Information processing system, information processing method, information storage medium, and program

摘要

Provided is an information processing system that enables a user to start playing a game from a game situation corresponding to a play point in a video that shows a play content of the game. A return request receiving unit (52) receives an execution request for a game which is associated with a play point in a video that shows a play content of the game. A game situation data obtaining unit (56) obtains, from a data storage unit (46) for storing pieces of game situation data which indicate situations of the game that are associated with play points in the video, game situation data that is identified based on a play point associated with the execution request. A game executing unit (42) starts executing the game from a situation that is indicated by the game situation data obtained by the game situation data obtaining unit (56).

主权项

1. An information processing system, comprising:
at least one game server operating to receive an execution request for execution of a game program from a user terminal over a network and, in response, to load and execute the game program, where the execution request is associated with a play point in a video that shows previously played content of the game program; and at least one of the at least one game server and at least one video server operating to transmit the video to the user terminal over the network, where the video is displayed to a user of the user terminal and the execution request is initiated by the user during a period of time when the game program is not being executed by the at least one game server; wherein the at least one game server includes a game situation data obtaining unit that obtains, from a storage unit that stores respective game situation data which indicate respective situations of the game program that are associated with respective play points in the video, certain of the game situation data that is identified based on the play point associated with the execution request; wherein the at least one game server includes a game executing unit that starts executing the game program from a situation that is indicated by the certain game situation data obtained by the game situation data obtaining unit; and wherein the at least one game server includes a communications unit operating to transmit game data to the user terminal over the network such that the user may enter into gameplay.