SERVER ENABLING EXECUTION OF MASS PARTICIPATION TYPE GAME UTILIZING COMMUNICATION LINE NETWORK, METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication game environment of a new form which enables the playing of a game in a mass participation manner through an Internetwork and a dedicated line of a cellular phone. SOLUTION: In a server providing the communication game which enables playing thereof in the mass participation style through the Internetwork and the dedicated line of the cellular phone, E-MAIL address or telephone number registered for each user is stored in the server being related to a virtual address within a game previously assigned to each user and disclosed clear of secret protection against all the users. When a demand for participation is received to other users specified by the virtual address disclosed from a certain user who is playing a game, a message of demanding for the participation to the game is transmitted to the E-MAIL addresses or the telephone numbers registered of other users. This allows calling for the participation to the game while observing the right of privacy of the users thereby eliminating the shortage of game participants.