Network game system and client game device

A network game system comprising game devices each including an external storage medium processing section that reads out at least a player ID that is unique to a player from an external storage medium owned by the player, and a server terminal that is communicably connected to the game devices through a network,

• wherein the server terminal comprises:
• a presentation process information managing section that stores a presentation process information used for performing a game presentation associated with a game presentation ID when the game device performs a game;
• a player information managing section that stores the game presentation ID set to be permitted for use in the external storage medium as an acquired game presentation ID in association with a player ID based on the player ID transmitted from the game device;
• a player information transmitting section that reads out the game presentation ID, which is set to be used in the player ID, out of the acquired game presentation IDs stored in the player information managing section as a set game presentation ID and transmits the set game presentation ID to the game device when the player ID is received from the game device;
• and
• a presentation setting updating section that updates information on the acquired game presentation ID of the player ID that is stored in the player information managing section and transmits an update result to the game device, and
• wherein the game device comprises:
• a player ID transmitting section that reads out the player ID through the external storage medium processing section and transmits the player ID to the server terminal;
• a presentation process information storing section that stores the presentation process information in association with the game presentation ID;
• and
• a game presentation processing section that reads out the presentation process information corresponding to the set game presentation ID from the presentation process information storing section and performs the game presentation in accordance with the set game presentation ID of the player ID transmitted from the server terminal,
• wherein the game device further includes a game device ID transmitting section that transmits a unique game device ID that is assigned to each of the game devices to the server terminal, and the server terminal further includes a presentation assignment setting managing section that stores presentation assignment setting information enabling the game device to assign predetermined presentation process information to the external storage medium in association with the game device ID transmitted from the game device.

A client game device that is communicably connected to a server terminal through a network and has an external storage medium processing section that reads out at least a player ID that is unique to a player from an external storage medium owned by the player, the client game device comprising:

• a presentation performing section that performs a presentation of a game when the game is performed;
• a presentation process information storing section that stores a plurality of sets of presentation process information associated with a game presentation ID;
• a player ID transmitting section that reads out the player ID through the external storage medium processing section and transmits the player ID to the server terminal;
• a game presentation processing section that receives a game presentation ID that is set to be used for the player ID as a set game presentation ID from the server terminal, reads out the presentation process information corresponding to the set game presentation ID from the presentation process information storing section, and performs a game presentation;
• and
• an update information receiving section that receives update information on the game presentation ID from the server terminal,
• wherein the server terminal includes:
• 1) a presentation process information managing section that stores a presentation process information associated with the game presentation ID;
• 2) a player information managing section that stores the game presentation ID set to be permitted for use in the external storage medium as an acquired game presentation ID in association with the player ID based on the player ID transmitted by the player ID transmitting section;
• 3) a player information transmitting section that reads out the set game presentation ID, which is set to the player ID, out of the acquired game presentation IDs stored in the player information managing section and transmits the read-out set game presentation ID to the game presentation processing section when the player ID is received;
• and 4) a presentation setting updating section that updates information on the acquired game presentation ID of the player ID that is stored in the player information managing section and transmits an updated result to the update information receiving section,
• wherein the presentation setting updating section determines whether or not there is a copiable game presentation ID in the set game presentation IDs set in the external storage media of a plurality of players participating in the game and, when there are the copiable game presentation IDs, reads out latest presentation processing information having a latest acquisition time stamp that is not set to be permitted for use for any of the external storage media of the plurality of players from the game presentation IDs and updates the information on the acquired game presentation IDs associated with the player ID of the external storage medium that is stored in the player information managing section so as to set the game presentation ID of the latest presentation process information to be permitted for use for any external storage medium of the plurality of players.

A client game device that is communicably connected to a server terminal through a network and has an external storage medium processing section that reads out at least a player ID that is unique to a player from an external storage medium owned by the player, the client game device comprising:

• a presentation performing section that performs a presentation of a game when the game is performed;
• a presentation process information storing section that stores a plurality of sets of presentation process information associated with a game presentation ID;
• a player ID transmitting section that reads out the player ID through the external storage medium processing section and transmits the player ID to the server terminal;
• a game presentation processing section that receives a game presentation ID that is set to be used for the player ID as a set game presentation ID from the server terminal, reads out the presentation process information corresponding to the set game presentation ID from the presentation process information storing section, and performs a game presentation;
• and
• an update information receiving section that receives update information on the game presentation ID from the server terminal,
• wherein the client game device further includes a game device ID transmitting section that transmits a unique game device ID to the server terminal, and the server terminal further comprises a presentation assignment setting managing section that stores presentation assignment setting information enabling the game device to assign predetermined presentation process information to the external storage medium in association with the game device ID transmitted from the game device.