Server, communication system, method for controlling communication system, and program
AssigneeGREE, Inc.
InventorMasahito Maeda
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Abstract
A server includes drawing means for drawing an item by lottery from among an item group including a plurality of types of items with different scarcity values and providing the item to a user, and additional item providing means for providing an additional item to the user in accordance with a provision count of the number of times an item is provided by the drawing means.
Claims20
A server comprising:
- a memory, which stores (i) an item group including a plurality of types of items with different scarcity values, and (ii) a provision count of a number of times an item is provided to a user, and
- a processor,
- wherein the processor:
- in response to a request from the user, draws an item from among the item group stored in the memory, and provides the item to the user;
- and
- provides an additional item to the user in accordance with the provision count, wherein the additional item provided to the user has a scarcity value that is greater than that of each of the items in the item group.
A method for controlling a communication system comprising a server and a communication terminal of a user, the server including (i) a memory, which stores an item group including a plurality of types of items with different scarcity values, and a provision count of a number of times an item is provided to a user, and (ii) a processor, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting, by the communication terminal, an item acquisition request to the server;
- (b) in response to the item acquisition request from the communication terminal, drawing an item from among the item group stored in the memory, and providing the item to the user, step (b) being performed by the processor;
- and
- (c) based on the provision count, providing to the user an additional item which has a scarcity value that is greater than that of each of the items in the item group, step (c) being performed by the processor.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing instructions for a computer functioning as a server in a communication system including the server and a communication terminal of a user, the server including (i) a memory, which stores an item group including a plurality of types of items with different scarcity values, and a provision count of a number of times an item is provided to a user, and (ii) a processor, the instructions causing the computer to perform the steps of:
- (a) in response to an item acquisition request from the communication terminal, drawing an item from among the item group stored in the memory, and providing the item to the user;
- and
- (b) based on the provision count, providing to the user an additional item which has a scarcity value that is greater than that of each of the items in the item group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.