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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2006
Electronic communication method, electronic communication system, communication terminal, and server
Koji Tada, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihito Morikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A user information management unit of a terminal generates a management number for respective users. A terminal to terminal communication unit communicates with another terminal through ad hoc communication, acquires a unique user ID set for the other user, and stores the user ID in a friend information storing unit. The data generated in a data generation unit is transmitted to a server from a sending unit along with a destination user ID selected from user IDs stored in a friend information storing unit. A reception unit in the server stores the transmitted data in a data storing unit for each destination user ID. When the server receives a connection request from a terminal, a connecting user information acquisition unit in the server identifies a user ID of a connection origin and a data retrieving unit transmits the data to the terminal by retrieving a data storing unit based on the user ID, indicating the user requested for the connection as a destination.