Patent ID: 7780530

Claim:
A character data managing system managing character data displayed on a communication terminal device, the character data managing system comprising: a character server storing: (a) a plurality of characters, and (b) a plurality of character information, wherein each of the plurality of character information is associated with one of the plurality of characters; wherein each of said plurality of character information associated with a character stored in the character server contains: (a) a first type of information regarding the associated character; (b) a second type of information regarding the associated character, wherein said first type of information is different from said second type of information; and (c) information disclosure settings information that sets which of the plurality of characters stored in the character server the first type of information is disclosable to and which of the plurality of characters stored in the character server the second type of information is disclosable to, communication terminal devices capable of downloading, from the character server, at least one of the plurality characters, wherein each of the characters are downloadable for use in multiple types of game programs executable at the communication terminal devices and wherein the characters act on behalf of a plurality of users in the game programs, and wherein the character server transmits, to a communication terminal device using a first character in one of the game programs, at least one of (i) a first type of information associated with a second character and (ii) a second type of information associated with the second character according to an information disclosure settings information associated with the second character.