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Game System, Game Server Device Therefor, and Method of Controlling Game Server Device, and Game Device Therefor and Method of Controlling Game Device

  • US 20080125229A1
  • Filed: 09/28/2005
  • Published: 05/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A game system comprising a plurality of game devices, a game server device that communicates with said plurality of game devices to obtain game results of each of a plurality of players, and a plurality of terminal devices operated individually by at least one of said players,wherein said game server device comprises a storage unit that stores a player identifier for identifying each of said players in association with a recording medium identifier for identifying an information recording medium used by said each player in playing said game device, that stores said player identifier in association with result information indicating a game result, and that stores a player identifier of one of said players in association with a player identifier of another of said players, said another player being specified by said one player;

  • wherein each of said terminal devices comprises;

    an inputter that receives player'"'"'s instructions;

    an identifying unit that identifies said player identifier of said another player when said one player specifies said another player by operating said inputter;

    a player-identifier storage that stores said player identifier of said one player;

    a registration requester that generates a registration request containing said player identifier of said one player and said player identifier of said another player identified by said identifying unit and instructing that said another player be registered in association with said one player, said registration request then being transmitted to said game server device;

    wherein each of said game devices comprises;

    a display;

    a reader that reads said recording medium identifier from said information recording medium;

    a generator that generates said result information according to a game result;

    a transmitter that transmits said result information and said recording medium identifier to said game server device;

    a notification requester that, when said recording medium identifier is read from said information recording medium by said reader, transmits to said game server device a notification request containing said recording medium identifier and instructing that a player identifier of said another player registered in association with said player identifier corresponding to said recording medium identifier be transmitted as a response;

    a notification response receiver that receives from said game server device a notification response containing said player identifier of said another player registered in association with said player identifier corresponding to said recording medium identifier, said notification response being a response to said notification request;

    a view requester that generates a view request containing said player identifier contained in said notification response received by said notification response receiver and instructing that said result information of said another player registered in association with said player identifier contained in said notification response be transmitted as a response, said view request then being transmitted to said game server device; and

    a response processor that, upon receiving from said game server device a view response containing result information of said another player, causes said result information to be displayed on said display, said result information having been registered in association with said player identifier of said another player and said view response being a response to said view request; and

    wherein said game server device executes;

    a process of, upon receiving from one of said terminal devices said registration request, storing, in said storage unit, said player identifier of said one player and said player identifier of said another player in association with each other;

    a process of, upon receiving from one of said game devices said result information and said recording medium identifier, storing in said storage unit said result information in association with said player identifier corresponding to said recording medium identifier;

    a process of, upon receiving from said game device said notification request, obtaining a player identifier of said another player registered in association with said player identifier corresponding to said recording medium identifier contained in said notification request and replying with said game device said notification response containing said obtained player identifier; and

    a process of, upon receiving from said game device said view request, obtaining result information corresponding to said player identifier contained in said view request and replying to said game device with said view response containing said obtained result information.

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