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Status setting system and method

  • US 7,177,928 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2000
  • Issued: 02/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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