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

Claim 16:
17. A game system including a plurality of terminal apparatuses for progressing a game, the game system comprising:
a first game progressor configured to progress the game in which a first terminal apparatus among the plurality of terminal apparatuses is competing against a second terminal apparatus among the plurality of terminal apparatuses to which the first terminal apparatus is connected over a network in the first terminal apparatus based on content information that prescribes progression contents of the game for both the first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus;
a second game progressor configured to progress the game in a second terminal apparatus based on the content information;
a first acquirer in the first terminal apparatus, the first acquirer configured to acquire first progression information indicative of a degree of progress of the game in the first terminal apparatus, wherein the first progression information includes a first virtual elapsed time corresponding to a duration that the game has been running;
a second acquirer in the first terminal apparatus, the second acquirer configured to acquire, from the second terminal apparatus, input information that was input at the second terminal apparatus, and second progression information indicative of a degree of progress of the game in the second terminal apparatus as of a point in time when the input information was input at the second terminal apparatus, wherein the second progression information includes a second virtual elapsed time corresponding to a duration that the game has been running; and
an output controller configured to compare the first virtual elapsed time acquired by the first acquirer and the second virtual elapsed time acquired by the second acquirer,
wherein when the second virtual elapsed time indicated by the second progression information is greater than the first virtual elapsed time indicated by the first progression information, the output controller is configured to control output of output information to prohibit the output information from being output.