JP6734963B1 - Program, information processing device, and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program, an information processing device, and a system in which a waiting time of a user is suppressed. A program for acquiring an application including a plurality of contents, the computer configured to be capable of acquiring the plurality of contents from a server via a network functions as a display unit, an input unit, and an acquisition unit. Let The display unit displays an image included in the already-acquired content that has been acquired, while the plurality of contents are being acquired. The input unit receives an input of a command for transitioning the display from the displayed image to a desired image, and when the desired image corresponding to the command is not acquired, the unacquired content including the desired image has priority. To get it. [Selection diagram] Fig. 7

Description

The present invention relates to a program, an information processing device, and a system.

In recent years, applications are generally downloaded from a server to a terminal such as a smartphone via a network such as the Internet or an intranet. For example, according to the website shown in Non-Patent Document 1, a user can download various applications and install the applications on his/her own terminal.

"App Store", [Search on April 10, 2019, internet <URL:https://www. apple. com/jp/ios/app-store/>]

However, since applications such as games in recent years have a large data capacity, it takes a considerable amount of time to download all the contents constituting the application. Such a waiting time may cause a user to feel psychological stress and hesitate to install the device in the first place.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program, an information processing device, and a system in which the waiting time of the user is suppressed.

According to the present invention, a program for acquiring an application including a plurality of contents, comprising a computer configured to be capable of acquiring the plurality of contents from a server via a network, a display unit, an input unit, and an acquisition unit. The display unit displays an image included in the already-acquired content that has been acquired during the acquisition of the plurality of contents, and the input unit displays the desired image from the displayed image. A program is provided, which receives an input of a command to make a transition and, when the desired image corresponding to the command is not acquired, preferentially acquires unacquired content including the desired image. ..

According to the program of the present invention, the waiting time of the user can be suppressed.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a system configuration outline. [FIG. 2A] A block diagram showing an outline of a hardware configuration of an information processing device, and [FIG. 2B] a functional block diagram showing functions of a control unit. FIG. 3 is an activity diagram showing a parallel acquisition function realized in the information processing device. The figure which shows the aspect in which a parallel acquisition function is performed, while displaying a tutorial screen. The figure which shows the aspect in which a parallel acquisition function is performed, while the selection screen is displayed. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a content list showing the priority order of content acquisition. An activity diagram for content acquisition priorities. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a content list when unacquired content is selected. FIG. 9 is an aspect diagram showing a content list in which a replacement function is executed in the case shown in FIG. 8. FIG. 10A is a diagram showing another example of the case shown in FIG. 10B. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a content list when new content is added to the server. FIG. 12 is an aspect diagram showing a content list in which a replacement function is executed in the case shown in FIG. 11.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The various features shown in the embodiments described below can be combined with each other. In particular, in the present specification, the “unit” may include, for example, a combination of hardware resources implemented by a circuit in a broad sense and information processing of software that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. .. Further, in the present embodiment, various kinds of information (program PG, each content, etc.) are handled, but these pieces of information are represented as a bit group of binary numbers composed of 0 or 1 by the height of the signal value and have a broad sense. Communication and calculation can be executed on the circuit.

Further, a circuit in a broad sense is a circuit realized by at least appropriately combining a circuit, a circuit, a processor, a memory, and the like. That is, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (for example, a simple programmable logic device (SPLD), a complex programmable logic field (Complex Programmable Logic), a complex programmable logic, and a complex programmable logic (DLP)). It includes a programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array: FPGA) and the like.

1. Overall Configuration In Section 1, the components included in this embodiment will be sequentially described.

1.1 System 1
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system 1 according to this embodiment. The system 1 includes a server 2 and an information processing device 3. In this embodiment, the server 2 and the information processing device 3 are connected via a network N represented by the Internet. Such connection may be wired or wireless.

1.2 Server 2
The server 2 stores an application AP including a plurality of contents. It also stores a program PG for acquiring (installing) the application AP. The program PG causes a computer (including a smartphone, a tablet terminal, etc.) configured to acquire (download) a plurality of contents from the server 2 via the network N to function as the information processing device 3. The program PG may be implemented as included in the application AP or may be implemented as another installer. The type of application AP is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, a game will be described as an example.

1.3 Information processing device 3
The information processing device 3 is realized by a computer such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal and the program PG described above. The information processing apparatus 3 may be realized by the user U of the computer causing the computer to acquire the program PG from the server 2 via the network N (download), or the program PG has been acquired in advance by the computer. Thus, the information processing device 3 may be realized (preinstalled).

FIG. 2A shows an outline of the configuration of the information processing device 3, and FIG. 2B is a functional block diagram showing the function of the control unit 33. The information processing device 3 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, a control unit 33, a display unit 34, and an input unit 35, and these components constitute the communication bus 30 inside the information processing device 3. It is electrically connected via. Hereinafter, each component will be further described.

<Communication unit 31>
The communication unit 31 is preferably a wired communication means such as USB, IEEE 1394, Thunderbolt, wired LAN network communication, etc., but wireless LAN network communication, mobile communication such as LTE/3G, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, etc. may be used as necessary. May be included. These are examples, and a dedicated communication standard may be adopted. That is, it is more preferable to implement it as a set of these plural communication means.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 1, the information processing device 3 is configured to be able to communicate information with the server 2 via the network N by the communication unit 31. For example, the communication unit 31 receives each content included in the application AP stored in the server 2 via the network N.

<Memory unit 32>
The storage unit 32 is a volatile or non-volatile storage medium that stores various information. This is, for example, as a storage device such as a solid state drive (SSD), or a random access memory (Random Access Memory) that stores temporarily necessary information (arguments, arrays, etc.) related to the calculation of a program. It may be implemented as a memory such as RAM). Also, a combination of these may be used.

In particular, the storage unit 32 stores a program PG for acquiring the application AP as information. In addition, when the application AP is acquired, the content list CL that defines the acquisition order of the content that has not been acquired yet (unacquired content) is stored as information. Furthermore, the already acquired content (already acquired content) can be stored as information.

<Control unit 33>
The control unit 33 processes and controls the overall operation related to the information processing device 3. The control unit 33 is realized, for example, as a central processing unit (CPU) (not shown). The control unit 33 realizes various functions of the information processing device 3 by reading a predetermined program (including the program PG) stored in the storage unit 32. Specifically, the control unit 33 acquires the content such as the tutorial in advance, and when the acquisition of the content is completed, the display unit displays the screen (image) of the acquired content that has been acquired during the application AP acquisition. 34 is displayed. In addition, the control unit 33 has a parallel acquisition function (see FIGS. 3 to 5) that acquires other unacquired contents in parallel while displaying already acquired contents such as a tutorial, and an already-displayed input unit 35 described later. A replacement function (see FIGS. 7 to 9) that replaces the acquisition order in the content list CL stored in the storage unit 32 when an input of a command to transition the display from the acquired content screen to the desired content screen is received. Is applicable. Note that such a function will be described in more detail in Section 2.

That is, the information processing by software (stored in the storage unit 32) is specifically realized by the hardware (control unit 33), and thus can be executed as the acquisition unit 331 and the replacement unit 332. In FIG. 2A, a single control unit 33 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of control units 33 may be provided for each function. It may be a combination thereof. Hereinafter, the acquisition unit 331 and the replacement unit 332 will be described in more detail.

[Acquisition unit 331]
The acquisition unit 331 is one in which information processing by software (stored in the storage unit 32) is specifically realized by hardware (control unit 33). The acquisition unit 331 acquires each content of the application AP stored in the server 2 via the communication unit 31 and the network N. In particular, it should be noted that the acquisition unit 331 acquires other unacquired contents in parallel while the display unit 34 described later is displaying at least one of already acquired contents (tutorial etc.) (parallel acquisition function). .. In addition, the acquisition unit 331 sequentially acquires unacquired content based on the acquisition order in the content list CL stored in the storage unit 32.

[Replacement unit 332]
The replacement unit 332 is one in which information processing by software (stored in the storage unit 32) is specifically realized by hardware (control unit 33). The replacement unit 332 replaces the acquisition order in the content list CL stored in the storage unit 32 when the input unit 35, which will be described later, receives an input of a command to transition the display from the already acquired content being displayed to the desired content. ..

<Display unit 34>
The display unit 34 may be included in the housing of the information processing device 3 or may be externally attached, for example. The display unit 34 displays a screen of a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be operated by the user U. This is preferably performed by properly using a display device such as a CRT display, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, and a plasma display according to the type of the information processing device 3. The display device can selectively display the GUI screen in response to a predetermined control signal from the control unit 33. As a supplement to the GUI, for example, a specific interface such as an input form or a radio button can be displayed.

The display unit 34 displays the image included in the already-acquired content while the acquisition unit 331 is acquiring the unacquired content (parallel acquisition function). For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 34 displays a tutorial screen (image) that is content for teaching the user U how to operate the application AP. For example, the display unit 34 displays a selection screen for selecting content (here, game elements α to γ) included in the application AP, as shown in FIG. In particular, by displaying the image of the meter 34d on the display unit 34, the user U can know how much of the capacity of all the contents included in the application AP has been acquired. For example, FIG. 4 shows that 19% of the capacity was acquired, and FIG. 5 shows that the capacity of 35% was acquired.

<Input unit 35>
The input unit 35 may be included in the housing of the information processing device 3 or may be externally attached. For example, the input unit 35 can be implemented as a touch panel integrally with the display unit 34. With the touch panel, the user U can input a tap operation, a swipe operation, and the like. Of course, a switch button, a mouse, a QWERTY keyboard, or the like may be adopted instead of the touch panel. That is, the input unit 35 receives an operation input made by the user U. The input is transferred as a command signal to the control unit 33 via the communication bus 30, and the control unit 33 can execute predetermined control and calculation as necessary.

In particular, the input unit 35 accepts an input of a command to change the display from the image included in the already acquired content being displayed to the image related to the desired content. For example, when the input unit 35 is a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit 34, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user U taps the button 34c on the selection screen, the application AP The input of a command to change the display to the screen (image) of the game element γ which is one content is accepted. Here, if the content (desired content) forming the game element γ is already acquired content, the control unit 33 causes the display unit 34 to display the screen of the game element γ based on the command. On the other hand, when the image of the content (desired content) forming the game element γ has not been acquired, the acquisition unit 331 preferentially acquires the unacquired content including the image (content forming the game element γ).

Similarly, when the user U performs a tap operation on the button 34a on the selection screen, the input of a command for transitioning the display to the screen of the game element α that is one content of the application AP is accepted. When the user U performs a tap operation on the button 34b on the selection screen, the input of a command to change the display to the screen of the game element β that is one content of the application AP is accepted.

2. Description of Each Function Section 2 describes each function implemented by the information processing device 3 according to the present embodiment.

2.1 Parallel Acquisition Function FIG. 3 is an activity diagram showing a parallel acquisition function implemented in the information processing device 3. FIG. 4 shows a mode in which the parallel acquisition function is executed while the tutorial screen is displayed, and FIG. 5 shows a mode in which the parallel acquisition function is executed while the selection screen is displayed. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the content list CL indicating the priority order of content acquisition. Hereinafter, the parallel acquisition function will be described along each activity in the activity diagram shown in FIG.

[from here]
(Activity A1)
The application AP is acquired by the program PG stored in the storage unit 32 of the information processing device 3. In activity A1, the acquisition unit 331 acquires the initial content included in the application AP. Here, the initial content is the minimum content necessary for the user U to use the application AP, and includes a title screen at the time of activation, a tutorial screen (see FIG. 4), or a selection screen for selecting each content ( (See FIG. 5) and the like are included. In the content list CL shown in FIG. 6, the contents A to C are initial contents, and in principle, they are preferentially acquired regardless of the replacement function described later. That is, the acquisition unit 331 preferentially acquires the selection screen content that can select each content or the tutorial content that describes each content.

(Activity A2)
After the activity A1 is completed, the activity A2 is executed in parallel with the activity A3 described later. In activity A2, the display unit 34 displays a screen related to the initial content acquired in activity A1.

(Activity A3)
After the completion of the activity A1, the activity A3 is executed in parallel with the above-mentioned activity A2. In activity A3, the acquisition unit 331 acquires the content having the highest acquisition order in the content list CL stored in the storage unit 32. The activity A3 is sequentially executed until there are no unacquired contents in the contents list CL.
[So far]

That is, the parallel acquisition function is executed by the activities A2 and A3 being processed in parallel. The parallel acquisition function allows the user U to start the application before the download of all the contents is completed. As a result, the waiting time is shortened, and the problems that the user U feels psychological stress and hesitates to install in the first place are alleviated.

2.2 Replacement Function FIG. 7 is an activity diagram regarding the priority order of content acquisition. 8 shows the content list CL in the case where unacquired content is selected, FIG. 9 shows the content list CL in which the replacement function is executed in the case shown in FIG. 8, and FIGS. 10A and 10B show 10 shows another example of FIG. Hereinafter, the replacement function will be described along each activity in the activity diagram shown in FIG. 7.

[from here]
(Activity A2)
The activity A2 is executed in parallel with the activity A3. In activity A2, the display unit 34 displays a selection screen (see FIG. 5) which is an example of initial content.

(Activity A3)
The activity A3 is executed in parallel with the activity A2. In activity A3, the acquisition unit 331 acquires the content having the highest acquisition order in the content list CL stored in the storage unit 32. The activity A3 is sequentially executed until there are no unacquired contents in the contents list CL. It should be noted that, in activities A4 and A5 described later, the acquisition order in the content list CL is changed, so that the activity A3 is executed based on the latest content list CL.

(Activity A4)
The activity A4 is executed at a timing desired by the user U during the execution of the activities A2 and A3. In activity A4, the input unit 35 accepts a command for transitioning from the selection screen being displayed by the display unit 34 to desired content. For example, when the user U performs a tap operation on the button 34c on the selection screen shown in FIG. 5, the input of a command for transitioning the display to the screen (image) of the game element γ which is one content of the application AP is accepted. ..

(Activity A5)
When the image of the game element γ desired in activity A4 is unacquired content, activity A5 is executed. In activity A5, the replacement unit 332 replaces the acquisition order in the content list CL stored in the storage unit 32 (replacement function). In the specific example shown in FIG. 8, the highest-level content in the content list CL when the activity A4 is executed is the content D (which constitutes the game element α), and the game element γ is the unacquired content. It is composed of H and I. The acquisition order of the contents H and I is lower than that of the contents D to G.

By executing the replacement function in the activity A5, the acquisition order of the contents H and I is switched to a higher rank as shown in FIG. In other words, the replacement unit 332 sets the acquisition order in the content list CL so that the acquisition of the content H, which is the desired content next to the content D that is currently being acquired (and subsequently the content I) is started. Replace.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the acquisition of the content D currently being acquired is interrupted, and the content H (then, the content I) that is the desired content is preferentially acquired. May be. That is, when the input unit 35 receives a command to transition to the screen of the game element γ (content H, I) that is the desired content, the acquisition unit 331 interrupts the acquisition of the content D that is currently being acquired, and the replacement unit 332. Replaces the acquisition order in the content list CL so that the acquisition of the desired content is started.

(Activity A6)
When the acquisition of the contents H and I that constitute the desired game element γ is completed, the display unit 34 transitions to the screen of the game element γ and displays it. It should be noted that the screen related to the content H (a part of the game element γ) may be displayed after the acquisition of the content H is completed, or the game element γ may be displayed after the acquisition of both of the contents H and I constituting the game element γ is completed. May be displayed.
[So far]

That is, the exchange function by the activities A4 and A5 can be executed during the execution of the activity A3. As a result, the content desired by the user U is preferentially acquired. As a result, the waiting time becomes shorter, and the problems that the user feels psychological stress and hesitates to install in the first place are alleviated.

3. Others The replacement function described above may be further creatively devised.

Generally, the application AP stored in the server 2 may be upgraded afterwards and content may be added. Such additional content may become a topic, and the number of users U who have their computers acquire the application AP in the market may increase. It is assumed that such users U have acquired the application AP for the purpose of additional content.

Therefore, when the server 2 stores the updated additional content (new content), the acquisition unit 331 preferably preferentially acquires the content. Here, FIG. 11 shows a content list CL when new contents are added to the server 2 and the contents Y and Z which form the game element ν are added, and FIG. 12 shows the case where the contents are shown in FIG. The content list CL for which the replacement function has been executed is shown. That is, based on the updated date and time associated with the additional content, the replacement unit 332 replaces the acquisition order so that the additional content contents Y and Z are preferentially acquired next to the initial content. Good.

4. Conclusion As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the program PG in which the waiting time of the user U which has conventionally occurred is suppressed by the installation time of the application AP and the loading time of each content. Such a program PG may be provided as a non-transitory recording medium that can be read by a computer (information processing device 3), may be provided so as to be downloadable from an external server 2, or an external computer. Then, the program may be started, and so-called cloud computing may be carried out in which each function can be carried out by the client terminal.

That is, a program for acquiring an application including a plurality of contents, the computer configured to be able to acquire the plurality of contents from a server via a network, to function as a display unit, an input unit and an acquisition unit, The display unit displays an image included in the already-acquired content that has been acquired during acquisition of the plurality of contents, and the input unit outputs a command to transition the display from the image being displayed to a desired image. A program is provided that receives an input, and when the desired image corresponding to the command has not been acquired, the acquisition unit preferentially acquires unacquired content including the desired image.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the information processing device 3 in which the waiting time of the user U that has conventionally occurred is suppressed by the installation time of the application AP and the loading time of each content.

That is, the information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a display unit, and an input unit, the acquisition unit executes an installer of an application including a plurality of contents, and the plurality of contents from a server via a network. The display unit displays an image included in the already-acquired content that has been acquired during the acquisition of the plurality of contents, and the input unit displays a desired image from the displayed image. An information processing apparatus receives an input of a command to make a transition, wherein the acquisition unit preferentially acquires unacquired content including the image when the desired image corresponding to the command is not acquired. Provided.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the system 1 in which the waiting time of the user U which has conventionally occurred is suppressed by the installation time of the application AP and the loading time of each content.

That is, the system includes a server and an information processing device, the server stores an application including a plurality of contents, and the information processing device is configured to be connectable to the server via a network, An acquisition unit, a display unit, and an input unit are provided, the acquisition unit acquires the plurality of contents from the server via a network, and the display unit acquires the plurality of contents during acquisition. The image included in the already-acquired content that has been completed is displayed, and the input unit receives an input of a command to transition the display from the image being displayed to a desired image, where the acquiring unit A system is provided that preferentially acquires unacquired content including the image when the corresponding desired image is not acquired.

Although various embodiments according to the present invention have been described, these are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. The embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the scope equivalent thereto.

1: System 2: Server 3: Information processing device 30: Communication bus 31: Communication unit 32: Storage unit 33: Control unit 331: Acquisition unit 332: Replacement unit 34: Display unit 34a: Button 34b: Button 34c: Button 34d: Meter 35: Input part AP: Application CL: Content list N: Network PG: Program U: User

Claims (8)

An application pump program that includes a plurality of game elements,
A computer configured to be capable of acquiring the plurality of game elements from a server via a network functions as a display unit, an input unit, and an acquisition unit,
Wherein the display unit, prior to all of the acquisition of the plurality of game elements from the start of acquisition of the plurality of game element is completed, an image was displayed in the first game element acquisition is completed,
The input unit receives an input of a command for transitioning the display to the image of the second game element selected from the game elements that can transit from the first game element being displayed,
The acquisition unit, the second game element may be not acquired, to acquire the second game element preferentially,
Application program. In the application program according to claim 1,
The display unit displays an image of the second game element after the acquisition of the second game element is completed,
Application program . In the application program according to claim 1 or 2,
Further functioning the computer as a replacement unit,
The replacement unit enables replacement of the acquisition order of an unacquired game element among the plurality of game elements after displaying the image of the first game element.
Application program . In the application program according to claim 3 ,
The replacement unit, so that the acquisition of the following to the second game element of game element currently being acquired is initiated, replacing the previous SL acquisition order,
Application program. In the application program according to claim 3 ,
When the input unit receives the command, the acquisition unit interrupts the acquisition of the game element currently being acquired,
The interchanging unit, as acquired in the second game element is started, switching the pre Symbol acquisition order,
Application program. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The plurality of game elements includes a game tutorial,
The acquisition unit acquires the first game element after acquiring the game elements that form the tutorial,
Application program . An information processing device,
An acquisition unit, a display unit, and an input unit are provided,
The acquisition unit executes an application program including a plurality of game elements, and obtains a plurality of game elements through a network from a server,
Wherein the display unit, prior to all of the acquisition of the plurality of game elements from the start of acquisition of the plurality of game element is completed, an image was displayed in the first game element acquisition is completed,
The input unit receives an input of a command for transitioning the display to a second game element selected from game elements that can transit from the first game element being displayed,
Here, the acquisition unit, the second game element may be not acquired, to acquire the second game element preferentially,
Information processing device. A system,
A server and an information processing device,
The server stores an application program including a plurality of game elements ,
The information processing device,
It is configured to be connectable to the server via a network, and includes an acquisition unit, a display unit, and an input unit,
The acquisition unit acquires the plurality of game elements from the server via a network,
Wherein the display unit, prior to all of the acquisition of the plurality of game elements from the start of acquisition of the plurality of game element is completed, an image was displayed in the first game element acquisition is completed,
The input unit receives an input of a command for transitioning the display to a second game element selected from game elements that can transit from the first game element being displayed,
Here, the acquisition unit, the second game element may be not acquired, to acquire the second game element preferentially,
system.