Patent ID: 7917579
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: A63F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A chat system, comprising a plurality of chat devices, the chat devices each comprising: message input means for inputting a message by a user; message transmission means for transmitting the message inputted by the message input means; message reception means for receiving the message; message output means for outputting the message received by the message reception means; and message reception/output stop means for stopping reception and output of the message by the message reception means and the message output means, respectively, in response to a predetermined operation by the user, wherein: the chat system further comprises stop limit means for preventing the user from quitting the chat system for a predetermined chat stop time and the stop limit means prevents the user from quitting the chat system for the predetermined chat stop time on a chat device during the predetermined chat stop limit time that is determined based on the message transmitted by the message transmission means of the chat device, wherein the stop limit means prevents the user from quitting the chat system based on a predetermined calculation expression that comprises a number of characters per message multiplied by a time quantity per number of characters to produce said predetermined chat stop limit time, and further wherein each of said chat devices comprises a processor.