Patent ID: 8246469

Claim:
A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for a second computer in a communication system including the second computer and a first computer, wherein the second computer communicates with a display device and the first computer, wherein said second computer comprises a first storage device for storing data for displaying on the display device an image containing a user character operated by a user of the second computer, said program allows a processor of said second computer to execute: a first operating state determination operation to determine whether or not a predetermined operational designation has been carried out by said user; a first transmission operation of, when it has been determined in said first operating state determination operation that said predetermined operational designation has been carried out, transmitting to said first computer a request for permission to perform an action corresponding to the predetermined operational designation; a first act processing operation to display on the display device an image of said user character performing a first act according to said predetermined operational designation and before a conclusion transmitted from said first computer has been received according to said request transmitted in said first transmission operation; a first reception operation to receive the conclusion transmitted from said first computer according to said request transmitted in said first transmission operation; and a second act processing operation that, after said conclusion is received in said first reception operation, displays on the display device an image of said user character performing a second act according to the conclusion.