Patent ID: 11865462
Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for use by at least one hardware processor of a computing system, the stored computer executable instructions comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor of the computing system, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
communicating with a plurality of computing devices to conduct a multi-player video game that includes multiple matches, wherein players for each match are separated into at least two different gameplay groups;
automatically allocating, for each match of the multiple matches, each one of the players to one of a plurality of different voice communication channels, wherein players in different gameplay groups are allocated to different voice communication channels, wherein each one of the players is automatically allocated into one of the plurality of different voice communication channels prior to a start of the match;
during each match, controlling voice communication between the players according to how the players have been allocated into the plurality of different voice communication channels; and
based on completion of each match of the multiple matches, automatically allocating players from a respective match to a common communication channel to thereby allow communication.