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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Aya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A server unit provides a message board on a predetermined topic in which multiple unspecified users participate. A user can designate a message posted by an arbitrary user on the message board on the predetermined topic, as a watch target. When a plurality of users designate the same message on the message board on the predetermined topic as a watch target and post new messages on the message to be watched within a predetermined period, the users who have designated the same message as the watch target are grouped. The grouped users can use a message board for a temporary topic which is provided as separate from the message board for the predetermined topic.