WO2012053343A1

WO2012053343A1 - Information processing system, information processing method, information processing program, computer-readable recording medium on which information processing program is stored

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Publication number: WO2012053343A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/072765
Authority: WO
Inventors: 俊哉池長; 攻太田; 前川　博俊
Original assignee: 株式会社ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント
Priority date: 2010-10-19
Filing date: 2011-10-03
Publication date: 2012-04-26
Also published as: JP2012085821A

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system capable of adding a new function without changing an application program itself. An information processing system comprises an execution means for executing an application, an execution information acquisition means for acquiring execution information based on the execution of the application, a determination unit for determining whether or not the execution information matches a preset condition, and an output information generation means for generating output information corresponding to the condition when the determination unit determines that the execution information matches the condition.

Description

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a computer readable recording medium storing the information processing program.

There is known a technique for executing an application created to be executed by a dedicated device on a different device or the like using an emulator.

However, such an application as described above can not provide new functions that are created to be executed by a device dedicated to the application and are not included in the application.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an information processing system capable of providing a new function not included in an application, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a computer readable computer storing the information processing program It aims at providing a recording medium.

In the information processing system according to the present invention, an execution means for executing an application, an execution information acquisition means for acquiring execution information based on the execution of the application, and whether or not the execution information matches a preset condition. The apparatus includes: a determination unit that determines the output; and an output information generation unit that generates output information according to the condition if the determination is determined to match the condition.

The information processing method according to the present invention executes an application, acquires execution information based on the execution of the application, determines whether the execution information matches a preset condition, and the determination unit determines the information. If it is determined that the condition is met, output information corresponding to the condition is generated.

An information processing program according to the present invention determines an execution means for executing an application, an execution information acquisition means for acquiring execution information based on the execution of the application, and whether the execution information meets a preset condition. A determination unit, and when the determination unit determines that the condition is met, the computer system functions as output information generation means for generating output information according to the condition.

In the information processing system according to the present invention, whether an execution means for executing an application, an image information acquisition means for acquiring image information generated based on the execution of the application, and the image information match predetermined conditions It has determination means for determining whether or not it is image processing using image processing, and output information generation means for generating output information according to the condition when the determination means determines that the condition is met.

The information processing method according to the present invention executes an application, acquires image information generated based on the execution of the application, and uses image processing to determine whether the image information matches a preset condition. If it is determined that the condition is met, output information corresponding to the condition is generated.

An information processing program according to the present invention comprises an execution means for executing an application, an image information acquisition means for acquiring image information generated based on the execution of the application, and whether or not the image information meets predetermined conditions. Is determined using image processing, and when the determination means determines that the condition is met, the computer is functioned as output information generation means for generating output information according to the condition.

It is possible to provide an information processing system, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a computer readable recording medium storing the information processing program, to which a new function not included in the application can be added.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the information processing system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the terminal in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the terminal in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the virtual machine in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the functional structure of the management server in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the setting screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the management information in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the management information in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the management information in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the management information in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the tree structure of the tournament table | surface in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of the start screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the functional structure of each virtual machine in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the format of a memory | storage of the checkpoint data storage part in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating detection of the checkpoint in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the functional structure of the process information execution part in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the format of the memory | storage of the checkpoint detection result memory | storage part in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the output information in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the output information in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a display at the time of detecting the last checkpoint in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the ranking screen in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the flow of a process of a terminal, a management server, and a virtual machine until execution of a game program is started. It is a figure for demonstrating the flow of a process of each virtual machine after execution of a game program is started. It is a figure for demonstrating the functional structure of the virtual machine in the modification of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the functional structure of the process information execution part in the modification of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or equivalent elements will be denoted by the same reference symbols, without redundant description.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system according to the present embodiment includes a cloud platform 100 and one or more terminals 102. The cloud platform 100 and the terminal 102 are connected via the network 101.

The cloud infrastructure 100 includes a management server 103, one or more virtual machines (VMs) 104 described later, and one or more databases (DBs) 105. Note that the cloud base 100 mentioned here is a so-called use form of a computer based on the network 101, and refers to a base for a user to use computer processing as a service via the network.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal 102 includes a control unit 201, a communication unit 202, a storage unit 203, a display unit 204, and an operation unit 205. Each unit 201-205 is connected via a bus 206.

The control unit 201 is, for example, a CPU or an MPU, and operates according to a program stored in the storage unit 203. The storage unit 203 is, for example, an information recording medium such as a hard disk, a ROM, or a RAM, and is an information recording medium that holds a program executed by the control unit 201. The storage unit 203 also operates as a work memory of the control unit 201. The program processed by the control unit 201 may be downloaded and provided, for example, via the network 101, or various information readable by a computer such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM. It may be provided by a recording medium. The operation unit 205 includes, for example, an interface such as a keyboard, a mouse, a controller, and a button, and outputs the content of the instruction operation to the control unit 201 according to the instruction operation of the user. The display unit 204 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, a CRT display, an organic EL display, or the like, and displays information in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 201.

The configuration of the terminal 102 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. Further, since the database 105 and the management server 103 are also configured to include the control unit 201, the communication unit 202, and the storage unit 203 similar to the above, detailed description will be omitted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the appearance of the terminal. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal 102 includes, for example, a direction key 301, a plurality of buttons 302, and an analog operation unit 303 as the operation unit 205, and a display screen 304 as the display unit 204.

The direction key 301 has, for example, an upward direction key, a downward direction key, a rightward direction key, and a leftward direction key. With the direction key 301, for example, the user moves the object on the screen up, down, left, and right. In addition, the plurality of buttons 302 respectively have marks such as a, b, c, d, and the like. For example, by pressing these buttons 302, the user can execute processing according to the respective buttons defined by the executed application.

The analog operation unit 303 is capable of, for example, tilting operation from a predetermined reference position, and the user inputs the amount of tilt of the analog operation unit 303 from the reference position and the input information according to the tilt direction. For example, the user can use the analog operation unit 303 to tilt the object displayed on the display screen 304 in a desired direction according to the tilt amount and the tilt direction. . The display screen 304 corresponds to the display screen 304 of the display unit 204, and displays, for example, an image or the like according to an application.

The appearance of the terminal 102 and the configurations of the operation unit 205 and the display unit 204 illustrated in FIG. 3 are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these. For example, the operation unit 205 may be formed by a touch panel displayed on the display unit 204, and the display unit 204 may be a display screen such as a CRT or a monitor formed by a liquid crystal display device. Furthermore, the number of direction keys 301, the plurality of buttons 302, and the analog operation unit 303 may be other numbers, and the terminal 102 may be other buttons such as a start button or a select button (not shown) or an acceleration sensor And the like.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the virtual machine shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the cloud platform 100 includes a virtual machine control unit 401 and physical machines 402 connected to the virtual machine control unit 401.

As shown in FIG. 4, a hypervisor 403 is provided on each physical machine 402, and one or more virtual machines (VMs) 104 are launched on the hypervisor 403. The hypervisor 403 is software that launches and controls the virtual machine 104 on each physical machine 402 without the need for the help of a general-purpose OS. Also, the virtual machine 104 is a virtual creation of a set of CPU and memory as known. Needless to say, each physical machine 402 is a computer formed by a CPU, a memory, and the like.

Each virtual machine 104 has an OS 404 and an application 405. Note that the program processed by the virtual machine 104 corresponds to one of the applications 405. The virtual machine control unit 401 generates one or more virtual machines 104 on the physical machine 402. Specifically, this is performed by allocating and controlling resources of the physical machine 402 (for example, resources such as CPU processing time and memory capacity) to the virtual machine 104 via the hypervisor 403.

That is, installation and execution of a program in the virtual machine 104 described below are actually performed by the physical machine 402. For example, a plurality of programs including the program according to the present embodiment are stored in a storage unit configured by a memory or the like in the physical machine 402, and the program according to the present embodiment is actually one or more of the physical machine 402 It is executed by the CPU of. At this time, one or a plurality of CPUs of the physical machine 402 are also used for the plurality of programs, for example, the processing time of one or a plurality of CPUs is divided and a part thereof is executed in the program of the present embodiment It is executed by being assigned to The configuration of the virtual machine (information processing means) described above is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the functional configuration of the management server. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the management server 103 includes a setting image information distribution unit 501, an operation information acquisition unit 502, a management information setting unit 503, an execution information acquisition unit 508, a thumbnail image information generation unit 509, and an execution information transmission unit. A start image distribution unit 512, a virtual machine allocation unit 514, and a virtual machine control unit 515 are provided.

The setting image information distribution unit 501 distributes, to the terminal 102, image information on game settings such as a screen for the user to select a game described later and a screen for selecting a play format, according to a user's instruction. . The operation information acquisition unit 502 acquires operation information related to the user's operation instruction such as a user's game selection operation instruction described later and a group selection instruction. The management information setting unit 503 includes a group information storage unit 504, an opponent information storage unit 505, a tournament information storage unit 506, and an update unit 507.

Specifically, for example, description will be made with reference to FIGS. 6 (A) to 6 (H). The setting image information distribution unit 501 distributes, for example, image information on a game selection screen as shown in FIG. 6A to the terminal 102 corresponding to the user, in response to the user's game selection screen request. The user selects a desired game while referring to the game selection screen displayed on the display unit 204 of the corresponding terminal 102. At this time, the game selection screen may show information related to the game, such as the title of each game, an image, the number of people who have played the game, and the like. Also, for example, when the game is formed from a part of a predetermined game, for example, one course of a race game, it is necessary for the course name or a plurality of players to clear the part of the game. It may also be displayed on the shortest time of the time, that is, displaying the top time. The related image information is acquired, for example, from the database 105 by the setting image information distribution unit 501.

When a game is selected, the setting image information distribution unit 501 sends, to the terminal 102, image information on the play format selection screen to select the play format of the selected game as shown in FIG. 6B, for example. To deliver. The user selects a play format or the like while referring to the play format selection screen displayed on the display unit 204 of the terminal 102.

Here, when a battle play is selected, the setting image information distribution unit 501 distributes, to the terminal 102, image information for displaying, for example, an opponent setting screen as shown in FIG. 6C. For example, the user drags, to the opponent window 602, another user name similarly selected in the opponent game displayed in the opponent possible opponent window 601 of the opponent setting screen displayed on the terminal 102. You can select an opponent. Specifically, FIG. 6C shows the case where the user 1 selects the user 2 as an opponent. Here, a user name in which moving image data or the like of the user, which will be described later, is recorded may be displayed in the competition possible opponent window 601. In this case, for example, the user can perform battle play, tournament play, etc. in a pseudo-synchronous manner although it is actually asynchronous.

When the opponent is determined, the opponent information storage unit 505 stores the user identification information of the opponent determined as described above as the opponent information together with the identification information of the game. Here, as shown in FIG. 7A, the opponent information storage unit 505 further includes, for example, rank identification information for identifying rank information indicating the proficiency level of the selected game for each user, or the like, as shown in FIG. Other related information, for example, a friend list registered by each user or a group name may be further associated and stored.

When the tournament play is selected, for example, image information for displaying a tournament setting screen as shown in FIG. 6 (E) is distributed to the terminal 102. The user can participate in the tournament, for example, by selecting the nodes 1 to 4 displayed on the tournament setting screen displayed on the terminal 102. Specifically, FIG. 6E shows the case where user 1 selects node 1 and user 2 selects node 3, and node 2 and node 4 are not selected. When the tournament table is determined (for example, the users of the nodes 1 to 4 are determined), the tournament information storage unit 506, for example, as shown in FIG. 7B, the game identification information of the selected game, the tournament The information identifying the nodes of the table and the user identification information are associated and stored as tournament information in the form of a table. The tournament information storage unit 506 further holds, for each game identification information, a tree structure in which node identification information is associated with each node shown in FIG. 8 as tournament information, and based on these. The combination of the users competing in each match of the tournament is determined. Here, a user name on which moving image data or the like of the user, which will be described later, is recorded may be displayed on the node of the tournament. In this case, for example, the user can play tournament play asynchronously but pseudo-simultaneously. In addition, the said tournament information storage part may link | relate and memorize | store also the rank information etc. of each user similarly to the above.

When the group competition play or the group tournament play is selected, for example, image information for displaying a tournament setting screen as shown in FIG. 6 (D) is distributed to the terminal 102. The user can select a group to which the user belongs while referring to the display on the group setting screen displayed on the terminal 102, for example. At this time, it may be possible to determine the priority of the users included in the group and the leader who has representative rights of each group. The group information storage unit 504 stores the group set as described above in association with the game identification information of the selected game, the user identification information, and the group identification information as shown in FIG. 7C, for example. Do. The group information storage unit 504 may further store, in addition to the user identification information, leader identification information indicating whether the user is a leader in the group, priority identification information on priority, the above rank information, and the like. . For example, as shown in FIGS. 6 (F) and 6 (G), the format for group battle play and group tournament play is shown in FIGS. 6 (C) and 6 (E), except that an opponent is selected as a group instead of the user. The detailed description is omitted because it is the same as the case. It should be noted that, for example, the user set as the leader of each group may be configured to select the opponent in FIG. 6 (F) (G).

When watching a game is selected, for example, a thumbnail menu screen in which a plurality of pieces of image information currently generated by each virtual machine 104 shown in FIG. . Then, when the user refers to the thumbnail display and selects a desired thumbnail image (for example, corresponding to an instruction from the terminal 102), the corresponding image information is displayed on the display unit 204 of the terminal 102. It is needless to say that the thumbnail menu may be displayed together with related information including the above-described play format, groups, user ranks, and the like.

In this case, specifically, the execution information acquisition unit 508 acquires image information generated by each virtual machine 104 to be described later, and the thumbnail image information generation unit 509 generates the image information shown in FIG. Image information for generating a thumbnail menu screen in which a plurality of the thumbnail images are arranged as shown is generated, and is transmitted to the terminal 102 corresponding to the user who has selected watching. Then, the user instructs to select a desired thumbnail, and in response to this, the execution information transmission unit 510 transmits image data corresponding to the thumbnail to the terminal 102. This allows the user to watch the desired game. In the above description, after the game is selected, it is configured to be able to select watching on the play type selection screen, but it may be configured to be able to select watching on the game selection screen.

Further, the image information displayed as a thumbnail shown in FIG. 6H may include the image information stored in the execution information storage unit 511. In this case, the execution information acquisition unit 508 acquires the image information stored in the execution information storage unit 511, and the thumbnail image information generation unit 509 determines the thumbnail as shown in FIG. 6H from the image information. Image information for generating a thumbnail menu screen including a plurality of images is generated and transmitted to the terminal 102 that has selected to watch. The execution information storage unit 511 is configured to, for example, acquire, from the execution information acquisition unit 508, image information related to a specific scene specified by the user in response to an operation instruction from the watching user. You may This enables, for example, storage of a play collection of a specific scene. Further, although the image information has been described above, the image information may be moving image information or may include other information such as audio information. The thumbnail menu screen may further display various information corresponding to each thumbnail image, such as a user name, a rank of the user, a play time, a play format, and the like. Also, for example, the execution information transmission unit 510 is configured to transmit the image information corresponding to the user stored in the execution information storage unit 511 according to the user's instruction (instruction from the terminal) as described above. May be Further, for example, based on the execution information corresponding to the user stored in the execution information storage unit 511, the virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user generates image information corresponding to the user, and the image information is converted to the virtual machine 104. Alternatively, the execution information transmission unit 510 may be configured to transmit the image information to the user.

Also, the execution information storage unit 511 may be configured to store execution information of the execution unit 806 of the virtual machine 104 described later, for example, in response to a user's play recording instruction to the terminal 102. In this case, for example, the execution section 806 can execute a game program using the stored execution information as described later, thereby uploading a play scene of a certain game program.

The start image distribution unit 512 distributes the start image to each terminal 102 in accordance with the management information such as the opponent information and the tournament information. Note that, for example, the distribution of the start image may be configured to be started in response to an instruction of a predetermined user (for example, a leader of a group), or a predetermined period has elapsed after determination of an opponent or the like. It may be started in some cases.

Specifically, for example, the case where the identification information of the selected game is g1 and the opponent information is shown in FIG. 7A will be described. In this case, since the user identification information u1 to u3 is stored in the opponent information storage unit 505, the start image is distributed to each terminal 102 corresponding to the user identification information u1 to u3.

Also, for example, in the case where the identification information of the selected game is g1 and the tournament information is as shown in FIG. 7 (B) and FIG. 8, one round of the tournament corresponds to the node identification information n1 and n2 from FIG. User's battle, and the user's battle corresponding to the node identification information n3 and n4. As shown in FIG. 7B, the node identification information n1 to n4 correspond to the user identification information u1 to u4, respectively. The start image is distributed to each terminal 102 corresponding to the user identification information u1 to u4. Similarly, since the second round of the tournament is a match between the users corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3, the start image is distributed to the terminals 102 corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3. In the above, regarding the second round of the tournament, although the user who lost the first round (corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4) has been described as not watching the second round, the user desires to watch the second round In this case, the start image may be transmitted to the terminal 102 corresponding to the user. The terminal 102 to which the start image is transmitted is hereinafter referred to as a target terminal 102.

Each target terminal 102 displays a start image based on the distributed start image information. The start image information is stored, for example, in the start image storage unit 513 in association with the game identification information, and the start image distribution unit 512 executes the start image information based on the game identification information of the selected game. You just get it.

Further, for example, the start image storage unit 513 may store an object image and position information on the start image of the object image in association with the start image information. In this case, the start image distribution unit 512 generates start image information to be displayed in addition to the start image by reproduction of the start image information according to the position information, and distributes the start image information. The object image may have, for example, audio information or may be a moving image.

Specifically, for example, the case where the selected game is a racing game will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, if the scene before the start is the start image and the object image is an object image of a signal as shown in FIG. 9B, the start image distribution unit An image 512 (FIG. 9C) is generated by superposing the object image shown in FIG. 9B on the start image shown in FIG. 9A according to the position information. Are distributed to the corresponding target terminal 102. The object image of the signal may be, for example, a moving image that changes from red to blue along with a countdown by voice. Although the case where the start image is stored in advance in the start image storage unit 513 has been described above, the start image is also generated when each virtual machine 104 described later starts executing the program. It may be configured.

The virtual machine allocation unit 514 allocates a virtual machine 104 to each target terminal 102, and transmits identification information of the selected game to each virtual machine 104. Further, the virtual machine allocation unit 514 further transmits the group information, the opponent information, the tournament information (hereinafter referred to as management information) and the like together with the selected play format etc. according to the selected play format etc. It is also good. Thus, each virtual machine 104 can grasp the selected game, play format, user identification information, and the like. The virtual machine control unit 515 controls the virtual machine 104 assigned to each target terminal 102.

Specifically, for example, when 1P play is selected, the virtual machine allocation unit 514 allocates the virtual machine 104 to the terminal 102, and the virtual machine control unit 515 determines the allocated virtual machine 104. The related information including the game identification information of the selected game and the user identification information is transmitted, and the execution of the game program having the game identification information is instructed to be started. In response to the instruction, the virtual machine 104 starts execution of the game program using snapshot information stored corresponding to the game program, which will be described in detail later.

When a battle game is selected, for example, the virtual machine allocation unit 514 allocates the virtual machine 104 to each terminal 102 corresponding to the user selected as the opponent based on the opponent information. Specifically, in the case of FIG. 7A, since the user identification information u1 to u3 are stored as the opponent information, each virtual machine 104 is assigned to each terminal 102 corresponding to the user identification information u1 to u3. assign. The virtual machine control unit 515 transmits game identification information, user identification information, and the like of the selected game to each of the allocated virtual machines 104, and synchronously starts execution of the game program having the game identification information. To tell. This allows the user to play battle play simultaneously.

When the tournament play is selected, for example, the virtual machine allocation unit 514 allocates each virtual machine 104 according to the tournament information. Specifically, for example, when the tournament information is shown in FIG. 7B and FIG. 8, the game program is one course of the race, and the game program is started and ended in the virtual machine 104 for the one course. Will be described. In the first round (round identification information is equivalent to 1), the virtual machine control unit 515 corresponds to the user identification information u1 to u4, since it is a battle of users corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u2 and u3 and u4. Command each virtual machine 104 to synchronize and start the game program. In the second round, the virtual machine control unit 515 synchronizes the execution of the game program on each virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3, since it is a battle of the users corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3. Tell them to start. In this case, a virtual machine corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3 so that the user corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4 can watch the second round of the tournament (the round identification information is equivalent to 2) It may be configured to instruct the terminal 102 corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4 to transmit the image information by the execution of the game program. Although the above has been described as an example of tournaments up to the second round, it goes without saying that the same processing as described above is performed when there are the third round, the fourth round, and the like.

When the group match is selected, the virtual machine assignment unit 514 assigns each virtual machine 104 according to the group match information, and the virtual machine control unit 515 selects each virtual machine 104 according to the group match information. Control. Specifically, for example, in the case shown in FIG. 7C, a case where the game program is one race course and the game program is executed by the virtual machine 104 for the one course will be described. Since the first match is a match of the users corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3, the virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3 is instructed to start the execution of the game program. At this time, the terminal corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4 the image information by the execution of the game program so that the user corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4 can watch the competition of the users corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u2. It may be configured to instruct 102 to transmit. Since the second match is a match of the users corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4, the virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4 is instructed to start the execution of the game program. At this time, similarly, in order to allow the user corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3 to watch the competition of the user corresponding to the user identification information u2 and u4, the image information by the execution of the game program is displayed as the user identification information u1 and u3. May be transmitted to the terminal 102 corresponding to

When a group tournament is selected, for example, the virtual machine assignment unit 514 assigns each virtual machine 104 according to the group match information and the group tournament information. Then, the virtual machine control unit 515 controls each virtual machine 104 according to the group match information and the group tournament information. Specifically, for example, in the cases shown in FIGS. 7C and 7D, the game program is one course of the race, and the execution of the game program is started in the virtual machine 104 for the one course. The case of termination will be described. Since the first match is a match between groups corresponding to the group identification information G1 and G2 and G3 and G4, a user (for example, a user having a priority of 1 (the priority identification information is equivalent to 1) of each group) It instructs the virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user corresponding to the identification information u1 and u3 to start the execution of the game program synchronously. Since the next match of the first match is a user with a priority of 2 in each group (for example, a user corresponding to user identification information u2 and u4), a virtual corresponding to a user with a priority of 2 It instructs the machine 104 to start the game program synchronously. Since the second match is a match between G1 and G3, the emulation of the virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user with a priority of G1 and G3 (for example, the user corresponding to the user identification information u1) is synchronized. Tell them to start. Likewise, the same processing is performed until the end of the tournament.

The configuration of the management server 103 is not limited to the above, and can be replaced by a configuration substantially the same as the above configuration, a configuration having the same operation and effect, or a configuration capable of achieving the same purpose. . For example, the examples described as the battle play, the tournament play, the group battle play, the group tournament play, and the like described above are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, the tournament may be other forms such as a brute force, a winning game, a winning game, etc. besides the above. The contents competed in a tournament or the like include the score obtained by each user in the game, the score within a predetermined period, the time taken to a certain point, the above-mentioned score and time in the whole group, and the like. Also, although each match in the tournament has been described as an example where the match is played for every two users, it may be played for every other person, and the tournament table has a different format. It is also good. Further, in the above example, in the case of a battle play or the like played by a plurality of people, an example in which the virtual machine 104 is synchronized to execute the game program has been described, but as described later The game may be played with the recorded moving image). Further, in addition to the above configuration, the management server 103 has, for example, time management means for managing the time from when each user starts using the game program as described above to when the use is ended, and based on the time Charge information may be generated and held, or the use of each user may be managed on a monthly basis.

Next, the functional configuration of each virtual machine 104 will be described using FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, each virtual machine 104 includes, for example, a snapshot acquisition unit 801, a game acquisition unit 803, a time measurement unit 805, an execution unit 806, an execution control unit 807, a checkpoint detection unit 808, and an execution information acquisition unit. And 809, a processing information execution unit 813, a compression unit 814, a transmission unit 815, and a checkpoint data setting unit 818.

The snapshot acquisition unit 801 acquires game identification information of the selected game from the management server 103, and based on the game identification information, snapshot information stored from the snapshot storage unit 802 in association with the identification information. To get Here, snapshot information refers to an execution unit (to be described later), that is, an execution state (a memory, a register, a value of a program counter, etc.) of a game device reproduced by, for example, an emulator or simulator The case corresponds to the execution state of the game machine. The snapshot storage unit 802 corresponds to, for example, one of the databases 105 shown in FIG. 1. The snapshot information is further stored in association with the user identification information and the rank information of the user, and the snapshot acquisition unit 801 is based on the identification information and the rank information of the user acquired from the management server 103. It may be configured to acquire snapshot information. In this case, for example, when a user with a low rank competes with a user with a high rank for one race game course, a user with a low rank starts from a place where the course goes ahead of a user with a high rank, etc. Can be handy.

The game acquisition unit 803 acquires game identification information of the selected game program from the management server 103, and acquires a corresponding game program from the game storage unit 804 based on the game identification information. The game storage unit 804 corresponds to, for example, one of the databases 105 shown in FIG. 1.

The time measuring unit 805 is, for example, an elapsed time from the start of execution of a game program by the execution unit 806 described later, a time from detection of a certain checkpoint by the checkpoint detection unit 808 to detection of another checkpoint, etc. Measure the set time. Further, the time measurement unit 805 may be configured to start or end measurement of time according to an instruction of the user.

The execution unit 806 executes the game program acquired by the game acquisition unit 803 in response to the control signal from the execution control unit 807. The execution control unit 807 controls the execution of the game program of the execution unit 806. Specifically, for example, when the simultaneous play is selected, execution of the execution unit 806 is started in response to an instruction to start execution of a game program from the management server 103, or a check point described later When the detection unit 808 detects the last check point (for example, corresponding to the goal screen of the race game), the detection unit 808 instructs to stop the execution of the execution unit 806 or the like. Here, the execution unit 806 uses, for example, the snapshot information acquired by the snapshot acquisition unit 801 when starting the execution of the game program. This enables, for example, the start from a predetermined predetermined stage of the game program. Here, the execution unit 806 corresponds to, for example, an emulator or simulator of a game device for the game program, or the game device.

The execution information acquisition unit 809 acquires execution information generated by the execution of the game program of the execution unit 806. The execution information includes image information and moving image information generated by the execution of the game program, sound information, information indicating the internal state of the execution unit 806 (memory, register, value of program counter, etc.), and the like. Also, the execution information acquisition unit 809 may be configured to acquire execution information from the execution information storage unit 810 according to, for example, a user's instruction, or from the execution information acquisition unit 809 of another virtual machine 104. It may be configured to acquire execution information. In this case, for example, by using the execution information of the same or another user, the play scene can be uploaded and the game can be executed from the play screen. Here, the execution information stored in the execution information storage unit 810 corresponds to, for example, the execution information generated by the execution unit 806 of the same or another virtual machine 104. Also, for example, when the same game is being played by a plurality of players, such as in a match play, etc., when the user instructs to temporarily stop the game (for example, when the pause button is pressed), the execution information The storage unit 810 may store execution information until the stop, and when instructed to resume the game, the game may be resumed based on the execution information at the time of the stop. . In this case, the user who can instruct the stop and restart may be configured in advance.

The execution information transmission unit 811 transmits, for example, image information included in the execution information acquired by the execution information acquisition unit 809 to the management server 103. For example, as described above, the management server 103 transmits the image information to the terminal 102 corresponding to the user who has selected to watch. In addition, the execution information transmission unit 811 may transmit the image information to the terminal 102 corresponding to the user who has selected the direct watching without the intervention of the management server 103. Thereby, for example, the user mentioned above can watch the game of another user.

The check point detection unit 808 detects a check point set in advance based on the above execution information, and together with the check point identification information for identifying the detected check point, the processing information of the processing information corresponding to the check point Send to the execution unit 813.

Specifically, for example, the checkpoint detection unit 808 acquires a condition information address and a processing information address for detecting a checkpoint from the checkpoint data storage unit 812 based on the game identification information of the selected game. Do. Here, as shown in FIG. 11, for example, the checkpoint data storage unit 812 stores game identification information, condition information addresses, and processing information addresses in the form of a table, and the checkpoint detection unit 808 is selected. Based on the game identification information of the game, the condition information address of the game is acquired, and it is determined whether the execution information matches the condition information stored in the condition information address. For example, in the case of the example of FIG. 11, when the identification information of the selected game is g1, the checkpoint detection unit 808 acquires each condition information having the condition information addresses c1 to c4, and the execution information indicates the respective conditions. Determine if the information matches.

Here, each condition information is stored corresponding to each checkpoint during execution of the game program, for example, a preset scene or action. The checkpoint detection unit 808 can detect one or more checkpoints set in advance, depending on whether the acquired execution state matches each condition according to the respective condition information.

More specifically, for example, the condition information may be all or part of a specific pattern or feature of image information or audio information generated by the execution unit 806 in a specific situation, or a specific program counter or register. The check point detection unit 808 determines whether the execution information generated by the execution unit 806 matches the particular pattern, feature amount, or the like. In addition, as to whether or not the particular pattern, feature quantity, etc. match, for example, the check point detection unit 808 sets the execution information generated by the execution unit 806 with respect to the particular feature quantity, etc. It is performed by determining whether it is within a predetermined range included in the information. Specifically, for example, image recognition, voice recognition, character recognition or the like may be used for the determination.

Here, for example, the selected game will be described using the example of the race game. As shown in FIG. 12, for example, when an image showing a map 110 of a race course is displayed and position information of a car to be operated is displayed in a specific color, an image of the map 110 of the race course is displayed. The check point may be detected by recognizing whether the color of the predetermined position has changed from the color of the course to the specific color as a feature amount by image recognition or the like. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, the range in which the image is recognized may be a partial range 111 of the display range. The check point may be detected by performing image recognition, character recognition, and the like on special images, characters, and the like in the middle of the race game.

When the check point detection unit 808 detects a certain check point (when it is determined that the check point detection unit 808 matches a certain condition information), the process information execution unit 813 associates the check point data storage unit 812 with the check point (condition information). The stored processing information is acquired from the checkpoint data storage unit 812. Specifically, processing information is acquired based on the processing information address acquired from the checkpoint detection unit 808. And the process based on the said process information is performed. The process is, for example, an output process of image information, sound information, etc., and outputs an image, sound, etc. based on the processing information in addition to the image, sound, etc. generated by execution of the game program by the execution unit 806 Processing, processing for outputting an image displayed after the end of the game, and the like. Also, for example, the processing information associated with the last checkpoint may be configured to correspond to the processing for stopping the execution of the game program of the execution unit 806. Further, for example, the processing information may be configured to recognize the rank information of the user according to a predetermined image or the like and to update the rank information. Further, the checkpoint data setting unit 818 may be configured to change or set the processing information in accordance with the management information from the management server, the instruction of the user, or the like. Also, for example, different processing may be performed depending on whether the battle play or the tournament play is performed or not (for example, when 1P play is selected). Good. In this case, for example, different processing information may be acquired according to the play format or the like, and the processing may be executed.

Here, an example of a functional configuration of the processing information execution unit 813 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 13 and the example of the race game. The checkpoint detection result transmission unit 211 transmits information (checkpoint detection result information) about the result of detection of the checkpoint to another virtual machine 104 or a virtual server. Here, another virtual machine 104 corresponds to, for example, a virtual machine 104 or the like in which the race game is started in synchronization by the management server 103.

Specifically, for example, in the case where simultaneous play is selected and the checkpoint detection unit 808 detects, for example, a checkpoint associated with processing information for displaying the order, The check point identification information for identifying the check point (condition information), the time information at which the check point is detected, and the user identification information to which the execution unit 806 of the virtual machine 104 is assigned are set to another virtual machine 104 Send.

Also, for example, when a group match-up play is selected, when the last check point, for example, corresponding to the goal screen of the race is detected, a virtual end of the race is indicated by the virtual condition of the management server 103. The machine control unit 515 is notified. As a result, the virtual machine control unit 515 can perform processing for causing a user to play a match corresponding to the user identification information having the next priority information described above. In addition, since it is the same as that of the above in the case of a group tournament play, description is abbreviate | omitted.

The check point detection result reception unit 212 transmits the check point identification information transmitted when the same checkpoint is detected by another virtual machine 104, the time information when the check point is detected, and the other virtual machine 104. The assigned user identification information is received and stored in the checkpoint detection result storage unit 213.

The checkpoint detection result storage unit 213 also stores the checkpoint identification information detected by the checkpoint detection unit 808, the time information when the checkpoint is detected, and the user identification information assigned to the virtual machine 104. Specifically, for example, the checkpoint detection result storage unit 213 stores these pieces of information in the form of a table as shown in FIG.

When the check point is detected, the ranking information generation unit 214 calculates the order of each user by referring to the check point detection result information stored in the check point detection result storage unit 213. Specifically, for example, description will be made using the example of FIG. For example, it is assumed that the checkpoint detection unit 808 detects a checkpoint represented by the checkpoint identification information a. At this time, the checkpoint detection result storage unit 213 stores user identification information u1 to u4 indicated by the checkpoint identification information a and time information corresponding to each. The ranking information generation unit 214 calculates the ranking of each user by comparing the time information stored corresponding to each of the user identification information u1 to u4. Thus, for example, the rank of the user identification information u4 is calculated to be 4, and the like.

Here, for example, when the above-mentioned tournament play is selected, the ranking information generation unit 214 corresponds to the last check point stored in the check point detection result storage unit 213 (for example, a goal screen of a race) The user identification information whose ranking information of 1) corresponds to 1 is transmitted to the management server 103 together with the game identification information. The management server 103 can obtain the next combination of battles based on the user identification information. Specifically, for example, the case of a single match in the case of the tournament play shown in FIG. 7 (B) will be described. For example, as described above, in the first game, the users corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u2 and u3 and u4 play a match, but the virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u2 matches the user identification information u1 The virtual machine 104 corresponding to the user identification information u3 and u4 transmits the user identification information u3. As a result, the updating unit 507 of the management server 103 obtains user identification information (corresponding to the user identification information u1 and u3) corresponding to the winner of the second round, and the user identification information in the portion of the user identification information corresponding to the round information 2 It can be stored as u1 and u3. In the above, since the user identification information u1 and u3 are transmitted to the management server 103 in duplicate by each virtual machine 104, only one virtual machine 104 of the plurality of virtual machines 104 corresponding to each battle is May be sent.

The output image generation unit 215 generates an output image according to the processing information. For example, when the processing information associated with a certain check point is the display of the time after the race starts, the elapsed time information after the start of the race is acquired from the time measuring unit 805, as shown in FIG. The image information 113 is added to the image 114 based on the execution of the game program of the execution unit 806 to generate image information to be displayed. Further, for example, in the case of the display of the rank as described above, the output image generation unit 215 is an image showing the rank of the user corresponding to the virtual machine 104 based on the rank information from the ranking information generator 214. In addition to the image 114 based on the execution of the execution unit 806, image information to be displayed is generated. In addition, for example, when a battle play or the like is selected, the output image generation unit 215 can display image information generated by the execution unit 806 of the virtual machine 104 that is being executed synchronously, as shown in FIG. Image information to be displayed may be generated in addition to the image 114 based on the execution of the execution unit 806.

Also, for example, when the check point detects the final check point, as shown in FIG. 17, the output image generation unit 215 adds the goal time to the display of the GOALTIME character to the image from the execution unit 806. Image information 141 to be displayed in a superimposed manner is generated, and then image information to display a ranking screen as shown in FIG. 18 is generated.

In this case, for image information for displaying FIG. 17, for example, the processing information execution unit 813811 displays the elapsed time from the time measurement unit 805 superimposed on the image information generated by the execution unit 806. Image information (corresponding to the image of FIG. 17) is generated. Further, as described above, the image information for displaying FIG. 18 is, for example, based on the time information and the user identification information stored in the check point detection result storage unit 213 in association with the final checkpoint identification information. Then, the ranking information generation unit 214 may calculate the ranking of each user, and generate image information for displaying the ranking screen of each user based on the ranking. The image information at this time is not limited to that shown in FIG. 18 and may be other image information. Specifically, for example, a group name to which the user belongs, a list of scores, a history of scores, match results of other tournaments, and other related information may be displayed in addition to or separately from FIG. It is also good.

The compression unit 814 compresses the image information generated by the execution unit 806 or the image information generated from the output image generation unit 215, and the transmission unit 815 transmits the image information to the corresponding terminal 102. Specifically, for example, in addition to the terminal corresponding to the user who is actually playing the game program on the virtual machine 104, the transmitting unit 815 also corresponds to the user corresponding to the user who wants to watch the game program The image information is sent to

The present embodiment is not limited to the above configuration, and various modifications are possible. For example, the present invention can be replaced by a configuration that is substantially the same as the configuration shown in the above embodiment, a configuration that exhibits the same effect, or a configuration that can achieve the same purpose. Specifically, for example, without the compression unit 814, the image information may be transmitted to the terminal 102 without compression. Also, instead of the virtual machine 104, a physical machine 402 may be used. Furthermore, the management server 103 and the database 105 may also be configured as virtual machines 104. Furthermore, each function of the management server 103, the virtual machine 104, and the database 105 is an example and is not limited to this, and the virtual machine 104 may have some or all of the functions of the management server 103. Various modifications may be made, such as configuration may be made such that the management server 103 or the terminal 102 may have some or all of the functions of the virtual machine 104.

Next, an example of processing of the terminal 102, the management server 103, and the virtual machine 104 until the execution of the game program by the execution unit 806 is started will be described using FIG. In the following, a case will be described in which each user selects the same race game on each terminal 102 and selects simultaneous play.

Each user requests the management server 103 to display a selection screen from each terminal 102 via the network 101 (S101). The management server 103 delivers the image information constituting the selection screen to each terminal 102 (S102). Specifically, the image information or the like is distributed, for example, by so-called streaming, and the terminal 102 displays the image information using an image reproduction program or the like. The details of the streaming delivery are known and thus the description thereof is omitted.

Each user transmits a desired game selection instruction from each terminal 102 via the network 101 (S103). Next, the management server 103 transmits the start image information stored in association with the game identification information selected by the plurality of users to each terminal 102 (S104). As described above, the start image displayed on the terminal 102 by the start image information is, for example, an initial image shown in FIG. 9A or an object image related to the start image shown in FIG. 9C. Is an image in which

The management server 103 assigns each virtual machine 104 to each terminal 102 (S105). As described above, at this time, user identification information for identifying each user who operates each terminal 102 may be transmitted together to each virtual machine 104. Next, the management server 103 instructs each virtual machine 104 to load the snapshot information stored in association with the identification information of the game (S106). Each virtual machine 104 loads the above-mentioned snapshot information from the snapshot storage unit 802 based on the instruction. Next, the management server 103 instructs each virtual machine 104 to start emulation of the game program (S107). Then, the execution unit 806 of each virtual machine 104 synchronously executes the game program.

Next, an example of the flow of processing of each virtual machine 104 after execution of the game program by the execution unit 806 is started will be described using FIG. Note that the flow of the process is described using the case where the selected game is the above-described race game and simultaneous play is selected.

Execution (for example, emulation) of the selected game program by the execution unit 806 is started (S201). At this time, the time measuring unit 805 starts measuring the elapsed time since the start of the execution of the game program (S202). The execution information acquisition unit 809 starts acquisition of the execution information from the execution unit 806 (S203). The checkpoint detection unit 808 determines whether it is the last checkpoint or not based on the acquired execution information (S204). Then, if it is determined that it is not the last check point, the process proceeds to S205.

The checkpoint detection unit 808 determines whether it is an intermediate checkpoint (S205). If it is determined that the check point is an intermediate check point, the processing information stored in association with the intermediate check point is acquired (S206). The processing information execution unit 813 acquires time information based on the processing information (S207). Also, the processing information execution unit 813 generates ranking information based on the processing information (S208). The processing information execution unit 813 generates an output image using the time information and the ranking information, and outputs the generated output image to the terminal 102 assigned to the virtual machine 104 (S209). Next, it returns to S204.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the check point is the last check point, processing information stored in association with the last check point is acquired (S210). The processing information execution unit 813 acquires time information from the time measuring unit 805 based on the processing information, generates an output image using the time information, and outputs the image to the terminal 102 allocated to the virtual machine 104 (S211). Then, the execution unit 806 is stopped (S212). The processing information execution unit 813 generates ranking information based on the processing information (S213). The processing information execution unit 813 generates ranking image information using the time information and the ranking information, and outputs the ranking image information to the terminal 102 allocated to the virtual machine 104 (S214). Then, the process ends.

In addition, the flow of the said process is an example, Comprising: A various deformation | transformation is possible. For example, the order of the processing of each step may be changed as long as the processing substantially the same as the processing described in the above embodiment, the processing exhibiting the same effect or the same object can be achieved. In addition, although the case where the intermediate checkpoint is 1 has been described above, it may be configured to have a plurality of intermediate checkpoints and to perform different processes set in the plurality of intermediate checkpoints. Furthermore, although the above describes the configuration for displaying time and rank using an example of a race game when simultaneous play is selected, other information may be displayed according to the detection of each check point. , And predetermined music and video may be reproduced.

According to the above embodiment, it is possible to add a new function, for example, a battle function to a game without a battle function, without modifying an application program created to be executed by a dedicated device.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, the present invention can be replaced by a configuration that is substantially the same as the configuration shown in the above embodiment, a configuration that exhibits the same effect, or a configuration that can achieve the same purpose. Specifically, in the above, the selected game is described using the example of the race game, but it may be applied to other games such as other shooting games and role playing games. For example, in the case of a shooting game, some stages of the game are prepared, and a character string or the like when the stage is cleared is detected, and after the end, which player has the highest score among a plurality of players Or, the time taken by each player to finish the stage may be displayed.

In the above, the configuration for recognizing a specific character or image has been described. However, in a predetermined process, for example, in a game such as breaking a block, the image recognition or the like is performed on the number of continuously broken blocks, etc. A ranking image or the like corresponding to the number may be output.

Further, for example, in the case of a role playing game, when the character appears, information on the specific character (for example, information on the weakness of the character) is displayed by image recognition or the like of the specific character. It may be configured as follows. In this case, for example, instead of the processing information of FIG. 11, the image address of the image information including the information is directly stored in association with the condition information address, and the image information stored in the image address is displayed. It is also good.

Furthermore, in the case where a play format including a match between users such as match play and tournament play is selected, one or more players may be able to play a match with one or more players asynchronously. A modification in this case will be specifically described with reference to FIG. In addition, the case where the said racing game is selected is demonstrated also about the said modification.

As shown in FIG. 21, in the modification, the virtual machine 104 further includes a moving image data acquisition unit 816. The moving image data acquired by the moving image data acquisition unit 816 is, for example, one or a plurality of moving image data (for example, recorded in advance of the moving image data generated by the execution of the racing game execution unit 806). (Moving image information), and is stored, for example, in the moving image data storage unit 817. The moving image data storage unit 817 corresponds to, for example, one of the databases 105 of the database 105. The moving image data acquisition unit 816 acquires the moving image data from the database 105 or the like according to an instruction from the execution control unit 807 according to the selection of the race game, for example, and transmits the data to the processing information execution unit 813. In the selection screen described above, information on the one or more moving image data, for example, lap time, player name, etc., is displayed, and the user refers to the information to obtain the desired one or more moving images. Data may be selected. The moving image data storage unit 817 is configured to be able to store moving image data based on the user's play in response to the user's play recording instruction, designation of a check point, etc. It may be possible to view moving image data. In this case, the moving image data may be deleted according to the user's instruction or the like.

The processing information execution unit 813 generates image information based on the moving image data, and generates image information in which the image information is added to the image information of the race game by the execution of the execution unit 806. The image information is transmitted to the terminal 102 as in the above embodiment, and displayed on the display unit 204 of the terminal 102. An example of the display on the display unit 204 at this time is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, for example, an image 191 based on moving image data is displayed at the upper right of the image 190 of the race game based on the execution of the execution unit 806. In addition, it is not restricted to the structure by which the image 191 based on one moving image data as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed, The image based on several moving image data may be displayed.

The functional configuration of the processing information execution unit 813 for generating ranking information in the present modification will be described. As shown in FIG. 22, the processing information execution unit 813 has a checkpoint detection result acquisition unit 221, and the checkpoint detection unit 808 detected by the checkpoint detection result storage unit 222 and stored in association with the moving image data detects it. The checkpoint identification information, the time information when the checkpoint is detected, and the user identification information assigned to the virtual machine 104 are acquired and stored in the checkpoint detection result storage unit 213. The checkpoint detection result storage unit 222 corresponds to, for example, one database 105 of a plurality of databases 105. Then, as in the above embodiment, ranking information is generated based on the information stored in the checkpoint detection result storage unit 213.

In addition, about the detail of the other structure of this modification or the flow of a process, since it is the same as that of the said embodiment, description is abbreviate | omitted. According to this modification, even if asynchronous, the player can play the racing game in a pseudo-synchronized manner with other players, as in the above embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and modifications, and various modifications are possible. For example, the present invention can be replaced by a configuration that is substantially the same as the configuration shown in the above-described embodiment or the modification, a configuration that achieves the same effect, or a configuration that can achieve the same purpose. Specifically, for example, the embodiment and the modification may be combined as long as they do not contradict each other. In this case, it is possible to play the game synchronously for some players and asynchronously for some other players in a pseudo-synchronous manner. Furthermore, although the said embodiment and modification demonstrated the case where a game program was used, it is not restricted to this, You may use for application programs other than another game program. Furthermore, although the case where the same game program is mainly executed by a plurality of players as simultaneous play, tournament play, etc. has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a plurality of virtual machines 104 may execute a plurality of different application programs. It goes without saying that it may be implemented.

Also, for example, the time measuring unit 805 measures a period (logout period) in which no user's operation instruction is given, and when the period is a predetermined period or more, the management server 103 or another virtual machine 104 does not It may be determined that the user has logged out. In this case, for example, the execution of the execution unit 806 corresponding to the user who has logged out may be stopped, or a message indicating that the user has logged out may be displayed on the ranking screen. Furthermore, the time measuring unit 805 measures, for example, a period after the user first uses the service described in the above embodiment and the like, and according to the period, charging information for the user and the service It may be possible to decide whether or not to use it. In addition, the number of game programs to be redundantly executed may be increased or decreased according to the user's situation, for example, when the user logs out, or when the game is stopped halfway. Also, for example, the time after the time measurement unit 805 starts the battle between the users in the battle play, the tournament play, etc., the time after the check point set in advance is detected, or the logout period, etc. If the time has reached a predetermined time, the competition between the users may end, for example, the execution of the game program in the execution unit 806 may be stopped. In this case, for example, the measured time and the predetermined period until the game is ended are, for example, in the case of competition play, tournament play, etc., and in other cases (for example, when 1P play is selected) It may be configured differently depending on the like.

Furthermore, in the above, the configuration has been described in which the check point detection unit 808 is provided, and each check point is mainly detected using image recognition, character recognition or the like, and each process associated with each check point is performed. And detecting means for detecting predetermined information generated in response to the execution of the game, including the structure or including the structure, and determining whether or not the detected information meets a predetermined condition. A process may be performed according to the determination result of the determination unit or the detected information. Specifically, for example, as the detected information, a predetermined condition for ending the game, information generated with the execution of the game (score, ranking in the game, information on the outcome in the competitive game, in-game) Or the like, or the play results etc. of the game divided in advance and set in stages. Further, for example, the determination by the determination unit may use matching by image processing, a memory of an execution unit 806 (such as an emulator), a register, a value of a program counter, etc. You may use the elapsed time from time. In this case, since the load by image processing may be relatively large, image processing may be performed on a part of the game screen or the like set according to each game generated by the execution of each game as described above. You may make it match by. In addition to the end of the game, the information detected by the determination unit may be used for the start of the next game, or for providing medals or points according to the result of the game to each user, or the game result of each user You may use for the ranking according to. The medal or the like may be stored, for example, in the management server 103 for each user identification information, and each user may be able to play a new game using the medal or the like. Furthermore, for example, when a battle game is selected, it may be used for notifying or managing information (for example, consecutive wins, etc.) of each user according to the outcome of the battle game. In addition, when the determination unit determines whether a predetermined condition is met, the condition may be described using a script language so that a complex condition can be set. By configuring in this manner, for example, in the fighting game, complex condition determination such as ending the game is performed when two predetermined stars are lit and a predetermined character image indicating victory is displayed, and the condition is satisfied. It is also possible to perform processing in the case of That is, in order to realize complicated condition determination, the condition part may be configured to be coded by script.

Claims

An execution means for executing the application;
Execution information acquisition means for acquiring execution information based on the execution of the application;
A determination unit that determines whether the execution information matches a preset condition;
An output information generation unit configured to generate output information according to the condition when the determination unit determines that the condition is met;
An information processing system characterized by having.
The execution information is image information generated by execution of the application,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether the image information matches the condition by image processing.
The execution information is voice information generated by the execution of the application,
The determination means determines whether the voice information matches the condition by voice processing.
The information processing system according to claim 1, characterized in that:
The execution information is numerical information indicating an internal state of the execution means, and
The determination means determines whether the numerical value information matches the condition.
The information processing system according to claim 1, characterized in that:
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output information is an image or character information stored in association with the condition.
The output information is processing information stored in association with the condition, and the output information generation unit generates the output information by executing the processing information. Information processing system.
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the execution means is stopped based on the determination result of the determination means.
The information processing apparatus may further include
It has time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time after the execution of the application by the execution means is started,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output information is information based on the elapsed time until it is determined by the determination unit that the condition is met.
The information processing system further includes
A moving image information storage unit that stores moving image information generated by execution of the application; and a reproduction unit that reproduces the moving image information in synchronization with the execution unit.
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output information generation unit further outputs the reproduced moving image information.
The information processing system further includes
And an output information storage unit for storing output information generated in advance by the output information generation unit,
The output information may be generated on the basis of the output information generated by the output information generation unit and the stored output information.
The information processing system according to claim 1.
Run the application,
Acquiring execution information based on the execution of the application,
Determining whether the execution information matches a preset condition;
When the determination means determines that the condition is met, output information corresponding to the condition is generated.
An information processing method characterized by
Execution means to execute the application,
Execution information acquisition means for acquiring execution information based on the execution of the application;
A determination unit that determines whether the execution information matches a preset condition;
An output information generation unit configured to generate output information according to the condition when the determination unit determines that the condition is met;
An information processing program characterized by causing a computer system to function.
A computer readable recording medium storing the information processing program according to claim 12.
An execution means for executing the application;
Image information acquisition means for acquiring image information generated based on execution of the application;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the image information conforms to a preset condition using image processing;
An output information generation unit configured to generate output information according to the condition when the determination unit determines that the condition is met;
An information processing system characterized by having.
Run the application,
Obtaining image information generated based on the execution of the application,
It is determined using image processing whether or not the image information conforms to a preset condition;
An information processing method comprising: generating output information according to the condition if it is determined that the condition is met.
Execution means to execute the application,
Image information acquisition means for acquiring image information generated based on execution of the application,
A determination unit that determines whether or not the image information conforms to a preset condition using image processing, and output information according to the condition when it is determined that the determination conforms to the condition Output information generation means for generating
An information processing program to make a computer function.
A computer readable recording medium storing the information processing program according to claim 16.