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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Tetsuya Nakata, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Shiraiwa, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Masuda, Kyoto, JP;
Keigo Nakano, Kyoto, JP;
Kosuke Yabuki, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Nakata, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Shiraiwa, Kyoto, JP;
Takumi Masuda, Kyoto, JP;
Keigo Nakano, Kyoto, JP;
Kosuke Yabuki, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A game system, which is an example of a matching system, includes a game serverand a plurality of game devicesthat are connected to the game serverover a network. The game systemincludes a related player presenting sectionfor presenting, to a participating player who is attempting to join a game and for whom matchmaking is to be performed in any of matching rooms that are matching ranges, a related player related to the participating player, a matching room identification sectionfor identifying a matching room that is associated with the related player presented by the related player presenting section, and a matching processorfor performing matchmaking in the matching room identified by the matching room identification section