Patent ID: 11872485
Assignee: GREE, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory recording medium comprising computer program code configured to configure a server device comprising an information storage memory, and a control processor configured to access the information storage memory to provide a game in which a plurality of players can participate, said server device connected to terminal devices operated by the players via a communication line, said information storage memory storing information on a group fighting event of the game involving at least a first group and a second group, the non-transitory recording medium is configured to configure the computer to perform steps of:
storing information on a plurality of group fighting events of the game, each of said group fighting events associated with duration information;
based on at least one interaction between a player operating a terminal device and the server that provides the game, causing the terminal device to display a my-home screen on a display of the terminal device, said my-home screen specific to the player and providing a plurality of interactable elements;
after transitioning the display of the terminal device from a my-home screen to a spectator screen, the spectator screen having a banner element, retrieving a group fighting event, and causing the banner element of the spectator screen to be updated to provide an interactable element configured to accept input from the player, based on the duration information of the group fighting event having an ending time that has not yet been reached;
upon receiving a user interaction from the player, said player belonging to neither a first group participating in the group fighting event or a second group participating in the group fighting event, permitting the player to join the group fighting event under a certain constraint; and
upon receiving the user interaction from the player, causing the banner display to be closed.