KR101275648B1 - Method and server of preventing addiction in on-line game - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for preventing online game addition and a server thereof are provided to reduce benefits corresponding to increase of the number of game execution during a monitoring period, thereby eliminating additional game motivation of a user. CONSTITUTION: A game addition prevention server determines an addiction prevention strategy (S210). When unit play of an executed online game is terminated, the game addition prevention server determines increase of the number of games corresponding to a game mode of the online game. When the number of games is increased, the game addition prevention server increases a game number one by one (S230). When a monitoring period elapses, the game addition prevention server initializes the number of games. The game addition prevention server determines benefits for a user corresponding to the number of games by loading the addiction prevention strategy and provides the benefits to the user (S250,S270). [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S210) Determine an addiction prevention strategy; (S230) Calculate the number of games executed by a user; (S250) Determine provided benefits based on the addiction prevention strategy; (S270) Provide the benefits to the user

Description

Method and server of preventing addiction in on-line game

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an online game service, and more particularly, to an addiction prevention technology that can prevent the user from becoming addicted to an online game service and not adapting to real life by reducing a benefit provided as the game lasts for a certain period of time.

As the network develops, various online game services are being provided. In addition, due to the improvement of the graphics technology and the performance of the game user terminals, high-performance game programs are being produced, and game contents in which a real world or a virtual world is precisely depicted are being provided.

There are various genres in online games. Among the online games that users typically use, there are sports games. The sports game includes a video game or a computer game in which a single player can use a user terminal, and there is an online sports game in which a player can compete with other users and play co-ops . Such a sports game is a game in which a user operates a supervisor or a player to play a game according to a sports rule with an opponent team played by artificial intelligence in game contents or played by other users, I will play for.

There are many deadly appeals of online games. First of all, you can play a game with an unspecified number of people instead of playing a 1: 1 game with a computer or acquaintances. Therefore, it is possible to play a team by forming a new team among various people and establishing a targeting policy suitable for the purpose of the team.

There are also deadly appeals to the levels and items that online games employ. Frequently, online games adopt the concept of levels to objectively display the user's ability or ability as the game increases. As the user plays more games and the stats increase, the user's level naturally rises, and the items provided as rewards can be obtained. Of course, there are some items that must be purchased at the item shop on the execution screen of the online game or the item shop on the website for accessing the online game, but the game itself is also fixed to induce the user to enjoy the game. There are some items that are free for missions. The higher the user's level and the more items he has, the more powerful he or she is in the game space. As such, the level and the item are the concepts introduced for the user's participation and the interest of the game, but recently, the phenomenon of playing the game for securing the item and raising the level also occurs.

1 is a view showing the benefits provided according to the number of games in the online game according to the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 1, even if the number of games increases, benefits such as level increase or item acquisition remain unchanged. Therefore, it is natural that you will benefit more if you run 50 games than if you run 20 games. Therefore, the more games you play, the more benefits you receive, so the user is constantly tempted to continue playing.

However, thanks to this attraction, as the online games become more popular, various social problems about the negative effects of the online games arise. The most serious of these social problems is game addiction. Addiction to games is known to make it impossible to distinguish between the real and the virtual worlds, or to become violent or violent. According to the survey of the Korea Information Society Agency, the total number of adolescents who fell into game addiction in 2010 was 877,000, with an addiction rate of 12.4%. In particular, 3.1% (218,000) of high-risk groups have difficulty in rational behavior. According to a recent survey by the Catholic University-University Cooperation Group, the social loss costs of internet game addiction among teenagers ranged from a minimum of KRW 1.77 trillion to a maximum of KRW 5,457 billion.

In order to prevent such an addiction phenomenon, the 'Shutdown System' is introduced to prohibit adolescents from accessing the game after a certain time, but it cannot be prevented from accessing the online game server by using personal information of adults or others. There is a limit. In addition, the problem of game addiction is not necessarily limited to adolescents.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a technique for preventing game addiction naturally by preventing excessive game play regardless of adults and adolescents.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce the benefits provided by increasing the number of games to be executed when playing too many games within a certain monitoring period, thereby preventing the game from being intoxicated by removing the motivation to play more games from the user. Is to provide a way to prevent game addiction.

Another object of the present invention is to monitor how many games users access to an online game server in a certain period of time, and to reduce the incentive to play a game from a user who plays too many games, so that the user can play the game himself. It is to provide a game addiction prevention server that can prevent falling into game addiction by reducing the amount.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object relates to a method for preventing game addiction in online games. In the game addiction prevention method according to the present invention, in an online game in which a plurality of users connect to an online game server and execute a client, the game addiction prevention server executes the online game within a predetermined monitoring period and the monitoring period. A policy to provide benefits to the user differentially according to the number of games, which is a predetermined number of times, and an addiction prevention strategy used to limit the number of games that the user executes the online game within the monitoring period. Determining; Calculating the number of games for which the user has executed the online game within the monitoring period; Loading the anti-addiction policy to determine a benefit to be provided to the user according to the number of games; And providing the determined benefit to the user.

The determining of the addiction prevention policy may include determining, as part of the addiction prevention policy, the benefit to be provided to the user in response to the predetermined number of games and the number of games, wherein the benefit is reduced as the number of games increases. It is desirable to decide.

The calculating of the number of games may include: determining whether to increase the number of games according to a game mode of the executed online game when the unit play of the online game executed by the user ends; If it is determined to increase the number of games, increasing the number of games one by one; Determining whether the monitoring period has elapsed; And initializing the number of games if the monitoring period has elapsed.

The monitoring period is preferably started every day in the server time of the game addiction prevention server, or when the client connects to the online game server.

Determining the benefit may include loading the addiction prevention policy; And determining a benefit corresponding to the calculated number of games by referring to the loaded addiction prevention policy.

Providing the benefit to the user includes: determining whether a provision condition is satisfied as a condition for providing the benefit to the user; If the condition is satisfied, providing the benefit to the user; And transmitting information on the provided benefits to the user.

In the method of preventing game addiction according to one aspect of the present invention, when the number of games exceeds a predetermined limit, the user executing the online game passes a predetermined security procedure depending on whether the user passes the predetermined security procedure. Determining whether the user is an abnormal user running the game; And if the user is determined to be an abnormal user, restricting the user from executing the online game.

Preferably, the security procedure is to provide the user with a predetermined text string, to induce the user to input the text string, and to determine whether the provided text string matches the input text string.

Another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object relates to a game addiction prevention server in an online game. The game addiction prevention server according to the present invention is an online game in which a plurality of users access and play an online game server by executing a client, the game count being the number of times the online game is executed within a predetermined monitoring period and the monitoring period. An addiction prevention policy determination unit that determines the addiction prevention policy that is used to limit the number of games that the user executes the online game within the monitoring period, while providing the benefit to the user differentially; A game number calculator configured to calculate the number of games in which the user has executed the online game within the monitoring period; A benefit determination unit which loads the anti-addiction policy and determines a benefit to be provided to the user according to the number of games; And a benefit providing unit providing the determined benefit to the user.

The anti-addiction policy determining unit may determine, as a part of the anti-addiction policy, the benefits to be provided to the user in response to the predetermined number of games and the number of games, and determine that the benefits decrease as the number of games increases. desirable.

The game count calculator determines whether to increase the number of games according to a game mode of the online game executed when the unit play of the online game executed by the user ends, and increase the number of games. Once determined, it is preferable to increase the number of games one by one, determine whether the monitoring period has elapsed, and if the monitoring period has elapsed, initialize the game number.

The monitoring period is preferably started every day in the server time of the game addiction prevention server, or when the client connects to the online game server.

The benefit determination unit may load the addiction prevention policy and determine a benefit corresponding to the calculated number of games by referring to the loaded addiction prevention policy.

The benefit provision unit determines whether a provision condition is satisfied as a condition for providing the benefit to the user, and if the provision condition is satisfied, provides the benefit to the user and provides information about the provided benefit to the user. It is desirable to send to.

In the game addiction prevention server according to the present invention, when the number of games exceeds a predetermined limit, the user uses the automatic game execution program according to whether the user who executes the online game passes a predetermined security procedure. It is preferable to further include a game execution limiting unit for determining whether the user is an abnormal user to execute the game, and if the user is determined to be an abnormal user, restricting the user from executing the online game.

Preferably, the security procedure is to provide the user with a predetermined text string, to induce the user to input the text string, and to determine whether the provided text string matches the input text string.

Another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object relates to a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon for implementing the method for preventing game addiction according to one aspect of the present invention.

According to the present invention, as the number of games executed within a certain monitoring period increases, the benefits provided are reduced, thereby eliminating the motivation to play more games from the user. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from falling into the game addiction by being able to refrain from playing the game by himself.

1 is a view showing the benefits provided according to the number of games in the online game according to the prior art.
2 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a method for preventing addiction in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a game counting step included in the addiction prevention method according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a benefit providing step included in the method for preventing addiction according to the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an addiction prevention policy applied to the addiction prevention method according to the present invention.
6 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an online game system to which a method for preventing game addiction according to the present invention is applied.
7 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the game addiction prevention server according to another aspect of the present invention.
8A through 8C are diagrams illustrating messages informing about a benefit provided to a user by the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method and a server for preventing game addiction according to each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description, in order to clarify the understanding of the present invention, description of well-known technology for the features of the present invention will be omitted. The following examples are detailed description to help understand the present invention, and it should be understood that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, equivalent inventions that perform the same functions as the present invention will also fall within the scope of the present invention.

In addition, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, it is to be noted that the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

In the present invention, the online game means game content that can be used by users by accessing the above-mentioned game server. Particularly, it means a game in which a plurality of users can simultaneously access and enjoy the game, and the level is raised through an act of acquiring experience while fostering a character by advancing a game. In addition, in order to facilitate the progress of the game on the game, it means a game that can purchase a variety of items.

2 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a method for preventing addiction in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the middle of the online game according to the present invention first determines an addiction prevention strategy (S210).

In the present invention, the 'addiction prevention policy' refers to a strategy established to induce a user to stop playing a game by losing a user's motivation to play more games. Specifically, the anti-addiction policy is set to reduce the benefits provided to the user as the number of games executed within a certain period increases. Therefore, the addiction prevention policy determines whether the benefits are reduced at a constant rate as the number of games increases, or whether the same benefits are provided for the number of games in a certain section, but the benefits provided are decreased when the number of games increases. The anti-addiction policy also determines the length of the monitoring period and the timing of the monitoring period. For example, when the daily unit is set as the monitoring period, it can be predicted that the anti-addiction function is superior to that of the weekly monitoring period. The point in time of the monitoring period is when to start a given monitoring period. For example, the monitoring period may be calculated starting from midnight each day, or the point of time when the user logs in to the online game server may be set as the starting point of the monitoring period.

The determined anti-addiction policy may be stored in a database, and may be modified later by the policy or necessity of the provider of the online game service.

If the anti-addiction policy is determined, the number of games executed within the monitoring period is calculated (S230). The number of games is added when the game ends.

In the present invention, 'game' may mean a game itself provided by an online game service or may indicate a specific play mode or stage of the game.

If the number of games executed within the monitoring period is determined, the benefit to be provided to the user is determined by referring to the anti-addiction policy (S250). As described above, the benefit provided is determined to decrease as the number of games increases.

Then, the determined benefit is provided to the user (S270).

Thus, as the number of games played within the monitoring period increases, the benefits provided to the user decrease. Therefore, since the user is no longer motivated to play the game, game addiction is spontaneously prevented because the user no longer gives up playing the game and does not play the game.

3 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a game counting step included in the addiction prevention method according to the present invention.

First, when the user executes the game (S310), it waits until the game ends.

When the game ends (S320), it is determined whether or not there is a need to increase the number of games (S330).

The reason for determining whether to increase the number of games in the present invention is that it is not necessary to increase the number of games when the game is finished. For example, depending on the play mode or stage, it is possible not to increase the number of games. That is, when the online game is a soccer game, the game number may not be increased even if one game is finished in a specific play mode such as training mode, tutorial mode, and world cup mode. Of course, it is also possible to prevent an increase in the number of games by using an item (eg, a simulation coupon) that does not increase the number of games.

As a result of the determination, if it is necessary to increase the number of games, the number of games is increased by one (S340).

Then, it is determined whether the monitoring period has elapsed (S350), and when the elapsed time is initialized (S360). If the monitoring period has not elapsed, it is determined whether to keep the number of games as it is and whether to execute the additional game (S370). If the user wants to play more games, the process returns to the game execution step S310 again.

4 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a benefit providing step included in the method for preventing addiction according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, information on a benefit determined in the benefit determination step (see FIG. 2) is received (S410). As described above, the benefit may be changed based on the number of games executed according to the anti-addiction policy.

Once the benefits to be provided have been determined, wait until the conditions for providing each benefit are provided. In the present invention, the term 'offer' means a condition to be satisfied in order for each benefit to be provided. For example, certain items may be provided as a benefit only if they win a game. Alternatively, the stats and game money may be provided whenever the user performs the game once. Therefore, in the method of preventing addiction according to the present invention, the determined benefit is not provided immediately, but is waited until the provision condition is satisfied.

If the provision condition is satisfied (S450), the determined benefit is provided to the user (S470). Then, the user is notified of the benefits provided (S490).

5 is a diagram illustrating an addiction prevention policy applied to the addiction prevention method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5A illustrates a case where the benefit decreases linearly from 100% to 10% until the number of games is 100. In FIG. 5B, the number of games is 60, 80, and 100. FIG. Illustrate the case where benefits are significantly reduced each time. For example, it can be seen that the benefits are provided 100% until the number of games is 60, but only 50% of the benefits to be provided are provided until the number of games is 60 to 80. Even if the number of games is 100 or more, it can be seen that only 10% of the benefits to be offered are actually provided. This may cause the user to lose motivation to play the game again for such low level gains and small item acquisition.

Referring to (b) of Figure 5, it is informed that the benefits are reduced to the user every 60, 80 and 100 times the point that the benefits provided are reduced. For example, notification 1 indicates that the benefit is reduced to 50% when the number of games is 60 or more, notification 2 indicates that the benefit is reduced by 30% when the number of games is 60 to 80, and notification 3 is the game. A count of 100 or more indicates that the benefit is reduced to 10%. Notifications 1 to 3 provided are illustrated with reference to FIGS. 8A-8C.

5 illustrates examples of anti-addiction policies that may be determined by the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, if the number of games exceeds a predetermined limit, the game may be forcibly stopped.

6 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an online game system to which a method for preventing game addiction according to the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 6, the online game system 600 according to the present invention includes an online game server 650 for providing an online game service, and a plurality of online games connected to the online game server 650 through a communication network 690. Clients 610, 620, 630, 640. In addition, the online game system 600 further includes a database 680 for storing information about items and a lottery algorithm and a game addiction prevention server 660.

In the present invention, a game server or an online game server means a server computer to which users access to use game contents. In the case of a game having a small capacity or a small number of users, a plurality of game programs can be operated in one game server. In addition, in the case of a game having a very large capacity or a large number of real-time connections, there may be one or more game servers for operating one game depending on the functions of the game.

In addition, middleware for the database and servers performing payment processing may be connected to the game server, but the description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

The online game clients 610, 620, 630, and 640 include various terminals capable of connecting to the online game server 650 via the communication network 690. Although desktop computers 610 and 620 and mobile phones 630 and 640 are illustrated in FIG. 6 as online game clients, it should be noted that this is not a limitation of the present invention.

The user connects to the online game server 650 through various online game clients 610, 620, 630, 640. In particular, with the development of electronic engineering technology, a user may access the online game server 650 anytime, anywhere through various communication networks through various online game clients 610, 620, 630, and 640. For example, communication network 690 may be the Internet, or may be a mobile communication network such as 2G, 3G, 4G. In this specification, "communication", "communication network" and "network" may be used interchangeably. The three terms refer to wired and wireless local and wide area data transmission and reception networks capable of transmitting and receiving files between a user terminal, a terminal of other users, and a download server.

In Figure 6, the game addiction prevention server 660 implements the operation according to the method for preventing addiction in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. The configuration and operation of the game addiction prevention server 660 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 7. Therefore, repeated descriptions are omitted for the sake of simplification of the description.

In FIG. 6, the game addiction prevention server 660 is illustrated as a separate device separate from the online game server 650. However, the game addiction prevention server 660 does not necessarily need to be implemented separately from the online game server 650. Rather, it is noted that the online game server 650 may be implemented integrally incorporating the functionality of the game addiction prevention server 660.

That is, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, as all the constituent elements constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated separately. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

Using the online game system 600 of FIG. 6, the more the user executes the game, the less the benefits provided, so that the additional game execution desires are reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from being addicted to the online game without knowing it.

7 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the game addiction prevention server according to another aspect of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the game addiction prevention server 760 is connected to the communication network 790 and operates. On the online game client side, it is possible to access the game addiction prevention server 760 via the communication network 790. In this case, if the communication network 790 is viewed as a transparent channel, the communication network 790 and the game addiction prevention server ( Any 700, including 760, may be considered a game addiction prevention server.

The game addiction prevention server 760 includes an addiction prevention policy determiner 710, a game count calculator 720, a benefit determiner 730, a benefit provider 740, and a game execution limiter 750.

The addiction prevention policy determination unit 710 determines an addiction prevention policy used to prevent game addiction. As described above, the addiction prevention policy may include a monitoring period, a time point of the monitoring period, and a benefit set to decrease as the number of games of the online game increases.

When the anti-addiction policy is determined, the game count calculator 720 calculates the game count, which is the number of times the user executes the online game within the monitoring period. The game count is calculated only within the watch period and is initialized when the watch period expires. In addition, the monitoring period starts every day as the server time of the game addiction prevention server, or as described above when the client connects to the online game server.

When the number of games is calculated, the benefit determination unit 730 determines the benefits to be provided to the user with reference to the anti-addiction policy, and the benefit provider 740 provides the benefits determined by the benefit determination unit 730 to the user. Notify it.

In addition, the game execution limiter 750 included in the game addiction prevention server 760 determines whether the user who executes the online game is an abnormal user if the number of games is greater than or equal to the limit. In the present invention, the abnormal user refers to a user who executes a game by using an automatic game execution program. Automated game launcher programs are often used to level up and acquire items, sometimes called 'auto'.

If a user is determined to play a game using an automatic game execution program, there is no need to provide a benefit to that user anymore. Therefore, the game execution limiter 750 prevents the user from playing the online game any more until the abnormal user is determined to be a normal user again.

The game execution limiter 750 detects an abnormal user by providing the user with a predetermined text string and inducing the user to input the string. In this case, it is preferable that the patterned character string provided to the user is modified so that it cannot be easily recognized using a program. For example, the canvas on which each string is displayed may be 200 x 60 pixels in size, and several soccer balls may appear randomly in the background. Because of the soccer ball pattern, it is difficult to read a character string automatically designed by a conventional character recognition program. For example, a patterned string may appear randomly with five letters, with each number being rotated randomly between -30 degrees and 30 degrees. The vertical axis positions of the numbers may also be displayed differently.

As described above, the game addiction prevention server 760 according to the present invention can prevent the user from excessively immersing in the game and proceeding to addiction according to the anti-addiction policy, as well as by the game execution restriction unit 750. You can also filter out abnormal users using the game launcher.

8A through 8C are diagrams illustrating messages informing about a benefit provided to a user by the present invention.

8A-8C illustrate the messages provided when the number of games is 60, 80, and 100, respectively. The message 800 shown in FIG. 8A shows an example of notification 1 of FIG. 5, and the message 830 shown in FIG. 8B shows an example of notification 2 of FIG. 5. Similarly, message 860 shown in FIG. 8C represents an example of notification 3 of FIG. 5.

Each message 800, 830, 860 includes a confirmation button 810, 840, 870 and an addiction policy guidance button 820, 850, 880.

The message 800 of FIG. 8A indicates that only 50% of the game money is paid when the game number reaches 60, and the message 830 of FIG. 8B only pays 30% of the game money when the game number reaches 80. Inform them. In addition, message 860 of FIG. 8C indicates that when the game count reaches 100, only 10% of the game money is paid. If such messages are provided, the user can press the OK buttons 810, 840, 870 to clear the messages, or press the addiction policy guide button 820, 850, 880 to obtain additional information about the addiction prevention policy.

Online game addiction prevention method according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be executed by an application (which may include a program included in the platform or operating system basically mounted on the terminal) In addition, the application may be executed by an application (ie, a program) directly installed on a terminal through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the corresponding service. In this sense, the method for preventing online game addiction according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention is implemented as an application (ie, a program) that is basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user, and is provided in a computer-readable recording medium such as a terminal. Can be recorded.

Such a program may be recorded on a recording medium that can be read by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above-described functions can be executed.

As described above, in order to execute the online game addiction prevention method according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-described program is coded in computer languages such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, etc., which can be read by a computer processor (CPU). It may include (Code).

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, such code may further include memory reference related code as to what additional information or media needed to cause the processor of the computer to execute the aforementioned functions should be referenced at any location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer .

In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server, etc., to perform the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and / ) May be used to further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers of the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Examples of recording media that can be read by a computer recording a program as described above include, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical media storage device, and the like.

Also, the computer-readable recording medium on which the above-described program is recorded may be distributed to a computer system connected via a network so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above and send the results of the execution to one or more of the other distributed computers, The computer may also perform some of the functions described above and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

In particular, a computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing an online game addiction prevention method according to each embodiment of the present invention, may be an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with a corresponding service. It may be a storage medium (eg, a hard disk, etc.) included in an application provider server such as a hard disk or the application providing server itself.

The computer which can read the recording medium which recorded the application which is a program for implementing the online game addiction prevention method which concerns on each embodiment of this invention is not only general PCs, such as a desktop or a notebook, but also a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA. (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile terminals, such as mobile communication terminals may be included, as well as it should be interpreted as all computing devices (Computing).

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application which is a program for executing an online game addiction prevention method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal. In the case of a terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal through a synchronization program.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (17)

In an online game in which a plurality of users access and play an online game server by executing a client, the game addiction prevention server differs according to a predetermined monitoring period and the number of games that are the number of times the online game is executed within the monitoring period. Determining an addiction prevention policy, the policy of providing a benefit to the user and used to limit the number of games that the user executes the online game within the monitoring period;
When the unit play of the online game executed by the user is finished, it is determined whether to increase the number of games according to the game mode of the online game executed, and if the number of games is increased, the number of games is increased one by one. Increasing;
Determining whether the monitoring period has elapsed and initializing the number of games if the monitoring period has elapsed;
Loading the anti-addiction policy to determine a benefit to be provided to the user according to the number of games; And
And providing the determined benefit to the user. The method of claim 1,
Determining the addiction prevention policy,
In the online game, characterized in that the predetermined number of games and the benefits to be provided to the user corresponding to the number of the game is determined as part of the anti-addiction policy, the benefits are reduced as the number of games increases. How to avoid game addiction. delete Claim 4 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. The method of claim 1,
The monitoring period is started every day in the server time of the game addiction prevention server, or when the client is connected to the online game server, the game addiction prevention method in the online game. Claim 5 was abandoned upon payment of a set-up fee. The method of claim 1,
Determining the benefit,
Loading the addiction prevention policy; And
And determining a benefit corresponding to the calculated number of games by referring to the loaded addiction prevention policy. Claim 6 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. The method of claim 1,
Providing the benefit to the user,
Determining whether a provision condition is satisfied as a condition for providing the benefit to the user;
If the condition is satisfied, providing the benefit to the user; And
And transmitting the information about the provided benefits to the user. The method of claim 1,
When the number of games exceeds a predetermined limit, whether the user is an abnormal user who runs a game using an automatic game execution program depends on whether the user who executes the online game passes a predetermined security procedure. Determining; And
If the user is determined to be an abnormal user, limiting the user to execute the online game. Claim 8 was abandoned when the registration fee was paid. The method of claim 7, wherein
The security procedure,
Providing a predetermined character string to the user, encouraging the user to input a character string, and determining whether the provided character string matches the input character string. Way. In an online game in which a plurality of users access and play an online game server by executing a client, the benefit is provided to the user differentially according to a predetermined monitoring period and the number of games that are executed in the online game within the monitoring period. An addiction prevention policy determination unit configured to determine an addiction prevention policy used to limit the number of games that the user executes the online game within the monitoring period;
A game number calculator configured to calculate the number of games in which the user has executed the online game within the monitoring period;
A benefit determination unit which loads the anti-addiction policy and determines a benefit to be provided to the user according to the number of games; And
And a benefit providing unit to provide the determined benefit to the user.
The game count calculator,
When the unit play of the online game executed by the user ends, it is determined whether to increase the number of games according to the game mode of the executed online game, and if it is determined that the number of games is to be increased, the number of games Increase by one, determine whether the monitoring period has elapsed, and if the monitoring period has elapsed, initializes the number of games. Claim 10 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 10. The method of claim 9,
The addiction prevention policy decision unit,
In the online game, characterized in that the predetermined number of games and the benefits to be provided to the user corresponding to the number of the game is determined as part of the anti-addiction policy, the benefits are reduced as the number of games increases. Game addiction prevention server. delete Claim 12 is abandoned in setting registration fee. 10. The method of claim 9,
The monitoring period is started every day in the server time of the game addiction prevention server, or when the client is connected to the online game server, the game addiction prevention server in the online game. Claim 13 was abandoned upon payment of a registration fee. 10. The method of claim 9,
The benefit determination unit,
And loading the addiction prevention policy and referring to the loaded addiction prevention policy to determine a benefit corresponding to the calculated number of games. Claim 14 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 10. The method of claim 9,
The benefit provider,
It is determined whether a provision condition is satisfied as a condition for providing the benefit to the user, and when the provision condition is satisfied, the benefit is provided to the user, and information about the provided benefit is transmitted to the user. Addiction prevention server for online games. Claim 15 is abandoned in the setting registration fee payment. 10. The method of claim 9,
When the number of games exceeds a predetermined limit, whether the user is an abnormal user who runs a game using an automatic game execution program depends on whether the user who executes the online game passes a predetermined security procedure. And determining, when the user is determined to be an abnormal user, the game execution limiting unit restricting the user from executing the online game. Claim 16 has been abandoned due to the setting registration fee. 16. The method of claim 15,
The security procedure,
Providing a predetermined character string to the user, encouraging the user to input a character string, and determining whether the provided character string matches the input character string. server. In an online game in which a plurality of users access and play an online game server by executing a client, the game addiction prevention server differs according to a predetermined monitoring period and the number of games that are the number of times the online game is executed within the monitoring period. Determining an addiction prevention strategy that is a policy to provide a benefit to the user and is used to limit the number of games that the user executes the online game within the monitoring period;
When the unit play of the online game executed by the user is finished, it is determined whether to increase the number of games according to the game mode of the online game executed, and if the number of games is increased, the number of games is increased one by one. Increasing;
Determining whether the monitoring period has elapsed and initializing the number of games if the monitoring period has elapsed;
Loading the anti-addiction policy to determine a benefit to be provided to the user according to the number of games; And
And providing the determined benefit to the user. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a method for preventing game addiction in an online game.

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