JP2006333916A - Online game supply system and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an online game which enables the enjoyment of a merit other than the levy of money. <P>SOLUTION: The system supplies game contents to a user's terminal by imposing the accomplishment of missions as conditions. Growth values are acquired for fostering characters in the game contents based on the result of the accomplishment of the missions to make the characters grow. To be more specific, a desire to contest with other users is received from the user's terminal to search candidates for the contest among the terminals of online users and a request for the contest is transmitted to the online users' terminals through the user's terminal. When the request for the contest is accepted, a battle stage screen is outputted as a contest site with the individual users' terminals and prescribed characters are selected by the user's terminal and the terminals of online users to start a battle game. The degrees of growth value data pertaining to the individual characters are compared to determine the win or loss and the results of the contest are outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an online game technology that can be played by a plurality of users on the Internet, and more particularly to a technology that combines an online game and data collection.

  With the spread of high-speed communication lines that can be always connected, such as optical lines and DSL lines, the number of users who use online games is increasing. The advantage of this online game is that it is possible to play in real time with multiple users who are online rather than against the computer, and where it is possible to play with other users at their own convenience. ing.

Note that Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-331171 was extracted as a prior art related to the present application. This document describes the following techniques.
That is, another game machine player that cooperates to execute a game is specified, and the game execution of another game machine player including information on whether or not each other specified game machine player is in a communicable state via a communication medium The state information can be acquired, and the acquired game execution state of the other game machine player is displayed. This is a technique that can always recognize the status of other registered players when an online game is executed.

JP 2002-331171 A

By the way, as a current online game billing means, a monthly fee system is generally used, but the amount of money is variously set. Games with relatively high amounts are still highly evaluated, but developing such popular games requires excellent creators, a lot of development time, and a great deal of development fund. On the other hand, if the development period and development funds are reduced, the evaluation from the market is often low, and even if it is low, it is difficult to play. In other words, with the spread of online games, market evaluation has become severe, and popular games and unpopular games are being polarized.

  Some online games can be played for free, and the popularity of these free online games is stable and high. The user is presumed to be based on the idea that a free game with no charging risk may be played freely. However, it is difficult for providers of free online games to continue to operate unless sponsors and stable advertising revenue are obtained. However, if there is an advantage for the online game provider other than billing, and another profit can be generated from it, it is possible to provide a high-quality online game for free or at a very low fee.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information processing technique that can enjoy merits other than direct billing by providing an online game.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system that can enjoy merits other than direct charging by providing an online game.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer program that can enjoy merits other than direct billing by providing an online game.

(Claim 1)
According to the first aspect of the present invention, predetermined game content is provided to a user terminal on the condition that a mission including a search instruction and a collection command for desired data is executed, and the game content is developed based on the result of the mission. Provided is an online game providing system in which a breeding value for growing a character is given and a breeding character is trained.
That is, a battle request receiving unit that receives a battle request for a battle with another user from the user terminal, an opponent search unit that searches for an online online user terminal that is a candidate for the user terminal, When the opponent search means searches for an online user terminal that can be played, a battle request transmission means for sending a battle request from the user terminal to the online user terminal, and an online user terminal that has received the battle request is a battle request. If the user terminal is accepted, a battle stage output means for outputting a battle stage screen serving as a battle place between the user terminal and the online user terminal, and in the output battle stage, a predetermined character is displayed by the user terminal and the online user terminal. The battle game is triggered by the selection. The battle game starting means, the breeding value data comparing means for comparing the strengths of the breeding value data relating to each selected character, and the winning / losing based on the breeding value data and special conditions compared by the breeding value data comparing means The present invention relates to an online game providing system comprising: a winning / losing result output means for outputting the winning / losing result when the mark is attached.

(Glossary)
“Mission” is command data for causing the user terminal to search and collect data desired by the system (desired data). The missions may be listed in a plurality of categories such as sports, computers, movies, music, and travel.
The “special condition” is a condition that makes it possible to win regardless of the opponent's numerical value, etc., due to a character's special move. In order to obtain this special condition, for example, it can be acquired by clearing a predetermined mission.

(Function)
The user reflects the training value acquired by searching for the desired data on his / her character. Growing up the character. In addition, a battle-specific stage called a battle stage is prepared, and each user battles in this battle stage. In the battle rule, the breeding value data comparison means compares the breeding value data of the character and the special condition to determine the victory or defeat.
In other words, this system is a system that allows a user to search and collect desired data desired by the system side through game rules. In order to win the battle, collecting the prescribed information (mission) is a shortcut for growing your character. For this reason, the user is expected to actively collect information. As a result, the system side can enjoy a merit other than the billing of “information acquisition”.

(Claim 2)
The invention according to claim 2 limits the online game providing system according to claim 1, and includes a huge database storing a mission list including the plurality of desired data, and the huge database to the user terminal. A mission list extracting means for extracting a mission list for searching for the latest information on desired data from the Internet, a mission list transmitting means for transmitting the extracted mission list to the user terminal, and the mission list received. When a user terminal executes a predetermined mission and returns a mission result, a mission result receiving unit that receives the mission result, a difference calculation unit that extracts difference data between the received mission result and a huge database, By difference calculation means Filtering means for determining whether or not the issued difference data is valid data, and when the filtering result determines that the mission result is valid data, the privilege data including the breeding value data is calculated. A privilege data calculating means and a privilege data transmitting means for transmitting the privilege data calculated by the privilege data calculating means to the user terminal are provided.

(Glossary)
The “huge database” is a storage unit that stores mission results transmitted from the user terminal. In addition, data that can provide the portal site service to the user, such as valid data or dictionary data stored in advance, may be included. In addition, there are built-in types and external types of huge databases, and there are cases where a plurality of databases are installed depending on the application.
The “difference calculating means” is a function for subtracting the mission result searched by the user terminal from the effective data stored in advance in the huge database. If the data is already stored in a huge database, there is no need to store it.
The “filtering means” mainly detects whether or not the data conforms to the mission, and may also detect nonconforming data such as a virus.
The “privilege data” may include summary document data that summarizes mission results specified in other claims in addition to the character growth value.

(Function)
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the mission list extracting means extracts the mission list for searching for the latest information on the desired data from the Internet, and transmits the extracted mission list to the user terminal. When the user terminal executes a predetermined mission and returns a mission result, the mission result receiving means receives the mission result. The difference calculation means extracts the difference data between the mission result and the huge database. Further, the filtering means determines whether the extracted differential data is valid data. If it is determined that the data is valid, the privilege data calculation means calculates privilege data including the growth value data, and transmits the privilege data to the user terminal.
The breeding value that can be given to the character of the user terminal is determined based on the mission result transmitted from the user terminal. If the user provides better data, a lot of growth values are given, so that the user can be expected to reliably collect desired data based on the given mission.

(Claim 3)
The invention described in claim 3 limits the online game providing system described in claim 2, and the privilege data calculation means is calculated according to the accuracy and collection speed of the collected information. And

(Function)
According to the invention described in claim 3, the privilege data given to the user terminal may be scored for each of the accuracy of information and the collection speed, and the sum thereof may be calculated as the privilege data. This is preferable because more accurate and quick information collection is expected.

(Claim 4)
The invention according to claim 4 limits the online game providing system according to claim 2 or claim 3, and includes document summarizing means for summarizing the mission result based on a predetermined algorithm. The mission result summarized by the summarizing means is included in the privilege data as document summary data.

(Glossary)
The “document summarizing means” is summary data obtained by summarizing a mission result from the user terminal by a predetermined algorithm. As the predetermined algorithm, for example, there is a case where an RSS (Rich Site Summary) function in which metadata such as a website headline, a summary, and an update time is structured and described by an XML base format is used.

(Function)
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the document summarizing means summarizes the mission results using a predetermined algorithm. This document summarization may be based on human naval tactics or may be summarized by automatic processing using an artificial intelligence engine specified in other claims. In other words, the user can browse the form of the mission that he / she has searched and transmitted. The summarized data is stored in a huge database and functions as an information database.

(Claim 5)
The invention according to claim 5 limits the online game providing system according to claim 2 or claim 3, and when the filtering means determines that the mission result is valid data, the valid data Is stored in the huge database as effective difference data.

(Function)
According to the invention described in claim 5, by making valid data into a database, it can be used for other paid information providing services, for example.

(Claim 6)
The invention according to claim 6 limits the online game providing system according to claim 4, and the document summarizing means is a document summarization by an artificial intelligence engine. Game provision system.

(Function)
By employing an artificial intelligence engine for document summarization processing, summarization processing can be realized rationally.

(Claim 7)
The invention described in claim 7 limits the online game providing system according to claim 2, and includes a priority tag assigning means for assigning a priority tag to a mission in which the priority of data collection is set high, A game privilege granting means for granting a game privilege to a user terminal that has executed a mission with a priority tag.

(Glossary)
The “priority tag” may be a mark with a priority of “excellent”, or a mark or logo such as “urgent” or “emergency”, or if it can be seen at a glance compared to other missions, such as by font or color. good. Further, priority tags may be designated as limited express, super express, etc. step by step.
The “game privilege” is mainly a breeding value of the character. In addition, there may be arbitrary prizes or prizes.

(Function)
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, priority is given to a plurality of missions. Priority tag attaching means attaches a priority tag to the desired data that the system desires to collect data preferentially. This priority tag can be arbitrarily negotiated by the system, and when it is given to information with urgent and breaking information such as current news, disaster information, and sports results, data that is not sufficient in a huge database In some cases, it may be given to valuable data that is not posted on the Internet. Valuable data is data that can only be known by a limited number of professionals.
That is, if the system side assigns a priority tag according to the desired data, it is expected that the user will strive to perform the mission with the priority tag for the purpose of acquiring the game privilege.

(Claim 8)
The invention according to claim 8 limits the online game providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 7, and the mission transmitted to the user terminal is the same for a plurality of user terminals. It is characterized by transmitting a mission.

(Function)
By transmitting the same mission to a plurality of user terminals, more data is collected. This is preferable because it contributes to improving the accuracy of the acquired information.

(Claim 9)
The invention according to claim 9 limits the online game providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the user terminal is configured as a portable terminal, and the privilege data transmission means is the portable The document summary data in the privilege data transmitted to the terminal is provided with compression means for compressing the document summary data to a capacity that can be received by the portable terminal.

(Function)
A “portable terminal” is a mobile communication device typified by a mobile phone and a PDA having an Internet function and an electronic mail function.

(Function)
The present invention corresponds to the case where the user terminal is a portable terminal, and the document summary data can be received by the portable terminal. At the time of reception, the compression means compresses to a capacity that can be received by the portable terminal. If the document summary data can be received by the mobile terminal, it is preferable because the document summary data can be viewed even when away from home, which is excellent in convenience.

(Claim 10)
The invention described in claim 10 provides a predetermined game content to a user terminal on condition that a mission comprising a search instruction and a collection command for desired data is executed, and for developing game content based on a result of the mission. Provided is an online game providing program for providing a breeding value for growing a character and growing a breeding character.
The program includes a battle request reception procedure for receiving a battle request for a battle with another user from the user terminal, and a player search procedure for searching for an online user terminal in an online state as a player candidate of the user terminal. When a search is made for an online user terminal that can be played by the opponent search procedure, a battle request transmission procedure for sending a battle request from the user terminal to the online user terminal, and an online user terminal that has received the battle request When a battle request is accepted, a battle stage output procedure for outputting a battle stage screen serving as a battle place between the user terminal and the online user terminal, and in the output battle stage, the user terminal and the online user terminal Triggered when a character is selected The battle game start procedure for starting the game, the training value data comparison procedure for comparing the strength of the training value data for each selected character, and the training value data and special conditions compared by the training value data comparison procedure The present invention relates to a computer program provided with a winning / losing result output procedure for outputting a winning / losing result when winning or losing is based on the result.

(Claim 11)
The invention described in claim 11 limits the computer program described in claim 10, and from the huge database in which the mission list including the plurality of desired data is stored, the latest information related to the desired data is transmitted to the user terminal. A mission list extraction procedure for extracting a mission list for searching for information on the Internet, a mission list transmission procedure for transmitting the extracted mission list to the user terminal, and a user terminal receiving the mission list performing a predetermined mission Executed, mission result reception procedure to receive the mission result when the mission result is returned, difference calculation procedure to extract the difference data between the received mission result and huge database, and extracted by the difference calculation procedure Differential data is valid A filtering procedure for determining whether the data is data, a privilege data calculation procedure for calculating privilege data including the nurturing value data when the mission result is determined to be valid data by the filtering procedure, and the privilege A privilege data transmission procedure for transmitting the privilege data calculated by the data calculation procedure to the user terminal.

(Claim 12)
The invention according to claim 12 limits the computer program according to claim 11, and the privilege data calculation procedure is calculated according to the accuracy and the collection speed of the collected information. .

(Claim 13)
A thirteenth aspect of the present invention is a computer program according to the eleventh or twelfth aspect of the present invention, and includes a document summarization procedure for summarizing the mission results based on a predetermined algorithm. The mission result summarized by the above is included in the privilege data as document summary data.

(Claim 14)
The invention according to claim 14 limits the computer program according to any one of claims 11 to 13, and when the filtering procedure determines that the mission result is valid data, the validity An effective difference data storage procedure for storing data as effective difference data in the huge database is provided.

(Claim 15)
The invention described in claim 15 limits the computer program described in claim 13, and the document summarizing procedure is characterized by document summarization by an artificial intelligence engine.

(Claim 16)
The invention described in claim 16 limits the computer program according to claim 11, and includes a priority tag assignment procedure for assigning a priority tag to a mission in which a high priority is set for data collection, and And a game privilege granting procedure for granting a game privilege to a user terminal that has executed the attached mission.

(Claim 17)
The invention according to claim 17 limits the computer program according to any one of claims 11 to 16, and the mission to be transmitted to the user terminal is the same mission for a plurality of user terminals. It is characterized by transmitting.

(Claim 18)
The invention described in claim 18 limits the computer program according to any one of claims 11 to 16, and when the user terminal is configured as a mobile terminal, the privilege data transmission procedure includes: The document summary data in the privilege data transmitted to the portable terminal is provided with a compression procedure for compressing the document summary data to a capacity that can be received by the portable terminal.

The computer program according to any one of claims 10 to 18 may be provided by being stored in a recording medium. Here, the “recording medium” is a medium that can carry a program that cannot occupy space by itself, such as a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, an MO (magneto-optical disk), a DVD- R and the like.
It is also possible to transmit from a computer storing a program according to these inventions to another computer through a communication line.

According to the first to ninth aspects of the invention, it is possible to provide a system that can enjoy merits other than direct charging by providing an online game.
According to the invention described in claims 10 to 18, it is possible to provide a computer program that can enjoy merits other than direct billing by providing an online game.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on embodiments and drawings. The drawings used here are FIGS. 1 to 9. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the online game providing system, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a training process and a data collection process procedure, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a battle process, 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user terminal, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a mission, and FIG. 7 is a fighting game. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the initial status and the breeding status in the game, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a search result when the mission is executed, and FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the battle stage screen configuration. FIG.

(overall structure)
An online game providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The online game providing system is a breeding online game composed of a server 10 that provides an online game and a user terminal 40 that plays the online game on the Internet. An online game is provided to the user terminal 40 on the condition that the mission consisting of the collection command is performed, and a training value for growing the training character in the online game is given based on the result of performing the mission of the desired data. This is a system for nurturing breeding characters. Note that the online game of the present embodiment is a free (free) game in which no charge is obtained from the user. First, the overall flow will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a character training process in an online game and a data collection process procedure obtained by character training.
When the server 10 receives a connection request for the user terminal 40 to start the breeding game (S101), the server 10 determines whether or not the mission list stored in the huge database has been updated to the latest mission list (S102). ). If the mission list is the latest, a browsing site where the breeding game can be started is output to the user terminal 40 (S103), and the mission list transmission means transmits the latest mission list to the user terminal 40 (S104). On the other hand, if the mission list is not the latest, the mission list updating means updates the mission list (S105).

The user terminal 40 receives the mission list output on the browsing site (S106), and the mission execution means executes the specified specific mission or a predetermined mission selected by itself (S107). The mission result transmission means transmits the mission execution result to the server 10 (S108). The mission result receiving means of the server 10 receives the mission result (S109), and the difference calculating means extracts the difference data between the collected data as the mission result and the huge database (S110). In addition, the filtering unit determines whether the extracted difference data is valid data (S111). If it is determined that the data is valid, the valid difference data is recorded in the huge database (S112).

  Further, the privilege data calculation means calculates privilege data including a training point for training the character for training and document summary data obtained by summarizing the collected data collected when the mission is performed using a predetermined algorithm (S113). ). The privilege data transmitting means transmits the calculated privilege data to the user terminal 40 (S114). The privilege data receiving means of the user terminal 40 receives the privilege data (S115). Of the received privilege data, the training points are assigned to the character training points (S116). Moreover, it becomes possible to browse the document summary data among the privilege data (S117). The server 10 acquires the character data in which the breeding points are reflected, and stores the acquired character data in the game database (S118).

As shown in FIG. 2, a character that has grown by executing a mission to acquire a training point (nurturing value) can play against other users. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a battle process with another user.
The battle request transmission means of the user terminal 40 transmits a battle request for a battle with another user to the server 10 (S201). When the battle request receiving unit of the server 10 receives the battle request (S202), the battle player search unit searches for an online user terminal in the online state that is a battle player candidate of the user terminal 40 (S203). Here, when an online user terminal capable of a battle is searched (S204), the battle request transmission means transmits a battle request from the user terminal 40 to the online user terminal (S205). If no online user terminal capable of competing is searched, the fact is transmitted to the user terminal 40 (S204). The user terminal 40 receives the result (S206).

The online user terminal determines whether or not to accept the battle request from the server 10 (S207), and when the battle request is accepted (S208), the battle stage output means determines whether the user terminal 40 and the online user terminal A battle stage screen serving as a battle place is output (S209). Each user terminal is transferred to the battle stage screen (S210), and selects a character to be used for the battle (S211).
On the other hand, when a battle request is rejected to the online user terminal, the fact is transmitted to the user terminal 40 (S212). The user terminal 40 receives the result that the battle is not possible (S206).

In the output battle stage, the battle game starting means determines whether or not a predetermined character is selected by the user terminal 40 and the online user terminal (S213), and if a character is selected, the battle game is triggered by it. Is started (S214).
The battle game compares the strength of the growth value data relating to each character selected by the growth value data comparison means (S215), and determines whether or not a win or loss has been achieved based on the compared growth value and special conditions (S216). ), When a win or loss is attached, the result of the win or loss is output (S217). The winning / losing result is recorded in the game database (S218). Further, the user terminal 40 and the online user terminal receive the win / loss result from the server 10 (S219). Then, move on to the next mission, acquire growth points, grow and repeat battles with other users.

(User terminal)
FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of the user terminal 40.
The user terminal 40 is a so-called client type computer, and controls the entire user terminal 40, performs a CPU 41 for performing various arithmetic processes, and a RAM (memory) that temporarily expands data when various data is written. 42, a storage unit 43 for storing an operating system, application software and various data, an input unit 44 such as a mouse and a keyboard, a display unit 45 such as a display, and a communication unit 46 connectable to an electric communication line such as the Internet 100 or an intranet. The apparatus includes an output unit 47 that can output various data to a printer and the like, and an input / output port 48 that is an input / output unit for various data.

  As application software of the recording unit 43, a Web browser capable of browsing a Web site on the Internet is installed. The user terminal becomes software for collecting data by accessing the game site provided by the server 10 using this Web browser and performing the requested mission in the game.

(server)
FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the server 10. The server 10 is a so-called server-type computer, and includes a CPU, a main memory, and the like, and serves as a storage unit that stores various types of data such as an arithmetic processing unit 11 that performs various arithmetic processing, an operating system, application software, and a mission list. A huge database 12, a game database 19 in which various data for online games are stored, an input means 14 such as a mouse and a keyboard, a display means 15 such as a display, and a communication means 16 connectable to an electric communication line such as the Internet or an intranet , And an output means 17 capable of outputting various data to a printer or the like and an input / output port 13 which is an input / output unit for various data.

The “huge database” is a storage unit that stores search results transmitted from the user terminal, and is typically a hard disk drive or the like. In addition, data that can provide a portal site service to the user, such as previously stored valid data and dictionary data, is included. In addition, the huge database 12 includes a built-in type and an external type, and a plurality of types may be installed depending on the application.

The “game database” is a storage means for storing game data for online games, and is typically a hard disk drive or the like. If it is a breeding game, it is data related to the game such as status information, battle results, battle history, mission performance speed history ranking, high level mission achievement ranking, etc. related to each user's breeding character. These data can be appropriately viewed from the user terminal.
The game database 19 is built-in, but a game server may be installed at a position physically separated from the server 10 and stored in the game server. In this way, server load can be reduced as distributed processing.

(Mission list)
In the mission list, the mission list creation means creates in advance desired data desired by the online game provider and stores it as a rule for character development for a user who plays the online game. This mission list is updated to the latest mission list at a predetermined interval, for example, every few minutes, and desired data at that time is listed as a mission.

An example of the mission is shown in FIG.
The mission list is divided into multiple categories, such as sports, computers, movies, music, travel, etc., and sports, soccer, professional baseball, etc. If so, it is in the form of a so-called tree structure that is divided into smaller categories such as J-League and overseas soccer.

  For example, when you select overseas soccer, [Study the current goal ranking of No1 Naotaka Takahara! ], [No2. Shunsuke Nakamura's successive teams and their numbers! ] ... etc. are displayed. The mission list can be executed in two forms: when the server 10 requests the user terminal 40 as a mission and when the user selects the mission list.

When requesting from the server 10, referring to the user terminal information acquired at the time of online game user registration, several missions that match the user's preference are selected. For example, if the hobby is travel, the travel category is selected and transmitted.
Further, when the user selects it, the mission list is displayed on the screen, and the user arbitrarily selects it from there. For example, the user terminal 40 may investigate [No.3 Koji Nakata's debut result in detail! ] Is selected, the user terminal 40 needs to collect information based on this mission from the Internet.

  In each mission, a base point corresponding to the character's breeding point is displayed. This is the minimum nurturing point given when a mission is cleared. Further, bonus points that are given only when a predetermined condition is cleared are displayed. In order to obtain bonus points, the time limit such as “within 5 minutes” must be cleared as shown in FIG. In other words, in order to obtain many training points, mission achievement speed and accuracy are required.

(Priority tag)
A priority tag is assigned to the mission list. The priority tag is a priority given to a plurality of missions, and priority tag assignment means attaches a priority tag to data that the server 10 desires to collect data preferentially. As shown in FIG. 6, the priority tag may be a mark of priority [excellent], a mark or logo such as [urgent] or [emergency], or another mission such as by font or color. It only has to be at a glance compared. Further, priority tags may be designated as limited express, super express, etc. step by step.

This priority tag can be arbitrarily arranged by the online game provider, but if given to information with urgent and breaking information such as current news, disaster information and sports results, a huge database There are cases where it is given to the complement of data that is less than 12, and cases where it is given to valuable data that is not posted on the Internet. Valuable data is data that can only be known by a limited number of professionals. That is, if the system side assigns a priority tag according to the desired data, it is expected that the user will strive to perform the mission with the priority tag for the purpose of acquiring the game privilege.
In FIG. 6, a priority tag is assigned to [No3 Koji Nakata's debut result] which is a sport result. Although details will be described later, a predetermined privilege is given to a user terminal that has collected missions with priority tags.

(Improved accuracy)
Moreover, the mission transmitted to the user terminal 40 transmits the same mission to a plurality of user terminals. When the mission is data of [Pay-off], the mission of [Pay-off] is transmitted to five users. In addition, in the mission of “postal privatization”, it is transmitted to 10 users. That is, more data is collected by transmitting the same mission to a plurality of user terminals. This is preferable because it increases the accuracy of the acquired information.

Hereinafter, it will be described in more detail as an upbringing online game taking a fighting game as an example.
This fighting game is a game for nurturing a story of growing a fighter created by a user and aiming to become a world champion of different martial arts. First, the user performs user registration at the start of the game, and obtains a user ID and password. After the user registration, the URL of the fighting game is accessed from the Web browser, and initial setting is performed. By default, select a fight type and character and name it. Here, “Kickboxing” is selected as the fighting type and the name is described as “Crocop”.

  The left side of FIG. 7 shows the initial status of “crocop” displayed on the initial setting end screen. This includes [Name] given by the user, [Attribute] indicating the fighting type, [Current Level], [Stamina], [Punching Power], [Kicking Power], [Throwing Technique], [Ground] , [Defense], [Mental], [Death Technique], [Acquired breeding points] and [available breeding points] indicating available breeding points are displayed. Currently in the initial state, it is level 1 and there are no special moves.

When the initial setting is completed, the game is started and "Crocop" is trained. As described above, since it is necessary to carry out various missions as described above, the user selects a predetermined mission from the mission list displayed on the game screen. Here, it is assumed that [No3 Koji Nakata's debut result] shown in FIG. 6 is selected. The user searches [No3 Koji Nakata's debut result] on the Internet. An example of the search result is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, [No3 Koji Nakata's debut match result] was a result that the full participation was also completely defeated. The user downloads this as text data or HTML data and uploads it in a predetermined format to a dedicated site for transmitting mission results. The uploaded mission result is checked by the difference calculation of the server 10 to determine whether or not the data is not stored in the huge database 12. Further, the difference data extracted by the difference calculation determines whether or not the filtering means is effective. In this case, the filtering mainly detects [whether or not the data is suitable for the mission] and also detects malicious program data and viruses.

For example, if the mission to the user terminal 40 is [No3 Koji Nakata's debut result] as described above, [Soccer] among the collected data. If any of the keywords such as [Debut Battle], [Koji Nakata], [Date Data] is not included, it is determined that the invalid data is not related to the mission. In order to improve the accuracy, a plurality of keywords may be set in the detection condition to narrow down.
As another example of filtering settings, quickness is important for current news, etc., so [date data] in the mission results is emphasized and invalidated after a certain period of time. It is good also as a setting like. The difference data that has passed the filtering is stored in the huge database 12 as effective difference data. Further, the effective difference data stored in the huge database 12 can be provided as an information source for other information providing services.

Here, assuming that the above mission results were identified as valid data by filtering, we obtained [2P] as a base point for mission execution. Also, since the time from the start of the mission to the transmission of the mission result has cleared the bonus point acquisition condition of FIG. 6 within 10 minutes, a plus [10P] was obtained. The total number of breeding points acquired [12P] and this [12P] assigned to each status point of the character “Crocop” is shown on the right side of FIG. 7, with [5P] in [Stamina] and [Punch Strength] in [ [4P] is assigned to [3P] and [Kick power].

In this mission, since the mission with the priority tag is cleared, a privilege (a privilege for a game) is given. This privilege is a prize, a prize, a training point, etc., and is in a form that can be selected by the user. In this way, the user performs missions one after another, grows his character “Crocop” and aims to become a world champion. Since these breeding data are stored in the game database 19, they can be played continuously with time and date.

(Document summary data)
In addition, when the mission is executed, the training points are transmitted from the server 10. In addition to the training points, the document summary data in which the mission results transmitted to the server 10 by Web search are summarized can be received. It has become. “Document summary data” is the document summary means of the server 10 that summarizes the mission results based on a predetermined algorithm. The user can browse the form of the mission that he / she searched and transmitted.

As an algorithm, for example, there is a case where an RSS (Rich Site Summary) function in which metadata such as a website headline, a summary, and an update time is structured and described by an XML base format is used. RSS is mainly used for publishing update information of a Web site, but this may be improved for document summary data. Further, the document summarizing means may summarize the document using an artificial intelligence engine. This is a document summarizing automatically the effective difference data stored in the huge database 12 of the server 10 by the artificial intelligence engine.

(Reception via mobile phone)
The document summary data is browsed on the user terminal, but can also be browsed from a mobile phone (mobile terminal). This can be achieved by compressing the document summary data in the privilege data transmitted to the mobile phone by the privilege data transmitting means to a capacity that can be received by the mobile phone. When receiving the document summary data, the compression means compresses the data so that it can be received by the mobile phone. If the document summary data can be received by the mobile phone, it is preferable because the document summary data can be browsed even when away from home and it is convenient. Note that a mobile phone used for reception needs to have an Internet connection function and an electronic mail function in addition to a call function.

Next, the trained character “crocop” is made to play against other users' characters. A battle request is transmitted to the server 10 by pressing a battle button on the game screen. The opponent search means of the server 10 searches for an online character that is a candidate for “Crocop”. If a plurality of battle characters are found, an arbitrary character that wishes to battle is selected.

FIG. 9 is a screen of the battle stage between the user “Crocop” and the opponent “Noghera”. After each user terminal completes the character selection, it moves to the battle stage and the battle starts. In the battle game, the nurturing value data comparing means of the server 10 compares the strength of the nurturing status (nurturing value data) of each selected character, and the opponent's stamina is determined by a turn-based battle in which attack and defense are alternately performed. The sooner you win, the better.
If the character has a special technique (special condition), a special technique event occurs with a predetermined probability, and the opponent can be defeated by a critical hit regardless of whether or not the turn system is used. And a predetermined breeding point is given to the character who won the battle.

(Acquire Special Moves)
In addition, in order to acquire the Special Move, it can be acquired in relation to the mission performance conditions. There are several acquisition conditions, but one succeeds in missions with priority tags five times in succession, and the other has missions with different priority tags in categories (sports, computer, movie ...). It is a performance condition such as success three times. Missions with these priority tags are limited. In other words, it is an early winner. In other words, in order to win the battle, it is necessary to acquire training points, but in order to acquire more efficiently, it is preferable to perform a mission with a priority tag.

  The mission with the priority tag is the data that the online game operator wants most and is given to the timely data. That is, a mission with a priority tag is an advantageous condition for character development, while a system that can quickly acquire information desired by an online game operator is constructed. Thus, by providing an online game, it is possible to enjoy the advantage of “information acquisition” other than billing.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, an on-line game providing system that provides a board game type online game “sugoroku” instead of the above-described breeding type online game will be described.

FIG. 10 shows a game screen of Sugoroku. Here, in addition to the user terminal 40, two online users are playing at the same time. The rule is to execute the mission instead of the dice for advancing the piece, and from the mission result, the user who gets the progress point that can advance the piece and wins the goal earlier than other users wins. It becomes.

If the progress point is data that is basically valid for the mission given from the server 10 or the mission selected by the user, more progress points can be obtained. However, it is necessary to advance the frame and clear the event of the stopped frame. Various events that are advantageous and disadvantageous for the user are prepared for this event.

  As an event that is advantageous to the user, for example, advance 10 frames, return another user to the start, return another user 10 frames, book ticket acquisition, and the like. As an event that is disadvantageous to the user, for example, there are 10 frames back, return to the start, and other users advance 10 frames. The user who [goals] first can receive a prize and a prize as a privilege.

Moreover, since this sugoroku is progressing in real time, there is no concept that the frames are advanced in order for each user. That is, it is a very thrilling game where the user acquires progress points by performing more missions quickly and aims at the goal faster than other users.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, a system that can quickly acquire information desired by the online game operator is constructed. Thus, by providing an online game, it is possible to enjoy the advantage of “information acquisition” other than billing.

In each embodiment described above, the huge database 12 is a built-in storage device, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the server 10 may be installed at a position physically separated from the server 10. In the description, the description is based on the premise that there is one huge database 12 and one game database 19, but it is naturally possible to install a plurality of huge databases 12 and game databases 19.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole structure of an online game provision system. It is the flowchart which showed the training process and the data collection process procedure. It is the flowchart which showed the battle | competition process. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the user terminal. It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the server. It is the figure which showed the example of the mission. It is the figure which showed the example of the initial status and training status in a fighting game. It is the figure which showed an example of the search result at the time of performing a mission. It is the figure which showed schematically the screen structure of the battle stage. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the online game provision system of 2nd embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Server 11 Operation processing part 12 Giant database 13, 48 Input / output port 14 Input means 15 Display means 16 Communication means 17 Output means 19 Game database 40 User terminal 41 CPU
42 RAM
43 Storage Unit 44 Input Unit 45 Display Unit 46 Communication Unit 47 Output Unit

Claims (18)

A training value for providing a predetermined game content to a user terminal on condition that a mission including a search instruction and a collection command for desired data is performed, and for growing a game content training character based on a result of the mission Is an online game providing system for nurturing characters for breeding,
A battle request receiving means for receiving a battle request for a battle with another user from the user terminal;
An opponent search means for searching an online user terminal in an online state to be an opponent candidate of the user terminal;
When the opponent search means searches for an online user terminal capable of fighting, a battle request transmission means for sending a battle request from the user terminal to the online user terminal;
A battle stage output means for outputting a battle stage screen as a battle place between the user terminal and the online user terminal when the online user terminal receiving the battle request accepts the battle request;
In the output battle stage, a battle game starting means for starting a battle game triggered by a predetermined character being selected by the user terminal and the online user terminal;
A growth value data comparison means for comparing the strength of the growth value data relating to each of the selected characters;
A win / loss result output means for outputting a win / loss result when a win / loss is attached based on the breeding value data and special conditions compared by the breeding value data comparison means;
An online game providing system characterized by comprising: A huge database storing a mission list composed of a plurality of desired data;
Mission list extraction means for extracting a mission list for causing the user terminal to search for the latest information on desired data from the Internet from the huge database;
Mission list transmission means for transmitting the extracted mission list to the user terminal;
A mission result receiving means for receiving the mission result when the user terminal that has received the mission list executes a predetermined mission and returns the mission result;
A difference calculation means for extracting difference data between the received mission result and a huge database;
Filtering means for determining whether or not the difference data extracted by the difference calculation means is valid data;
When it is determined by the filtering means that the mission result is valid data, privilege data calculating means for calculating privilege data including the nurturing value data;
Privilege data transmitting means for transmitting the privilege data calculated by the privilege data calculating means to the user terminal;
The online game providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: The online game providing system according to claim 2, wherein the privilege data calculation means is calculated according to the accuracy and collection speed of the collected information. 3. The document summarizing means for summarizing the mission result based on a predetermined algorithm, and including the mission result summarized by the document summarizing means as document summarizing data in the privilege data. Item 4. The online game providing system according to Item 3. 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the filtering result determines that the mission result is valid data, the valid data is stored in the huge database as valid differential data. 6. Online game provision system. 5. The online game providing system according to claim 4, wherein the document summarizing means summarizes the document by an artificial intelligence engine.   Priority tag assigning means for assigning a priority tag to a mission with a high data collection priority, and a game privilege grant for granting a game benefit to a user terminal that has executed the mission with the priority tag The online game providing system according to claim 2, further comprising: means.   9. The online game providing system according to claim 2, wherein the mission transmitted to the user terminal transmits the same mission to a plurality of user terminals. The user terminal is configured as a mobile terminal, and includes compression means for compressing document summary data in the privilege data transmitted to the mobile terminal by the privilege data transmission means to a capacity that can be received by the mobile terminal. The online game providing system according to any one of claims 2 to 7. A training value for providing a predetermined game content to a user terminal on condition that a mission including a search instruction and a collection command for desired data is performed, and for growing a game content training character based on a result of the mission Is an online game providing program that nurtures characters for breeding,
The program includes a battle request reception procedure for receiving a battle request for a battle with another user from the user terminal,
An opponent search procedure for searching an online user terminal in an online state to be an opponent candidate of the user terminal;
A battle request transmission procedure for transmitting a battle request from the user terminal to the online user terminal when the battle player search procedure searches for an online user terminal capable of battle;
A battle stage output procedure for outputting a battle stage screen as a battle place between the user terminal and the online user terminal when the online user terminal receiving the battle request accepts the battle request;
In the output battle stage, a battle game start procedure for starting a battle game triggered by the selection of a predetermined character by the user terminal and the online user terminal,
A training value data comparison procedure for comparing the strength of the training value data relating to each of the selected characters,
A win / loss result output procedure for outputting a win / loss result when the win / loss results based on the grow value data and special conditions compared by the grow value data comparison procedure,
A computer program with A mission list extraction procedure for extracting a mission list for causing the user terminal to search for the latest information on the desired data from the Internet from a huge database in which a mission list including the plurality of desired data is stored;
A mission list transmission procedure for transmitting the extracted mission list to the user terminal;
A mission result receiving procedure for receiving a mission result when a user terminal that has received the mission list executes a predetermined mission and returns a mission result;
A difference calculation procedure for extracting difference data between the received mission result and a huge database;
A filtering procedure for determining whether or not the difference data extracted by the difference calculation procedure is valid data;
When it is determined by the filtering procedure that the mission result is valid data, a privilege data calculation procedure for calculating privilege data including the nurturing value data;
A privilege data transmission procedure for transmitting the privilege data calculated by the privilege data calculation procedure to the user terminal;
The computer program according to claim 10, further comprising: 12. The computer program according to claim 11, wherein the privilege data calculation procedure is calculated according to the accuracy of the collected information and the collection speed. 12. A document summarizing procedure for summarizing the mission result based on a predetermined algorithm, and the mission result summarized by the document summarizing procedure is included in the privilege data as document summarization data. Item 13. A computer program according to Item 12. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising an effective difference data storage procedure for storing effective data as effective difference data in the huge database when it is determined that the mission result is effective data by the filtering procedure. Item 14. The computer program according to any one of Item 13. The computer program product according to claim 13, wherein the document summarization procedure is a document summarization by an artificial intelligence engine.   Priority tag assignment procedure for assigning priority tags to missions with high data collection priority, and game privilege grants for game terminals to user terminals that have executed missions with the priority tags The computer program according to claim 11, further comprising: a procedure.   17. The computer program according to claim 11, wherein the mission transmitted to the user terminal transmits the same mission to a plurality of user terminals. When the user terminal is configured as a mobile terminal, a compression procedure for compressing document summary data in the privilege data transmitted to the mobile terminal by the privilege data transmission procedure to a capacity that can be received by the mobile terminal is provided. The computer program according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein

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