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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Hidehisa Takahashi, Amagasaki, JP;
Tatsuya Ishikawa, Takarazuka, JP;
Kazuhiro Namba, Amagasaki, JP;
Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a network game progress control system which is capable of causing a network game between users to progress smoothly without being subject to effects caused by a data transfer rate disparity and/or a difference in hardware capacity. The pitcher-side client computertransmits ball-type information and course information to the batter-side client computer, causes a pitching action of the pitcher character to be temporarily suspended, and, after receiving batting information transmitted from the batter-side client computer, restarts the pitching action of the pitcher character, and causes a baseball game to progress in accordance with a batting action determined by the batting information.