Application provision server and application provision method

An application provision method in a client-server type system providing a game application to a plurality of users via a network, the application provision method causing a computational resource of a server to perform the steps of:

• providing, to a first user using a client terminal connected to the server, a game application selected by the first user;
• providing, to a second user specified by the first user, the game application provided to the first user and a goal selected by the first user from among a plurality of goals defined in advance as a goal to be achieved in the application, the selected goal being to be specified to the second user, after the game application is ended by the first user;
• and
• notifying achievement levels of the first and second users against the goal to the client terminals of the first and second users after the game application is ended by the second user.

A client terminal connected to a server providing a game application via a network, the client terminal being provided with an application by the server, the client terminal comprising:

• an indication part adapted to indicate, to the server, a selection of a game application, a specification of a user who will be the opponent in the game application, and a goal selected from among a plurality of goals defined in advance as a goal to be achieved in the game application, the selected goal being to be specified to the user as the opponent;
• and
• a display part adapted to display an execution screen of the specified game application;
• the display part further displaying an achievement level of the user specified as the opponent against the goal acquired from the server after the game application is ended by the user, and an achievement level of a user using the present client terminal against the goal.

A client-server type system that provides a game application to a plurality of users via a network,

• a client terminal connected to the system and used by a first user including
• an indication part adapted to indicate, to a server, a selection of a game application, a specification of a second user who will be the opponent in the game application, and a goal selected from among a plurality of goals defined in advance as a goal to be achieved in the selected application, the selected goal being to be specified to the second user,
• a display part adapted to display an execution screen of the specified game application, and
• an achievement level transmission part adapted to transmit an achievement level against the goal to the server after the game application is ended;
• the server of the system including
• an acceptance part adapted to accept, from the client terminal used by the first user, the selection of the game application, the goal to be achieved in the game application, and the specification of the second user who will be the opponent in the game application,
• an application provision part adapted to provide, to the client terminal used by the first user, the game application specified by the first user, and
• an achievement level acquisition part adapted to acquire, from the first user, the achievement level against the goal after the game application is ended by the first user;
• the application provision part providing, to the second user, the game application provided to the first user together with the goal after the game application is ended by the first user;
• the achievement level acquisition part acquiring, from the second user, a second user's achievement level against the goal after the game application is ended by the second user;
• the system further comprising
• in at least either the client terminal or the server, a comparison part adapted to compare the achievement levels of the first and second users;
• the display part further displaying the result of comparison made by the comparison part.

A game application provision method in a system that includes at least two client terminals, first and second client terminals, and a server, the first client terminal being used by a first user, the second client terminal being used by a second user, the server being connected to the client terminals via a network, the game application provision method comprising:

• an acceptance step of accepting, from the first user via the first client terminal, a selection of a game application, a specification of the second user who will be the opponent in the game application, and a goal selected from among a plurality of goals defined in advance as a goal to be achieved in the selected application, the selected goal being to be specified to the second user;
• a first application provision step of providing, to the first client terminal, the game application specified by the first user;
• a first achievement level acquisition step of acquiring, from the first client terminal, an achievement level against the goal after the game application is ended by the first user;
• a second application provision step of providing, to the second user, the game application provided to the first user together with the goal after the game application is ended by the first user;
• a second achievement level acquisition step of acquiring, from the second client terminal, a second user's achievement level against the goal after the game application is ended by the second user;
• and
• a display step of displaying a comparison result of the achievement levels of the first and second users;
• a processor of the server performing the acceptance step, and the first and second achievement level acquisition steps;
• respective processors of the first and second client terminals performing the display step;
• the first application provision step being performed by at least either the processor of the first client terminal or the processor of the server;
• the second application provision step being performed by at least either the processor of the second client terminal or the processor of the server.