Patent ID: 9079105
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a team in an online game, the team management method comprising: electronically configuring, by a team management apparatus, a team management screen by receiving electronic data and transforming the received electronic data into one or more formations that designate respective positions of a plurality of characters included in a team managed by the user; electronically displaying, by the team management apparatus, the team management screen that contains information on at least one preset formation including a basic formation on a user terminal upon receiving a signal indicating that the user enters the team management screen from the user terminal; setting, by the team management apparatus, each information on the at least one formation upon receiving setting related to details of a selected formation among the at least one formation from the user terminal; judging, by the team management apparatus, whether or not the number of currently set formations is less than a preset maximum number of formations upon receiving a formation addition request signal from the user terminal, and adding the formation if the number of currently set formations is less than the maximum number of formations; and setting, by the team management apparatus, a formation change shortcut key that generates an instruction to immediately change the at least one formation during game play, wherein the display of the team management screen further includes displaying a character management menu display unit that displays an item for batch application to the plurality of characters on the team.