JP2008165665A - Multiplatform system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To release beginners and the aged who are unaccustomed to operations and feelings of personal computers, from much of complexity of difficult computer languages, expert operation procedures, etc. to contribute to development of a high-level information society, by using Web browsers which have achieved stereoscopic visual effects using computer graphics and intuitive operability through characters. <P>SOLUTION: A simpler and higher-level web browser for the next generation represents a virtual space which has a stereoscopic visual effect for simulatively reproducing feelings of human life on the screen of a personal computer, by computer graphics, and a user can sensuously recognize electronic events represented by the personal computer, through a character as his or her avatar present in the virtual space. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a multi-platform system built in a virtual space having a three-dimensional visual effect using an advanced computer language, a system related to display and use of various contents in an online environment, and various kinds in an offline environment. It relates to the execution and use of applications.

  A conventional web browser is an application that conforms to a planar screen display method configured based on text, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), or the like.

  Although the present day is an advanced information society with the development of personal computers and mobiles, the web browser that is an application that builds an online environment when using personal computers is based on a flat screen display method. It is difficult for beginners and elderly people who are not familiar with personal computers. This is a major obstacle to the development of the advanced information society, and the advent of a more advanced and simple next-generation web browser system (hereinafter referred to as a web browser) is desired.

  The simpler and more advanced next-generation web browser shown in the present invention is a virtual space having a three-dimensional visual effect for artificially reproducing a human life sense on a personal computer screen. Expressed by computer graphics (electronic images), the user perceives the electronic events expressed by the personal computer through the characters (hereinafter referred to as “characters”) that exist in the virtual space. Is possible.

  Virtual space is a technology that uses computer graphics and sound effects to artificially create a sense of reality for the user and its effects. What is a virtual space with a three-dimensional visual effect using advanced computer languages? A space created on a personal computer that gives a virtual reality to a user (hereinafter referred to as a virtual space) created in a programming language such as C language.

  In addition, various web contents in an environment capable of internet communication (hereinafter referred to as online) and various applications in an environment without internet environment (hereinafter referred to as offline) are executed by the web browser of the present invention. Thus, various real events and part of the living environment can be executed in the virtual space through computer graphics and characters in the virtual space.

  Furthermore, the web browser of the present invention is converted into a pseudo OS (Operating System and autorun automatic execution) function is installed in a personal computer. In addition, by installing it in information home appliances, it becomes possible to take in people who have a refusal to use personal computers as new users and widen the user base. It is possible to dramatically expand the communication area between users on different media, which is often limited to each field.

  In addition, by installing a simplified version with limited functions of the multi-platform system on mobile terminals such as mobile phones, it can be used not only indoors but also outdoors. Personal computers and mobile terminals in different environments It can be used in conjunction with.

  This web browser is a business model that promotes the use of more people by providing free of charge in principle, and makes a fee system when users use various types of content installed, thereby generating business revenue. It is.

  Using a web browser that realizes three-dimensional visual effects using computer graphics and intuitive operability through characters improves the convenience of users who are generally familiar with personal computers. In addition, beginners and elderly people who are not familiar with the operation and sensation of personal computers will be freed from many complexities such as difficult computer languages and specialized operating procedures, and will develop an advanced information society. There is a contributing effect.

  In addition, people who have a tough environment for living a general social life due to physical disabilities (such as persons with disabilities) who can live a general social life in a multi-platform virtual space ( Communication with healthy subjects can be realized in a form that reduces physical complexities.

  As a result, the web browser of the present invention has the effect of greatly contributing to the development of the society not only from the development of the advanced information society but also from the viewpoint of social welfare.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the present invention stores user information and information set in a virtual space, and is provided for providing each user terminal and each content. An advanced computer that interprets the main server that transmits data to multiple servers and the multiple servers that provide each content to the user while reading the data received from each server at a user terminal in an environment connected to the network. A virtual space having a three-dimensional visual effect that makes full use of a language can be constructed in a user terminal via a main server, and this is a web browser of the present invention.

  A user who intends to use the present invention first needs to download a client provided free of charge in principle to a user terminal and install a program for executing a web browser. By executing the installed program, the virtual space can be expressed on the display screen (hereinafter referred to as a display) of the user terminal. After installation, the user inputs registration information, login name, password, and other information from the user terminal, and the main server plays a role of connecting the user terminal to various contents and applications by storing the user registration information. The main server changes depending on information necessary for use and limited information related to other users in contact with the virtual space, and information processing (hereinafter referred to as real time) performed in accordance with the actual time axis. By transmitting common information on the virtual space to the user terminal, the user terminal and the main server are synchronized through the network. A system expressed by these linkages is the web browser of the present invention.

  The web browser constituting the multi-platform system is composed of a plurality of areas, and each area is divided and constructed by a form program (hereinafter referred to as a form). This form can be executed by selecting the icon associated on the display of the personal computer like other applications, and the user can select the auto-run (automatic execution) function when starting the OS. It is also possible to set to.

  On the display of the user terminal, the web browser interprets individual data received from the main server, the content server, and the storage medium of the user terminal, and displays the data in a set form. The form displayed on the user's terminal is a virtual space (hereinafter referred to as a field) constructed with computer graphics, backgrounds, maps, objects, etc., and users such as mice and keyboards created with computer graphics To activate a character that is a self-portrait that holds information incidental to a user who can be operated by an interface, a field area composed of characters operated by other users displayed on the same field through an online environment, and various contents Operation field (hereinafter referred to as an icon), a space outside the field composed of a chat space, a character information display space, and the like. Various contents and applications are made part of the space in the field area and the field outside field. Display space ( Lower, it is possible to display and deploy the like is referred to as a window) as the window in the same form.

  A character that is a self-organized character that holds information attached to a user that can be operated with a user interface such as a mouse or a keyboard that is created by computer graphics is a user on a field such as a map that is displayed by computer graphics. Can be transmitted to the user terminal and the main server through a user interface such as a mouse or a keyboard, and can be operated on the field according to the information processed and interpreted by the user terminal, the main server, and the server storing the content. Refers to computer graphics. The user can realize various events on the form by recognizing the virtual space through the character and the field and arbitrarily operating the character in the virtual space.

  In the field area, the computer graphic as the background and the computer graphic with the specified specific meaning displayed on the background, the characters operated by the user and characters operated by other users, system management and user assistance, etc. There are characters operated by the operator who performs the above, characters that repeat specific actions specified by artificial intelligence and programs, and various systems for assisting the field region are arranged in the field outside field. In the out-of-field area, the characters operated by the user and information related to the characters are displayed on the field and in the character display space. In order to facilitate user communication, the user's text and other input spaces and the user and other users Or the text entered by the system management side is displayed in the chat display space in a time series or organized for each group that the input person or input person classifies, and computer graphics are displayed in the display space such as icons. A group of icons arranged by arranging them is arranged, and associated data and applications can be started directly without the need to move or manipulate characters to a specific computer graphic placed on the field. Is possible.

  The characters on the field act according to the user's intention, and the user can use various contents through the characters and fields and the forms constituting them. When the user uses various contents stored in the main server and the content server, a character on the field or a specific computer graphic arranged on the field and an icon on the form are designated. User instructions are sent to the main server and the content server, the necessary user information is sent to the relevant server, and the usage application is processed by the server, so that the stored content is sent to the user terminal and displayed on the user terminal display. It is possible to display or play in the maximum range specified by the form on the window on the field displayed on the screen or the web browser.

  The content displayed / reproduced by the web browser of the present invention is used by applying to and calling an individual content server different from the main server as described above. The user applies for usage by specifying a character on the field or a specific computer graphic placed on the field or an icon placed on the form from the form of the user terminal, and the necessary user information and usage When the user grants a confirmation message regarding the rules and other usage precautions, a display or playback instruction is transmitted from the main server to the content server, and various contents such as video, music, and audio are transmitted from the content server to the user terminal. Is displayed and played back.

  The web browser according to the present invention has functions equivalent to those of a web browser and a mail application that are generally used in the past, and a mouse is used for a computer graphic in the field area or an icon arranged in the outside field area. In addition, by instructing selection or execution by operating a user interface such as a keyboard, it is possible to connect to the Internet and view mail. In addition, various communication tools are installed in the web browser to enable communication between users. As shown in FIG. 4, real-time information such as chat, real-time information such as a bulletin board, SNS (Social Networking Service), and mail. It is composed of information (time shift) that is processed without conforming to the time axis, and is displayed on a form built in the web browser.

  Users can download online clients and use online games as one of the contents free of charge by using user information stored on the main server, registered after installing the program to run the web browser Is possible. As a result, users can move between multiple online games that have been announced as separate titles and are installed in the present invention under certain restrictions. The convenience is improved by not needing. A general online game is often constructed by a plurality of servers in an online game of the same title in order to reduce the load on the server. As a result, even for online games with the same title, there is no user traffic between individual servers, and as an alternative, a bulletin board on a conventional web browser has been configured as a community. There are many users and light users tend to shy away. In the present invention, the user information stored in the main server is shared to improve the convenience by unifying the login information, and at the same time, the user information embodied in the multi-platform and the character information held by the user are shown in FIG. In this way, sharing via transfer via the main server allows the user to move easily.

  The present invention has a display screen and an input device for mobile devices, portable game devices, information home appliances, and the like that can communicate by any information communication technology, such as wireless communication technology, infrared communication technology, or communication technology directly connected by a cable. It is possible to apply to a mobile terminal, and it is possible to use a multi-platform on a mobile terminal by setting a simple version of the web browser constructed for the personal computer described above. This makes it possible to use each content and application by registering user information in a main server constructed for a mobile terminal.

  The user can use the web browser of the present invention free of charge, and the use of the basic system is included in this, and communication can be used. Some contents, online games, and various system programs displayed on the field are subject to billing. This is a business model in which a user collects a usage fee or the like by arbitrarily using them, and uses it as expenses and profits for developing and operating a web browser and contents provided free of charge.

Web browser basic screen structure and display area Server configuration example and virtual space screen display example corresponding to the server Examples of content and applications displayed on a web browser Examples of real-time communication in virtual space Comparison of server configuration and user restrictions between online games Overall image of business model

Claims (4)

  User terminals that store web browsers and multiple servers that store various types of content, user information and data such as characters and images, etc., which are performed based on the actual time axis, and not based on the actual time axis By enabling the central server that processes information to be processed under a communication network, it is possible to create an environment in which content and data can be read and written as needed in both directions. By constructing a multi-platform that can use content, this system can be displayed as a virtual space with a three-dimensional visual effect realized by using a sophisticated computer language on the display screen of the user terminal as a web browser. Content and applications are added to the user's alternations represented by computer graphics in the same virtual space. By causing the intervention of the like specific image associated with the application, the system can provide collectively a variety of services to users.   The above-mentioned form for displaying the web browser on the user terminal is a field composed of a character that is a user and another user, a specific image associated with various contents and applications, and a window for displaying various contents and applications. A system, various contents, and applications for realizing communication between an area and a user by information processing performed based on an actual time axis using text input and the like, and displaying on a user terminal for smoothness The user is called from the content server via the main server by operating the specific image or symbol described above in these two forms. In an online environment The browser can be browsed by requesting use of various Internet contents, and the execution and display of various applications in an offline environment installed in a user terminal are enabled in the window. The described system.   The system according to claim 1, which provides a service for a user to freely move between online games of different types and contents stored in various content servers via multi-platform user information and data.   A mobile device equipped with a simplified version of the web browser according to claim 1, capable of communicating by any information communication technology, such as wireless communication technology, infrared communication technology, or communication technology directly connected by a cable, It is possible to use various contents and applications by connecting terminals with display screens and input devices such as portable game devices and information home appliances to the multi-platform and registering the user information of the above devices in the main server. A system in which the user terminal in claim 1, 2 and 3 is replaced with each device.

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