Patent ID: 8708819
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A video game processing apparatus for controlling an implementation of a video game by controlling behavior of a player character, comprising: a terminal category information transceiver configured to transmit and receive, via a network interface, terminal category information to and from a second apparatus body, in response to a request from the second apparatus body to a first apparatus body; a terminal category determiner configured to determine, via a processor, whether a second terminal category of the second apparatus body and a first terminal category of the first apparatus body are the same, the terminal category determiner comparing the terminal category information transmitted to and received from the second apparatus body by the terminal category information transceiver; a connection establisher configured to establish, via the network interface, a connection between the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body via a wireless communication, based on a first determination from the terminal category determiner; a terminal identification information transceiver configured to individually identify the second apparatus body, the terminal identification information transceiver transmitting and receiving, via the network interface, terminal identification information to and from the second apparatus body via the wireless communication; a communication determiner configured to determine, via the processor, whether the second apparatus body has performed the wireless communication with the first apparatus body within a predetermined period, based on the terminal identification information received by the terminal identification information transceiver; a recording starter configured to start a recording of communication history information of the wireless communication between the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body, based on a second determination by the communication determiner; a software identification information transceiver configured to identify software of the video game included in the first apparatus body, the software identification information transceiver transmitting and receiving, via the network interface, software identification information to and from the second apparatus body; a software determiner configured to determine, via the processor, whether types of software of video games included in the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body are the same, the software determiner comparing the software identification information transmitted to and received from the second apparatus body by the software identification information transceiver; an exchangeable information transceiver configured to transmit and receive, via the network interface, exchangeable information to and from the second apparatus body, based on a third determination from the software determiner, the exchangeable information indicating information relating to the software and being exchangeable between the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body; a recording finisher configured to complete the recording of the communication history information, based on a fourth determination from the software determiner; a first information converter configured to convert the exchangeable information received by the exchangeable information transceiver into first information that is usable by the software of the video game included in the first apparatus body; a communication history counter configured to count a number of communications between the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body; and a second information converter configured to convert the number of the communications into second information that is usable by the software of the video game included in the first apparatus body, the second information specifying actions that are executable by the player character in the video game, the actions being different than the wireless communication between the first apparatus body and the second apparatus body.