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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
Hiroki Sotoike, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Nakata, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Shiraiwa, Kyoto, JP;
Yukihiko Itoh, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroki Sotoike, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Nakata, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Shiraiwa, Kyoto, JP;
Yukihiko Itoh, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
After a star peer-to-peer network is constructed, a network game is started. While the network game is executed, a mesh peer-to-peer network is gradually constructed by establishing connections between client terminals which have been connected to the star peer-to-peer network. After the network game is started, while the mesh peer-to-peer network is constructed, client terminals which have established connections therebetween transmit and receive game data to and from each other without passing via a host terminal, and client terminals which have not established connections therebetween yet transmit and receive game data to and from each other via the host terminal. Thus, a game network system can be realized, in which a time during which players wait for the network game to start is short and in which processing burdens are not concentrated on a specific user terminal.