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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Casey J. Pelkey, Medina, WA (US);
Darren C. Smith, Sammamish, WA (US);
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An example network server computer includes communication circuitry configured for communication with electronic devices of users; memory; and a processor configured to control the network server computer to at least receive, via the communication circuitry, from electronic devices of users, user profiles and user preferences for respective users and store, in the memory, the received user profiles and user preferences; and provide access to user profiles in response to access requests received, via the communication circuitry, from electronic devices of user. Access to each respective user's user profile is controlled in accordance with one or more of the user preferences of the respective user, and the one or more user preferences comprise a first preference setting for allowing all other users to access the user's user profile and a second preference setting for allowing only friends on the user's friend list to access the user's user profile.