Patent ID: 6607444
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A server device for net games which is communicably connected via a network to a plurality of terminal devices used by users, and manages a game played in a game space by the users using said terminal devices, said server device comprising:league creating means for designating a predetermined number of users from a plurality of users using said terminal devices as league members, and sequentially creating a league which consists of the designated members; and schedule deciding means for deciding a schedule of league matches so that each league member of the league created by said league creating means plays at least one game with all other ones of the league members; storing means for storing a creation keyword which is sent by a user using said terminal device of the user, wherein said league creating means creates a limited membership league where only a user who sends a keyword which matches the creation keyword stored in said storing means becomes a league member, and said storing means stores a cancelling keyword transmitted by a user using said terminal device; and league canceling means for canceling the limited membership league created by said league creating means when the user transmits the canceling keyword which matches the canceling keyword stored in said storing means, wherein when the user who transmits said canceling keyword selects to participate in a normal league of which league members are automatically decided by said league creating means, said league canceling means cancels the limited membership league created by said league creating means, and said league creating means creates a normal league of which said user and other arbitrarily selected users are members.