Patent ID: 9399169
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A game system, comprising: at least one game device which executes a game played by a user; and an output device which is different from the at least one game device, the at least one game device comprising: a display; a first processor; and at least one first memory device which stores a plurality of instruction, which when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to: control a position or a line of sight of a virtual camera in a virtual game environment based on game situation data comprising data indicating a state of a virtual game character; display, on the display, a game screen showing the virtual game environment viewed from the virtual camera; determine whether the virtual game character performs an action in the virtual game environment based on the same situation data; retrieve a situation identifying information related the action performed by the virtual game character in the virtual game environment; and transmit, to the output device, the situation identifying information, and the output device comprising: a second processor; an output data storage, which pre-stores a plurality of text data and a plurality of still image data in association with a plurality of identifiers, the plurality of text data and the plurality of still image data specifying respective game situations; and at least one second memory device which stores a plurality of instruction, which when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to: receive the situation identifying information from the at least one game device, the situation identifying information including an identifier, among the plurality of identifiers; and access, after receiving the identifier, the output data storage of the output device using the identifier as an index, retrieve one of the plurality of text data or one of the still image data that is pre-stored in association with the received identifier, and display the text data or the still image data on a display screen of the output device.