Patent ID: 8622840

Claim:
An information processing device connected to a predetermined game execution terminal, comprising: a display control unit configured to display an image in which a plurality of users exchange information; and a communication control unit, wherein the predetermined game execution terminal is operable to initialize and execute a game by a user independently of the information processing device, wherein the predetermined game execution terminal is connected, via a communication path, during execution of the game to a second game execution terminal operable to concurrently execute the game, wherein the communication path from the predetermined game execution terminal includes communication through the information processing device and a second information processing device connected to the second game execution terminal, wherein the communication control unit receives, from the predetermined game execution terminal, a service set ID (SSID) for identifying a group of predetermined game execution terminals communicating with each other, wherein the communication control unit transmits to the second information processing device predetermined information mapped to the SSID as information related to a specified game of the predetermined game execution terminal, thereby allowing the second information processing device to display the predetermined information as the information related to the specified game of the predetermined game execution terminal, wherein, when the SSID is received from the predetermined game execution terminal, the display control unit displays the predetermined information mapped to the SSID, wherein the communication control unit receives information related to the specified game of the second game execution terminal transmitted from the second information processing device, wherein, when the information related to the specified game of the second game execution terminal is received, the display control unit causes the information to be displayed, wherein the communication control unit is operable to receive a request for connection to the predetermined game execution terminal issued by the second game execution terminal and transferred by the second information processing device, and is operable to transfer the request for connection to the predetermined game execution terminal, thereby connecting the predetermined game execution terminal to the second game execution terminal via the communication path, and wherein, when the communication control unit receives the request for connection from the second information processing device, the display control unit displays an image indicating that preparation of the specified game in the second game execution terminal is completed, thereby alerting the user of the predetermined game execution terminal to start the specified game in the predetermined game execution terminal.