KR101776231B1

KR101776231B1 - Apparatus for providing item and method thereof

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Publication number: KR101776231B1
Application number: KR1020150128526A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김동진; 김정태
Original assignee: 주식회사 넥슨코리아
Priority date: 2015-09-10
Filing date: 2015-09-10
Publication date: 2017-09-12
Also published as: KR20170031310A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an item. According to a first aspect of the present invention, an item providing apparatus includes a control unit for providing a first store and a second store for selling items, and a control unit for receiving user inputs for purchases of items sold at a first store or a second store And the control unit displays the first item list and the second item list at the same time on the second store, and the first item list includes a list of items that can be selected at the time of drawing And the second item list is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among the items not sold in the first store.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ITEM AND METHOD THEREOF [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing an item, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for providing an item by simultaneously displaying an item list having a different character in one shop.

As the number of people who enjoy games through wired and wireless communication devices or video such as computers, mobile phones, and PDAs increases, various kinds of games such as video games, casual games such as Tetris, strategic simulation games such as StarCraft, and role-playing games are being developed . These games can go offline or online.

In particular, online games that have been online have grown rapidly due to the development of the Internet. MUD (Multiple User Dungeon) games, MUG (Multiple User Graphic) games, and web-based games that can be played only by browsers, which can be installed on a hard disk drive and connected to an Internet server, And mobile games using mobile phones.

Among the elements of such a game, an item is one of important factors that give an interest to a user. A prior art related to such a game item is Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0138871. In the above-mentioned prior art, a method for enhancing an item to provide interest to a user is disclosed.

In recent years, there has been a demand for a method of creating an interest in a user by highlighting features of the item itself as well as a method of providing an interest to the user by emphasizing the characteristic of the item itself as in the above-mentioned conventional technology.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information acquired by the inventor for the derivation of the present invention or obtained in the derivation process of the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention .

An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for providing an item.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an item providing apparatus comprising: a control unit for providing a first store and a second store for selling an item; and a control unit for controlling the first store or the second store, And a communication unit for receiving a user input for purchasing an item sold in the home network, wherein the control unit is configured to sell the item based on the user input,

Wherein the first item list and the second item list are simultaneously displayed in the second store, the first item list is a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing, Is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among items not sold in the market.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for providing an item by an item providing device comprises receiving a user input for a purchase of an item sold at the first store or the second store, Wherein the first item list and the second item list are simultaneously displayed in the second store, the first item list is a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing, The item list is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among the items not sold in the first store.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium on which a program for performing an item providing method is recorded, the method comprising: The method comprising: receiving a user input for purchasing an item sold at a second store; and selling the item based on the user input, wherein the first item list and the second item list are simultaneously displayed The first item list is a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing, and the second item list is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among items not sold at the first store.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium on which a program for performing an item providing method is recorded, wherein a user input for purchasing items sold at the first store or the second store is received And selling the item based on the user input, wherein the first item list and the second item list are simultaneously displayed in the second store, and the first item list is selected at the time of performing the drawing And the second item list is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among items not sold in the first store.

According to any of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention can provide an item providing apparatus and method.

In addition, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, a list of items sold at a shop is exchanged at predetermined time intervals, so that a user can be guided to check a provided item list.

Further, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, since the item list to be selected for drawing is provided, the item can be sold in a manner of less gambling.

In addition, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, since items that are not currently being sold at the first store are sold at a limited time at the second store, the user can induce the user to purchase the items .

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

1 is a configuration diagram of an item providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an item providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 8 are exemplary diagrams for explaining an item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an item providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The network N may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) mobile radio communication network, Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Mobile WiMAX, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) satellite communication network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) network and the like.

The terminal 200 can be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to the remote server 100 through the network N or connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) (Handheld) based wireless communication device. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like. Further, the wearable device is an information processing apparatus of a type that can be directly worn on a human body, such as a watch, a pair of glasses, an accessory, clothes, shoes, etc. and is connected to a server 100 at a remote place via a network, Or may be connected to other terminals.

The server 100 provides game data to the terminal 200 and provides a game service to a user of the terminal 200, that is, a user. A user may be provided with a game service provided by the server 100 through a fixed terminal such as a desktop or a game service provided by the server 100 through a mobile terminal such as a smart phone.

The server 100 may also provide the terminal 200 with an interface for purchasing or selling items used in the game.

The item providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may be the server 100 or the terminal 200 in which the game is played. When the item providing apparatus is the server 100, the terminal 200 drives the game based on the data provided by the server 100. [ In this case, the server 100 may process or process the game data to be played on the terminal 200, and provide the processed data to the terminal 200. The server 100 may also instruct the terminal 200 to process or process the game data stored in advance.

Also, when the terminal 200 is an item providing apparatus, the terminal 200 may store images, moving pictures or various data for playing the game. The terminal 200 drives the game based on the pre-stored game data. In this case, the game data stored in the terminal 200 may be provided from the server 100, or may be stored in the terminal 200 through a separate recording medium.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the item providing apparatus is the server 100. [ However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is also applicable to the case where the item providing apparatus is the terminal 200. [

Next, each configuration of the item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an item providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 110 for communicating with the terminal 200. [ The item providing apparatus 100 transmits various data to the communication unit 110 or receives data.

The item providing apparatus 100 may transmit a control signal for controlling a screen displayed on the terminal 200 through the communication unit 110 or may receive a user input from the terminal 200. [ More specifically, when the terminal 200 receives a user input for selecting a shop or purchasing an item, the communication unit 110 may receive a user input for selecting a shop or purchasing an item from the user.

The item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a storage unit 120 for storing various data.

In addition, input / output data may be stored in the storage unit 120, and an algorithm or a program for operation of the item providing apparatus 100 may be stored.

The storage unit 120 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) (Random Access Memory), a static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM) A magnetic disk, and / or an optical disk. The item providing apparatus 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the storage unit 120 on the Internet.

The item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a controller 130 for controlling the overall operation of the item providing apparatus 100.

The control unit 130 sells the items based on the user input of the item purchase by the user.

In addition, the control unit 130 may provide the first store and the second store to the user. In the present invention, the first store may be a permanent store, that is, a store where a user can purchase or sell items without limit of time. In the present invention, the second store may be a time-limited store.

The control unit 130 may display each shop on the terminal 200 or a separately provided display device to provide the respective stores to the user. The user can purchase each item from the store.

In addition, the controller 130 may simultaneously display the first item list and the second item list in the second store.

The first item list according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing.

Also, the second item list according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among the items currently not sold at the first store.

Also, the controller 130 may replace the first item list and the second item list together at predetermined time intervals based on the item replacement time.

Also, when the user input for item replacement is received, the control unit 130 may replace the first item list and the second item list even before the item replacement time is reached.

In addition, the controller 130 may include the items of the predetermined grade or higher in the first item list at a predetermined ratio.

In addition, when the user desires to draw, i.e., when drawing is performed, the controller 130 performs drawing on the first item list, and when receiving a user input on the drawing area limitation, You can also perform drawing.

Next, an item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 to 8 illustrate an item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The method of providing an item according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes the steps of time series processing in the item providing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the item providing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 may be applied to the item providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

The item providing apparatus 100 provides a first store icon and a second store icon (S301). The item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may display the first store icon and the second store icon on the terminal 200 or a separately provided display device to provide the respective store icons to the user.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the item providing apparatus 100 may display the first shop icon and the second shop icon simultaneously.

4 is a main screen provided to the user. Referring to FIG. 4, the first shop icon 410 and the second shop icon 420 are simultaneously displayed. Each icon 410, 420 is linked to a separate store, respectively.

In the present invention, the first store icon 410 may be linked to the first store, and the second store icon 420 may be linked to the second store. In the present invention, the first store may be a permanent store, that is, a shop capable of purchasing items without limitation of period. In the present invention, the second store may be a time-limited store. That is, the time when the second shop is opened (the time when the user can purchase the item) may be preset. In the present invention, the second store may sell items not sold in the first store.

The item providing apparatus 100 receives a user input for selecting a shop (S303).

The item providing apparatus 100 determines whether the user input for the received store selection is an input to the second store icon selection 420 (S305). When the user selects one of the provided first store icon 410 and second store icon 420, the item providing apparatus 100 can determine which icon is the selected icon.

If the input to the received store selection is not an input to the selection of the second store icon, the item providing apparatus 100 displays the first shop (S307). That is, when the user selects the first store icon 410, the item providing apparatus 100 displays the first shop.

A first shop is shown in Fig. The user can purchase an item necessary for himself / herself in the first store.

The item providing apparatus 100 displays the second shop when the input for the received store selection is an input for selecting the second store icon (S309). That is, when the user selects the second store icon 420, the item providing apparatus 100 displays the second store.

The second store is shown in Fig. Referring to FIG. 6, a second store according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first store and a second store. The first item according to the embodiment of the present invention is a drawing item. The drawing item does not specify an item to be purchased when a user purchases an item, but refers to an item that is selected by a randomly selected item among a plurality of item groups made up of a plurality of candidate groups. Drawing items are sometimes referred to by other items as gacha items.

The second item is a special selling item. The item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can select an item to be sold as a second item by a preset method. For example, the second item according to the embodiment of the present invention may be an item that is not currently sold at the first store, and the special sale item according to an embodiment of the present invention may be different from the first item.

Also, although the second item is not currently being sold at the first store, it may be an item for which the demand of the user is high or an item for which the user requests resale. For example, the item providing apparatus 100 may calculate an item sales value for a predetermined period, and may select an item corresponding to a predetermined range based on the calculated result as a second item and sell the selected item.

The first item list 610 and the second item list 620 may be simultaneously displayed on the second store according to the embodiment of the present invention. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the first item list 610 and the second item list 620 are displayed at the same time, so that the user who is interested in the specific item can induce the user to purchase the other item . For example, the user who is interested in the first item and can enter the second store may be led to purchase the second item.

The first item list 610 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing. According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the first item list 610 is displayed, the user can predict an item that can be selected and obtained when he / she performs drawing.

The second item list 620 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among items not currently sold at the first store.

The item providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may replace the first item list 610 and the second item list 620 at predetermined time intervals.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the lists 610 and 620 of items sold at the second store are exchanged at predetermined time intervals, the user can induce a connection for checking the provided item list.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the item providing apparatus 100 can replace each item list 610, 620 when a user input for item list replacement is received even before a predetermined time has elapsed have. At this time, when the user uses the item list replacement item, the item providing apparatus 100 can replace each item list 610 and 620 even before a predetermined time elapses.

Item list replacement items for replacement of item lists 610 and 620 may be sold separately.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of the rating of the items constituting the first item list 610 may be preset. According to embodiments of the present invention, the rating of an item may be classified according to the probability of being selected by drawing.

Also, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first item list 610 may include items of a predetermined grade or more at a predetermined ratio. That is, the number of the highest grade items included in the first item list 610 may be within a certain range. For example, if the first item list 610 is 10 in total, the highest grade item may be 1 to 3 items.

At this time, the number of the highest grade items can be changed within a predetermined range according to item list replacement. For example, if the first item list 610 includes one item of the highest rank, the highest rank item included in the next first item list 610 by item list replacement may be two.

At this time, the first item list 610 may include at least one highest grade item.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of the highest grade item among the items constituting the first item list 610 may be fixed, and the ratio of the items of the remaining grade may be varied. For example, if the first item list 610 includes a total of ten candidate groups, one of the ten candidate groups may always be the highest rated item, and the rest may be a different rating item.

Referring to FIG. 6, gold of the first item list 610 represents an item of the highest rank, that is, the item of the lowest probability at the time of drawing, the item of silver of the next rank, .

The item providing apparatus 100 receives a user input for item purchase (S311).

The item providing apparatus 100 determines whether the user input for the received item purchase is a user input for the first item purchase (S313).

If the user input for the received item purchase is not the user input for the first item purchase, the item providing apparatus 100 performs sales for the second item (S315). That is, when the user requests to purchase a specific item from the second item list 620, the item providing apparatus 100 sells the item that the user requested to purchase.

The item providing apparatus 100 determines whether a user input for the drawing area limitation is included in the user input for the received item purchase when the user input for the received item purchase is a user input for the first item purchase (S317).

If the user input for defining the drawing area is not included in the user input for item purchase in S317, the item drawing is performed in the current item list (S319). The item selected through the drawing is sold to the user.

If the user input for item purchase includes the user input for the drawing area limitation in S317, the item drawing is performed in the limited area (S321). The item selected through the drawing is sold to the user.

S317 to S321 will be described in detail, the user can define the drawing area. At this time, the user can use the drawing area defining item 630 to define the range in which the drawing is performed. When the user uses the drawing area defining item 630, the user input for item purchase may include a user input for drawing area limitation.

When the user input for the drawing area limitation is not received, the item providing apparatus 100 performs drawing on the currently provided first item list 610.

When a user input for the drawing area limitation is received, the item providing apparatus 100 performs drawing on a part of the first item list 610 currently provided. According to the embodiment of the present invention, an item of a predetermined grade can be excluded from the object of drawing by the limitation of the drawing area. For example, the user can limit the drawing range to exclude the lowest-rated item from the drawing object, thereby allowing a higher-grade item to be selected at the time of drawing.

In FIG. 7, a portion 710 of the first item list 610 is shown to be brighter than the other portions. The item providing apparatus 100 performs drawing on a part 710 of the currently provided first item list 610 when a user input for the drawing area limitation is received.

When drawing is performed, the item providing apparatus 100 selects any one item of the first item list 610 or the first item list 710 according to a predetermined criterion. The probability that an item is selected at this time may differ depending on the grade of the item. For example, a higher grade item may have a lower probability of being selected.

FIG. 8 shows that one item of the first item list 610 is selected as a result of performing the drawing.

The term " part " used in the present embodiment means a hardware component such as software or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an ASIC, and 'part' performs certain roles. However, 'part' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. &Quot; to " may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, 'parts' may refer to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, , Subroutines, segments of program patent code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

The functions provided within the components and components may be combined with a smaller number of components and components or separated from additional components and components.

In addition, the components and components may be implemented to play back one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card

The item providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 may also be realized in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer readable medium may include both computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

Also, the item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program (or a computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions that are processed by a processor and can be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language . The computer program may also be recorded on a computer readable recording medium of a type (e.g., memory, hard disk, magnetic / optical medium or solid-state drive).

Thus, an item providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be realized by a computer program as described above being executed by a computing device. The computing device may include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to the low-speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components is connected to each other using a variety of buses and can be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Where the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface And commands stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and / or multiple busses may be used with multiple memory and memory types as appropriate. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips comprising multiple independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may comprise volatile memory units or a collection thereof. In another example, the memory may be comprised of non-volatile memory units or a collection thereof. The memory may also be another type of computer readable medium such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium and may include, for example, devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network) or other configurations, and may be a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: Item providing device 110:
120: storage unit 130:
200: terminal

Claims

A controller for providing first and second shops for selling items according to predetermined conditions; And
And a communication unit for receiving a user input for purchasing an item sold at the first store or the second store,
Wherein,
Sell the item based on the user input,
When the second store is selected, a first item list and a second item list including items selected under different conditions are generated and simultaneously provided through the second store,
The first item list is a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing,
Wherein the second item list is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among items not sold in the first store.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Wherein the first item list and the second item list are replaced with a predetermined period of time based on the item replacement time.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein,
And replaces the first item list and the second item list even before the item replacement time is reached when a user input for item replacement is received.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
And includes items of a predetermined grade or higher in the first item list at a predetermined ratio.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
And item counting means for calculating an item sales value for a predetermined period of time to include an item corresponding to a predetermined range in the second item list.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
And performs drawing on a part of the first item list when the communication section receives a user input for the drawing area limitation at the time of drawing.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first store is a permanent establishment.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second store is opened only for a predetermined period, and the item is sold.

A method for an item providing apparatus to provide an item,
Providing a first store and a second store differently according to predetermined conditions;
Receiving a user input for a purchase of an item sold at the first store or the second store; And
Selling the item based on the user input,
A first item list and a second item list including items selected under different conditions are simultaneously provided to the second store,
The first item list is a candidate group of items that can be selected at the time of drawing,
Wherein the second item list is a set of items selected by a predetermined criterion among items not sold at the first store.

A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for carrying out the method according to claim 9 is recorded.

The computer program stored in the recording medium for performing the method according to claim 9, which is performed by the item providing apparatus.