Patent ID: 9716678
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A63F,H04L

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a web server computer; and at least two electronic devices, each electronic device configured for enabling a user thereof to access the web server computer via the Internet, wherein the web server computer comprises communication circuitry configured for communication with the electronic devices, memory and processing circuitry including a processor, the processing circuitry being configured to control the web server computer to at least: wherein access to each respective user's user profile is controlled in accordance with one or more of the user preferences of the respective user, wherein the one or more user preferences comprise a first preference setting for allowing all other users to access the user's user profile and a second preference setting for allowing only friends on the user's friend list to access the user's user profile, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the web server computer to provide, to an electronic device of a user, application program data indicative of an application program currently executed by an electronic device of each of one or more friends on a friend list of the user, even when the electronic device of the user is executing an application program different from the application programs currently executed by the electronic devices of the one or more friends.