JP7050415B2 - Information processing equipment, information processing methods, and programs - Google Patents

Description

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act August 25, 2016, Website ((A) http: //my.gamecity.ne.jp/mycommu/application/2 (B) http: //my.gamecity .Ne.jp/mycommu/application/add/2 (C) http: // g12012510.sp.pf.mbga.jp/ (D) http: //yahoo.mbga.jp/game/12012510/play (E) http: //mixi.jp/run_appli.pl? Id = 41178)

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

Conventionally, so-called online games (network games) in which terminals such as smartphones are connected to server devices and the like via a network to play games online have become widespread.

In this online game or the like, a random item providing method is known in which characters, items, and the like that can be used in the online game are randomly determined and provided to the user.

As an example of this random item provision method, you can win a prize out of a predetermined number of characters and items, just like the actual capsule toy vending machine where coins are inserted and the lever is turned to produce capsule toys. There is known a method in which the provided items are excluded from the subsequent lottery targets (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this method, if the lottery is executed for the predetermined number of times, the characters, items, and the like desired by the user are surely provided.

Japanese Patent No. 533969

However, in the case of a method in which what is won and provided is excluded from the target of the subsequent lottery, for example, when the content desired by the user is provided, the content not desired by the user is provided in the subsequent lottery. There is a problem that it is more likely to be done. In addition, when the content subject to the lottery contains content that is not desired by the user, there is a possibility that the content not desired by the user will be provided as the number of contents subject to the lottery decreases due to repeated lottery. There is a problem that becomes high.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of increasing the possibility that the desired content is provided to the user.

Based on the operation of the computer to execute the user's lottery, the process of selecting the first content to be provided to the user among the contents to be drawn by lottery and the process of selecting the first content by the lottery are selected. The process of providing to the user and the operation of selecting the content to be excluded from the lottery target content list including the first content when the first content is provided to the user by the provided process are accepted from the user. , The process of excluding the content selected by the user from the lottery target content including the first content, and the selected process of the next lottery until the exclusion process is completed. The feature is that the operation to be executed is not accepted from the user .

According to the disclosed technology, it is possible to increase the possibility that the desired content is provided to the user.

It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the information processing system in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration example of the server apparatus in embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the server apparatus in embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing of an information processing system. It is a figure which shows the display screen example in an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the display screen example in an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the display screen example in an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the display screen example in an information terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of lottery information. It is a figure which shows an example of content information.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the information processing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 is referred to as a server device 10, an information terminal 20-1, an information terminal 20-2, ... (Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish them, the information processing system 1 is simply referred to as an "information terminal 20". )including.

The server device 10 and the information terminal 20 are connected by a communication network such as the Internet, a mobile phone network, and a wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

The server device 10 is, for example, a server operated by a business operator that provides a game, and provides an online game (network game) to the information terminal 20. The server device 10 provides the information terminal 20 with contents such as characters and items that can be used in the online game by a random item providing method.

The information terminal 20 is, for example, a terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet type terminal, a PC (Personal Computer), a game-dedicated machine, or the like. The information terminal 20 executes an application for an online game distributed from the server device 10. The information terminal 20 causes the server device 10 to execute a lottery by a random item providing method by an operation from a user, and acquires contents that can be used in an online game.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the server device 10 according to the embodiment. The server device 10 of FIG. 2 has a drive device 100, an auxiliary storage device 102, a memory device 103, a CPU 104, an interface device 105, a display device 106, an input device 107, and the like, which are connected to each other by a bus B, respectively.

The online game program that realizes the processing in the server device 10 is provided by the recording medium 101. When the recording medium 101 on which the online game program is recorded is set in the drive device 100, the online game program is installed in the auxiliary storage device 102 from the recording medium 101 via the drive device 100. However, the installation of the online game program does not necessarily have to be performed from the recording medium 101, and may be downloaded from another computer via the network. The auxiliary storage device 102 stores the installed online game program, and also stores necessary files, data, and the like.

The memory device 103 reads and stores the program from the auxiliary storage device 102 when the program is instructed to start. The CPU 104 realizes the function related to the server device 10 according to the program stored in the memory device 103. The interface device 105 is used as an interface for connecting to a network. The display device 106 displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) or the like by a program. The input device 107 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, a touch panel, buttons, or the like, and is used for inputting various operation instructions.

An example of the recording medium 101 is a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD disc, or a USB memory. Further, as an example of the auxiliary storage device 102, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory, or the like can be mentioned. Both the recording medium 101 and the auxiliary storage device 102 correspond to computer-readable recording media.

The hardware configuration of the information terminal 20 may be the same as the hardware configuration example of the server device 10 shown in FIG.

Next, the functional configuration of the server device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the server device 10. The server device 10 has a selection unit 12, a provision unit 13, an exclusion unit 14, and a change unit 15. Each of these parts is realized by a process in which one or more programs installed in the server device 10 are executed by the CPU 104 of the server device 10.

Further, the server device 10 has a storage unit 11. The storage unit 11 is realized by using, for example, an auxiliary storage device 102 or the like. The storage unit 11 stores lottery information 111, content information 112, and the like. The lottery information 111 and the content information 112 will be described later.

The selection unit 12 randomly selects the content to be provided from one or more contents to be drawn.

The providing unit 13 provides an online game to the information terminal 20. Further, the providing unit 13 provides the content selected by the selection unit 12 to the information terminal 20. The content provided by the providing unit 13 can be used on an online game.

The exclusion unit 14 excludes the content selected by the user of the information terminal 20 from the lottery target by the selection unit 12.

The changing unit 15 changes the lottery target by the selection unit 12 to a predetermined content group.

<Processing>
Next, the processing of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5A to 5D. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing of the information processing system 1. 5A to 5D are diagrams showing an example of a display screen in the information terminal 20.

In step S1, the information terminal 20 requests the server device 10 for information regarding the lottery, for example, by an operation from the user.

Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of the information regarding the lottery (step S2).

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays information about the lottery (step S3). FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of information regarding the lottery. In the example of FIG. 5A, the icons 501 to 512 of the content to be the lottery and the probability that each content is acquired by the user are displayed in association with the icons 501 to 512. Further, when each icon is selected by the user, the name and description of the content related to the selected icon are displayed. In the example of FIG. 5A, the icon 508 is selected, and the name and description of the content related to the icon 508 are displayed in the display area 513.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 accepts an operation for executing a lottery from the user (step S4). For example, by pressing the "lottery start" button 514 in FIG. 5A, the operation of executing the lottery can be accepted.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 requests the server device 10 to execute the lottery (step S5).

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 executes a lottery (step S6).

Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of the acquired content, which is the result of the lottery (step S7).

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays the content acquired by the user by lottery (step S8).

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 receives an operation from the user to select the content to be excluded from the lottery target (step S9). FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a display example when accepting an operation of selecting content to be excluded from the lottery target. In FIG. 5B, a message such as "Please select the item you want to exclude" is displayed. At this time, the "lottery start" button 514 cannot be pressed. On the display screen of FIG. 5B, it is assumed that the icon 507, which is the content that the user wants to exclude from the lottery, is selected from the icons 501 to 512. In this case, the information terminal 20 displays the name of the content related to the selected icon 507 in the display area 521 on the display screen of FIG. 5C, and prompts the user to confirm. When the "Cancel" button 523 is pressed, the screen returns to the display screen shown in FIG. 5B. When the "OK" button 522 is pressed, the selection operation is completed.

The providing unit 13 of the server device 10 may make the information terminal 20 not be able to exclude the predetermined content when receiving the operation of selecting the content to be excluded from the lottery target from the user in step S9. .. As a result, for example, it is possible to prevent the user from erroneously excluding the featured content having a high rarity (rareness) or the desired content selected in advance by the user. Alternatively, on a screen for selecting content to be excluded from the lottery target as shown in FIG. 5B, for example, the content may be displayed in ascending order of preset rarity. As a result, for example, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the operation of selecting an item having a relatively high rarity as an exclusion target is erroneously executed by the user.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 notifies the server device 10 of the selected content (step S10).

Subsequently, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 excludes (deletes, deletes) the selected content from the lottery target (step S11).

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 updates the display of information regarding the lottery based on the selected content (step S12). FIG. 5D is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in which the display of information regarding the lottery has been updated. In the example of FIG. 5D, a mark 531 indicating exclusion is displayed on the icon 507 selected in step S9. Here, by pressing the "lottery start" button 514, the operation of executing the lottery can be accepted again. In this case, the content related to the icon 507 is not subject to the subsequent lottery.

After that, the processes of steps S4 to S12 are repeated until the number of contents to be drawn is exhausted. When there are no more contents to be drawn, the mark 531 indicating that the icons have been excluded is displayed on all of the icons 501 to 512 on the same screen as in FIG. 5D. In this case, the changing unit 15 of the server device 10 changes the lottery target automatically or by pressing the "lottery target change" button 532 by the user. Note that changing the target of the lottery means, for example, performing a process of changing the number of accommodations of each content ID associated with the user in the lottery information 111 to a predetermined number.

The number of accommodations of each content ID newly set by changing the target of the lottery may be one initial value group set in advance. Alternatively, each time the target of the lottery is changed, it may be changed to another preset initial value group or a randomly determined initial value group. Thereby, for example, the user can change the target of the lottery until the target of the lottery includes the desired content.

In addition, the initial value group newly set by changing the lottery target is another preset initial value group or random each time the lottery target is changed, except for the preset predetermined content. It may be changed to the initial value group determined in. Thereby, for example, the user can change the target of the lottery until the target of the lottery includes relatively desired content without changing the content of the eyeball having high rarity.

When the object of the lottery is changed, the screen of FIG. 5A is displayed on the information terminal 20. As a result, the user can draw a lottery from the predetermined content group. When the "change lottery target" button 532 is pressed by the user, the target of the lottery is changed by the change unit 15 of the server device 10 even if the content to be the lottery remains, and FIG. 5A Screen is displayed.

<Modification example>
The changing unit 15 of the server device 10 may automatically change the target of the lottery when the lottery is executed in steps S6 and S7 and predetermined predetermined contents are provided. For example, when content whose rarity is equal to or higher than a predetermined value is provided, the target of the lottery may be automatically changed. Thereby, for example, it is possible to prevent the user from executing the lottery for the remaining content other than the eyeball after the content of the eyeball with high rarity is acquired.

<< Processing of server device 10 >>
Next, the process of the server device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the server device 10.

In step S101, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 receives from the information terminal 20 a request for information regarding the lottery, which includes identification information (user ID) of the user of the information terminal 20.

Subsequently, the server device 10 acquires information about the lottery according to the received user ID from the lottery information 111 and the content information 112 (step S102).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of lottery information 111. In the lottery information 111, the content ID and the number of accommodations are stored in association with the user ID. The user ID is the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20. The user ID is recorded, for example, when the user registers an account for an online game provided by the server device 10 in the server device 10. The content ID is the ID of the content that is the target of the lottery. The accommodation number is the number in which the content of each content ID is included in the content subject to the lottery, and is stored in association with the content ID.

In the example of FIG. 7, content IDs such as "001" to "006" are registered in association with the user ID of "user 001", and the content of the content IDs of "001" to "006" is One for each is included in the content subject to the lottery. The value of the item of the number of accommodations in the lottery information 111 of FIG. 7 is changed to the initial value by the changing unit 15, and is reduced by the exclusion unit 14.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the content information 112. The content information 112 stores an icon, a name, a description, a provision frequency, and a rarity in association with the content ID. The icon is an icon (illustration) indicating the content related to the content ID. The name and description are the name and description of the content related to the content ID, respectively.

The provision frequency is information indicating the relative frequency with which the content subject to the lottery is provided. Rarity is information indicating the rarity of the content related to the content ID. The rarity may be, for example, the degree of prominence of the characteristics of the content in the online game. Therefore, in general, the higher the rarity of the content, the higher the degree to which the user wants to provide the content. However, depending on the status of other content owned by the user, the way the user progresses in the online game (strategy), etc., even if the content is relatively low in rarity, the degree to which the user wants to provide it is relative. May be higher.

In step S102, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 acquires the content ID associated with the received user ID from the lottery information 111. Then, the icon, the name, the description, the provision frequency, and the rarity associated with the acquired content ID are acquired from the content information 112 of FIG.

Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of the acquired information regarding the lottery (step S103).

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 receives a request for execution of the lottery including the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 from the information terminal 20 (step S104).

Subsequently, the server device 10 acquires the provision frequency of each content subject to the lottery according to the received user ID from the lottery information 111 and the content information 112 (step S105).

In step S105, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 acquires the content ID associated with the received user ID from the lottery information 111. Then, the provision frequency associated with the acquired content ID is acquired from the content information 112 in FIG.

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 determines the content to be provided in this lottery based on the frequency of providing each content and a random value (step S106).

Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of the determined content (step S107). As a result, the information terminal 20 makes the notified content available in the online game. That is, the content is acquired by the user.

Subsequently, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 receives from the information terminal 20 a notification including the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 and the content ID to be excluded from the lottery target (step S108).

Subsequently, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 excludes the received content ID from the content IDs associated with the received user IDs in the lottery information 111 (step S109).

<Modification example>
The exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 may be able to exclude a larger number of contents than the number of contents provided by one lottery. For example, when the lottery is performed once, the information terminal 20 may allow the user to select a plurality of contents to be excluded. As a result, for example, during the campaign period, the user can acquire the desired content by executing the lottery a relatively small number of times.

Further, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 enables exclusion of a larger number of contents than the number of contents provided by one lottery, and is added as a lottery target from a predetermined one or more content groups. The user may be able to select the content to be used. As a result, for example, during the campaign period, the user can exclude two contents from the lottery target by executing the lottery once, and add one content from the campaign content group to the lottery target. Can be done.

The exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 may change the provision frequency associated with the predetermined content in the content information 112 according to the excluded content. For example, when content with relatively high rarity is excluded, the frequency of providing other content having the same rarity as the rarity of the excluded content is doubled. Thereby, for example, when there are two featured contents and one of the contents is unnecessary for the user, by excluding the unnecessary contents, it is possible to easily acquire the other contents in the next and subsequent lottery.

<Summary>
According to the above-described embodiment, the content selected from one or more contents to be drawn is provided, and the contents other than the provided contents selected by the user are excluded from the subsequent lottery targets. As a result, if the lottery is executed a predetermined number of times, the content relatively desired by the user is surely provided. Further, even if the content is once acquired by lottery, the content that the user wants to acquire again can be left as a lottery target. Further, if the lottery target includes content that the user does not want, the content can be excluded from the subsequent lottery targets after the lottery. Thereby, it is possible to increase the possibility that the desired content is provided to the user.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to such a specific embodiment, and various modifications are made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Can be changed.

Each functional unit of the server device 10 may be realized by cloud computing composed of, for example, one or more computers.

The processing of each functional unit of the server device 10 described above may be executed on the information terminal 20 by installing a program provided by the server device 10 or the like on the information terminal 20. In this case, a process such as a lottery is executed by the process in the user's terminal based on the program.

In the above-described embodiment, characters and items that can be used in online games have been described as examples of contents, but the disclosed technology is not limited to online games, and for example, wallpapers, stamps, songs, and the like. It can be applied to a system that provides content (data) desired by a user, such as a moving image.

1 Information processing system 10 Server device 11 Storage unit 111 Lottery information 112 Content information 12 Selection unit 13 Providing unit 14 Exclusion unit 15 Changing unit 20 Information terminal

Claims (6)

The computer
A process of selecting the first content to be provided to the user from the contents to be drawn by lottery based on the operation of executing the lottery of the user, and the process of selecting the first content to be provided to the user by lottery.
A process of providing the user with the first content selected by the process of selecting by the lottery, and a process of providing the user with the first content.
When the first content is provided to the user by the provided process , the user accepts an operation of selecting the content to be excluded from the list of contents to be drawn by the user including the first content, and the content selected by the user. Is excluded from the lottery target content including the first content , and
And run
The information processing method is characterized in that the selection process does not accept the operation of executing the next lottery from the user until the exclusion process is completed . The computer
A process of adding the second content selected by the user from the predetermined one or more content groups to the lottery target is executed.
The information processing method according to claim 1. The information processing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when all the contents are excluded from the lottery target contents by the exclusion process, the process of changing the lottery target contents to a plurality of predetermined contents is executed. The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the processing for changing is to change the content to be drawn by lottery into a plurality of predetermined contents when the predetermined contents are provided by the provided processing. On the computer
A process of selecting the first content to be provided to the user from the contents to be drawn by lottery based on the operation of executing the lottery of the user, and the process of selecting the first content to be provided to the user by lottery.
A process of providing the user with the first content selected by the process of selecting by the lottery, and a process of providing the user with the first content.
When the first content is provided to the user by the provided process , the user accepts an operation of selecting the content to be excluded from the list of contents to be drawn by the user including the first content, and the content selected by the user. Is excluded from the lottery target content including the first content , and
To execute ,
The selection process is a program characterized in that the user does not accept the operation of executing the next lottery until the exclusion process is completed . A selection unit that selects the first content to be provided to the user by lottery among the contents to be drawn based on the operation of executing the user's lottery .
A providing unit that provides the user with the first content selected by the lottery of the selection unit, and a providing unit.
When the first content is provided to the user by the providing unit , the user accepts an operation of selecting the content to be excluded from the list of contents to be drawn by the user including the first content, and the content selected by the user is received. , The exclusion unit to be excluded from the content subject to the lottery including the first content ,
Equipped with
The selection unit is a server device, characterized in that the user does not accept the operation of executing the next lottery until the exclusion unit excludes the content selected by the user .

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