JP2014127772A - Terminal identification method, server device, program, and terminal identification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily identify a plurality of terminals to be partners for each other.SOLUTION: In the case where a terminal 11 and a terminal 12 approach each other, the terminal 11 detects the approach of the terminal 12. The terminal 11 acquires first date/time information indicating the date/time in which the approach of the terminal 12 is detected, and first positional information indicating a position of the terminal 11 in the case where the approach of the terminal 12 is detected. When the terminals 11 and 12 approach each other, the terminal 12 detects the approach of the terminal 11. The terminal 12 acquires second date/time information indicating the date/time in which the approach of the terminal 11 is detected, and second positional information indicating a position of the terminal 12 in the case where the approach of the terminal 11 is detected. In the case where the dates indicated by the first and second date/time information are the same or included within a predetermined range and positions indicated by the first and second positional information are the same or included within a predetermined range, a server device identifies the terminals 11 and 12 as terminals to be partners for each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal specifying method, a program, and a terminal specifying system.

  In recent years, a social game that is provided on a social networking service (SNS) and plays while communicating with other users is known.

  The social game is a game created based on an operating environment (application platform) such as an API (Application Programming Interface) that operates on a web browser provided on the SNS.

  Among such social games, there are mechanisms for playing after specifying each other's opponents, such as “friend registration”, “access to user area”, and “matching between users”.

  For example, a technique using infrared communication is disclosed as a technique for specifying a partner terminal and exchanging data (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-289484 A

  By the way, in order to specify a specific user (a terminal used by) in the social game described above, there are mainly the following first to fourth methods. Hereinafter, a case where the first user specifies the second user will be described.

  First, the first method is a method of transmitting a unique key (for example, user ID) of the first user issued by the SNS to the second user who is the counterpart. According to this, the first user can be specified by the second user by inputting the first unique key at the terminal of the second user.

  Next, in contrast to the first method, the second method is a method in which the first user is presented with the unique key of the other party (second user) issued by the SNS. According to this, the first user can specify the second user by inputting the unique key of the second user at the terminal of the first user.

  The third method is a method of specifying the second user by using the “user search function” provided by the SNS. According to this “user search function”, the first user can specify the second user from the name of the second user or the like.

  The fourth method is a method of specifying the second user using the “friend list function” provided by the SNS. According to this “friend list function”, the first user can specify the second user from a list of users registered in advance as friends.

  However, any of the first to fourth methods described above has many operation procedures, and it is difficult to easily identify the user.

  Specifically, in the first and second methods, it is necessary to notify the other party of the unique key and to input the unique key to the other party's terminal. There is a problem.

  On the other hand, in the third method, it is necessary to make the user's personal information searchable from all users in the SNS, which is not preferable from the viewpoint of protecting personal information in recent years.

  Further, the fourth method is effective when the number of pre-registered users (friends) is about several, but when the number of registrations is several tens or several hundreds, among such a large number of users. In order to specify one user from the above, many screen transitions or scrolls are required, which requires a lot of time.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal specifying method, a program, and a terminal specifying system that can easily specify a plurality of terminals that are counterparts of each other.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal specifying method for specifying a plurality of terminals that are counterparts of each other, the first and second terminals including a proximity sensor that detects the approach of a detection object, There is provided a terminal specifying method executed by a terminal specifying system including a server device communicably connected to first and second terminals. In this terminal specifying method, when the first and second terminals approach each other, the first terminal detects the approach of the second terminal using a proximity sensor provided in the first terminal. The first terminal acquiring the first date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the second terminal is detected, and the first when the approach of the second terminal is detected When the first terminal acquires first position information indicating the position of the terminal, and when the first and second terminals approach each other, a proximity sensor provided in the second terminal is used. The second terminal detecting approach of the first terminal, and the second terminal acquiring second date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the first terminal is detected; The second end when an approach of the first terminal is detected The step of acquiring the second position information indicating the position of the second terminal and the date and time indicated by the acquired first and second date and time information are the same or within a predetermined range, When the position indicated by the acquired first and second position information is the same or within a predetermined range, the server device specifies the first and second terminals as terminals that are counterparts to each other It comprises.

  The present invention makes it possible to easily specify a plurality of terminals that are counterparts of each other.

The schematic diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the terminal specific system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the external appearance of the terminal 11 shown in FIG. The block diagram which mainly shows a function structure of the terminal 11 shown in FIG. The block diagram which mainly shows the function structure of the server apparatus 20 shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the data structure of the terminal information storage part 22 shown in FIG. The sequence chart which shows the process sequence of the terminal specific system which concerns on this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the aspect which makes the terminals 11 and 12 approach. The figure for demonstrating the aspect which makes the terminals 11 and 12 approach. The figure for demonstrating concretely operation | movement of the terminal specific system which concerns on this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating briefly the outline | summary of the social game to which this embodiment is applied. The figure for demonstrating briefly the outline | summary of the social game to which this embodiment is applied. The figure for demonstrating briefly the outline | summary of the social game to which this embodiment is applied.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal identification system according to the present embodiment.

  The terminal specifying system shown in FIG. 1 mainly includes a plurality of terminals (communication terminals) including terminals 11 and 12 and a server device (terminal specifying device) 20.

  The terminals 11 and 12 illustrated in FIG. 1 include, for example, a smartphone, a feature phone, a tablet terminal, and the like, and are used by different users, for example. In FIG. 1, terminals other than the terminals 21 and 22 are omitted.

  A plurality of terminals including the terminals 11 and 12 are communicably connected to the server device 20 via a network 30 such as the Internet.

  The server device 20 includes an external storage device (not shown) such as a hard disk drive (HDD). The external storage device stores a program executed by the computer of the server device 20.

  In the present embodiment, the server device 20 has a function of identifying a plurality of terminals (for example, two terminals) that are counterparts from among a plurality of terminals that are communicably connected to the server device 20. In this way, various information can be transmitted / received (exchanged) between a plurality of terminals specified by the server device 20.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of terminals including the terminals 11 and 12 are assumed to have a variety of hardware configurations specific to the model, an OS employed, an installed application program, and the like. It is assumed that various application programs corresponding to these various terminals can be distributed.

  Here, the terminal 11 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. 2 and 3, the terminal 11 will be described for the sake of convenience, but the same applies to other terminals (for example, the terminal 12).

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the terminal 11. In addition, in FIG. 2, the case where the terminal 11 is a smart phone is shown, for example.

  The terminal 11 includes a proximity sensor 100. The proximity sensor 100 has a function of detecting the approach of the detection target. For example, when the terminals 11 and 12 approach each other, the proximity sensor 100 can detect the approach of the terminal 12 in the terminal 11.

  In addition, the terminal 11 includes a GPS receiver that receives a signal (GPS signal) from a GPS satellite by communicating with a global positioning system (GPS).

  Further, although not shown in FIG. 2, the terminal 11 includes an acceleration sensor that detects the acceleration of the terminal 11. The terminal 11 can determine the orientation of the terminal 11 based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram mainly showing a functional configuration of the terminal 11. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal 11 includes a detection target detection unit 111, a date / time information acquisition unit 112, a position information acquisition unit 113, an acceleration detection unit 114, a direction information acquisition unit 115, and a transmission / reception unit 116.

  In the present embodiment, these units 111 to 116 are realized by a computer of the terminal 11 executing a program stored in advance in the terminal 11. This program is downloaded to the terminal 21 via the network 30, for example.

  The detection object detection unit 111 detects the approach of the detection object to the terminal 11 using a proximity sensor provided in the terminal 11. Specifically, the detection target detection unit 111 detects the approach of the terminal 12 when the terminals 11 and 12 approach each other, for example.

  When the detection target detection unit 111 detects the approach of the terminal 12, the date / time information acquisition unit 112 acquires information (hereinafter referred to as date / time information) indicating the date and time when the approach was detected.

  When the approach of the terminal 12 is detected by the detection object detection unit 111, the position information acquisition unit 113 acquires information indicating the position of the terminal 11 when the approach is detected (hereinafter referred to as position information). . In this case, the position information acquisition unit 113 acquires position information based on a GPS signal received by a GPS receiver provided in the terminal 11 by communicating with the above-described global positioning system.

  The acceleration detection unit 114 detects the acceleration of the terminal 11 using an acceleration sensor provided in the terminal 11 when the detection target detection unit 111 detects the approach of the terminal 12.

  The direction information acquisition unit 115 determines the direction in which the screen of the terminal 11 is facing based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit 114. The direction information acquisition unit 115 acquires direction information indicating the direction in which the screen of the determined terminal 11 is facing.

  The transmission / reception unit 116 is a functional unit for transmitting / receiving various types of information to / from the server device 20. The transmission / reception unit 116 transmits the date / time information acquired by the date / time information acquisition unit 112, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 113, and the direction information acquired by the direction information acquisition unit 115 to the server device 20. At this time, the transmission / reception unit 116 transmits identification information (hereinafter referred to as a user identifier) for identifying the terminal 11 (a user who uses the terminal 11) together with the information.

  In addition, although the structure of the terminal 11 was demonstrated here, the terminal 12 shall also have the same structure as mentioned above. Hereinafter, the configuration of the terminal 12 will also be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as appropriate. In the following description, for example, the detection target detection unit 111 included in the terminal 11 is simply referred to as the detection target detection unit 111 of the terminal 11, and the detection target detection unit 111 included in the terminal 12 is simply referred to as the terminal 12. This is referred to as a detection object detection unit 111. The same applies to other functional units.

  Next, the server apparatus 20 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram mainly showing a functional configuration of the server device 20. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the server device 20 includes a transmission / reception unit 21, a terminal information storage unit 22, a terminal identification unit 23, and an information acquisition unit 24.

  In the present embodiment, the transmission / reception unit 21, the terminal specification unit 23, and the information acquisition unit 24 are realized by executing a program stored in an external storage device provided in the server device 20. . This program can be stored in advance in a computer-readable storage medium and distributed. Further, this program may be downloaded to the server device 20 via the network 30. The terminal information storage unit 22 is stored in an external storage device provided in the server device 20.

  The transmission / reception unit 21 is a functional unit for transmitting / receiving various types of information to / from a plurality of terminals including the terminals 11 and 12. The transmission / reception unit 21 receives, for example, the user identifier, date / time information, position information, and direction information transmitted by the transmission / reception units 116 of the terminals 11 and 12.

  The terminal information storage unit 22 has a function of storing information transmitted by a plurality of terminals including the terminals 11 and 12. Specifically, the terminal information storage unit 22 stores the date / time information, position information, and direction information received by the transmission / reception unit 21 in association with the user identifier.

  The terminal identification unit 23 refers to the terminal information storage unit 22 and identifies, for example, a plurality of terminals (for example, two terminals) that have contacted at the same position (location) at the same date and time. Specifically, the terminal specifying unit 23 is identified by two user identifiers stored in the terminal information storage unit 22 in association with date information indicating the same date and position information indicating the same position. Identify the terminal (used by the user).

  Here, when the terminals 11 and 12 are specified by the terminal specifying unit 23, the information acquisition unit 24 acquires information on the terminal 11 or 12 (user who uses the terminal 11). Note that the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 24 may be stored inside the server device 20 or may be stored in an external system.

  Information regarding the terminal 11 acquired by the information acquisition unit 24 is transmitted to the terminal 12 via the transmission / reception unit 21. On the other hand, information about the terminal 12 acquired by the information acquisition unit 24 is transmitted to the terminal 11 via the transmission / reception unit 21.

  Here, FIG. 5 shows an example of the data structure of the terminal information storage unit 22 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, in the terminal information storage unit 22, date and time information, position information (latitude information and longitude information), and direction information are associated with a user identifier for identifying a terminal (a user who uses the terminal information). Stored.

  The date / time information indicates the date / time when the terminal identified by the associated user identifier contacts another terminal (that is, the date / time when the terminal identified by the user identifier detects the approach of the other terminal).

  The position information composed of latitude information and longitude information is the position when the terminal identified by the associated user identifier comes into contact with the other terminal (that is, the approach of the other terminal at the terminal identified by the user identifier). The position at the time of detecting. The latitude information indicates the latitude of the position where the terminal exists, and the longitude information indicates the longitude of the position where the terminal exists.

  The direction information is the direction in which the screen when the terminal identified by the associated user identifier comes into contact with the other terminal (that is, the approach of the other terminal at the terminal identified by the user identifier is detected). The orientation of the screen). The direction information includes “up” indicating that the direction in which the terminal screen is facing is up, “down” indicating that the direction in which the terminal screen is facing is down, and the like.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the terminal information storage unit 22 associates, for example, the user identifier “A10DKD342FUAK779” with date / time information “2012/08/01 12:00:23”, latitude information “35.65861”, longitude information “139.745447” and direction information “up” are stored. According to this, the terminal identified by the user identifier “A10DKD342FUAK779” is 12:00:23 on August 1, 2012 at the position where the latitude is “35.58661” and the longitude is “139.7745447”. It is shown that the terminal is in contact with another screen with the screen facing upward (the approach of the other terminal is detected).

  Here, only the user identifier “A10DKD342FUAK779” and the date / time information, position information (latitude information and longitude information) and direction information associated with the user identifier have been described. Is omitted.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the date and time indicated by the date and time information associated with each of the user identifiers “A10DKD342FUAK779” and “B20DasdfK5D243ag” and the position indicated by the position information are the same. Therefore, the user identifier “A10DKD342FUAK779” ”And“ B20 DasdfK5D243ag ”, it is specified that two terminals contacted.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the sequence chart of FIG. 6, a processing procedure of the terminal identification system according to the present embodiment will be described.

  Here, it is assumed that information about the terminal 11 (hereinafter referred to as target information) among a plurality of terminals connected to the server device 20 is to be transmitted to the terminal 12. In this case, the terminals 11 and 12 are set in a state where they can communicate with the GPS as a preliminary preparation, and further in a state where the proximity sensor 100 can detect the detection target.

  In addition, in the terminals 11 and 12, for example, a predetermined application program for using the target information is executed, and the mode for causing the server device 20 to identify terminals that are counterparts to each other (hereinafter referred to as terminal identification mode). Is set.

  Here, a user who uses (has) the terminals 11 and 12 brings the terminals 11 and 12 closer to each other.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the proximity sensors provided in the terminals 11 and 12 are brought closer to each other so that the screens of the terminals 11 and 12 face each other. In this case, the screen of either one of the terminals 11 and 12 is directed downward (that is, the upper side as the positional relationship between the terminals 11 and 12), and the other screen is directed upward (the position between the terminals 11 and 12). The lower side as a relationship). Thereby, as will be described later, it is possible to identify a terminal that is a receiving side of the target information. In the example shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the terminal 11 is on the upper side (screen is downward), and the terminal 12 is on the lower side (screen is upward).

  In addition, when making the terminals 11 and 12 approach as mentioned above, it is preferable to bring the proximity sensors 100 closer to each other as shown in FIGS. According to this, it is possible to prevent a shift in time (date and time) at which the proximity sensor 100 provided in each of the terminals 11 and 12 detects the approach of the other terminal.

  Returning to FIG. 6 again, when the terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other as described above, the proximity sensor 100 provided in the terminal 11 can detect the approach of the terminal 12 as a detection target. Thereby, the detection target detection unit 111 of the terminal 11 detects the approach of the terminal 12 (step S1).

  When the approach of the terminal 12 is detected by the detection target detection unit 111 of the terminal 11, the date / time information acquisition unit 112 of the terminal 11 acquires date / time information indicating the date / time when the approach of the terminal 12 is detected (step S2). ).

  Next, the position information acquisition unit 113 of the terminal 11 acquires position information indicating the position of the terminal 11 when the approach of the terminal 12 is detected (step S3). This position information is acquired by communicating with GPS as described above.

  Moreover, the acceleration detection part 114 of the terminal 11 detects the acceleration of the terminal 11 when the approach of the terminal 12 is detected (step S4). Note that the acceleration detection unit 114 of the terminal 11 detects acceleration using an acceleration sensor built in the terminal 11.

  The direction information acquisition unit 115 of the terminal 11 is based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit 114 of the terminal 11 and the direction in which the screen of the terminal 11 is facing (the screen of the terminal 11 when the approach of the terminal 12 is detected). Direction information indicating the direction in which the head is facing) is acquired (step S5).

  The transmission / reception unit 116 of the terminal 11 transmits the acquired date / time information, position information, and direction information together with a user identifier that identifies the terminal 11 (a user who uses the terminal 11) (step S6).

  When the terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other so that their screens face each other, either the terminal 11 or the terminal 12 is positioned on the upper side and the other is positioned on the lower side as described above. For this reason, when the direction in which the screen of the terminal 11 indicated by the direction information acquired by the direction information acquisition unit 115 of the terminal 11 is facing is down, the direction in which the screen is facing is down. Instead of the direction information shown, information (positional relationship information) indicating that the terminal 11 is located above the terminal 12 may be transmitted.

  When the terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other as described above, the processes of steps S1 to S6 are executed in the terminal 11, and in parallel with this, the terminal 12 also performs step S7 corresponding to the processes of steps S1 to S6. Processing of ~ S12 is executed.

  Specifically, when the terminals 11 and 12 are approached, the detection target detection unit 111 of the terminal 12 detects the approach of the terminal 11 (step S7).

  Next, the position information acquisition unit 113 of the terminal 12 acquires position information indicating the position of the terminal 12 when the approach of the terminal 11 is detected (step S8).

  Further, the acceleration detection unit 114 of the terminal 12 detects the acceleration of the terminal 12 when the approach of the terminal 11 is detected (step S10).

  The orientation information acquisition unit 115 of the terminal 12 acquires direction information indicating the direction in which the screen of the terminal 12 is facing based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit 114 of the terminal 12 (step S11).

  The transmitting / receiving unit 116 of the terminal 12 transmits the acquired date / time information, position information, and direction information together with a user identifier that identifies the terminal 12 (a user who uses the terminal 12) (step S12). Note that, as described in step S6 described above, the positional relationship information may be transmitted instead of the direction information.

  In the above-described steps S2 and S8, it has been described that the date / time information indicating the date / time when the approach of each other's terminal is detected is acquired, but the date / time information is specified by the terminals 11 and 12 as described above. It is assumed that it is acquired based on the date and time information transmitted by the server device 20 when the mode is set. Specifically, when the terminal identification mode is set in the terminals 11 and 12, the date and time when the terminal identification mode is set is transmitted to the terminals 11 and 12. The terminals 11 and 12 acquire date / time information from the elapsed time with respect to the date / time transmitted from the server device 20. As a result, it is possible to reduce the error as compared with the case where the date / time information is acquired based on an internal clock or the like built in each of the terminals 11 and 12. In addition, what was demonstrated here is an example and date information may be acquired by another method.

  The transmission / reception unit 21 included in the server device 20 receives the date and time information, the position information, and the direction information transmitted by the terminal 11 (the transmission / reception unit 116) as described above together with the user identifier. The date information, position information, and direction information received by the transmission / reception unit 21 are stored in the terminal information storage unit 22 in association with the user identifier. Although the detailed description is omitted, the same applies to each piece of information transmitted by the terminal 12.

  Next, the terminal identification unit 23 refers to the terminal information storage unit 22 and identifies two terminals that are counterparts to each other (step S13).

  Here, the process of step S13 will be specifically described. First, the terminal specifying unit 23 determines whether there is two date / time information having the same date / time indicated by the date / time information among the date / time information stored in the terminal information storage unit 22.

  When it is determined that two date / time information having the same date / time exists, the positions indicated by the two position information stored in the terminal information storage unit 22 in association with the two date / time information are the same. It is determined whether or not.

  When it is determined that the positions indicated by the two pieces of position information are the same, the two terminals identified by the two user identifiers stored in the terminal information storage unit 22 in association with the two pieces of position information Are identified as terminals that are counterparties of each other.

  Note that when the terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other as described above, the date information and the position information transmitted by each of the terminals 11 and 12 match each other, so that the terminals 11 and 12 become counterparts to each other. Identified as a terminal.

  At this time, out of the terminals 11 and 12 specified as the counterpart terminals, the terminal information storage unit 22 is associated with the direction information (that is, “up”) indicating that the screen is facing upward. The terminal identified by the identified user identifier is the information transmission destination terminal. Here, it is assumed that the terminal 12 is a transmission destination terminal of the target information.

  Next, the information acquisition part 24 acquires object information (information regarding the terminal 11) (step S14). This target information may be information held in the server device 20 or may be information received from the terminal 11. The target information is information corresponding to the application program being executed in the terminals 11 and 12 as described above, for example.

  The transmission / reception unit 21 transmits the target information acquired by the information acquisition unit 24 to the terminal 12 that is the transmission destination terminal (step 15). Note that, instead of simply transmitting the target information acquired by the information acquisition unit 24, a predetermined process is executed on the target information, and the processing result is transmitted to the terminal 12. I do not care.

  Here, the information related to the terminal 11 has been described as being transmitted to the terminal 12. However, for example, when the terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other, the terminal 12 is turned upward (that is, the screen is directed downward), and the terminal 11 is lowered. When it is set to the side (that is, the screen faces upward), information regarding the terminal 12 can be transmitted to the terminal 11.

  In the present embodiment, by executing the processing as described above, information related to the terminal 11 is selected from a huge number of terminals connected to the server device 20 via the network 30 such as the Internet. It becomes possible to identify a terminal (here, the terminal 12) as a transmission destination and appropriately transmit the target information to the terminal 12.

  Here, for example, depending on the sensitivity of the proximity sensor 100 provided in each of the terminals 11 and 12, there is a shift in the timing for detecting the detection target, so even when the terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other, the terminal 11 And the date / time information acquired by each of (12) and (12) may not completely match. Similarly, in general, an error may occur in the GPS, and the position information (the position indicated by the position) acquired by the terminals 11 and 12 communicating with the GPS may not completely match. For this reason, in the process shown in FIG. 6 described above, two terminals (terminals 11 and 12) having the same date and time information (date and time indicated by) and position information (position indicated by and respectively) are identified as terminals that are counterparts to each other. However, if the date information and the position information are within a predetermined range in consideration of these errors, it is assumed that the date information and the position information coincide with each other, and the terminals 11 and 12 are connected to each other. It is preferable to identify the terminal as the other party.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the terminal identification system according to the present embodiment will be specifically described with reference to FIG. Here, the case where this embodiment is applied when the social game is performed in the terminals 11 and 12 will be described.

  In this social game, for example, a user who uses the terminal 11 (hereinafter referred to as a user A) can grow the character of the user A in the virtual space of the user A (such as the room of the user A). It is assumed that the user (hereinafter referred to as user B) who can use the user can train the user B's character in the user B's virtual space (user B's room, etc.). In this social game, the characters of users A and B can visit other users' virtual spaces.

  In this case, the server device 20 operates as a game control device that controls the above-described social game.

  When a social game is played in this way, an application program (hereinafter referred to as a game program) for playing the social game is executed on the terminal 11. It is assumed that the game program incorporates a program for executing the processing described in FIG. 6 in the terminals 11 and 12 described above.

  Here, when the user A who uses the terminal 11 inputs, for example, a user ID and a password via the terminal 11, the terminal 11 transmits a login request including the user ID and the password to the server device 20 ( Step S21).

  The server device 20 authenticates the user A in response to the login request transmitted by the terminal 11 and permits the user A to log in to the server device 20. When the login of user A is permitted in the server device 20, the fact is notified to the terminal 11 (step S22).

  Similarly, the game program described above is executed on the terminal 12. When the user B who uses the terminal 12 inputs, for example, a user ID and a password via the terminal 12, the terminal 12 transmits a login request including the user ID and the password to the server device 20 (step S23). .

  The server device 20 authenticates the user B in response to the login request transmitted by the terminal 12 and permits the user B to log in to the server device 20. When the login of user B is permitted in the server device 20, the fact is notified to the terminal 12 (step S24).

  As described above, when the login of the users A and B is permitted, the users A and B can play a social game while communicating with the server device 20 using the terminals 11 and 12.

  Here, it is assumed that the user A is going to visit the user A's character in the virtual space of the user B. At this time, the users A and B are assumed to be in a position where the terminals 11 and 12 used (held) by the users A and B can be approached.

  In this case, in the terminal 11 used by the user A, a mode (for example, a visiting mode) for requesting the user A's character to visit another user's virtual space is activated (step S25).

  On the other hand, in the terminal 12 used by the user B, a mode (for example, a visit mode) for accepting a visit of another user's character is activated (step S26).

  In this manner, the users A and B bring the terminals 11 and 12 closer together in the state where the visit mode and the visit mode are activated in each of the terminals 11 and 12. At this time, the terminal 11 in which the visit mode is activated is set to the upper side (that is, the screen is directed downward), and the terminal 12 that is activated in the visit mode is set to the lower side (that is, the screen is directed upward). Move closer.

  Thereby, in the terminal 11, the approach of the terminal 12 (detection target) is detected (step S27). When the approach of the terminal 12 is detected in the terminal 11 in this way, the terminal 11 sends the date and time information, the position information, and the direction information together with the user identifier for identifying the user A (the terminal 11 used by the server 11) 20 (step S28).

  On the other hand, the approach of the terminal 11 (detection target) is similarly detected in the terminal 12 (step S29). When the approach of the terminal 11 is detected in the terminal 12 as described above, the terminal 12 sends the date and time information, the position information, and the direction information together with the user identifier for identifying the user B (the terminal 12 used by the server 12) to the server device. 20 (step S30).

  In addition, since each information transmitted with respect to the server apparatus 20 from the terminals 11 and 12 in step S28 and S30 is as above-mentioned, the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The server device 20 refers to the date and time information and position information transmitted by each of the terminals 11 and 12, and specifies that the terminals 11 and 12 are terminals that are counterparts to each other (step S31). Since the process in step S31 is as described above, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  In the present embodiment, since the direction information (the positional relationship between the terminals 11 and 12) is transmitted to the server device 20 as described above, the server device 20 uses the terminal 11 located on the upper side. It can be recognized that this character is going to visit the virtual space of the user B who uses the terminal 12.

  In this way, when the terminals 11 and 12 are specified as the opposite terminals in the server device 20, the server device 20 uses the virtual spaces and character information of the users A and B stored in the server device 20, for example. An image representing that the character of the user A is visiting the virtual space of the user B is created, and the image is transmitted to the terminal 11 used by the user A (step S32). As a result, the terminal 11 displays the image (visited state screen) transmitted from the server device 20 (step S33).

  In addition, the server device 20 is an image representing that the character of the user A is visiting the virtual space of the user B by using, for example, the virtual spaces and character information of the users A and B stored in the server device 20. And the image is transmitted to the terminal 12 used by the user B (step S34). Thereby, in the terminal 12, the image (visiting state screen) transmitted from the server device 20 is displayed (step S35).

  Here, an image representing that the character of the user A is visiting the virtual space of the user B is transmitted to the terminal 12 as information regarding the terminal 11, but the corresponding information (described above in step S33) ( Here, the image of the character of user A visiting the virtual space of user B) may be transmitted to the terminal 11 side.

  Thus, when the character of the user A visits the virtual space of the user B, for example, various communications can be performed between the users A and B (its character). At this time, a predetermined incentive may be given to the users A and B when the character of the user A visits the virtual space of the user B.

  Here, it is assumed that the character of the user A who has visited the virtual space of the user B returns to the virtual space of the user A.

  In this case, for example, the users A and B activate a mode in which the character returns to their own virtual space in the terminals 11 and 12 and bring the terminals 11 and 12 closer to each other. At this time, the terminal (here, terminal 11 used by user A) used by the user who returns the character to his / her own virtual space, the terminal used by the user sending out another user's character (here) The terminals 11 and 12 are brought close to each other with the terminal 12) used by the user B facing upward.

  Thereby, in the terminal 11, the approach of the terminal 12 (detection target) is detected (step S36). Thus, when the approach of the terminal 12 is detected in the terminal 11, the terminal 11 transmits date information, position information, and direction information to the server device 20 together with the user identifier for identifying the user A (step S37). .

  On the other hand, the approach of the terminal 11 (detection target) is similarly detected in the terminal 12 (step S38). Thus, when the approach of the terminal 11 is detected in the terminal 12, the terminal 12 transmits date information, position information, and direction information to the server device 20 together with the user identifier for identifying the user B (step S39). .

  The server device 20 refers to the date and time information and the position information transmitted by each of the terminals 11 and 12, and specifies that the terminals 11 and 12 are terminals that are counterparts to each other (step S40).

  Here, since the terminal 11 is on the lower side, the terminal 12 is on the upper side, and the terminals 11 and 12 are approached, the server device 20 is located on the lower side from the virtual space of the user B who uses the terminal 12 located on the upper side. It is possible to recognize that the character of the user A is about to return to the virtual space of the user A who uses the terminal 11 located at.

  Here, in the social game being performed on the terminals 11 and 12, for example, when the character of the user A visits the virtual space of the user B and returns to the virtual space of the user A, the item or the like is given from the user B. Suppose that there is a mechanism.

  In this case, the server device 20 uses, for example, the virtual spaces of the users A and B stored in the server device 20, information on the characters, items such as items that the user B has, and the character of the user A is a social game, for example. An image representing that the user B to be used has brought back an item or the like is created, and the image (information on the terminal 12) is transmitted to the terminal 11 used by the user A (step S41). As a result, the terminal 11 displays the image transmitted from the server device 20 (that is, a screen as if the item of the user B was brought home) (step S42).

  When the processing as described above is executed, on the terminal 11, for example, the screen of the virtual space of the user A is displayed. Similarly, on the terminal 12, for example, a screen of the virtual space of the user B is displayed.

  Here, with reference to FIGS. 10-12, the outline | summary of an above-mentioned social game is demonstrated simply. Here, the screen transition of the terminals 11 and 12 will be mainly described.

  Further, various objects (items, characters, etc.) such as the virtual spaces of the users A and B are displayed on the screens of the terminals 11 and 12, but these are omitted for convenience in FIGS. Only the movement of the character of the user A in the process described in FIG. 9 will be described.

  First, when the game program is executed in the terminals 11 and 12 and the login of the users A and B is permitted, the character of the user A is displayed on the screen of the terminal 11 used by the user A as shown in FIG. Assume that it is displayed.

  Here, when the terminal 11 and the terminal 12 are brought close to each other with the terminal 11 on the upper side and the terminal 12 on the lower side, the character of the user A displayed on the terminal 11 is the virtual of the user A as shown in FIG. Move from space to user B's virtual space (ie visit user B's virtual space).

  Next, when the terminal 11 and the terminal 12 are brought close to each other with the terminal 11 on the lower side and the terminal 12 on the upper side, the character of the user A displayed on the terminal 12 is the virtual of the user B as shown in FIG. Return to the virtual space of user A from the space. At this time, the user A's character can take the user B's item (for example, a character's dress-up toy) 300 as a souvenir.

  In this way, by applying this embodiment in a social game, it is possible to increase the number of participants in the social game by incorporating game elements that move the character between the two terminals and attracting the participants' interest. In addition to communication through characters in the virtual space, it is possible to perform communication between users in the real world, and promote continuous use of the social game.

  In addition to moving the user's character in the social game described above, for example, from one terminal (a user who uses the terminal) specified as two terminals that are the other party to the other terminal (a user who uses the terminal) On the other hand, it is possible to simply send a message, apply for a friend, or present an item or the like.

  That is, when this embodiment is applied to a social game, two terminals that are opponents of each other necessary for “friend registration”, “access to user area”, and “match between users” performed in SNS It is possible to simplify the operation when specifying the.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the approach of the terminal 12 is detected in the terminal 11 when the terminals 11 and 12 approach each other, the terminal 11 acquires date information and position information, and the terminal 12 11 is detected, the terminal 12 acquires date and time information and position information, and the date and time indicated by each of the acquired date and time information is the same or within a predetermined range. When the position indicated by each piece of position information is the same or within a predetermined range, the server device 20 simply allows the terminals 11 and 12 to approach each other by the configuration in which the terminals 11 and 12 are specified as the terminals that are the other party. From among a large number of terminals connected to the server device 20 via the network 30 such as the Internet, It is possible to identify the terminal as the person.

  That is, according to the present embodiment, for example, in a social game or the like, an opponent can easily and quickly perform operations such as “notification of unique key”, “search using a user name”, “selection from a friend list”, and the like. Can be identified.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the terminals 11 and 12 which are other parties can be specified as described above, information regarding the terminal 11 is transmitted to the terminal 12, or information regarding the terminal 12 is transmitted to the terminal 11. It becomes possible.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the direction in which the screen of the terminal 11 faces is determined based on the acceleration of the terminal 11, the direction in which the screen of the terminal 12 faces is determined based on the acceleration of the terminal 12, and the direction With the configuration in which information is transmitted based on the information (positional relationship between the terminals 11 and 12), the information transmission destination can be clearly specified on the user side using the terminals 11 and 12. In the present embodiment, the terminal located on the lower side is described as the information transmission destination. However, for example, the terminal located on the upper side may be the information transmission destination.

  In addition, in this embodiment, when the terminals 11 and 12 were specified as two terminals which are the other party, for example, the information related to the terminal 11 was mainly described as being transmitted to the terminal 12. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which information related to the terminal 12 corresponding to is also transmitted to the terminal 11. For example, when a mail address assigned to the terminal 11 as information related to the terminal 11 is transmitted to the terminal 12, the mail address assigned to the terminal 12 may be transmitted to the terminal 11.

  Further, the processing after the two terminals that are the other party are specified is not limited to that described in the present embodiment. In other words, the present embodiment is applicable to a case where, for example, two terminals that are communicably connected to the server device 20 are specified and arbitrary processing is performed.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11,12 ... Terminal, 20 ... Server apparatus, 21 ... Transmission / reception part, 22 ... Terminal information storage part, 23 ... Terminal identification part, 24 ... Information acquisition part, 30 ... Network, 100 ... Proximity sensor, 111 ... Detection target detection 112, date information acquisition unit, 113 position information acquisition unit, 114 acceleration detection unit, 115 orientation information acquisition unit, 116 transmission / reception unit.

Claims (8)

A terminal identification method for identifying a plurality of terminals that are counterparts of each other, and capable of communicating with the first and second terminals having proximity sensors that detect the approach of a detection target, and the first and second terminals A terminal identification method executed by a terminal identification system comprising a connected server device,
Detecting the approach of the second terminal using the proximity sensor provided in the first terminal when the first and second terminals approach each other;
The first terminal acquiring first date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the second terminal is detected;
The first terminal acquiring first position information indicating a position of the first terminal when an approach of the second terminal is detected;
When the first and second terminals approach each other, the second terminal detects the approach of the first terminal using a proximity sensor provided in the second terminal;
The second terminal acquiring second date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the first terminal is detected;
The second terminal acquiring second position information indicating a position of the second terminal when the approach of the first terminal is detected;
The date and time indicated by the acquired first and second date and time information is the same or within a predetermined range, and the position indicated by the acquired first and second position information is the same or predetermined. And a step of specifying the first and second terminals as terminals that are counterparts to each other when the server device is within the specified range.   When the first and second terminals are specified as terminals that are counterparts of each other, the server device transmits information on the first terminal to the second terminal, or information on the second terminal The terminal identification method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of transmitting to the first terminal. The first terminal further includes a first acceleration sensor that detects acceleration of the first terminal;
The second terminal further includes a second acceleration sensor that detects acceleration of the second terminal,
The first terminal detecting the acceleration of the first terminal when the approach of the second terminal is detected using the first acceleration sensor;
Acquiring first direction information indicating a direction in which the screen of the first terminal faces the first terminal based on the acceleration detected by the first terminal;
The second terminal detecting the acceleration of the second terminal when the approach of the first terminal is detected using the second acceleration sensor;
Further comprising the step of acquiring, based on the acceleration detected by the second terminal, the second direction information indicating the direction in which the second terminal is facing the screen;
In the transmitting step, the information regarding the first terminal is transmitted to the second terminal based on the received first and second direction information, or the information regarding the second terminal is transmitted to the first terminal. The terminal identification method according to claim 2, wherein the terminal identification method is transmitted to the terminal. In the transmitting step,
The first direction information indicates that the direction in which the screen of the first terminal is facing is down, and the second direction information is in the direction in which the screen of the second terminal is facing Information about the first terminal is sent to the second terminal,
The first direction information indicates that the direction in which the screen of the first terminal is facing is up, and the second direction information is in the direction in which the screen of the second terminal is facing The terminal identification method according to claim 3, wherein, when it is indicated, information on the second terminal is transmitted to the first terminal.   The terminal specifying method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second location information are acquired by the first and second terminals communicating with a global positioning system. In the server device communicably connected to the first and second terminals including a proximity sensor that detects the approach of the detection object,
When the approach of the second terminal is detected in the first terminal as the first and second terminals approach each other, the first date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach is detected and First receiving means for receiving, from the first terminal, first position information indicating the position of the first terminal when an approach is detected;
When the first terminal approaches the first terminal and the second terminal detects the approach of the first terminal, second date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach is detected and the second terminal Second receiving means for receiving second position information indicating the position of the second terminal when an approach is detected from the second terminal;
The date and time indicated by the received first and second date and time information are the same or within a predetermined range, and the positions indicated by the first and second location method are the same or predetermined range And a specifying unit for specifying the first and second terminals as terminals that are counterparts to each other. A program that includes a proximity sensor that detects an approach of a detection target and is executed by a computer of a terminal that is communicably connected to a server device,
In the computer,
Detecting the approach of the other terminal using the proximity sensor when the terminal and another terminal including the proximity sensor approach each other;
Obtaining date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the other terminal is detected;
Obtaining position information indicating the position of the terminal when the approach of the other terminal is detected;
Transmitting the acquired date / time information and position information to the server device. In a terminal identification system comprising first and second terminals provided with proximity sensors for detecting the approach of a detection object, and a server device connected to be communicable with the first and second terminals,
The first terminal is
First detection means for detecting the approach of the second terminal using a proximity sensor provided in the first terminal when the first and second terminals approach each other;
First date and time information acquisition means for acquiring first date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the second terminal is detected;
First position information acquisition means for acquiring first position information indicating the position of the first terminal when the approach of the second terminal is detected;
The second terminal is
Second detection means for detecting the approach of the first terminal using a proximity sensor provided in the second terminal when the first and second terminals approach each other;
Second date and time information acquisition means for acquiring second date and time information indicating the date and time when the approach of the first terminal is detected;
And second position information acquisition means for acquiring second position information indicating the position of the second terminal when the approach of the first terminal is detected,
In the server device, the date and time indicated by the acquired first and second date and time information is the same or within a predetermined range, and the position indicated by the acquired first and second position information is A terminal specifying system comprising: specifying means for specifying the first and second terminals as counterpart terminals when they are the same or within a predetermined range.

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