Patent ID: 8801515

Claim:
A server device for providing a game to a terminal device operated by a player and connected to the server device via a communication network, the server device comprising: an information storage unit configured to store information on at least a plurality of game media; a first identification unit configured to read the information on the plurality of game media from the information storage unit and identify, among the plurality of game media, a plurality of specific game media satisfying a specific criterion as one game medium group; a second identification unit configured to identify a number of the plurality of specific game media constituting the one game medium group; and a control unit configured to generate and display on a display unit of the terminal device a display image arranging first information identifying the one game medium group and second information identifying the number of the plurality of specific game media in one unit display area, to receive, from the terminal device, information on one game medium group selected by the player for processing via an input unit of the terminal device from the plurality of game medium groups included in the display image, and to place the plurality of specific game media constituting the one game medium group in a lump in a specific display area in the display image, wherein the control unit places, if the number of vacant areas for placing the specific game media in the specific display area is less than the number of the specific game media constituting the selected one game medium group, the number of the vacant areas of the specific game media among the specific game media constituting the one game medium group in a lump in the specific display area.