Patent ID: 11951393
Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A terminal apparatus for progressing a game, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a memory storing machine instructions; and
at least one processor that implements the machine instructions to execute a method of:
progressing the game in which the terminal apparatus is competing against another terminal apparatus to which the terminal apparatus is connected over a network based on content information that prescribes progression contents of the game for both the terminal apparatus and the another terminal apparatus that prescribes progression contents of the game;
acquiring first progression information indicative of a degree of progress of the game in the terminal apparatus, wherein the first progression information includes a first virtual elapsed time corresponding to a duration that the game has been running;
acquiring, from the another terminal apparatus, input information that was input at the another terminal apparatus that progresses the game based on the content information, and second progression information indicative of a degree of progress of the game in the another terminal apparatus as of a point in time when the input information was input at the another terminal apparatus, wherein the second progression information includes a second virtual elapsed time corresponding to a duration that the game has been running; and
controlling output of output information based on comparing the first virtual elapsed time and the second virtual elapsed time,
wherein when the second virtual elapsed time indicated by the acquired second progression information is greater than the first virtual elapsed time indicated by the acquired first progression information, the controlling comprises controlling the output of output information to prohibit the output information from being output.