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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2014
Dena Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Sumaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Nakatani, Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Muto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Arizuka, Tokyo, JP;
DeNA Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A server device according to the present invention, which is connected to a plurality of player terminals through a network, includes a storage unit configured to store an initial upper limit of number of groups and an initial threshold value smaller than an upper limit of a group affiliation rate, which is a ratio of number of affiliated persons with respect to a quota of a group, a group generating portion configured to generate a plurality of groups to which the group affiliation rate of the initial threshold value is set, at a start of a game, based on the initial upper limit of the number of groups, and a player distributing portion configured to distribute players to groups.