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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 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 internet communication with electronic devices; memory configured to store friend lists for respective users and user data comprising status data for respective users; and a processor configured to control the network server computer to perform operations including: receiving, via the communication circuitry, status data including activity information indicative of current activities of users of two or more electronic devices; updating the user data based on the received status data; and providing, to a user, status data indicative of respective current activities of one or more friends on the friend list of the user even if the current activities of the user and the one or more friends are different.