Patent ID: 9242179
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. An application provision server providing a game application to a plurality of users via a network, the application provision server comprising: a table display section adapted to show one or more game applications displayed corresponding to a limited date and time period during which said one or more game applications are available for execution, wherein as the limited date and time period ends, a different set of game applications becomes available for execution; a reservation operation section adapted to show one or more game applications to be available for execution during a future date and time period; an acceptance part adapted to accept, from a first user using a client connected to the application provision server, a selection of at least one of said one or more game applications for execution, a specification of a second user who will be the opponent in said at least one of said one or more game applications , a reservation operation representing said first user's intention to execute, at a corresponding future date and time, at least one of said one or more game applications to be available for execution at a future date and time, and a goal selected from among a plurality of goals defined in advance as a goal to be achieved in the selected application, the selected goal being to be specified to the second user; and an achievement level acquisition part adapted to acquire, from the first user, an achievement level against the goal after a selected game application is ended by the first user; an application provision part providing, to the second user together with the goal, the selected game application provided to the first user after the selected game application is ended by the first user; the achievement level acquisition part acquiring, from the second user, a second user's achievement level against the goal after the selected game application is ended by the second user; the application provision server further comprising a notification part adapted to compare the achievement levels of the first and second users acquired by the achievement level acquisition part, and notify the first and second users which of the two users is higher in achievement level.