Patent ID: 6639609
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus to be accessed from a plurality of information terminals via a network, comprising:a generating component for generating first information in response to an access from one of the information terminals and for supplying the first information to the information terminal; a receiving component for receiving the first information sent from the information terminal; an incrementing component for incrementing an organism count and a cumulative count, according to a predetermined algorithm, wherein the organism count and the cumulative count are contained in the first information received by said receiving component; an initializing component for resetting the organism count when the organism count has reached a predetermined reset value; a sending component for sending image information to the information terminal, wherein the image information indicates a virtual organism which grows in accordance with the incrementing of the organism count and the image information indicates the cumulative count; and an event executing component for executing a predetermined event when the organism count has reached a predetermined event value.