Patent ID: 7300353

Claim:
A game server that transmits and receives information to and from a plurality of terminal devices over a network, said game server comprising: a memory; member information processing means for associating identifying information regarding a first, a second and a third terminal device from said plurality of terminal devices; said member information processing means storing, as a team, the associated information in said memory from said first, second and third terminal devices; member information deletion means for transmitting a member deletion request regarding said first terminal device from said second terminal device to said third terminal device; said member information deletion means deleting the identifying information of said first terminal device from said memory responsive to an agreement to delete said first terminal device from said second and third terminal devices; and member replacement means for transmitting an admission criteria selection screen to one terminal device of said team responsive to said one terminal device requesting an admission of another terminal device into said team, said another terminal device not belonging to said team, said another terminal device satisfying admission criteria included in said member admission request, said admission criteria being defined by a plurality of criteria; said member replacement means transmitting a member admission request from said one terminal device to other terminal devices on said team responsive to an agreement to admit another terminal device by said team; said member replacement means selecting a fourth terminal device from said plurality of terminal devices responsive to member selection criteria provided from the other terminal devices; and said member replacement means storing the identifying information regarding the fourth terminal device in said memory as a member of said team.