KR101647541B1 - Method, apparatus and system for providing interaction to game play - Google Patents

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for providing an interaction with game play are provided. The game server reflects the interaction with the game play in the game play. The game server provides a game service to the game terminal. The receiving device receives the game play made by the game server and the game terminal. The game server affects the content of the game based on the interaction information generated at the receiving device.

Description

[0001] METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTION TO GAME PLAY [0002]

The following embodiments relate to a method, apparatus and system for providing an interaction with a game play, and more particularly to a method, apparatus and system for interaction between game play and watching a game.

An internet or an on-line game may be provided by interlocking between a game terminal of a game player and a game server of a provider of a game service. In other words, the game terminal may be a client of a game service, and the game server may be a server of a game service.

As computer game technology evolved, games became the subject of viewing as well as play. Here, viewing may mean that a third party as well as a game player operating the game views the game play.

In order for the viewer to view the game play, it is required to provide the contents of the game play. In order to provide contents of the game play, the game play executed in the game terminal, which is a client of the game, is first recorded as a moving picture. The recorded moving picture can be encoded using a specific codec for efficiency of transmission. An observer can provide a moving image or an encoded moving image to at least one viewer's terminal through streaming or broadcasting. The viewer can watch the game play by playing the provided movie using a video player or the like of the viewing terminal.

One embodiment may provide a method, apparatus and system for providing an interaction for game play.

One embodiment may provide a method, apparatus, and system that use interaction information to affect the content of a game play.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game service method in which a game server reflects an interaction with a game play to the game play, the method comprising: providing a game service to the game terminal; Receiving the interaction information from the receiving apparatus that receives the content, and effecting the content of the game based on the interaction information.

The interaction information may include passive information that is automatically generated as a user of the receiving device watches the game play.

The interaction information may include active information generated by a user of the receiving apparatus by operating the receiving apparatus.

The effect may include an effect imparted to the character of the game play.

The influence may include a cheer for the character of the game play.

The receiving device may be an observer relaying the game play.

The game service method may further include transmitting audience information, which is information necessary for observing the contents of the game play, to the observer.

The game service method may further include receiving camera information for determining a composition of an output screen for the game play from the observer, and rendering the video of the game play based on the camera information.

The camera information may include one or more of a position or a pose for the rendering.

The game service method may further include transmitting the moving picture to at least one viewing terminal and receiving the interaction information from the at least one viewing terminal.

The game service method may further include receiving explanatory information describing the game play from the observer and rendering the video of the game play based on the explanatory information.

The explanatory information may be generated by the user of the observer.

The observer may be plural.

The plurality of observers may be configured hierarchically.

The hierarchically configured observers can transmit the audience information to the lower observers.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game service providing system that reflects an interaction with a game play to the game play, the game service providing system including a game server for providing a game service to a game terminal, A game service providing system that receives interaction information from a receiving apparatus that receives content of the game play performed in the terminal and that affects the content of the game based on the interaction information may be provided.

The receiving device may be an observer relaying the game play.

The game server may transmit audience information, which is information necessary for observing the contents of the game play, to the observer.

The game service providing system may further include a video rendering server that receives camera information for determining a composition of an output screen for the game play from the observer and renders the video of the game play based on the camera information have.

The game service providing system may further include a moving picture relay server that receives the moving picture from the moving picture rendering server and transmits the moving picture to at least one of the viewing terminals.

The game server may receive the interaction information from the at least one audience terminal.

The moving image rendering server may receive descriptive information describing the game play from the observer, and may render the moving image of the game play including information describing the game play.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game server for providing a game service that reflects an interaction with a game play to the game play, the game server comprising: a processing unit for generating information necessary for providing the game service; Wherein the networking unit receives the interaction information from the receiving apparatus that receives the content of the game play performed by the game server and the game terminal, and the processing unit receives the interaction information from the receiving apparatus A game server can be provided which influences the contents of the game based on the game server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game service method for reflecting an interaction with a game play on the game play, the method comprising: providing a game service to a game terminal; Receiving the interaction information generated by the receiving device that receives the content of the game play, the influence of the content of the game based on the interaction information, and the step of influencing the content of the game based on the interaction information.

The receiving device may be an observer relaying the game play.

The game service method further includes transmitting the audience information, which is information necessary for the game server to observe the content of the game play, to the broadcast server, and transmitting the audience information to the observer by the broadcast server .

The interaction information generated by the observer may include passive passive information and passive active information.

The passive information may be interaction information that is automatically generated as a user of the observer watches the game play.

The active information may be interaction information generated by a user of the observer operating the observer.

The game service method may further include the step of the moving picture rendering server receiving the viewing information from the broadcasting server and the observer, and the moving picture server rendering the moving picture of the game play based on the viewing information .

The moving image rendering server may render the moving image using the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server when the observer does not update the viewing information.

The game service method may further include a step in which the moving image rendering server transmits the moving image to the moving image relay server, and the moving image relay server transmits the moving image to at least one of the viewing terminals.

The interaction information generated by the viewing terminal may include passive information with no parallax and active information with parallax.

The broadcast server may provide the observer with a snapshot of the game play when the observer first requests viewing of the game play.

The broadcast server may provide the observer with differential data of the changed contents compared to the snapshot.

The broadcast server may delay the connection of the new observer requesting to view the game play for the first time during the cooldown after the generation of the snapshot.

The game service method may further include a step in which the interaction server receives the interaction information from the receiving apparatus, and the interaction server transmits the interaction information to the game server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game service providing system that reflects an interaction with a game play to the game play, the game service providing system including a game server for providing a game service to the game terminal, There is provided a game service providing system that receives interaction information generated by a receiving device that receives contents of the game play performed by a game terminal and that affects contents of the game based on the interaction information.

The game service providing system may further include a broadcast server.

The game server may transmit audience information, which is information necessary for observing the contents of the game play, to the broadcast server, and the broadcast server may transmit the audience information to the observer.

The game service providing system may further include a moving image rendering server.

The moving image rendering server can receive the viewing information from the broadcasting server and the observer, and render the moving image of the game play based on the viewing information.

The moving image rendering server may render the moving image using the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server when the observer does not update the viewing information.

The game service providing system may further include a moving picture relay server.

The moving image rendering server may transmit the moving image to the moving image relay server. The moving picture relay server may transmit the moving picture to at least one viewing terminal.

The game service providing system may further include an interaction server.

The interaction server may receive the interaction information from the receiving apparatus. The interaction server may transmit the interaction information to the game server.

A method, apparatus and system for providing interaction with game play are provided.

Methods, devices, and systems are provided that use interaction information to influence the content of game play.

1 is a structural diagram of a system 100 for viewing game play according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 illustrates interaction information according to an example.
3 is a block diagram of a game server 110 according to one embodiment.
4 is a signal flow diagram of a game service method according to an embodiment.
Figure 5 illustrates hierarchical observations according to an example.
6 is a structural diagram of a system 600 for viewing game play according to an embodiment.
7 is a signal flow diagram of a game service method according to an embodiment.
Figure 8 illustrates providing a snapshot according to an example.
FIG. 9 illustrates a snapshot provided when an observer according to an example is added.
Figure 10 illustrates the server load concentration due to snapshot creation according to an example.
FIG. 11 illustrates a snapshot cooldown according to an example.

In the following, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a structural diagram of a system 100 for viewing game play according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, a system 100 for viewing game play will be outlined below with reference to the system 100.

The system 100 may provide a game service reflecting the viewer's interaction with the game play to the game play.

The system 100 may include one or more of a game server 110, a game terminal 120, an observer 130, a moving picture rendering server 140, a moving picture relay server 150, and a viewing terminal 160. The observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 may be plural.

The game server 110 may be a server for providing a game service to the game terminal 120. The game server 110 may be operated by a provider of the game service.

The game terminal 120 may be a client of a game service provided by the game server 110. For example, the game terminal 120 may be a device capable of playing a game such as a personal computer (PC), a tablet, or a smart phone. The game player can proceed to play the game by operating the game terminal 120. [

Bidirectional communication between the game server 110 and the game terminal 120 may be performed during game play to provide information necessary for game play.

The game server 110 may provide the content of game play to the receiving device. The receiving device can receive the contents of the game play. The user of the receiving apparatus may be a viewer who watches the game play through the receiving apparatus.

In order to view the game play, observation of the game play may be required.

Some of the viewers may be observers performing observations on the game play. In addition, the observer may also include a user of the game terminal 120 playing the game directly. An observer can select a part of the game play that he / she wants to watch. For example, the gameplay may be within a predetermined space such as a two-dimensional space or a three-dimensional space. The viewing of the game can be made for some of the entire space in which the game is played.

The observer can select some of the entire space in which the game play is to be performed. Further, the observer can provide the selected portion of the game play to the other viewers. For example, when an observer selects some space he or she wants to view from among the entire space in which game play is performed, another viewer can watch some space selected by the observer.

That is to say, the observation may be to select some space that is the object of viewing among the entire space in which game play is performed. Observations may also include providing some selected space to other viewers. Observation may also mean selecting a portion of the game play and providing information about the selected portion to other viewers. Information on the entire space and information on the selected portion may be provided in the form of three-dimensional information or moving images, respectively.

The observer can add descriptive information describing the game play. The added descriptive information may be provided to other viewers through a visual or auditory method. For example, the description information may be information related to the game, such as text, voice, additional images and links, such as captions.

That is to say, the observation may include generating viewing information for viewing or relaying game play, and providing the generated information to another observer or other viewers.

The audience information may be information for receiving the contents of the game service. The audience information may include at least one of operation information, explanatory information, and camera information.

The operation information may be information of an operation performed in the game play. The above operation may be an operation for a game performed by a user of the game terminal 120 that is a game player in the game play.

The camera information may be information about one or more of a position and a pose of the camera. The composition of the screen to be provided to the viewer among the entire space where the game is played may be determined according to at least one of the position and the pose of the camera. That is to say, the camera information can determine the composition of the output screen for the game play.

For example, the position of the camera may be a position of a viewpoint in a whole space where a game is played, a position of a character of a game player, or an avatar of a game player. The pose of the camera may be the direction pointed by the camera within the three-dimensional space.

The viewer can view a selected portion of the game play. If the viewer is an observer, the selected portion may be determined by the observer himself or by another observer.

The receiving device may include one or more of an observer 130 and a viewing terminal 160. The user of the observer 130 may be the aforementioned observer. The user of the audience terminal 160 may be a viewer. For example, the receiving apparatus may be classified into the observer 130 or the viewing terminal 160 depending on whether the viewer is an observer.

The observer 130 can relay the contents of the game play. In addition, the observer 130 may provide observations for game play. For viewing and relaying, the observer 130 may receive audience information from the game terminal 120.

The observer 130 may deliver audience information, or may generate, add or update audience information. For example, description information and camera information may be generated by a user of the observer 130. [

Further, the explanation information may be transmitted as a packet to the observer 130. [ Observer 130 may receive packet and camera information and may reconstruct the game screen using the received packet and camera information. The observer 130 may receive packet and camera information and may generate a game screen at a level output from the game terminal 120.

Observer 130 may be the same or similar device as game terminal 120. That is to say, the observer 130 may be a game terminal 120 that observes the game play without directly participating in the game play. The game terminal 120, which does not directly play the game, can perform the function of the observer 130. That is to say, the observer 130 does not directly play the game but receives the audience information from the game terminal 120 or the broadcast server 612, which will be described later, and generates the game screen using the audience information Device. In addition, the observer 130 may be a game client or a spectator using a part of a game client.

In addition, the game terminal 120 and the observer 130 may be the same device. In other words, the game terminal 120 of the game player can provide the function of the observer 130.

Also, the observer 130 can be regarded as performing or acting a function of a server relaying a game in terms of providing a game relay service.

The observer 130 may transmit the interaction information to the game server 110. [ Here, the interaction information transmitted from the observer 130 to the game server 110 may include at least one of active information without parallax and passive information without parallax. That is to say, the observer can be a spectator capable of providing active information without parallax and passive information without parallax.

The observer 130 may transmit the viewing information to the moving image rendering server 140. Here, at least one of the operation information, description information, and camera information of the audience information may be transmitted from the game terminal 120 and may be generated, added or updated by the observer 130.

The moving image rendering server 140 may render a moving image to be provided to the viewer. The video rendering server 140 may receive viewing information from the observer 130 for rendering the video.

The moving image relay server 150 can relay the rendered moving image to the viewing terminal 160. [ The moving image relay server 150 can receive the moving image from the moving image rendering server 140 and transmit the received moving image to the viewing terminal 160 for relaying the moving image.

The viewing terminal 160 can output the received moving image. The user of the viewing terminal 160 can view the moving image using a moving picture player or the like.

The video player can receive the video encoded by the video rendering server 140 and can decode the encoded video. The video player may provide the video to the user of the viewing terminal 160.

The video player may be part of a game client, and may be software that is separate from the game client. For example, the video player may include an application programming interface (API) provided by the interaction server 618, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 6, and may receive the active information through the API.

The viewing terminal 160 may be a device or facility capable of outputting moving pictures such as a PC, a tablet, a smart phone, a smart television, an optical player connected to a network, and a movie theater.

The video player of the audience terminal 160 or the audience terminal 160 may transmit the interaction information to the game server 110. Here, the interaction information transmitted from the audience terminal 160 to the game server 110 may include at least one of active information with parallax and passive information without parallax.

The game server 110 may affect the game service based on the interaction information transmitted from the receiving terminal. The game server 110 can determine the transmitted interaction information and apply the determination result to the game. For example, the game server 110 may influence the game play of the game terminal 120 based on the transmitted interaction information. The effect on the above-mentioned game service will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 to be described later, a solid line arrow between a server or terminals may indicate audience information. The dotted arrows may represent interaction information. An arrow with an empty space may represent a moving picture. The direction of the arrow may indicate the direction in which the information or moving picture is transmitted.

The above-described audience information and interaction information may be transmitted through packets, respectively.

FIG. 2 illustrates interaction information according to an example.

The interaction information may include at least one of active information and passive information.

The passive information may be information that is automatically generated as a user of the receiving apparatus watches the game play. The passive information may be information that is automatically generated by the user watching the game play regardless of the intention, action, or operation of the user of the receiving apparatus.

In other words, the passive information may be information provided to the game server 110 described above with reference to FIG. 1 or to the interaction server 618 to be described with reference to FIG. 6, even if the user does not perform any other operation. Alternatively, the passive information may be information that can be inquired by the game server 110 or the interaction server 618 even if the user does not perform any other operation. The user may be a user of the observer 130 or a user of the viewing terminal 160.

The passive information may be passive information without parallax. The absence of the parallax means that there is no difference between the first point of time of the game play and the second point of time when the passive information generated in association with the game play is provided to the game server 110 or the interaction server 618, Or less.

The active information may be interaction information generated by a user of the receiving apparatus by operating the receiving apparatus. Alternatively, the active information may be the interaction information that the user of the receiving apparatus has permitted to transmit.

That is to say, the active information may be information provided to the interaction server 618 to be described with reference to FIG. 6 or the game server 110 described above with reference to FIG. 1 by a positive indication of the user.

The active information can be classified into active information having no parallax and active information having parallax. The absence of the parallax means that there is no difference between the first point of time of the game play and the second point of time when the active information generated in association with the game play is provided to the game server 110 or the interaction server 618, Or less. The presence of the time difference means that there is a difference between the first point of time of the game play and the second point of time when the active information generated in association with the above game play is provided to the game server 110 or the interaction server 618, It can mean something.

The parallax of the active information may be different depending on the subject which outputs the active information. That is to say, in the active information, depending on whether there is no parallax or not, the input subject of the active information may be different. For example, the active information without parallax may be active information input by the observer 130, and the active information with parallax may be active information input by the video player of the viewing terminal 160 or the viewing terminal 160 have.

In other words, the observer 130 may be a device capable of performing a time-lapse active interaction.

The terms of the game service may include content related to the interaction information provided to the game server 110 and the interaction server 618. Through the terms and conditions, it is possible to acquire an agreement on the provision of the interaction information from the accessing party who has accessed the game service.

The passive information may include the information described in Table 1 below. Table 1 shows the name of each item of passive information and a description of each item.

Name of information Explanation of information Gender of the visitor The gender of the person who accesses the game service, such as a game player. The level of characters that you have The level of the in-game character possessed by a person who accesses the game service, such as a game player. Visitor count The number of users who access game services such as game players. Game history information Records related to the game, such as activity details and settlement history for each user. Broadcast recording information Information indicating the connection means used by the connected party to access the game service.
For example, the connection means may be one of the observer 130 or the viewing terminal 160 (or the video player of the viewing terminal 160).
For example, the connection means can be either a mobile device or a stationary device. Audience count The number of viewers watching the game play.
The viewer count can be further classified by the region where the viewer is, the gender of the viewer, and the game record of the viewer. community Community watching gameplay.

The active information may include the information described in Table 2 below. Table 2 shows the name of each item of the active information and the description of each item.

Name of information Explanation of information Shout or Boar Shout or hoot during game play. message A message entered by the user, such as a chat message.
Messages that are output during game play. Input device operation Keyboard and mouse manipulation by viewers, other than entering a message. Grant item An item that is given to a character in the game during game play. vote Votes done by viewers.
Each of the viewers selects a specific player among the players of the game. Send a gift The viewer sends a gift to the game player.
Gifts may be items. Use item The viewer uses the item.
Use of certain items during game play. Unit interaction Character unit, monster unit or object unit interaction in game play.

The active information may be generated by any operation that displays the intention of the other viewer other than the information listed in Table 2.

A predetermined effect can be generated in the game played by the active information and the passive information.

Table 3 below exemplarily lists effects generated in the game according to passive information or active effects.

type Information Conditions and Effects Passive information Audience count Condition :
1) the number of viewers increases,
2) When the number of viewers becomes a predetermined value or more,
3) When the number of viewers of a specific gender is equal to or larger than a predetermined value,
4) The number of viewers in a specific area is more than a predetermined value.
effect :
1) the probability that a particular item will be created or found during gameplay increases,
2) Bonus items appear,
3) If the background music or sound effect changes,
4) When a secret shop appears during game play,
5) According to the gender of the character of the game, the character's ability temporarily improves. Active effect Shout or Boar effect :
Shout or hoot during gameplay.
It can affect the character's ability of the game. Active effect message effect :
Messages are displayed during gameplay Active effect Grant item effect :
Item is given to game player or game character.
Granted items can be disposable items. Active effect Use item effect :
The effect of the item is the same as when the game player used the item.
The effect of an item may include improvement of the character of the game character, invasion of the character for a certain period, or transparency of the character. Active effect vote Depending on the result of voting, a certain effect occurs during game play. Active effect Unit interaction Output information of object appearing in game

The above-described effect can be given in real time. For example, according to the interaction information, the effect of the interaction information can be given immediately or within a predetermined time. Therefore, the viewer of the game play can confirm the effect directly or indirectly given by the player himself or herself in real time.

As described above, a viewer who watches a game play can transmit his / her opinion in a selection situation during game play through interaction information, and can influence game play in difficulties during game play.

3 is a block diagram of a game server 110 according to one embodiment.

The game server 110 may include a processing unit 310 and a networking unit 320.

The processing unit 310 may perform a process for providing a game service. For example, the processing unit 310 may generate information necessary for providing a game service.

The processing unit 310 may be at least one processor or at least one core in the processor. The processing unit 310 may perform processing necessary for the operation of the game server 110. [ Here, the execution of the processing may mean executing the program code stored in the game server 110. [

The networking unit 320 may perform transmission and reception of information or data with other components of the system 100. For example, the networking unit 320 may transmit information necessary for providing the game service to the game terminal 120. [ The networking unit 320 may receive the interaction information from the observer 130 or the audience terminal 160.

The networking unit 320 may be a hardware module such as a network interface card, a network interface chip and a networking interface port, and may be a network device ) Driver or a software module such as a networking program.

Other components of the system 100 may also include a processing unit and a networking unit. The functions of the processing unit of the other components and the functions of the networking unit may correspond to the functions of the processing unit 310 of the game server 110 and the functions of the networking unit 320, respectively.

4 is a signal flow diagram of a game service method according to an embodiment.

The game service method may be a game service method in which the system 100 or the game server 110 reflects the interaction with the game play in game play.

In step 410, the game server 110 may provide a game service to the game terminal 120. [ Game play can be performed in the game server 110 and the game terminal 120 through the game service.

The processing unit 310 of the game server 110 may generate data for the game service. The networking unit 320 of the game server 110 may transmit the generated data to the game terminal 120. [

As the user of the game terminal 120 operates the game terminal 120, the game terminal 120 can generate the operation information.

The game terminal 120 may transmit the generated operation information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. [ The processing unit 310 can generate data for the game service again by reflecting the transmitted operation information, and can play the game.

In step 412, the game terminal 120 may generate audience information.

In step 420, the game terminal 310 may send viewing information to the observer 130. [ The observer 130 may receive audience information from the game terminal 310.

Observer 130 may be one of the receiving devices. Thus, in step 420, the receiving device may receive the contents of the game play made on the game server 110 and the game terminal 120. [

At step 422, the observer 130 may observe the game play.

For observation, the observer 130 may select some of the entire space in which the game play is to be made. The above selection may be made by an observer operating the observer 130. For example, the observer 130 can select a space to be output or a composition of a screen to be output for viewing among the entire space in which game play is performed.

The space to be output or the composition of the output screen may be determined by the camera information. The observer 130 may generate camera information corresponding to the selected space or the composition of the selected screen. For example, the observer 130 may generate camera information for determining some of the space, in order to select some of the entire space in which game play is performed. Observer 130 may generate camera information by determining one or more of camera position and pose.

Observation of the game play may be performed by an observation program installed in the observer 130. The user of the observer 130 can change the composition of the output screen by using the observation program, and can view the changed screen. In other words, the observation program may be a program that generates an output screen of a level output from the viewing terminal 160 using the audience information.

In operation 430, the observer 130 may transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. Observer 130 may be one of the receiving devices. Accordingly, in step 430, the receiving device may transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. [ The networking unit 320 of the game server 110 may receive the interaction information from the receiving apparatus.

Here, the interaction information can be transmitted almost simultaneously with the reception of the audience information. Thus, the interaction information of step 430 may indicate no reaction to the game play or a reaction whose parallax is below a predetermined value.

At step 432, the observer 130 may generate viewing information. In order to generate the above, the observer 130 may use the audience information transmitted from the game terminal 120. The observer 130 can update the audience information by adding new audience information to the audience information transmitted from the game terminal 120. [ For example, when the audience information transmitted from the game terminal 120 to the observer 130 includes the operation information, the observer 130 may include at least one of the description information and the camera information in the transmitted audience information.

At step 440, the observer 130 may send viewing information to the video rendering server 140. The moving image rendering server 140 may receive at least one of operation information, description information, and camera information included in the audience information from the observer 130.

Reception of the above-described audience information, observation of game play, generation of audience information, generation of interaction information, and transmission of interaction information can be performed through modules adapted to relay, such as a game client program and an API.

In step 442, the moving image rendering server 140 may render the moving image of the game play based on the viewing information. Here, the moving picture may include output screens for a series of game plays. The video rendering server 140 can reconstruct the content of the game play as an output screen and render a series of reconstructed output screens as a continuous video.

The video rendering server 140 may render the video of the game play based on the camera information. The camera information may include one or more of a position or a pose for rendering. That is to say, a selected portion indicated by the camera information among the entire space in which the game play is performed can be rendered as a moving image.

The moving image rendering server 140 may render the moving image of the game play based on the descriptive information. For example, the moving image rendering server 140 may insert the descriptive information as a text, an image, a voice, or a sound among video or audio of the moving image.

In step 450, the moving image rendering server 140 may transmit the rendered moving image to the moving image relay server 150. [ The moving image relay server 150 may receive the rendered moving image from the moving image rendering server 140. [

In step 460, the moving image relay server 150 may transmit the rendered moving image to the at least one viewing terminal 160. At least one viewing terminal 160 may receive the rendered video. The viewing terminal 160 may be plural.

Through the rendered video, the user of the viewing terminal 160 can watch the game play without an observation program.

The viewing terminal 160 can watch the game play by executing the video player. The video player can access the video relay server 150 and can receive the video from the video relay server 150 through a method such as streaming. For example, the observer 130 can select an output screen from among the entire space in which game play is performed, while the viewing terminal 160 views the output screen selected by the observer 130 and can not adjust the composition of the output screen by itself The functions of the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 may be different from each other.

The viewer can view the game in an active manner using the game client program or the API, and can watch the game in a passive manner by using the video player. The game server 110 can be connected to both the observer 130 which is a receiving terminal for watching a game in an active manner and the viewing terminal 160 which is a receiving terminal for watching a game in a passive manner, And the audience terminal 160. [0060]

At step 470, at least one of the audience terminals 160 may transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. The viewing terminal 160 may be one of the receiving devices. Accordingly, in step 470, the receiving apparatus can transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. [ The networking unit 320 of the game server 110 may receive the interaction information from the receiving apparatus.

Here, the interaction information may be generated after a moving image is reproduced through a moving picture player or the like. It may take a predetermined time by rendering the moving image of step 140 and relaying the moving image of step 150. [ Thus, the interaction information in step 470 may be a reaction with a time difference of at least a predetermined value for game play. If the interaction information is active information, the active information may represent a reaction with a time difference. When the interaction information is passive information, the passive information may represent a time-lag reaction.

In addition, the video player may provide the interaction between the viewing terminal 160 and the game server 110. For example, in step 470, the video player may transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. [

In step 472, the processing unit 310 of the game server 110 may influence the content of the game based on the received interaction information. That is to say, the receiving terminal can influence the contents of the game played through the interaction information.

For example, the above effects may include effects imparted to the character of the game play, and may include support for game play. The support for the game play may be a visual or auditory message delivered to the game player.

The effect generated by the interaction information has been described above with reference to Fig.

Some of the game server 110, the game terminal 120, the observer 130, the moving image rendering server 140, and the moving image relay server 150 may be physically identical devices.

For example, the game terminal 120 can perform the function of the observer 130 by executing the observation program. That is, the game terminal 120 can relay the game play. In order to reduce the required computing resources or network resources, the game terminal 120 may perform a function of the observer 130 to a server provided by another terminal of the user of the game terminal 120 or a provider of the game service .

For example, the observer 130 may render the video of the game play and may transmit the rendered video to the at least one viewing terminal 160.

Meanwhile, the game server 110 and the observer 130 may be physically separated devices. Accordingly, even if the online game provider operating the game server 110 does not provide the relay service, if the game server 110 provides a tool for providing the interaction information, the observer 130 and the audience terminal 140 This tool can be used to provide an interaction for gameplay. Here, the tool for providing the interaction information may include a network port for receiving the interaction information and an API for receiving the interaction information.

Figure 5 illustrates hierarchical observations according to an example.

The observer 130 may be plural. A plurality of observers can be configured hierarchically. Here, the layer may mean a tree form.

The load of the game terminal 120 and the observer 130 according to the transmission of the audience information can be reduced through the hierarchical structure. In addition, through the hierarchical structure, the number of the viewing terminals receiving the audience information of the game play may not be limited.

In FIG. 5, as an example of a hierarchical structure, a primary observer 510, a secondary observer 520, and a tertiary observer 530 are shown. The primary observer 510, the secondary observer 520, and the tertiary observer 530 may be one of the plurality of observers 130, respectively.

The primary observer 510 may be an observer 130 directly connected to the game terminal 120 or the broadcast server 612 to be described later with reference to FIG.

Hierarchically structured observers can each send audience information to their child observers. For example, the primary observer 510 may transmit the audience information to the secondary observer 520. [

The first-order observer 510, the second-order observer 520, and the third-order observer 530 may be respectively plural. The number of primary observers 510 may be determined or limited based on the performance of game terminal 120 and the network environment of system 100. The number of primary observers 510 may be limited or determined depending on the performance and bandwidth of the broadcast server 612.

Each of the plurality of observers may transmit the interaction information to the game server 110 or the interaction server 618 to be described later with reference to FIG. Here, the interaction information may be passive information without parallax and active information without parallax.

Illustratively, the primary observer 510 and other observers can be functionally distinguished as described below.

The primary observer 510 may add camera information and explanatory information. In other words, the primary observer 510 can receive audience information from the game terminal 120 or the broadcast server 612, described below with reference to FIG. 6, and can add camera information and comment information to the received audience information have. The primary observer 510 may transmit the viewing information to which the camera information and the explanation information are added to the secondary observer 520 and the moving image rendering server 140. Here, the camera information and explanatory information can be generated by observing game play by the primary observer 510. That is, the first observer 510 performs an observer operation to generate additional camera information and explanatory information, and the first observer 510 can transmit the added camera information and explanatory information. Thus, the composition of the screen can be changed and additional commentary on the game play can be provided.

The primary observer 510 may transmit the viewing information transmitted by the primary observer 510 to the moving image rendering server 140 so that the provider of the game service can broadcast the contents of the game play through the moving image relay server 150. [

On the other hand, the secondary observer 520 and further observers can retransmit the audience information transmitted by the primary observer 510 to the observer of the lower level of the viewer. In the secondary observer 520 and higher observers, addition of camera information and explanation information such as the primary observer can be restricted or prohibited. That is, the secondary observer 520 and the observers lower than the secondary observer 520 may not be able to add camera information and explanatory information. With the secondary observer 520 and higher observers, it is only possible to transmit the received audience information as it is.

6 is a structural diagram of a system 600 for viewing game play according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, a system 600 for viewing game play will be outlined with a system 600.

The system 600 includes a game server 110, a broadcast server 612, a broadcast programming server 614 and an interaction server 618, a game terminal 120, an observer 130, a video rendering server 140, A server 150, and a viewing terminal 160. [ The observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 may be plural. The description of the components of system 100 described above with reference to FIG. 1 may be applied to the components of system 600 as well. The following description will not be repeated.

The game server 110, the broadcasting server 612, the broadcasting server 614 and the interaction server 618, the moving picture rendering server 140, and the moving picture relay server 150 may constitute a server group.

The game server 110 may participate in game play. The game server 110 can receive a packet from the game terminal 120 operated by the game player. The packet may include viewing information. The packet may include operation information, explanation information, and the like.

The game server 110 can determine the received packet.

The game server 110 may include a database. The database can store game character information and game logs.

In Figure 6, for viewing and relaying, game server 110 may send audience information to broadcast server 612. [ The broadcasting server 612 may transmit the viewing information to the observer 130 and the moving image rendering server 140. The observer 130 and the moving image rendering server 140 may use the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server 612. [ Here, the broadcast server 612 can transmit the audience information through broadcasting.

The broadcast server 612 may transmit the audience information to only a specific observer 130 among the plurality of observers. The primary observer 510 may be an observer directly connected to the broadcast server 612. In other words, the broadcast server 612 can transmit the audience information to the primary observer 510.

The audience information may be transmitted as a packet. The broadcast server 612 can receive the packet determined by the game server 110 and can transmit the received packet to the game terminal 120. [ The broadcast server 612 may also transmit a portion of the determined packet to the observer 130, which is a spectator. The primary observer 510 among the plurality of observers can receive the packet.

By the broadcast server 612, the game server 110 can concentrate only on tasks related to game play.

The game server 110 or the broadcast server 612 may transmit a full snapshot of the game when the observer 130 begins to observe or watch. After the transmission of the entire snapshot, the game server 110 or the broadcast server 612 may perform updates only on the changed content, and may generate, transmit or broadcast the updated content.

The entire snapshot may include information about all objects in the field of view according to the camera information used by the primary observer 510.

If the entire snapshot is frequently used, the performance of the game server 110 or the broadcast server 612 may be burdened. Therefore, a technique that can reduce the number of generation of the entire snapshot is required. Hereinafter, a method of providing a snapshot will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11. FIG.

The broadcast programming server 614 may receive a programming related request from the observer 130 and the viewing terminal 160 and may request a programming related request to the broadcast server 612, the video rendering server 140, Lt; / RTI >

The broadcast schedule server 614 may perform coordination between the game server 110, the broadcast server 612, the video render server 140, and the video relay server 150.

The broadcast programming server 614 may be a server that the observer 130 and the users of the audience terminal 160 must access in order to view the game play. The broadcast programming server 614 can manage the list of the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160. In addition, the broadcast schedule server 614 can manage a hierarchical configuration when a plurality of observers are configured hierarchically. For example, the broadcast programming server 614 may maintain a tree structure between a plurality of observers 130 when the observer 130 is added, changed, or removed during game play, or when the observer 130 leaves.

The broadcast server may provide viewing of a plurality of game plays, and the broadcast server 612 may broadcast a plurality of game plays. The broadcast server 612 can broadcast a plurality of game plays, respectively. The broadcast programming server 614 transmits information on game play or broadcasting selected by the user of the observer 130 and the viewer terminal 160 to the game server 110, the broadcast server 612, (140) and the moving image relay server (150). The game server 110, the broadcasting server 612, the moving picture rendering server 140, and the moving picture relay server 150 may provide information necessary for viewing game play according to the transmitted information. The broadcasting server 612 and the moving picture relay server 150 may provide viewing or watching of game play to the observer 130 and the viewing terminal 160, respectively. Herein, the necessary information may include reception information of a game play or a broadcast selected by the user, and may include a video of a game play or a broadcast selected by the user.

When the user of the primary observer 510 or the viewing terminal 160 accesses the broadcasting server 614 and requests viewing of the game play, the broadcasting server 610 transmits the viewing information of the requested game play to the moving- (140). Also, the broadcast server 610 can perform the function of the primary observer 510. For example, when the observer 130 or the audience terminal 160 requests the broadcasting server 612 to perform the function of the primary observer 510, the broadcasting server 612 performs the function of the primary observer 510 .

When the depth of the tree structure of the observers becomes deeper, the parallax between observers may be slower than the encoding of the moving picture, the transmission over the network of the encoded moving picture, and the decoding of the encoded moving picture. The broadcast programming server 614 may connect one observer 130 located under the tree to another observer 130 connected to the existing one. Alternatively, the broadcast schedule server 614 may stop the observer 130 functioning on the observer 130 located below the tree, and activate the function of the video player. For example, the broadcast schedule server 614 may switch the observer 130 to the viewing terminal 160. [

The video rendering server 140 may receive the viewing information from the broadcasting server 612 and the primary observer 510 and may render the video to be provided to the viewer based on the viewing information. If information is not added to the viewing information by the primary observer 510, the moving image rendering server 140 may render the moving image using the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server 612. Here, the information added by the primary observer 510 may include camera information and explanatory information.

In other words, the video rendering server 140 may receive viewing information from the broadcast server 612, request the broadcast programming server 614, reconstruct the game screen using the received viewing information, You can render the game screen as a movie. The moving image rendering server 140 may transmit the rendered moving image to the moving image relay server 150.

The moving picture relay server 150 may transmit the moving picture rendered by the motion rendering server to the viewing terminal 160. [ That is to say, the video relay server 150 may allow the user to view the video of the game play through various terminals.

The interaction server 618 may receive the interaction information from the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160. The interaction server 618 may transmit the received interaction information to the game server 110.

The interaction server 618 may open the network port so as to receive the interaction information from the observer 130 and the view terminal 160 and may transmit the API required for the transmission of the interaction information to the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 And provides it to the terminal 160.

7 is a signal flow diagram of a game service method according to an embodiment.

The game service method may be a game service method in which the system 600 or the game server 110 reflects an interaction on game play in game play.

In step 710, the game server 110 may provide a game service to the game terminal 120. [ Game play can be performed in the game server 110 and the game terminal 120 through the game service.

The processing unit 310 of the game server 110 may generate data for the game service. The networking unit 320 of the game server 110 may transmit the generated data to the game terminal 120. [

As the user of the game terminal 120 operates the game terminal 120, the game terminal 120 can generate the operation information.

The game terminal 120 may transmit the generated operation information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. [ The processing unit 310 can generate data for the game service again by reflecting the transmitted operation information, and can play the game.

At step 720, the observer 130 or the viewing terminal 160 may send a programming related request to the broadcast programming server 720. Here, the combination-related request may be a request for viewing the game play. The request of the viewing may include information on the game play in which the observer 130 or the viewing terminal 160 requests viewing from among a plurality of game plays in which the game server 110 provides viewing.

In step 725, the broadcast programming server 614 may transmit a programming related request to the game server 110, the broadcast server 612, the video rendering server 140, and the video relay server 150. Here, the combination-related request may be a provisioning request that allows the observer 130 or the viewing terminal 160 to provide viewing of the game play. The providing request may include information on the game play in which the observer 130 or the viewing terminal 160 requests viewing from among a plurality of game plays provided by the game server 110.

The game server 110 receiving the providing request can transmit the viewing information of the game play to the broadcasting server 612. The broadcasting server 612 receiving the providing request can transmit the viewing information of the game play to the observer 130 and the moving image rendering server 140. The video rendering server 140 receiving the providing request can generate the screen of the game using the viewing information of the game play for viewing, can encode the moving image using the screen of the generated game, The moving image can be transmitted to the moving image relay server 150. The video relay server 150 that receives the providing request can transmit the moving image to the viewing terminal 160 that has transmitted the request for watching the game play.

In step 730, the game server 110 may generate audience information. Here, the viewing information may be the viewing information of the game play requested in step 720. [

In step 732, the game server 110 may transmit the generated audience information to the broadcast server 612. [

At step 734, the broadcast server 612 may transmit the viewing information to the video rendering server 140 and the observer 130. The video rendering server 140 and the observer 130 may receive viewing information from the broadcasting server 612, respectively. The transmission may be broadcast.

In steps 732 and 734 described above, the broadcast server 612 may generate and update audience information. In order to generate the above, the broadcasting server 612 may use the viewing information transmitted from the game server 110. The broadcast server 612 can update the audience information by adding new audience information to the audience information transmitted from the game server 110. [ For example, when the audience information transmitted from the game server 110 to the broadcast server 612 includes the operation information, the broadcast server 612 may include at least one of the description information and the camera information in the transmitted audience information . Accordingly, the viewing information transmitted to at least one of the moving image rendering server 140 and the observer 130 may be the viewing information updated by the broadcasting server 612.

Observer 130 may be one of the receiving devices. Thus, at step 734, the receiving device may receive the content of the game play made by the game server 110 and the game terminal 120. [

At step 740, the observer 130 may observe the game play. As described above with reference to FIG. 4, the observer 130 may select some of the entire space in which game play is to be performed. The above selection may be made by an observer operating the observer 130. For example, the observer 130 can select a space to be output or a composition of a screen to be output for viewing among the entire space in which game play is performed.

The space to be output or the composition of the output screen may be determined by the camera information. The observer 130 may generate camera information corresponding to the selected space or the composition of the selected screen. For example, the observer 130 may generate camera information for determining some of the space, in order to select some of the entire space in which game play is performed. Observer 130 may generate camera information by determining one or more of camera position and pose.

Observation of the game play may be performed by an observation program installed in the observer 130. The user of the observer 130 can change the composition of the output screen by using the observation program, and can view the changed screen. In other words, the observation program may be a program that generates an output screen of a level output from the viewing terminal 160 using the audience information.

At step 742, the observer 130 may send the interaction information to the interaction server 618. Observer 130 may be one of the receiving devices. Thus, at step 742, the receiving device may send the interaction information to the interaction server 618. [ The interaction server 618 may receive the interaction information from the receiving device.

Here, the interaction information can be transmitted almost simultaneously with the reception of the audience information. Thus, the interaction information in step 720 may indicate no reaction to the game play or a reaction whose parallax is below a predetermined value. That is to say, the interaction information may include at least one of passive information without parallax and active information without parallax.

At step 744, the observer 130 may generate viewing information. For the above generation, the observer 130 may use the audience information transmitted from the game server 110. [ The observer 130 can update the audience information by adding new audience information to the audience information transmitted from the game server 110. [ For example, when the audience information transmitted from the game server 110 to the observer 130 includes the operation information, the observer 130 may include at least one of the description information and the camera information in the transmitted audience information.

At step 746, the observer 130 may send viewing information to the video rendering server 140. The moving image rendering server 140 may receive at least one of operation information, description information, and camera information included in the audience information from the observer 130.

Reception of the above-described audience information, observation of game play, generation of audience information, generation of interaction information, and transmission of interaction information can be performed through modules adapted to relay, such as a game client program and an API.

At step 750, the moving image rendering server 140 may render the moving image of the game play based on the viewing information. Here, the audience information may be transmitted from the broadcast server 612 and the observer 130. If the observer 130 does not update the viewing information, the moving image rendering server 140 may render the moving image of the game play based on the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server 612.

The video may include output screens for a series of game plays. The video rendering server 140 can reconstruct the content of the game play as an output screen and render a series of reconstructed output screens as a continuous video.

The video rendering server 140 may render the video of the game play based on the camera information. The camera information may include one or more of a position or a pose for rendering. That is to say, a selected portion indicated by the camera information among the entire space in which the game play is performed can be rendered as a moving image.

The moving image rendering server 140 may render the moving image of the game play based on the descriptive information. For example, the moving image rendering server 140 may insert the descriptive information as a text, an image, a voice, or a sound among video or audio of the moving image.

In step 752, the moving image rendering server 140 may transmit the rendered moving image to the moving image relay server 150. The moving image relay server 150 may receive the rendered moving image from the moving image rendering server 140. [

In step 754, the moving image relay server 150 may transmit the rendered moving image to the at least one viewing terminal 160. At least one viewing terminal 160 may receive the rendered video. The viewing terminal 160 may be plural. Here, the viewing terminal 160 receiving the moving image may be the viewing terminal 160 transmitting the organization related request in step 720. [

Through the rendered video, the user of the viewing terminal 160 can watch the game play without an observation program.

The viewing terminal 160 can watch the game play by executing the video player. The video player can access the video relay server 150 and can receive the video from the video relay server 150 through a method such as streaming. For example, the observer 130 can select an output screen from among the entire space in which game play is performed, while the viewing terminal 160 views the output screen selected by the observer 130 and can not adjust the composition of the output screen by itself The functions of the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 may be different from each other.

The viewer can view the game in an active manner using the game client program or the API, and can watch the game in a passive manner by using the video player. The game server 110 can be connected to both the observer 130 which is a receiving terminal for watching a game in an active manner and the viewing terminal 160 which is a receiving terminal for watching a game in a passive manner, And the audience terminal 160. [0060]

At step 760, at least one viewing terminal 160 may transmit the interaction information to the interaction server 618. The viewing terminal 160 may be one of the receiving devices. Thus, at step 760, the receiving device may transmit the interaction information to the interaction server 618. [ The interaction server 618 may receive the interaction information from the receiving device.

In step 762, the interaction server 618 may transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110. That is, the interaction server 618 can transmit the interaction information transmitted from the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 to the game server 110. The networking unit 320 of the game server 110 can receive the interaction information generated by the observer 130 and the audience terminal 160 through the interaction server 618. [ That is, the networking unit 620 of the game server 110 can receive the interaction information generated by the receiving apparatus that receives the contents of the game play performed by the game server 110 and the game terminal 120.

Here, the interaction information may be generated after a moving image is reproduced through a moving picture player or the like. It may take a predetermined time by rendering the moving image of step 140 and relaying the moving image of step 150. [ Thus, the interaction information in step 470 may be a reaction with a time difference of at least a predetermined value for game play. If the interaction information is active information, the active information may represent a reaction with a time difference. When the interaction information is passive information, the passive information may represent a time-lag reaction.

In addition, the video player may provide the interaction between the viewing terminal 160 and the game server 110. For example, in step 470, the video player may transmit the interaction information to the networking unit 320 of the game server 110 via the interaction server 618. [

That is to say, the interaction information may include at least one of passive information with no parallax and active information with parallax.

In step 770, the processing unit 310 of the game server 110 may influence the content of the game based on the received interaction information. That is to say, the receiving terminal can influence the contents of the game played through the interaction information.

For example, the above effects may include effects imparted to the character of the game play, and may include support for game play. The support for the game play may be a visual or auditory message delivered to the game player.

Figure 8 illustrates providing a snapshot according to an example.

The snapshot may be a technical configuration comprised between the game server 110, the broadcast server 612 and the observer 130. The snapshot provision may be a method of keeping the observer 130 synchronized with the game server 110 in order to transfer the information maintained between the game terminal 120 and the game server 110 intact.

In FIG. 8, the primary observer A participated in the game play.

8, in order for the observer 130 to output the same game screen as the game terminal 120, the observer 130 may access the game server 110, the broadcast server 612, or the broadcast programming server 614 for the first time, You must be provided with a snapshot of the gameplay. Thereafter, the observer 130 can keep the synchronization with the screen output to the game terminal 120 by receiving the differential data of the changed items with respect to the snapshot thereafter.

That is, the game server 110 may generate a snapshot of the game play, and may transmit the generated snapshot to the broadcast server 612. In addition, the broadcast server 612 may send the snapshot to the observer 130. In addition, the game server 110 can generate differential data for the changed items in comparison with the snapshot, and transmit the generated differential data to the broadcast server 612 according to the data change flow by the game play. The broadcast server 612 may transmit the difference data to the observer 130. [ The observer 130 can reflect the data change flow by the game play using the difference data and can maintain synchronization with the screen output to the game terminal 120 through the reflection.

In other words, the game server 110 may provide the observer 130 with a snapshot of the game play when the observer 130 first requests viewing of the game play, and the game server 110 may notify the observer 130 of changes To the observer 130. In this case,

FIG. 9 illustrates a snapshot provided when an observer according to an example is added.

In FIG. 9, the first-order observer A and the first-order observer B sequentially participate in the game play. A snapshot was provided for each of the primary observer A and the primary observer B, and then differential data was provided to the primary observer A and the primary observer B, respectively. The primary observer A and the primary observer B can reflect the data change flow by game play using difference data.

In other words, in order for each of the plurality of observers to output the same game screen as the game terminal 120, a snapshot may be provided for the first time each time the observer 130 is added.

Figure 10 illustrates the server load concentration due to snapshot creation according to an example.

In FIG. 10, the first-order observer A, the first-order observer B, and the first-order observer C sequentially participate in the game play.

9, in order for each of the plurality of observers to output the same game screen as the game terminal 120, a snapshot may be provided for the first time each time the observer 130 is added . If multiple observers are added quickly, the performance of the game server 110 may be degraded due to the creation of a snapshot. That is, server load concentration may occur to provide snapshots.

FIG. 11 illustrates a snapshot cooldown according to an example.

In order to solve the above-described problem with reference to FIG. 10, the game server 110 or the broadcast server 612 may apply the cooldown after the creation of the snapshot. The game server 110 or the broadcast server 612 may block the generation of consecutive snapshots by not providing a snapshot during the cooldown after the creation of the snapshot and may delay the connection of the new observer 130 during cooldown . The game server 110 or the broadcast server 612 may delay the connection of the new observer 130 requesting to watch the game play for the first time during the cool time after the generation of the snapshot.

The broadcast programming server 614 may connect the new observer 130 to an observer above the tree structure and update the list of observers 130 to minimize delay.

When the cooldown ends, the broadcast schedule server 614 may request the game server 110 to take a snapshot according to the addition or change of the list of the observer 130. [ The game server 110 may send the requested snapshot to the broadcast server 612. The broadcast server 612 may send the snapshot to the observer 130. Therefore, the observer 130 added during the cooldown can receive the shot after the end of cooldown.

Snapshots can be sent hierarchically. The primary observer 510 may send the snapshot to the secondary observer 520. That is to say, the snapshot sent by the primary observer 510 can be sent to the lower observer of the tree structure and arrive at the new observer 130 located at the end of the tree structure. The new observer 130 located at the end of the tree structure through the transfer of the snapshot can watch the game.

The length of the cooldown can be determined based on the maximum value of the load applied to the game server 110 by the processing of the snapshot. The load applied to the game server 110 can be greatly reduced and the game player capable of active interaction by the observer 130 can be provided instead of delaying the viewing of the game play of the new spectators during the determined cooldown .

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

100: System for watching game play
110: game server
120: game terminal
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140: Video rendering server
150: video relay server
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612: Broadcast server
614: Broadcast organization server
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Claims (40)

1. A game service method in which a game server reflects an interaction for game play to the game play,
Providing a game service to a game terminal;
Receiving interaction information from a receiving device that receives contents of the game play performed by the game server and the game terminal; And
A step of influencing the content of the game based on the interaction information
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Wherein the interaction information includes passive information automatically generated as a user of the receiving device watches the game play and active information generated by a user of the receiving device operating the receiving device. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the effect comprises an effect imparted to the character of the game play. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the effect comprises cheering for the character of the game play. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the receiving device is an observer relaying the game play,
Transmitting viewing information, which is information necessary for observing the contents of the game play, to the observer
Wherein the game service method further comprises: The method according to claim 6,
Receiving camera information for determining a composition of an output screen for the game play from the observer; And
Rendering the video of the game play based on the camera information
Further comprising:
Wherein the camera information comprises at least one of a position or a pose for the rendering. 8. The method of claim 7,
Transmitting the moving picture to at least one viewing terminal; And
Receiving the interaction information from the at least one audio-visual terminal
Wherein the game service method further comprises: The method according to claim 6,
Receiving explanatory information describing the game play from the observer; And
Rendering the video of the game play based on the explanatory information
Further comprising:
Wherein the explanatory information is generated by a user of the observer. The method according to claim 6,
The observer includes a plurality of observers,
Wherein the plurality of observers are configured hierarchically,
Wherein the hierarchically configured observers transmit the audience information to a lower observer. 11. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program for carrying out the method of any one of claims 1 to 10. 1. A game service providing system that reflects an interaction with a game play to the game play,
A game server providing a game service to a game terminal
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Wherein the game server receives interaction information from a receiving device that receives the content of the game play performed by the game server and the game terminal, and affects contents of the game based on the interaction information,
Wherein the interaction information includes passive information automatically generated as a user of the receiving device watches the game play and active information generated by a user of the receiving device operating the receiving device. delete delete 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the influence includes an effect given to the character of the game play. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the effect includes cheering for a character of the game play. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the receiving device is an observer relaying the game play,
Wherein the game server transmits viewing information, which is information necessary for observing the contents of the game play, to the observer. 18. The method of claim 17,
A video rendering server that receives camera information for determining a composition of an output screen for the game play from the observer,
Further comprising:
Wherein the camera information comprises at least one of a position or a pose for the rendering. 19. The method of claim 18,
A moving image relay server for receiving the moving image from the moving image rendering server and transmitting the moving image to at least one viewing terminal,
Further comprising:
And the game server receives the interaction information from the at least one audience terminal. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the moving picture rendering server receives explanatory information explaining the game play from the observer, renders a moving picture of the game play including information describing the game play,
Wherein the explanatory information is generated by a user of the observer. 18. The method of claim 17,
The observer includes a plurality of observers,
Wherein the plurality of observers are configured hierarchically,
Wherein the hierarchically configured observers transmit the audience information to a lower observer. A game server for providing a game service reflecting an interaction with a game play to the game play,
A processing unit for generating information necessary for providing the game service; And
A networking unit for transmitting information necessary for providing the game service to the game terminal;
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Wherein the networking unit receives interaction information from a receiving device that receives the content of the game play performed by the game server and the game terminal,
Wherein the processing unit affects the content of the game based on the interaction information,
Wherein the interaction information includes passive information automatically generated as a user of the receiving device watches the game play and active information generated by a user of the receiving device operating the receiving device. A game service method for reflecting an interaction on game play to the game play,
Providing a game service to a game terminal;
Receiving, by the game server, interaction information generated by a receiving device that receives contents of the game play performed by the game server and the game terminal; And
A step of influencing the content of the game based on the interaction information
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Wherein the interaction information includes passive information automatically generated as a user of the receiving device watches the game play and active information generated by a user of the receiving device operating the receiving device. delete delete 24. The method of claim 23,
Wherein the receiving device is an observer relaying the game play,
Transmitting the viewing information, which is information necessary for the game server to observe the contents of the game play, to the broadcasting server; And
Wherein the broadcasting server transmits the viewing information to the observer
Further comprising:
Wherein the interaction information generated by the observer includes passive information with no parallax and active information without parallax,
The passive information is interaction information that is automatically generated as the user of the observer watches the game play,
Wherein the active information is interaction information generated by a user of the observer operating the observer. 27. The method of claim 26,
The video rendering server receiving the viewing information from the broadcasting server and the observer; And
And the video rendering server rendering the video of the game play based on the viewing information
Further comprising:
Wherein the moving image rendering server renders the moving image using the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server when the observer does not update the viewing information. 28. The method of claim 27,
The moving picture rendering server transmitting the moving picture to a moving picture relay server; And
Wherein the moving picture relay server transmits the moving picture to at least one viewing terminal
Further comprising:
Wherein the interaction information generated by the viewing terminal includes passive information with no parallax and active information with parallax,
The passive information is interaction information that is automatically generated as a user of the audience terminal watches the game play,
Wherein the active information is interaction information generated by a user of the audience terminal operating the audience terminal. 28. The method of claim 27,
Wherein the broadcast server provides a snapshot of the game play to the observer when the observer first requests viewing of the game play,
Wherein the broadcast server provides the observer with differential data of the changed contents compared to the snapshot. 30. The method of claim 29,
Wherein the broadcast server delays the connection of the new observer requesting to view the game play for the first time during the cooldown after the generation of the snapshot. 24. The method of claim 23,
The interaction server receiving the interaction information from the receiving device; And
Wherein the interaction server transmits the interaction information to the game server
Wherein the game service method further comprises: 1. A game service providing system that reflects an interaction with a game play to the game play,
A game server providing a game service to a game terminal
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Wherein the game server receives the interaction information generated by the receiving device that receives the contents of the game play performed by the game server and the game terminal, and affects the contents of the game based on the interaction information
Wherein the interaction information includes passive information automatically generated as a user of the receiving device watches the game play and active information generated by a user of the receiving device operating the receiving device. delete delete 33. The method of claim 32,
Wherein the receiving device is an observer relaying the game play,
Broadcasting server
Further comprising:
The game server transmits audience information, which is information necessary for observing the contents of the game play, to the broadcast server, the broadcast server transmits the audience information to the observer,
Wherein the interaction information generated by the observer includes passive information with no parallax and active information without parallax,
The passive information is interaction information that is automatically generated as the user of the observer watches the game play,
Wherein the active information is interaction information generated by a user of the observer operating the observer. 36. The method of claim 35,
Video Rendering Server
Further comprising:
The video rendering server receives the viewing information from the broadcasting server and the observer, renders the video of the game play based on the viewing information,
Wherein the moving picture rendering server renders the moving picture using the viewing information transmitted from the broadcasting server when the observer does not update the viewing information. 37. The method of claim 36,
Video relay server
Further comprising:
The moving picture rendering server transmits the moving picture to the moving picture relay server,
The moving picture relay server transmits the moving picture to at least one viewing terminal,
Wherein the interaction information generated by the viewing terminal includes passive information with no parallax and active information with parallax,
The passive information is interaction information that is automatically generated as a user of the audience terminal watches the game play,
Wherein the active information is interaction information generated by a user of the audience terminal operating the audience terminal. 37. The method of claim 36,
Wherein the broadcast server provides a snapshot of the game play to the observer when the observer first requests viewing of the game play,
Wherein the broadcast server provides the observer with differential data of the changed contents compared to the snapshot. 39. The method of claim 38,
Wherein the broadcast server delays connection of a new observer requesting to view the game play for the first time during a cooldown after the generation of the snapshot. 33. The method of claim 32,
Interaction server
Further comprising:
Wherein the interaction server receives the interaction information from the receiving device and transmits the interaction information to the game server.

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