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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Tadakatsu Izumi, Tokyo, JP;
Tadakatsu Izumi, Tokyo, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are a chat system, a chat device, a chat server control method, and an information storage medium for realizing sound communication between users. When a message transfer unit () receives a message, the message is transferred to a game terminal of a transmission destination and a stop limit unit () transmits an instruction such as a limit instruction limiting a chat function stop processing in the game terminal to the game terminal of the transmission source of the message. A stop limit time calculation unit () calculates a period of a stop limit time for limiting the chat function stop processing in accordance with the number of characters in the received message and a timer unit () specifies a stop limit time end time instant. When the stop limit time end time instant has been reached, the stop limit unit () transmits a limit cancel instruction for canceling the limit of the chat function stop processing.