US 12,327,316 B2
Communication assistance method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and communication server for assigning a virtual space
Masato Itabashi, Tokyo (JP); Masayoshi Saruya, Tokyo (JP); Miki Wakamatsu, Tokyo (JP); and Masatoshi Senju, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,993.
Application 17/671,993 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/032432, filed on Aug. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172435 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A communication server, comprising:
a communications unit configured to receive use information including an attribute information of a user using a flavor inhaler and transmitted by a user terminal on the basis of an act of using a flavor inhaler;
a specification unit configured to determine whether a status information associated with the user terminal is a log-out status; and
an assignment unit configured to assign a virtual space to the user terminal whose status information is the log-out status, the virtual space determined from a plurality of virtual spaces provided on an attribute-by-attribute basis on the basis of the attribute information of the user,
wherein the communications unit
transmits, to the user terminal, display information for displaying the virtual space, and
delivers, to another user terminal assigned with the virtual space, a message received from the user terminal,
wherein the specification unit is further configured to:
overwrite the status information with a log-in status, the status information being associated with the user terminal assigned the virtual space, and
overwrite the status information with the log-out status, when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since a time of receipt of most recent use information.