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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Koji Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Effective advertisements are provided to users of a network. On a terminal of a user B, user names of users whom the user B registered in advance as friends are displayed. On the terminal, information indicating whether respective friend users are online or offline, is also displayed. Icons representing video games, etc., played by the friend users are also displayed on the terminal. When the user B clicks the icon of the Game C associated with the user A, the terminal executes advertisement information display processing. By this processing, an advertisement information screen is displayed on the terminal. On the advertisement information screen, an advertisement relating to the status of the user A registered as the friend is displayed.