Patent ID: 9474971
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory storage medium storing an information processing program which, when executed by a computer of a first information processing apparatus, causes the computer to perform operations comprising: reading a game program capable of being executed by a second information processing apparatus having a configuration different from that of the first information processing apparatus; emulating the read game program using a virtual processor to emulate said different configuration of the second information processing apparatus; restricting the emulating by (1) determining, based upon execution situation information obtained from one or more registers and/or memory of the first information processing apparatus, an execution situation of the game program being emulated, and (2) when the determined execution situation of the game program satisfies a condition set in advance, stopping processing of the game program being emulated; and displaying, after the restricting and on a display coupled to the computer, link information of a web page for accepting a request to purchase the game program.