Patent ID: 8370438
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A server for storing message information of messages of a user in a storage area and for allowing viewing of the messages in response to instructions of another user, comprising: a message preparation list that stores a plurality of predetermined usable items; a receiver that receives the messages of the user from a first game device via a network, the messages including only the plurality of predetermined usable items and being restricted from including other items different than the plurality of predetermined useable items for limiting content of the messages, each of the messages including multiple ones of the plurality of predetermined usable items that are each independently selected by the user for enabling the content of the messages to be user-defined, each of the plurality of predetermined usable items of the messages being received in a first language; a converter that converts each of the plurality of predetermined usable items of the messages into a second language different than the first language; a friend list that stores a handle name that indicates the another user, the another user being allowed to view the messages of the user; a detector that receives the instructions of the another user for viewing the messages of the user and that detects the handle name of the another user in the instructions; a confirmer that confirms whether the handle name of the another user is stored in the friend list; and a transmitter that transmits one of the messages of the user to a second game device of the another user via the network when the detector receives each of the instructions and the confirmer confirms that the handle name of the another user is stored in the friend list, the one of the messages of the user that is transmitted to the another user including the plurality of predetermined usable items that are converted into the second language, wherein the plurality of predetermined usable items include a plurality of words.