1. A system comprising:
a server device configured to provide a network game allowing one or more users to participate in through a communication line;
a user terminal configured to allow a user to execute the network game provided by the server device,
wherein the server device includes:
a reception unit configured to receive a request for participation in a predetermined network game from each of user terminals used by a plurality of users; and
a matching processing unit configured to integrate user information for each user terminal from which the reception unit receives the participation request to generate matching information of each user participating in the same network game to be started at the same time, and notify the generated matching information to each user terminal from which the reception unit receives the participation request, and
the user terminal includes a terminal control unit displaying first matching information including only user information of the user terminal by using the matching information notified by the matching processing unit, and displaying second matching information including at least user information other than the user information of the user terminal thereafter.
2. The system according to claim 1,
wherein the terminal control unit displays the second matching information including at least user information of the user who first makes the request for participation in the network game.
3. The system according to claim 1,
wherein by using history information related to affinity between the respective users, the terminal control unit extracts a user having high affinity with the user of the corresponding user terminal among other users making the request for participation in the network game, and displays matching information including the information of the extracted user.
4. The system according to claim 3,
wherein the terminal control unit extracts a user having high affinity by using the history information stored in at least one of the user terminal or the server device, and displays matching information.
5. A terminal device, in which a user executes a network game provided by a server device through a communication line, the terminal device comprising;
a terminal communication unit configured to make a request for participation in a predetermined network game to the server device; and
a terminal control unit configured to acquire, from the server device, matching information of each user participating in the same network game to be started at the same time, display first matching information including only user information of the terminal device, and display second matching information including at least user information other than the user information of the terminal device thereafter.
6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing game program, which causes a computer to execute a network game allowing one or more users to participate in through a communication line, comprising:
receiving a request for participation in a predetermined network game from each of user terminals used by a plurality of users;
integrating user information for each user terminal whose participation request is received, and generating matching information for each user participating in the same network game to be started at the same time;
notifying the generated matching information to each user terminal whose participation request is received, and
displaying first matching information including only user information of the user terminal by using the notified matching information, and displaying second matching information including at least user information other than the user information of the user terminal thereafter.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electroplating apparatus comprising:
a plating tank containing a plating electrolyte;
an anode present in a first portion of the plating tank; and
a cathode system present in a second portion of the plating tank, the cathode system comprising:
a working electrode comprising a supported portion and an exposed portion, wherein the exposed portion defines a plating surface;
a thief electrode that is separated from the working electrode,
wherein the thief electrode is present between the working electrode of the cathode system and the anode, and
wherein an exterior face of the thief electrode is offset from the plating surface of the working electrode; and
a holder configured to support the working electrode, the holder comprising a lip portion comprising:
a first surface extending over and directly contacting the supported portion of the working electrode, and
a second surface opposing the first surface and directly contacting the thief electrode,
wherein the thief electrode comprises a rim portion extending beyond an edge of the lip portion of the holder and overlapping the plating surface of the working electrode about a perimeter of the working electrode.
2. The electroplating apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one cathode power supply in electrical communication to the working electrode and the thief electrode.
3. The electroplating apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one cathode power supply comprises at least one controller for separately controlling a flow of power to each of the working electrode and the thief electrode.
4. The electroplating apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least anode power supply.
5. The electroplating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the working electrode has a circular geometry and the thief electrode has a circular geometry, or the working electrode is multi-sided and the thief electrode is multi-sided.
6. A plating method comprising
providing a plating tank containing a plating electrolyte having at least one metal compound;
positioning an anode in a first portion of the plating tank;
positioning a cathode system in a second portion of the plating tank, wherein the step of positioning the cathode system comprises:
providing a working electrode comprising a supported portion and an exposed portion, wherein the exposed portion defines a plating surface;
providing a thief electrode that is separated from the working electrode,
wherein the thief electrode is present between the working electrode of the cathode system and the anode, and
wherein an exterior face of the thief electrode is offset from the plating surface of the working electrode;
providing a holder configured to support the working electrode, the holder comprising a lip portion comprising:
a first surface extending over and directly contacting the supported portion of the working electrode, and
a second surface opposing the first surface and directly contacting the thief electrode; and
positioning a rim portion of the thief electrode to extend beyond an edge of the lip portion of the holder and to overlap the plating surface of the working electrode about a perimeter of the working electrode; and
applying a bias to the anode and the cathode system, wherein the metal compound dissociates to provide metal ions that are plated on the plating surface of the working electrode.