Patent ID: 7887421
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A video game control system comprising: a plurality of player terminals respectively operated by a plurality of players, a video game being played in each of the plurality of player terminals; and a video game control server that controls at least part of progress of the video game via a communication network, wherein each of the player terminals comprises: a game map display device that displays a game map on an image display screen on the basis of a request to obtain the game map, the request being transmitted to the video game control server in accordance with a map obtaining specification operation by the player, the game map being delivered from the video game control server; a position measurer that measures a current position of the player terminal when a support appeal specification operation by the player is received during execution of a predetermined event; and a support appeal reception information transmitter that transmits support appeal reception information to the video game control server via the communication network, the support appeal reception information including current position information indicating the current position of the player terminal measured by the position measurer, player identification information for uniquely identifying the player and support appeal specification reception information indicating that the support appeal specification operation is received, wherein the video game control server comprises: a game map deliverer that delivers the game map to a player terminal on the basis of a request to obtain the game map from the player terminal; a player terminal positional information storage that stores the player terminal positional information is association with the player identification information on the player terminal, the present positional information, which shows present position of the player terminal, and the date and time information which indicated a date when the present positional information is stored; a player terminal positional information updater that renews the present positional information of the player terminal in the player terminal positional information and the date and time information every time an access by which the respective present positional information showing the respective present position from the player terminal is presented, a support appeal information transmitter that refers to player terminal positional information, when the support appeal reception information is received from the player terminal, and transmits support appeal information for support appeal to player terminals other than the player terminal, the other player terminals being positioned within a predetermined range from the current position of the player terminal; and the date an time shown by the date and time information is within a prescribed time from the present time; and a support appeal reply execution information transmitter that transmits, when support contents information, indicating support contents, is received from any of the other player terminals in accordance with the support appeal indicated by the support appeal information, support appeal reply instruction execution information for instructing the player terminal to execute the support contents indicated by the received support contents information to the player terminal, and wherein the player terminal executes support from the other player terminals in the executing event on the basis of the received support appeal reply instruction execution information.