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Client apparatus, image display controlling method, shared virtual space providing apparatus and method, and program providing medium

US6253167A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1998
Grant dateJun 26, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/8082
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of users can share a virtual life object and breed the same. A growth parameter control table is stored in a hard disk of an AO server. When a predetermined event is inputted from a client PC 1 or PC 2, a growth parameter, in the growth parameter control table, corresponding to the inputted event is updated. According to the updated growth parameter, the client PC 1 or PC 2 changes the state of the virtual life object existing in a shared virtual space.

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