KR100652623B1 - Communication terminal and network game execution method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication terminal capable of executing a network game between terminals having a short range communication means and a network game executing method, comprising: a communication module for short range communication with a communication terminal; A game packet module for transmitting and receiving a packet configured by a game protocol through the communication module; Executing a network game on a communication terminal configured to include a network game module for communicating communication data of a network game by the game packet module and a communication terminal connected by a short range communication protocol; By configuring the network game communication method comprising the step of configuring the communication data of the network game by the game protocol and transmitting and receiving through the short-range communication protocol, there is an effect that can implement a network game using infrared communication between terminals.

Description

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1 is a block diagram showing some components of a mobile communication terminal for carrying out the present invention;

2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an infrared communication protocol layer between terminals according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a network game between terminals according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary diagram showing a terminal display window of a process for carrying out the present invention;

The present invention relates to a communication terminal and a network game executing method, and more particularly, to a communication terminal and a network game executing method capable of executing a network game between terminals having a short range communication means.

As a function of a mobile communication terminal represented by a mobile phone becomes better and better, a near field communication means capable of transmitting and receiving predetermined data (for example, a telephone number) stored in the terminal is provided.

The short range communication means may perform data communication with another terminal or a computer by wire, which may be a data communication cable or a Bluetooth or infrared communication module capable of performing a data transmission / reception function wirelessly.

The conventional mobile communication terminal has been able to perform data transmission such as a telephone number and electronic payment between a computer and an infrared communication and a terminal using a wireless local area communication means, for example, an infrared communication module provided therein.

However, there is a problem that only simple data transmission, such as electronic payment using a wireless local area communication means provided in the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above, transmission of a phone book, and the like, cannot implement a network game using two-way data transmission.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a communication terminal and a network game execution method for implementing a network game using infrared communication between terminals by configuring a user interface for a network game and implementing a game application on an infrared communication standard. The purpose is to provide.

The present invention to achieve the above object, the network game module for driving a network game; A game packet module configured to configure data generated by the network game module into packets according to a game protocol; It provides a communication terminal comprising a communication module for transmitting and receiving a packet from the game packet module via short-range communication.
In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention includes the steps of executing a network game in a communication terminal connected by a short-range communication protocol; Comprising the communication data of the network game by the game protocol provides a network game execution method comprising the step of transmitting and receiving through the short-range communication protocol.

In addition, to implement a game using the infrared communication module GSL (Game Service Layer) layer provides a game application and an interface for the game application to use the infrared communication protocol of the international standard in the infrared communication protocol layer of the international standard. Characterized in that further provided.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment of a network game implementation method of the present invention mobile communication terminal having the above characteristics will be described.

1 is a block diagram showing some components of a mobile communication terminal for carrying out the present invention. As shown, a memory 30 in which a game program or game-related data is stored, and an infrared communication module for converting predetermined data into infrared signals by external control signals and transmitting or converting received infrared signals into predetermined data. And a controller 10 for controlling the memory 30 and the infrared communication module 20 and performing data transmission and processing for the game. As can be seen from the above configuration, it can be seen that the hardware configuration of the mobile communication terminal performing the present invention is not different from the conventional one.

2 is a diagram illustrating a protocol configuration for an infrared network game between a server terminal and a client terminal according to the present invention. In the infrared communication protocol layer of the international standard, a game application (network game module) and the game application of the international standard infrared are shown. It consists of a Game Service Layer (GSL) layer that provides an interface for using a communication protocol. Here, in the protocol layer shown in FIG. 2, the IrDA physical layer, IrLAP (Link Access Protocol), IrLMP (Link Management Protocol), Tiny TP (Transport Protocol), IAS (Information Access Service), and OBEX (The Object Exchange Protocol) Server The layer is an infrared communication protocol layer of the international standard, and anyone who works in the industry will know about it.

The Game Service Layer (GSL) layer is a request for starting a game service from a game application so as to play a game using infrared communication, a confirmation for delivering a result of the request to a game application, An indication for transmitting the occurrence situation to the game application, and a response function for acknowledgment of the indication from the game application.

The operation of the present invention using this protocol will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of playing a network game between terminals (server terminal and client terminal) using infrared communication according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, selecting a network game through a game menu in a server terminal, creating and waiting for a game room, and selecting a network join (or entering) item through a game menu in a client terminal and creating the same in the server terminal. Searching for a game room and entering the game room, and when the server terminal confirms that the client terminal enters the game room, executes the game, and uses an infrared communication module provided with data on the progress of the game between the terminals. It consists of transmitting and receiving.

An operation of the present invention consisting of these steps will be described with reference to FIG.

4 illustrates a display window for a process of playing a network game in a terminal as follows.

First, the server terminal executes a predetermined game stored in the memory 30, and selects the "combination" item configured in the menu, as shown in Fig. 4A, to play a network game.

When the "two to" item is selected, the sub-items are displayed, and select the "create game" item from the displayed sub-items (Fig. 4b) to enter the standby screen (Fig. 4c) for creating a game room. Of course, after generating the game room on the standby screen, the server terminal waits until the client terminal accesses the infrared communication module 20.

In addition, the "entering" item among the sub-items of the "two people" item shown in FIG. 4B is an item for entering the game room created by the server terminal, and when the "entering" item is selected, infrared communication with the server terminal. Enter the standby screen of the game room generated by the server terminal.

After checking that the server terminal is connected from the client terminal through the idle screen and inputting a game start button, the data inputted from the server terminal and the client terminal are transmitted and received through the infrared communication module 20 provided in each terminal, and the network game between the terminals Will be performed (FIG. 4D).

In addition, when a server terminal or a client terminal wants to be alone instead of a network game, the game may be restarted by selecting a "alone" item from the game menu items shown in FIG. 4A or by recalling an existing game.

Through this process, the present invention can perform a network game between terminals using an infrared communication module provided in the terminal, and a simple game having a small amount of data to minimize data transmission through the infrared communication module, for example, Go, It is desirable to be applied to a game that displays a static screen and processes only data updated every key operation, without requiring fancy graphics such as long-term or concave.

In the detailed description of the present invention, the name of the item constituting the game menu may be determined by a terminal manufacturer or a game provider rather than a preset, and the present invention uses an infrared communication module provided in the terminal. The advantage is that it does not incur additional costs because it plays network games.

As described in detail above, the present invention has an effect of implementing a network game using infrared communication between terminals by configuring a user interface for a network game and implementing a game application on an infrared communication standard.

Claims (7)

A network game module for driving a network game; A game packet module configured to configure data generated by the network game module into packets according to a game protocol; And a communication module configured to transmit and receive packets from the game packet module through short-range communication. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication module A communication terminal comprising an infrared communication module. Executing a network game in a communication terminal capable of short-range communication; And transmitting and receiving the communication data of the network game through a game protocol and transmitting and receiving the data through the short range communication. The method of claim 3, wherein the short-range communication is A network game playing method, characterized in that it is made through an infrared communication protocol. The method of claim 3, wherein the game protocol is A request to launch a network game; Confirming the result of the request to the network game; An indication for transmitting an occurrence situation to the network game; And a response acknowledging and responding to the instruction in the network game. The method of claim 3, wherein executing the network game And providing the network game generated by the server terminal to the client terminal. The method of claim 6, And a server terminal and a client terminal connected to the generated network game, and then transmitting and receiving communication data of the generated network game.

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