Patent ID: 8007362
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A data display control method of drawing an image according to results of independently processed first information and second information in a frame memory and displaying the drawn image on a display apparatus, comprising: processing the first information to generate first display data for displaying the result of processing the first information; processing the second information to generate second display data for displaying the result of processing the second information; setting a first window for displaying an image of the first display data on said display apparatus; setting a second window for displaying an image of the second display data on said display apparatus; drawing the image of the first display data within a range in said frame memory corresponding to the first window; determining whether the second window is set to overlay the first window; drawing the image of the second display data within a range in said frame memory corresponding to the second window, when it is determined that the second window is not set to overlay the first window; drawing the image of the second display data synthesized with the image of the first display data within the range in said frame memory corresponding to the first window, when it is determined that the second window is set to overlay the first window; and reading out an image drawn in said frame memory, and outputting the read-out image to said display apparatus, wherein when it is determined that the second window is set to overlay the first window, the image of the second window is not drawn in said frame memory, wherein the first window is set in an entire screen area of said display apparatus or a part of the screen area in accordance with a selection of whether to set the first window in the entire screen area of said display apparatus or the part of the screen area, and it is determined that the second window is set to overlay the first window when the first window is set in the entire screen area or is set in the part of the screen area, and wherein the second display data includes a friend list, and at least one of a font and a transparency of the friend list changes based on changing from a first game application to a second game application.