability by a user operation. For example, when the user operates a lottery operation icon, a card in which a monster (for example, dragon) or a hidden treasure (for example, diamond) is set is given to the user. The user owns the given card as his own card.

  In this game, the lottery is controlled by a game program (lottery processing program) stored in the server device 200. Specifically, the server device 200 outputs data of an object selected by the lottery processing program from the plurality of object data to the terminal device 100 via the network 2. That is, the terminal device 100 performs lottery by performing communication with the server device 200 via the network 2. That is, the lottery is an application process that uses server information supplied from the server device.

  Next, the synthesis will be described. Combining is a game element that is updated as one (or a plurality of) objects by combining a plurality of objects owned by the user by a user operation. This composition includes performing a predetermined operation on various parameters set in each of the plurality of objects and updating the object to a relatively large parameter value (for example, strengthening). This predetermined calculation includes adding the parameters of each object, and multiplying the parameters of each object by a predetermined coefficient. Further, the composition includes changing (for example, transformation) into an object of a different type from each object to be synthesized.

  In this game, composition is controlled by a game program (composition processing program) stored in the terminal device 100. For this reason, the terminal device 100 performs composition without performing communication with the server device 200 via the network 2. That is, composition is application processing that does not use server information supplied from a server device.

Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the terminal device 100 that realizes the game will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of the game system 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the terminal device 100 includes a terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit), a detection unit 103, an acquisition unit 104, a determination unit 105, a display control unit 107, an execution unit 150, and a terminal storage unit. 160 and a bus BS. The terminal storage unit 160 includes an icon information storage unit 161 and a program information storage unit 162. An example of information stored in the icon information storage unit 161 and the program information storage unit 162 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of information stored in the terminal storage unit 160 of the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the icon information storage unit 161 associates an icon ID with each display position ID of the display unit DS included in the terminal device 100 and stores it as icon information. Here, the display position ID is identification information that identifies a display position of an icon displayed on the display unit DS included in the terminal device 100. Here, the icon is information that presents to the user the contents of application processing executed by the operation and the operation position for each operation that the terminal device 100 accepts from the user. The icon includes image information and character information. The icon ID is identification information for identifying an icon. This icon ID includes an icon ID when the communication status is good and an icon ID when the communication status is not good. The icon ID when the communication status is good is an icon ID when the communication status between the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 via the network 2 is good. The good communication status means that the communication status is good enough to execute the application process indicated by the icon ID. For example, a good communication status is a status in which information used for application processing indicated by the icon ID is supplied from the server device 200 to the terminal device 100 via the network 2 within a predetermined time. Further, the icon ID when the communication status is not good is an icon ID when the communication status between the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 via the network 2 is not good. The state of communication is not good means that the state of communication is not good enough to execute the application process indicated by the icon ID. For example, the state of communication being unsatisfactory is a situation in which information used for application processing indicated by the icon ID is not supplied from the server device 200 to the terminal device 100 via the network 2 within a predetermined time.

  Specifically, the icon information storage unit 161 stores a display position ID (PS01), an icon ID (IC01) when the communication status is good, and an icon ID (IC01) when the communication status is not good in association with each other. Similarly, the icon information storage unit 161 stores the display position ID (PS02), the icon ID (IC02) when the communication status is good, and the icon ID (IC02) when the communication status is not good in association with each other.

  The icon information storage unit 161 stores the display position ID (PS03), the icon ID (IC03-1) when the communication status is good, and the icon ID (IC03-2) when the communication status is bad in association with each other. . Further, the icon information storage unit 161 stores a display position ID (PS04), an icon ID (IC04) when the communication status is good, and an icon ID (IC04) when the communication status is not good in association with each other.

  4B, the program information storage unit 162 associates image information with a program ID for each icon ID of an icon displayed on the display unit DS included in the terminal device 100, and program Store as information. Here, the image information is image information of icons displayed on the display unit DS and character information. The program ID is identification information for identifying a program that controls application processing executed by the terminal device 100.

  Specifically, the program information storage unit 162 stores an icon ID (IC01), image information (icon display A), and a program ID (PR01) in association with each other. Here, the program ID (PR01) is a program ID of a program that executes the above-described menu application process. Similarly, the program information storage unit 162 stores an icon ID (IC02), image information (icon display B), and a program ID (PR02) in association with each other. Here, the program ID (PR02) is a program ID of a program that executes the above-described quest application processing.

The program information storage unit 162 stores an icon ID (IC03-1), image information (icon display C1), and a program ID (PR03-1) in association with each other. Here, the program ID (PR03-1) is a program ID of a program that executes an application process when the communication status is good among the lottery application processes described above. The program information storage unit 162 stores an icon ID (IC03-2), image information (icon display C2), and a program ID (PR03-2) in association with each other. Here, the program ID (PR03-2) is a program ID of a program that executes application processing when the communication status is not good among the lottery application processing described above. The program information storage unit 162 stores an icon ID (IC04), image information (icon display C4), and a program ID (PR04) in association with each other. Here, the program ID (PR04) is a program ID of a program that executes the above-described synthesis application process.
Note that only the image information is associated with the icon ID when the communication status is poor, and the application process may not be performed even if an operation is received from the user. Thereby, even if the user accidentally presses the icon, it is possible to prevent unnecessary operations from being performed.

Again, the structure of the terminal device 100 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.
The terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit) communicates with the server device 200 via the network 2. Specifically, the terminal communication unit 101 acquires information output from each unit included in the terminal device 100 via the bus BS, and transmits the acquired information to the server device 200 via the network 2. Further, the terminal communication unit 101 receives information transmitted from the server device 200 via the network 2 and outputs the received information to each unit included in the terminal device 100 via the bus BS. The information transmitted from the server device 200 includes server information used for a first process executed by the execution unit 150 described later. Here, the first process is an application process executed based on information supplied from the server apparatus 200 to the terminal apparatus 100 via the network 2. That is, the first process is an application process that uses server information supplied from the server apparatus 200 through communication. For example, the first process is the above-described lottery application process. That is, the terminal communication unit 101 receives server information used for the first process executed by the execution unit 150 from the server device 200.

  The acquisition unit 104 periodically acquires communication status information indicating the status of communication with the server device 200. Specifically, the acquisition unit 104 periodically monitors the state of communication between the server device 200 and the terminal communication unit 101 via the network 2, and indicates a communication state indicating the state of communication with the server device 200. Get information. For example, the acquisition unit 104 periodically monitors the communication state by measuring a communication response between the terminal device 100 and the server device 200. Specifically, the acquisition unit 104 performs terminal communication from the server device 200 via the network 2 after the monitoring information transmitted from the terminal communication unit 101 to the server device 200 via the network 2 is transmitted. The time until it is returned to the unit 101 is measured. Then, if the measured time does not exceed a predetermined threshold, the acquisition unit 104 generates communication status information indicating that the communication status is good. In addition, when the measured time exceeds a predetermined threshold, the acquisition unit 104 generates communication status information indicating that the communication status is not good. The acquisition unit 104 may acquire information indicating the communication status generated by a communication status monitoring unit (not shown) as communication status information.

  The determination unit 105 determines whether the terminal communication unit 101 can receive server information based on the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit 104. Specifically, the determination unit 105 determines that the terminal communication unit 101 can receive the server information when the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit 104 indicates that the communication status is good. . On the other hand, when the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit 104 indicates that the communication status is not good, the determination unit 105 determines that the terminal communication unit 101 cannot receive the server information. More specifically, the determination unit 105 acquires the communication status information output by the acquisition unit 104 via the bus BS, and the terminal communication unit 101 can receive the server information based on the acquired communication status information. It is determined whether or not.

  The display control unit 107 controls the display of the display unit DS by supplying image information to the display unit DS via the bus BS. The display configuration of the display unit DS controlled by the display control unit 107 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an image displayed by the display unit DS of the present embodiment.
A display area DA11 for displaying the game state by image information (including character information) is set in advance on the display unit DS included in the terminal device 100. In addition, a display position of image information (including character information) such as an icon is set in advance on the display unit DS included in the terminal device 100. As an example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the display position is set so that the icon of the icon ID (IC01) (for example, the icon indicating the menu) is displayed at the display position indicated by the display position ID (PS01). Has been. Similarly, the display position is set so that the icon of the icon ID (IC02) (for example, an icon indicating a quest) is displayed at the display position indicated by the display position ID (PS02). Similarly, the icon ID (IC03) icon (for example, an icon indicating a lottery) and the icon ID (IC04) (for example, an icon indicating composition) are also set to display positions.

  The display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC01) stored in the icon information storage unit 161 in association with the display position ID (PS01) via the bus BS. Next, the display control unit 107 reads image information (for example, an icon indicating a menu) stored in the program information storage unit 162 in association with the read icon ID (IC01). Then, the display control unit 107 displays the read image information at the display position indicated by the display position ID (PS01) of the display unit DS. Similarly, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID from the icon information storage unit 161 for each display position ID via the bus BS, and further stores the image stored in the program information storage unit 162 in association with the read icon ID. The information is read, and the read image information (for example, the icon indicated by the icon ID) is displayed at the display position indicated by the display position ID of the display unit DS.

  At this time, when the determination result determined by the determination unit 105 indicates that the terminal communication unit 101 can receive server information, the display control unit 107 has a good communication status at the display position indicated by the display position ID. The icon indicated by the icon ID of the hour is displayed. In addition, when the determination result determined by the determination unit 105 indicates that the terminal communication unit 101 cannot receive server information, the display control unit 107 determines that the communication status is not good at the display position indicated by the display position ID. The icon indicated by the icon ID of the hour is displayed. In this way, the display unit DS displays application processing information indicating to the user for each application process whether or not the execution unit 150 can execute a plurality of application processes including the first process. Here, the application processing information is, for example, an icon indicated by an icon ID. The application process information includes a display indicating whether or not the process indicated by the icon can be executed.

  More specifically, the display control unit 107 acquires the determination result determined by the determination unit 105 via the bus BS. Next, the display control unit 107 reads out the icon ID stored in the icon information storage unit 161 for each display position ID via the bus BS. At this time, when the determination result determined by the determination unit 105 indicates that the terminal communication unit 101 can receive the server information, the display control unit 107 displays an icon when the communication status is good for each display position ID. Read the ID. For example, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC01) of the display position ID (PS01). Similarly, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC02) of the display position ID (PS02). Further, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC03-1) of the display position ID (PS03). Here, the icon ID (IC03-1) is an icon ID when the communication status is good for the display position ID (PS03).

  On the other hand, when the determination result determined by the determination unit 105 indicates that the terminal communication unit 101 cannot receive the server information, the display control unit 107 displays an icon ID when the communication status is not good for each display position ID. Is read. For example, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC01) of the display position ID (PS01). Similarly, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC02) of the display position ID (PS02). Further, the display control unit 107 reads the icon ID (IC03-2) of the display position ID (PS03). Here, the icon ID (IC03-2) is an icon ID when the communication status for the display position ID (PS03) is not good.

Next, a configuration in which the display control unit 107 changes the display on the display unit DS will be described. First, a case where the communication status changes from good to bad will be described.
When the determination unit 105 determines that the first process cannot be executed for the application process information of the first process displayed on the display unit DS, the display control unit 107 indicates that the first process cannot be executed. It changes to the application process information of the first process shown. The “application process information of the first process indicating that the first process cannot be executed” is image information indicating that the user who operates the terminal device 100 cannot execute the first process. For example, the application processing information is an icon when the communication status is not good.

  Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, the display control unit 107 displays the display indicated by the display position ID (PS03) when the terminal communication unit 101 indicates that server information cannot be received. An icon (for example, an icon indicating the necessity of communication) indicated by the icon ID (IC03-2) when the communication status is not good is displayed at the position. That is, the display control unit 107 replaces the icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-1) when the communication status is good (for example, an icon indicating a lottery) at the display position indicated by the display position ID (PS03). The icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-2) when the situation is not good (for example, an icon indicating that communication is necessary) is displayed.

Next, a configuration in which the display control unit 107 changes the display on the display unit DS when the communication status changes from poor to favorable will be described.
When the determination unit 105 determines that the first process can be executed after changing the application process information of the first process, the display control unit 107 displays the first process indicating that the first process can be executed. Change to application processing information again. The “application process information of the first process indicating that the first process can be executed” is image information indicating that the user who operates the terminal device 100 can execute the first process. For example, the application processing information at this time is an icon when the communication status is good.

  Specifically, the display control unit 107 again changes the display from the icon display shown in FIG. 5B to the icon display shown in FIG. That is, the display control unit 107 changes the display again from the icon indicated by the icon ID when the communication status is good to the icon indicated by the icon ID when the communication status is good when the communication status is recovered from poor. To do.

Again, the structure of the terminal device 100 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.
The detection unit 103 detects a user operation that requests execution of application processing. Specifically, the detection unit 103 acquires information indicating a user operation detected by the operation detection unit TP included in the terminal device 100, and detects the user operation as instruction information based on the acquired information. The detection unit 103 outputs the detected instruction information to each unit of the terminal device 100 via the bus BS. The information indicating the user operation detected by the operation detection unit TP includes information indicating the detection position on the operation detection unit TP operated by the user. The terminal device 100 displays an icon indicating the application process executed by the operation at the display position of the display unit DS corresponding to the detection position where the operation detection unit TP detects the operation. When the user operates an icon displayed at a predetermined display position of the display unit DS, the detection unit 103 detects a position on the operation detection unit TP corresponding to the display position of the icon as a detection position. Then, the detection unit 103 sets the display position ID corresponding to the detected detection position as information to be output, and outputs the set display position ID via the bus BS.

  The execution unit 150 executes a plurality of application processes including a first process that uses server information supplied from the server apparatus 200 through communication based on operations detected by the detection unit 103. Specifically, the execution unit 150 executes a plurality of application processes including the first process based on information indicating a user operation that requests the execution of the application process output from the detection unit 103 via the bus BS. . More specifically, the execution unit 150 acquires the display position ID output from the detection unit 103 via the bus BS. Next, the execution unit 150 acquires the icon ID displayed by the display control unit 107 at the display position indicated by the acquired display position ID from the display control unit 107 via the bus BS. Next, the execution unit 150 reads the program ID stored in the program information storage unit 162 in association with the icon ID that matches the acquired icon ID via the bus BS. And the execution part 150 performs the application process by the program which the read program ID identifies, and outputs the execution result to each part of the terminal device 100 via bus | bath BS.

Next, the operation of the game system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the game system 1 of the present embodiment. Here, an operation when a user who uses the terminal device 100 performs a game operation will be described.

First, the execution unit 150 of the terminal device 100 transmits information indicating a communication confirmation request to the server device 200 (step S1-10).
When receiving the information indicating the communication confirmation request from the terminal device 100, the server device 200 transmits information indicating the received result to the terminal device 100 (step S2-10).

  Next, the acquisition part 104 of the terminal device 100 acquires a communication condition (step S1-20). Here, the acquisition unit 104 acquires a communication status based on whether or not information indicating a result received from the server device 200 with respect to the communication confirmation request transmitted by the execution unit 150 in step S1-10 has been received.

  Next, the determination unit 105 determines whether the terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit) can receive the server information based on the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit 104 (step S1-30). Next, the display control unit 107 switches processing based on the result determined by the determination unit 105. Specifically, when the determination unit 105 determines that the terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit) can receive server information (step S1-30: YES), the display control unit 107 performs the process at step S1. Proceed to -40. On the other hand, when the determination unit 105 determines that the terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit) cannot receive the server information (step S1-30: NO), the display control unit 107 performs the process at step S1-50. Proceed to That is, the display control unit 107 changes the application process information when the determination unit 105 determines that the first process can be executed after changing the application process information of the first process.

  Next, in step S1-40, the display unit DS displays application process information indicating that the execution unit 150 can execute the first process. On the other hand, in step S1-50, the display unit DS displays application process information indicating that the execution unit 150 cannot execute the first process. Specifically, the display unit DS displays an icon indicating that the execution unit 150 can or cannot execute the first process at a predetermined display position of the display unit DS.

  Next, the detection unit 103 determines whether or not the operation detection unit TP has detected a user operation requesting execution of processing within a predetermined time (step S1-60). When the detection unit 103 determines that the operation detection unit TP has not detected the user operation requesting the execution of the process within a predetermined time (step S1-60: NO), the process proceeds to S1-10. return. Thereby, the acquisition unit 104 acquires the communication status again. In this way, the acquisition unit 104 periodically acquires the communication status. On the other hand, if the detection unit 103 determines that the operation detection unit TP has detected a user operation requesting execution of the process within a predetermined time (step S1-60: YES), the process proceeds to S1-70. Proceed.

  Next, the detection unit 103 detects a user operation requesting execution of the process (step S1-70). Specifically, the detection unit 103 performs processing based on the result of the operation detection unit TP detecting that the user has operated the icon displayed by the display control unit 107 at a predetermined display position of the display unit DS. Detects user operations that request execution. That is, when detecting a user process within a predetermined time in step S1-60, the detection unit 103 detects which application process the user has selected from among a plurality of application processes.

  Next, the execution unit 150 executes any one of a plurality of processes including a first process that uses server information supplied from the server apparatus 200 through communication based on an operation detected by the detection unit 103. (Step S1-80).

  Next, the execution unit 150 determines whether or not the game has ended (step S1-90). If it is determined that the game has not ended (step S1-90: NO), the execution unit 150 returns the process to step S1-10. Thereby, the acquisition part 104 acquires communication status information regularly. On the other hand, if the execution unit 150 determines that the game has ended (step S1-90: YES), the process ends.

  As described above, the terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment includes the terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit), the detection unit 103, the acquisition unit 104, the determination unit 105, the display control unit 107, and the execution unit 150. And a display section DS. Here, the terminal communication unit 101 receives server information used for the first process executed by the execution unit 150 from the server device 200. The detection unit 103 detects a user operation. The acquisition unit 104 periodically acquires communication status information indicating the status of communication with the server device 200. Further, the determination unit 105 determines whether the terminal communication unit 101 (reception unit) can receive server information based on the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit 104. In addition, the display unit DS displays application processing information indicating to the user for each application process whether or not the execution unit 150 can execute a plurality of application processes including the first process. Further, the display control unit 107 cannot execute the first process when the determination unit 105 determines that the first process cannot be executed for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display unit DS. To the application process information of the first process indicating this. Furthermore, the display control unit 107 changes the application process information of the first process, and if the determination unit 105 determines that the first process can be executed, the display control unit 107 indicates that the first process can be executed. Change to application process information of process again. In addition, the execution unit 150 executes a plurality of application processes including a first process that uses server information supplied from the server device through communication based on operations detected by the detection unit 103.

As a result, the terminal device 100 can switch the display of icons and present it to the user for a process that cannot be executed unless it communicates with the server device 200 via the network 2. Specifically, the terminal device 100 can display an icon indicating that the process requiring communication with the server device 200 is executable when the communication status with the server device 200 is good. Also, the terminal device 100 can display an icon indicating that execution is not possible for a process that requires communication with the server device 200 when the communication status with the server device 200 is poor. Therefore, the user using the terminal device 100 can confirm whether or not the process can be executed before performing an operation (for example, tapping an icon) requesting the execution of the process. And while the game is being executed, there is no need to display an antenna mark or the like for displaying the communication status on the terminal device 100, so the screen is used up to the display limit to improve the user's sense of immersion in the game. be able to.
Thereby, when the communication status between the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 is not good, the user can play the game without selecting a process that requires communication with the server device 200. Therefore, the terminal device 100 reduces the situation where the user selects a process that requires communication with the server device 200 even though the communication status between the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 is poor. be able to. That is, the terminal device 100 can reduce the extent to which the user feels bothered when selecting a process that cannot be executed.

  Specifically, in the application processing information, an icon ID (IC03-1) stored in the icon information storage unit 161 is set in advance as first image information indicating that the first processing can be executed. In the application process information, an icon ID (IC03-2) stored in the icon information storage unit 161 is set in advance as second image information indicating that the first process cannot be executed. Then, the display control unit 107 selects the icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-1) or the icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-2) based on the result determined by the determination unit 105, and serves as application processing information. It is displayed on the display unit DS. Here, when the determination unit 105 determines that the first process can be executed, the display control unit 107 displays the icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-1) on the display unit DS as application processing information. On the other hand, if the determination unit 105 determines that the first process cannot be performed, the display unit DS causes the display unit DS to display the icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-2) as application processing information.

  Thereby, the terminal device 100 can present to the user whether or not the application process indicated by the icon can be executed by using icons having different images. Therefore, the terminal device 100 reduces the situation where the user selects an application process that requires communication with the server device 200 even though the communication status between the terminal device 100 and the server device 200 is poor. can do. That is, the terminal device 100 can reduce the extent to which the user feels bothered when selecting an application process that cannot be executed.

  Moreover, the display part DS mentioned above can also be comprised as follows. That is, the display unit DS displays an image based on the second image information at a position where an image based on the first image information is displayed. Specifically, the display unit DS displays the second image information at the display position of the icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-1) as the first image information (for example, the display position indicated by the display position ID (PS03)). The icon indicated by the icon ID (IC03-2) is displayed. Thereby, the terminal device 100 switches and presents to the user whether or not the application process indicated by the icon can be executed by displaying icons having different images at the same display position. can do. That is, the terminal device 100 can display in an easy-to-understand manner whether the application process indicated by the icon is executable or not executable to the user. Therefore, the terminal device 100 can reduce the extent that the user feels bothered when selecting an application process that cannot be executed.

In addition, the display part DS mentioned above can also be comprised as follows. That is, as application process information, image information indicating that the first process cannot be executed is set in advance separately from the icon information storage unit and the program information storage unit in FIGS. 4A and 4B. . When the determination unit 105 determines that the first process can be performed, the display unit DS displays normal image information as illustrated in FIG. 7A and cannot execute the first process. When the determination unit 105 determines, image information indicating that the first process cannot be executed is displayed as application process information as illustrated in FIG.
In this case, the icon information for accepting an operation from the user may be stored as an icon information storage unit and a program information storage unit as shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b).
Thereby, the user can identify in advance whether or not the execution unit 150 can execute the first process.

  Moreover, the determination part 105 and the display control part 107 which were mentioned above can also be comprised as follows. That is, the plurality of application processes include an application process that uses server information supplied from the server apparatus 200 through communication, and includes a second process in which the amount of server information to be used is different from the first process. Further, the communication status information includes communication rate information indicating the amount of information that can be transmitted per unit time of communication with the server apparatus 200. In addition, the determination unit 105 determines, based on the communication rate information included in the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit 104, server information of the amount of information used by the application process for each of the plurality of application processes. The reception unit) determines whether or not reception is possible. Further, the display control unit 107 cannot execute the first process when the determination unit 105 determines that the first process cannot be executed for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display unit DS. When the determination unit 105 determines that the second process cannot be executed with respect to the application process information of the second process displayed on the display unit DS, the second process is performed. The application process information of the second process indicating that the process cannot be executed is changed.

  Thereby, the terminal device 100 can execute each application process based on the communication rate with the server device 200 indicated by the communication rate information and the amount of information necessary for each application process. Can be determined. Therefore, the terminal device 100 does not determine based on the binary value whether communication with the server device 200 is possible or not, but whether or not the amount of information necessary for each application process can be obtained from the server device 200. Can be determined. That is, the terminal device 100 can make a fine determination for each application process regarding whether or not the application process can be executed. In this way, the terminal device 100 can further reduce the extent to which the user feels bothered when selecting an application process that cannot be executed.

In the present embodiment, only the case where the acquisition unit 104 periodically acquires communication status information is described. However, a setting unit (not shown) may be provided in the game system 1 so that the user can arbitrarily turn on / off the operation of the acquisition unit 104. Further, the operation of the acquisition unit 104 may be set to be turned off when the game progresses to a predetermined position in the game program.
As a result, it is possible to reduce the processing load on the terminal device 100 of the user who has become accustomed to the game and has grasped an operation that requires communication with the server device 200.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to that embodiment, The design of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, etc. are included.

  In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the server device 200 is one is shown as an example, but the system may be configured by a plurality of server devices 200.

  In addition, each part with which the terminal device 100 is provided may be realized by downloading a program for realizing the function of each part from another device, and the function is realized by a program possessed by another device. It may be done.

  In addition, each part with which the terminal device 100 is provided may be implement | achieved by exclusive hardware, and each part with which this server apparatus is comprised is comprised with memory and CPU (central processing unit), and a server apparatus is provided. The function may be realized by loading a program for realizing the function of each unit into a memory and executing the program.

  In addition, a program for realizing the function of each unit included in the terminal device 100 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed, thereby executing the terminal device. You may perform the process by each part with which 100 is provided. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

The “computer system” includes a function of providing information in the form of a so-called web page written in a markup language and a function of displaying the information on a browser.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game system, 2 ... Network, 100 ... Terminal device, 101 ... Terminal communication part (reception part), 103 ... Detection part, 104 ... Acquisition part, 105 ... Determination part, 107 ... Display control part, 150 ... Execution part, 160 ... Terminal storage unit, 161 ... Icon information storage unit, 162 ... Program information storage unit, 200 ... Server device, DS ... Display unit, TP ... Operation detection unit, SP ... Audio output unit

Claims (6)

A detection unit for detecting a user operation;
An execution unit that executes a plurality of application processes including a first process using server information supplied from a server device by communication based on the operation detected by the detection unit;
For the plurality of application processes including the first process, a display unit that displays application processing information indicating to the user for each application process whether or not the execution unit is executable;
A receiving unit that receives the server information used for the first process executed by the execution unit from the server device;
An acquisition unit that periodically acquires communication status information indicating a status of the communication with the server device;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the reception unit can receive the server information based on the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit;
When the determination unit determines that the first process cannot be executed for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display unit, the first process indicates that the first process cannot be executed. If the determination unit determines that the first process can be executed after displaying the application process information of one process and the application process information of the first process, the first process can be executed. And a display control unit that displays again the application process information of the first process indicating that there is a terminal device. In the application process information, first image information indicating that the first process is executable and second image information indicating that the first process is not executable are set in advance.
The display unit
When the determination unit determines that the first process can be executed, the first image information is displayed as the application process information, and the determination unit determines that the first process cannot be executed. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the second image information is displayed as the application processing information. The display unit
The terminal device according to claim 2, wherein an image based on the second image information is displayed at a position where an image based on the first image information is displayed. The plurality of application processes include an application process that uses server information supplied from a server device through communication, and includes a second process in which the information amount of the server information to be used is different from the first process.
The communication status information includes communication rate information indicating an amount of information that can be transmitted per unit time of the communication with the server device,
The determination unit
Whether or not the reception unit can receive the server information of the amount of information used by the application process for each application process based on the communication rate information included in the communication status information acquired by the acquisition unit Determine whether
The display control unit
When the determination unit determines that the first process cannot be executed for the application process information of the first process displayed by the display unit, the first process indicates that the first process cannot be executed. If the determination unit determines that the second process cannot be executed with respect to the application process information of the second process displayed on the display unit while displaying the application process information of one process, the second process 4. The terminal processing according to claim 1, wherein application processing information of the second processing indicating that is not executable is displayed. 5. A detection procedure for detecting a user operation;
An execution procedure for executing a plurality of application processes including a first process using server information supplied from a server device by communication based on the operation detected by the detection procedure;
A display procedure for displaying, for each application process, application process information indicating whether or not the plurality of application processes including the first process can be executed by the execution procedure;
A reception procedure for receiving from the server device the server information used for the first process executed by the execution procedure;
An acquisition procedure for periodically acquiring communication status information indicating the status of the communication with the server device;
A determination procedure for determining whether or not the server information can be received by the reception procedure, based on the communication status information acquired by the acquisition procedure;
For the application process information of the first process displayed by the display procedure, if it is determined by the determination procedure that the first process is not executable, it indicates that the first process is not executable. When the application process information of the first process is displayed and the determination procedure determines that the first process is executable after displaying the application process information of the first process, the first process is A display control procedure for displaying again the application process information of the first process indicating that it can be executed. In the computer provided in the terminal device,
A detection step for detecting a user operation;
An execution step of executing a plurality of application processes including a first process using server information supplied from a server device by communication based on the operation detected in the detection step;
A display step for displaying, for each of the plurality of application processes including the first process, application processing information indicating to each user whether or not it is executable in the execution step;
A receiving step of receiving, from the server device, the server information used in the first process executed in the executing step;
An acquisition step of periodically acquiring communication status information indicating a status of the communication with the server device;
A determination step of determining whether or not the server information is receivable in the reception step based on the communication status information acquired in the acquisition step;
The application process information of the first process displayed in the display step indicates that the first process cannot be executed when it is determined in the determination step that the first process cannot be executed. When displaying the application process information of the first process and displaying the application process information of the first process and then determining in the determination step that the first process is executable, the first process is And a display control step for displaying again the application process information of the first process indicating that it can be executed.

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