Patent ID: 9246855
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A63F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An electronic chat joining method, comprising: opening, by a chairman video game terminal via a request that includes setup information that is input to the chairman video game terminal, a chat by setting an area of a database for storing chat messages; storing the setup information in a storage of the chairman video game terminal, the setup information being useable by the chairman video game terminal for creating an invitation message that provides access to the area of the database; creating, by the chairman video game terminal, the invitation message comprising the setup information that is stored in the storage of the chairman video game terminal; giving, by the chairman video game terminal, an invitation instruction for transmission of the invitation message; creating, at the chairman video game terminal, an invitation data signal that is based on the invitation message and that comprises the setup information; initiating, by the chairman video game terminal, transmission of the invitation data signal comprising the setup information from the chairman video game terminal to a guest video game terminal based on the invitation instruction; receiving, by the guest video game terminal, the invitation data signal; obtaining, by the guest video game terminal, the setup information from the invitation data signal; creating, by the guest video game terminal, an access request signal based on the setup information; transmitting, from the guest video game terminal to the chairman video game terminal, the access request signal created by the guest video game terminal in response to the guest video game terminal receiving a guest instruction, wherein the setup information includes a password that is communicated from the chairman video game terminal to the guest video game terminal and that initiates and authenticates access to the area of the database by the guest video game terminal.