Patent ID: 8949396
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable display control program stored therein, the display control program instructing a first computer included in a plurality of computers on a network, to display communication states of the plurality of computers, the display control program comprising executable instructions that instruct the first computer to perform: registration information storage including storing pieces of individual information about computers that are registered as communication partners, which are partners with which the first computer communicates via the network, and pieces of distinguishing information, about the computers, associated with the pieces of individual information; connection determining including determining whether or not a second computer, which is a computer that corresponds to at least one of the pieces of individual information stored by the registration information storage, is connected to the network; first acquisition including acquiring, when the connection determining has determined that the second computer is connected to the network, a piece of individual information about a third computer that is communicating with the second computer; and communication state display including visibly displaying before the first computer communicates with the second computer or the third computer, based on the piece of individual information about the third computer acquired by the first acquisition and the piece of individual information about the second computer, state of communication of the second computer with the third computer, and for also displaying information about the second computer, based on a piece of distinguishing information about the second computer, so as to be distinguishable from other computers.