Patent ID: 8608561
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions for use with a processing system that includes at least one processor, the processing system configured to control an operational object in a virtual space, the operational object set to be operated in accordance with input from an input device operable to designate a position on a screen of a display device, the stored instructions comprising instructions that are configured to: detect, based on an output signal from the input device, a first position on the screen, which is designated by a user; set a predetermined area based on an original position of a predetermined object in the virtual space, the predetermined object being different than the operational object; hold the predetermined area for a predetermined period of time; detect, based on an output signal from the input device, a first operation onto the screen; cause the operational object to perform a first motion in accordance with the first operation; and perform a determination as to whether or not the detected first position is present in the predetermined area, wherein when the predetermined object is moved to a new position in the virtual space, the predetermined area is held, after movement of the predetermined object, at the original position where the predetermined object was before moving to the new position, and wherein when the determination is that the detected first position is within the predetermined area, the operational object is prohibited from performing the first motion, wherein the new position is outside the predetermined area.