Patent ID: 9492746
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a touchscreen display; a memory; and processing circuitry in communication with the touchscreen display and the memory, the processing circuitry being configured to generate images for a video game for display on the touchscreen display and, while the images for the video game are displayed on the touchscreen display, to at least: (A) set reference coordinates in accordance with touch point coordinates of a user-selected initial touch point on the touchscreen display, and store the reference coordinates in the memory, and (B) during a continuous user touch operation from a touch-on at the initial touch point on the touchscreen display to a touch-off at another touch point on the touchscreen display the processing circuitry is configured to display, on the touchscreen display, indicia based on the reference coordinates.