Patent ID: 9433865
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A game system for controlling a game, the game system comprising: recording means for recording a picture of the game that has been played by a first user who has registered for use of the game and a situation of the game at a given timing of the picture in storage means in association with each other; means for sending the picture included in a message to a second user who has not registered for use of the game for display on a display of the second user, in order to alert the second user about the game and invite the second user to play the game online; providing means for providing the second user with the game starting from the given timing based on the situation of the game associated with the picture after the picture in the message is displayed, even though the second user has not registered for use of the game; second user situation determining means for determining, in a case where the second user plays the game provided by the providing means, whether or not the situation of the game is a given situation; end determination means for determining whether or not to bring the game provided by the providing means to an end based on a determination result from the second user situation determining means; means for determining whether or not the situation of the game played by the first user is a first situation; and means for determining that the game played by the first user is to be brought to an end in a case where it is determined that the situation of the game is the first situation, wherein: the second user situation determining means determines, in the case where the second user plays the game provided by the providing means, whether or not the situation of the game is a second situation that is different from the first situation, and the end determination means determines that the game provided by the providing means is to be brought to an end in a case where it is determined that the situation of the game is the second situation.