Patent ID: 9656164
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A video game processing apparatus for controlling progress of a video game, in which a plurality of players address a common task, the video game processing apparatus comprising: a memory that stores task related information, the task related information including tasks that a player selects to challenge in the video game; a receiver that receives, over a network, a task providing request from a first player operating a first client computer; a processor that specifies a task corresponding to the task providing request of the first player, and generates player related information of a second player that challenges the specified task by operating a second client computer, the player related information including an action history of the second player; a transmitter that transmits the player related information of the second player to the first client computer; and a display controller that controls a display screen of the first client computer to display the specified task and the action history of the second player with regards to the specified task for communicating the specified task and the action history of the second player to the first player of the first client computer to provide joint coordination in addressing the specified task without regard to an online presence of the second player.