Game devices, methods, and programs

Abstract

The present invention provides a game device, method, and program that improve the enjoyment of games or communication. [Solution] The game device includes an execution means capable of simultaneously executing a communication application and a game application, and a communication control means for controlling data communication with other game devices. In response to the execution of the communication application by the execution means, the communication control means communicates data with other game devices corresponding to other accounts belonging to the same group in the communication application, and obtains first information from the other game devices corresponding to other accounts belonging to the same group through data communication. In response to a request from the running game application to the running communication application via an API, the execution means causes the running game application to obtain second information based on the first information.

Claims

1. It is a game device, An execution means capable of simultaneously running a communication application and a game application, It includes communication control means for controlling data communication with other game devices, The aforementioned communication control means is In response to the execution of the communication application by the execution means, data communication is performed with other game devices corresponding to other accounts belonging to the same group in the communication application. Through the said data communication, first information is obtained from the other game device corresponding to the other account belonging to the same group, The execution means provides an API (Application Programming Interface) to the communication application, which is being executed by the running game application. A game device that, in response to a request, causes the running game application to acquire second information based on the first information.

2. Within the same group, it is possible to send and receive camera image data captured by the camera, The game device according to claim 1, wherein the first information includes camera image data transmitted from another game device.

3. The game device according to claim 2, wherein the second information includes the transmitted camera image data.

4. The game device according to claim 3, wherein when the use of the transmitted camera image data by the communication application is restricted, the running game application does not use the camera image data included in the second information.

5. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the second information includes information relating to a game application in the other game device.

6. The game device according to claim 5, wherein the information relating to the game application includes information identifying a game application currently running on the other game device.

7. Within the same group, it is possible to send and receive audio data acquired by a microphone. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the first information includes audio data transmitted from another game device.

8. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the request includes causing the running communication application to cause the running game application to acquire the second information when a predetermined condition is met.

9. The game device according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that is satisfied when the number of accounts belonging to the same group changes.

10. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the execution means causes the running game application to acquire third information based on the first information in response to a request via an API different from the request when the second information satisfies predetermined conditions.

11. The game device according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that is satisfied when the number of accounts belonging to the same group changes.

12. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the running game application executes a communication game based on the second information.

13. The second information includes identification information of other accounts belonging to the same group. The game device according to claim 12, wherein the running game application executes the communication game with another game device corresponding to an account that satisfies predetermined conditions based on the identification information.

14. The second information includes identification information of other accounts belonging to the same group. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the running game application generates an interface screen based on the second information to allow other accounts belonging to the same group to join the same game group.

15. The game device according to claim 12, wherein the second information includes camera image data transmitted from another game device.

16. The running game application acquires the transmitted camera image data corresponding to another account that belongs to the same group and also belongs to the game group. The game device according to claim 15, wherein the running communication application transmits the game image using the transmitted camera image data output by the running game application to another game device corresponding to another account belonging to the same group.

17. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the running communication application transmits image data output by the running game application to other game devices corresponding to other accounts belonging to the same group.

18. A method performed in a game device, The steps include running a communication application and a game application simultaneously, The steps include: performing data communication with other game devices corresponding to other accounts belonging to the same group in the communication application in response to the execution of the aforementioned communication application; The steps include obtaining first information from the other game device corresponding to the other account belonging to the same group through the data communication, A method comprising the step of causing a running game application to obtain second information based on first information in response to a request made by the running game application to a running communication application via an API.

19. A program that runs on one or more processors, The steps include running a communication application and a game application simultaneously, In response to the execution of the aforementioned communication application, the communication application The steps include: communicating data with other game devices corresponding to other accounts belonging to the same group in the application; The steps include obtaining first information from the other game device corresponding to the other account belonging to the same group through the data communication, A program that, in response to a request made by the running game application to the running communication application via an API, causes the running game application to obtain second information based on the first information.

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