IP Library Granted Patent US 11,890,537
Granted Patent B2
US 11,890,537 · App. 17/371,809 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

System, method, and device for processing game

Inventors: Shota Ishii (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Nishida (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Fukumoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GREE, INC.
A63F13/35H04L51/48H04L51/52
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Patent No.
US 11,890,537
App. No.
17/371,809
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

During execution of a game, a user terminal sends, to a first server, a message sending request for sending a message without specifying a recipient. Responsive to receiving the message sending request, the first server selects a user specified as the recipient of the message. The first server sends, to a second server, a message sending request for sending the message while specifying the selected user as the recipient and indicating a game management account as a sender.

Claims (43)

1. A server comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive, from a message application of a first user terminal of a first user, a first message sending request for sending a message without specifying a recipient,

in response to receiving the first message sending request, send to another server a user information request for information of a second user who is logged into the message application, wherein the second user is selected from among a plurality of users managed by the other server,

receive from the other server the information of the second user, and

send to the other server a second message sending request for sending the message to a second user terminal of the second user.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the message sent to the second user terminal indicates, to the second user, a game management account as a sender of the message.

3. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the message sent to the second user terminal does not include information regarding the first user.

4. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the first message sending request includes a request to send the message with a game management account indicated as a sender of the message.

5. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the first message sending request includes a request to not include information regarding the first user in the message.

6. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the user information request requests the information of the second user where the second user has one or more parameters in a game executed by the server that are at least in a first state.

7. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the user information request requests the information of the second user where the second user is not associated with the first user in the other server.

8. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

in response to receiving from the other server information of a plurality of the second users, the circuitry is configured to:

select one of the second users who satisfies a first condition, and

send to the other server the second message sending request for sending the message to the second user terminal of the one of the second users who satisfies the first condition.

9. The server according to claim 8 , wherein

the first condition is satisfied by one or more of the following: (i) the one of the second users having at least a first degree of activity in a game executed by the server, (ii) the one of the second users having a level in the game that is approximately the same as a level of the first user, (iii) the one of the second users owning a first game medium in the game, and (iv) the one of the second users having a play history in the game that is in a first relative relationship with a play history of the first user in the game.

10. The server according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry generates a URL for participation by the second user in a game, and

the message sent to the second user terminal includes the URL and does not include information regarding the first user.

11. A method comprising:

receiving, by circuitry of a server, from a message application of a first user terminal of a first user, a first message sending request for sending a message without specifying a recipient;

in response to receiving the first message sending request, sending, by the circuitry, to another server a user information request for information of a second user who is logged into the message application, wherein the second user is selected from among a plurality of users managed by the other server;

receiving, by the circuitry, from the other server the information of the second user; and

sending, by the circuitry, to the other server a second message sending request for sending the message to a second user terminal of the second user.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising

generating, by the circuitry, a URL for participation by the second user in a game, wherein

the message sent to the second user terminal includes the URL and does not include information regarding the first user.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by circuitry of a server, causes the circuitry to:

receive, from a message application of a first user terminal of a first user, a first message sending request for sending a message without specifying a recipient;

in response to receiving the first message sending request, send to another server a user information request for information of a second user who is logged into the message application, wherein the second user is selected from among a plurality of users managed by the other server;

receive from the other server the information of the second user; and

send to the other server a second message sending request for sending the message to a second user terminal of the second user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein

the instructions further cause the circuitry to generate a URL for participation by the second user in a game, and

the message sent to the second user terminal includes the URL and does not include information regarding the first user.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY STREET ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71308 FRAME: 765. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0252 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071308/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-163604 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16555318 · Aug 29, 2019
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