Patent ID: 11964199
Assignee: GREE, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. An information processing device comprising:
a storage unit;
a display unit;
a control unit; and
a data connection to a server device;
wherein the control unit is configured to:
retrieve, from the data connection to the server device, and store, in the storage unit, information relating to a game part to be played by a user;
display, on the display unit, a screen including a first interface configured to detect a first user operation;
determine, when the first user operation is detected, a mode of the game part, the mode of the game part consisting of one of a first mode or a second mode;
change, on the display unit, a part of the screen according to the mode of the game part, the part of the screen according to the mode of the game part comprising an interface element displaying a game mode and an interface element controlling initiation of the game mode;
maintain, as a persistent displayed portion, a part of the screen common to the first mode and the second mode, the part of the screen common to the first mode and the second mode comprising at least one game content;
after changing the part of the screen according to the mode of the game part, transition from the screen including the first interface to a screen of an execution step, and execute, in the execution step, the game part in the mode of the game part;
when the mode of the game part is the first mode, after the game part is executed in the mode of the game part, communicate, to the server device via the data connection, an update to predetermined information stored by the server device in association with the user;
when the mode of the game part is the second mode, after the game part is executed in the mode of the game part, not updating information stored in a storage unit of the information processing device and not communicating, via the data connection, the update to predetermined information stored by the server device in association with the user; and
terminate execution of the game part in the mode of the game part, and initiate a new game part, wherein the control unit is configured to initiate the new game part by retrieving a current value of the predetermined information stored by the server device.