Patent ID: 9229562
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus for displaying a virtual space on a display device, obtaining an input coordinate point based on an output from a pointing device, which output is based on an operation performed by a user, and moving an object in the virtual space in accordance with the input coordinate point, the information processing program causing the computer to perform: obtaining the input coordinate point from the pointing device; moving the object to, as a moving target, a position corresponding to the input coordinate point; setting a first range indicating a displayable area of the virtual space to be displayed on the display device, such that the object is included in the first range; and displaying on the display device the virtual space in the first range, wherein in accordance with the movement of the object, when an entirety of the first range is within a second range in the virtual space within which the object is moved, the first range is moved, and when at least a part of the first range is outside the second range, a position of the object relative to the first range is moved.