Status setting system and method
First Claim
1. A user-status setting method in which a user terminal can send, receive, and display a user status and a character message on at least one virtual space shared on a network, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of user status selection tables including user status options from which a user selects his/her own status for each virtual space in which the user participates;
reading out the user status selection table of each virtual space in which a user terminal participates when the user terminal has participated in a plurality of virtual spaces;
displaying on the user terminal the list of the selectable user statuses for each virtual space based on the read-out user status selection table;
setting a user status which was selected from the list of selectable user statuses for each virtual space in which the user has participated;
sending to each virtual space the set user statusreceiving from each virtual space the set user status; and
displaying the set user status for each virtual space.
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Abstract
A status setting method that includes, setting and notifying a status that is suitable to a channel, preparing a status table for storing a settable status for each channel, and obtaining the status table of the channel. The user status in each channel is selected from among statuses registered in the status table of the channel and then set. Users can set a suitable status for each channel because the status table is set according to properties of each channel and user statuses can be separately set for each channel. It is preferable that a particular user such as an administrator set a status table. A settable status in a channel can be changed according to a user attribute in the channel.
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10 Claims
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1. A user-status setting method in which a user terminal can send, receive, and display a user status and a character message on at least one virtual space shared on a network, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of user status selection tables including user status options from which a user selects his/her own status for each virtual space in which the user participates; reading out the user status selection table of each virtual space in which a user terminal participates when the user terminal has participated in a plurality of virtual spaces; displaying on the user terminal the list of the selectable user statuses for each virtual space based on the read-out user status selection table; setting a user status which was selected from the list of selectable user statuses for each virtual space in which the user has participated; sending to each virtual space the set user status receiving from each virtual space the set user status; and displaying the set user status for each virtual space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A status setting system comprising:
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a plurality of user terminals which send and receive user statuses and character messages on at least one virtual space shared on a network; storing means for storing a plurality of user status selection tables including user status options from which a user selects his/her own status for each virtual space in which the user participates; obtaining means for reading out the user status selection table of each virtual space in which a user terminal participates when the user terminal has participated in a plurality of virtual spaces; display means for displaying on the user terminal a list of the selectable user statuses for each virtual space based on the read-out user status selection table; setting means for setting a user status which was selected from the list of selectable user statuses for each virtual space in which the user has participated; sending means for sending to each virtual space the set user status; and receiving means for receiving from each virtual space the set user status, wherein the display means displays the set user status for each virtual space.
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9. A status setting system comprising:
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a plurality of user terminals which send and receive user statuses and character messages on at least one virtual space shared on a network; a storage unit which stores a plurality of user status selection tables including user status options from which a user selects his/her own status for each virtual space in which the user participates; an obtaining unit which reads out the user status selection table of a virtual space in which a user terminal participates when the user terminal has participated in a plurality of virtual spaces; a display which displays on the user terminal a list of the selectable user statuses for each virtual space based on the read-out user status selection table; a setting unit which sets a user status which was selected from the list of selectable user statuses for each virtual space in which the user has participated; a communication unit which sends to each virtual space the set user status, and which receives from each virtual space the set user status, wherein the display displays the set user status for each virtual space. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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