KR102632577B1 - Device and method to invite friend - Google Patents

Abstract

A friend registration method and device are provided. The friend registration device according to an embodiment may determine compensation information for the user account based on friend information of the target user account in response to a case where a friend registration request for the target user account is approved.

Description

Method and device for registering friends {DEVICE AND METHOD TO INVITE FRIEND}

Below, a technology for registering friends and providing rewards is provided.

Online games (on-line games) are games played over various networks, and have grown rapidly due to the development of the Internet. Common MUD (Multiple User Dialogue or Multiple User Dungeon) games and MUG (Multiple User Graphic) games that can be played by installing a program on the hard disk drive and connecting to an Internet server, and web-based games that can be played using only a browser Games, mobile games using mobile phones or portable game consoles, etc. belong to this category. Various genres of online games are supported on various devices such as computers, mobile phones, and portable game consoles, but generally refers to wired online games played on computers over the Internet.

In order to effectively provide online games, there must be a continuous influx of users, and for this purpose, technology is required to continuously revitalize the community.

The friend registration device according to one embodiment may provide compensation to the user account that registered the friend when registering a friend.

The friend registration device according to an embodiment may determine compensation information provided to the user account based on friend information of the target user account when registering a friend.

According to one embodiment, the friend registration device may determine a candidate user account to recommend to the user terminal based on friend information of the target user account.

According to one embodiment, a friend registration device may provide better compensation to a user account that registers a target user account with a small number of friends.

According to one embodiment, a friend registration device may provide better rewards to user accounts that register target user accounts with less access time.

A friend registration compensation method performed by a server according to an embodiment includes the steps of requesting friend registration for a target user account; In response to a case where friend registration is approved from the target user account, obtaining friend information of the target user account; Based on friend information of the target user account, determining reward information indicating a reward to be provided to the user account; And it may include providing the determined compensation information to the user account.

Determining the compensation information may include determining the compensation information based on the number of friends included in the target user's friend list.

Determining the compensation information may include calculating an increased number of friends from the minimum number of friends based on the friend list of the target user account; And it may include reducing at least one reward item among the grade, quantity, and type of reward included in the reward information by a level corresponding to the increased number of friends.

Determining the compensation information may include determining the compensation information further based on access information of the target user account.

The friend registration method may further include determining compensation information including additional compensation to be provided to the user account in response to a case where the target user account registers another target user account as a friend.

Determining the reward information may include calculating a reward level by dividing a predetermined level score by the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account; and determining the compensation information based on the compensation level.

The friend registration method includes selecting a candidate user account from among the plurality of target user accounts based on friend information of each of the plurality of target user accounts; and providing recommendation information associated with the candidate user account to the user account in response to a request for friend recommendation from the user account.

The step of selecting the candidate user account may include selecting, from the plurality of target user accounts, a target user account whose number of friends included in friend information is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold as a candidate user account.

Selecting the candidate user account may include collecting the number of friends registered in the user account; and selecting, from the plurality of target user accounts, a target user account in which the number of friends included in friend information is less than the number of friends registered in the user account as a candidate user account.

The step of providing recommendation information associated with the candidate user account may include determining a graphic representation indicating the candidate user account based on the number of friends included in friend information of the candidate user account. You can.

Providing recommendation information associated with the candidate user account may include: determining a recommendation order of the candidate user based on the number of friends included in friend information of the candidate user account; It may include arranging recommendation information for each of the candidate user accounts based on the recommendation order.

The server includes a communication unit that establishes communication with the user terminal; and requesting friend registration for the target user account, and responding when friend registration is approved from the target user account, obtaining friend information of the target user account, and based on the friend information of the target user account, the user It may include a processing unit that determines compensation information indicating compensation to be provided to the account and provides the determined compensation information to the user account.

A friend registration compensation method performed by a user terminal includes the steps of requesting friend registration for a target user account; In response to a case where friend registration is approved from the target user account, receiving friend information of the target user account; And it may include obtaining reward information determined based on friend information of the target user account.

The friend registration device according to one embodiment may encourage friend registration by providing a reward to the user account that registered the friend when registering a friend.

The friend registration device according to one embodiment may induce a new user to register as a friend by determining reward information provided to the user account based on friend information of the target user account when registering a friend.

According to one embodiment, the friend registration device determines a candidate user account to recommend to the user terminal based on the friend information of the target user account, thereby encouraging existing users to register new users as friends, thereby encouraging new users to participate in community activities. can do.

According to one embodiment, the friend registration device can help new users adapt to the community by providing better rewards to user accounts that register target user accounts with a small number of friends or target user accounts with a small access time.

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a friend registration system according to an embodiment.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server according to one embodiment.
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment.
Figures 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing a friend registration method according to one embodiment.
Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating a process for providing compensation according to friend registration according to an embodiment.
Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating a friend registration interface according to one embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The same reference numerals in each drawing indicate the same members.

Various changes may be made to the embodiments described below. The embodiments described below are not intended to limit the embodiments, but should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes therefor.

Terms used in the examples are merely used to describe specific examples and are not intended to limit the examples. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as generally understood by a person of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the embodiments belong. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense. No.

In addition, when describing with reference to the accompanying drawings, identical components will be assigned the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. In describing the embodiments, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known technologies may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiments, the detailed descriptions are omitted.

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a friend registration system according to an embodiment.

The friend registration system 100 includes a user terminal 120, another user terminal 130, and a server 110.

The user terminal 120 may provide services provided from the server 110 to the user. For example, a user may access the server 110 with a user account through the user terminal 120. According to one embodiment, the user terminal 120 may transmit an authentication request for the user account to the server 110. The user terminal 120 that has successfully authenticated the user account may request the server 110 to register a friend for the target user account of another user terminal 130. If friend registration between the user terminal 120 and another user terminal 130 is successful, the server 110 may provide compensation information to the user account of the user terminal 120 and the target user account of the other user terminal 130. there is. The user terminal 120 can visually express content related to the service on the display.

According to one embodiment, the service may represent a service that provides game play to each user (eg, user and target user). However, it is not limited to this, and may include all services based on electronic communication in which a friend registration operation can be performed between the user and the target user.

The target user account may represent an account that is the target of friend registration for the user account. Another user terminal 130 may access the server 110 using the target user account.

According to one embodiment, friend registration is an operation of registering a user account and a target user account as a mutual friend relationship, and is performed by at least one of the server 110, the user terminal 120, and another user terminal 130. You can.

Other user terminals 130 may provide services provided by the server 110 to other users. For example, another user may access the server 110 with the target user account through another user terminal 130. According to one embodiment, another user terminal 130 may transmit an authentication request for the target user account to the server 110. Another user terminal 130 that has been successfully authenticated for the target user account may request the server 110 to register a friend for the user account of the user terminal 120. If friend registration between the user terminal 120 and the other user terminal 130 is successful, the server 110 may provide compensation information to at least one of the user terminal 120 and the other user terminal 130. Another user terminal 130 may visually display content related to the service on the display.

The specific configuration of the user terminal 120 and other user terminals 130 will be described in detail in FIG. 3 below.

The server 110 may establish a connection with the user terminal 120 and a connection with another user terminal 130 and provide the established service to each user terminal. For example, the server 110 may provide a game service to the user terminal 120 and other user terminals 130. (hereinafter, the server 110 is a “friend registration server”) The server 110 compensates for the user account connected to the user terminal 120 based on the friend information of the target user account connected to the other user terminal 130. Information can be provided. The specific configuration of the game server 110 is explained in detail in FIG. 2 below.

In this specification, the user terminal 120 and another user terminal 130 may be referred to as a friend registration terminal, and the server 110 may be referred to as a friend registration server. Additionally, the friend registration device may represent a friend registration terminal or a friend registration server.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server according to one embodiment.

The friend registration server 130 includes a communication unit 210, a processing unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

The communication unit 210 can communicate with a user terminal and other user terminals. For example, the communication unit 210 may communicate with the user terminal using at least one of wireless communication and wired communication. According to one embodiment, the communication unit 210 may receive a friend registration request from the user terminal. As described above, the friend registration request may indicate a signal received from each user terminal requesting that the account connected to the user terminal request establishment of a friend relationship with the target user account. Furthermore, the friend registration request may be received from each user terminal. It may also include a signal accepting a received friend registration request. Additionally, the communication unit 210 may communicate with at least one of the user terminal and another user terminal to provide information (e.g., content) associated with a service (e.g., a game) to at least one of the user terminal and another user terminal. You can. Additionally, the communication unit 210 may receive friend information, access information, and a friend registration request for a user account from a user, or may receive friend information, access information, and a friend registration request for a target user account from another user.

For example, the communication unit 210 may be a hardware module such as a network interface card, a network interface chip, and a networking interface port, and a network device driver. It may be a software module such as a (network device driver) or a networking program.

The processing unit 220 may perform friend registration processing and processing to provide compensation information according to friend registration. For example, the processing unit 220 may control the communication unit 210 to receive a friend registration request from a user terminal and transmit it to another user terminal. Additionally, the processing unit 220 can generate game resources, content, etc. as information related to the game. Additionally, the processing unit 220 may perform processing necessary for the operation of the friend registration server 130. Here, performing processing may represent executing program code stored in the friend registration server 130. For example, the processing unit 220 may include at least one processor or at least one core within the processor.

According to one embodiment, the processing unit 220 requests friend registration for the target user account, responds when friend registration is approved from the target user account, obtains friend information for the target user account, and acquires friend information for the target user account. Based on the information, compensation information indicating compensation to be provided to the user account may be determined, and the determined compensation information may be provided to the user account. The specific operation of the processing unit 220 of the server 130 will be described in detail in FIGS. 4 to 7 below.

The storage unit 230 may store information necessary to provide game services. The storage unit 230 may store a program including commands for operating the friend registration server 130. The program stored in the storage unit 230 can be executed by the processing unit 220 described above. For example, the storage unit 230 may store commands for executing operations to provide game services to user terminals and account information for each user account. Account information includes, for example, account ID, password, information associated with the user's character, information associated with the user's items, user account level information, user character level information, user's skill score, friend information, and access. Information, etc. can be stored. Friend information of the user account may include, for example, the target user account and number of friends registered as friends in the user account, and access information of the user account may include, for example, accumulated access time, time of first account creation, etc. may include.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment.

Figure 3 illustrates the detailed configuration of the user terminal 300 as an example. The user terminal 300 may include a communication unit 310, a display 320, an input reception unit 330, a processing unit 340, and a storage unit 350.

The communication unit 310 may communicate with a friend registration server. For example, the communication unit 310 may communicate with the friend registration server using at least one of wireless communication and wired communication. According to one embodiment, the communication unit 310 may transmit a friend registration request to the server. Additionally, information related to friend registration can be transmitted to or received from the friend registration server.

The display 320 may display a screen related to friend registration to the user. The display 320 may display a screen based on information related to friend registration and friend recommendation to the user in response to the control of the processing unit 340. For example, the display 320 may visually represent an interface related to friend registration and friend recommendation.

The input receiver 330 may receive user input from the user. According to one embodiment, the input received through the input receiver 330 may be converted by the processor 340 into commands related to friend registration and friend recommendation. For example, commands associated with friend registration may include commands for transmitting a signal requesting friend registration. The command associated with recommending a friend may include a command for transmitting a signal requesting a friend recommendation. Hereinafter, in this specification, input may include input through any manipulation received from the user.

The processing unit 340 requests friend registration for the target user account, responds when friend registration is approved from the target user account, receives friend information of the target user account, and determines friend information based on the friend information of the target user account. The communication unit can be controlled to obtain compensation information. Additionally, the processing unit 340 may perform processing to provide recommendation information related to friend recommendations to the user. For example, the processing unit 340 uses the communication unit 310 and the display 320 to visualize to the user information associated with the recommended target of friend registration, for example, the target user, based on the recommendation information received from the friend registration server. , at least one of the input receiver 330 and the storage unit 350 can be controlled. The processing unit 340 may directly process authentication for the user account or transmit an authentication request to the friend registration server through the communication unit 310. Additionally, the processing unit 340 may perform processing necessary for the operation of the user terminal 300. Here, performing processing may refer to executing program code stored in the storage unit 350.

Recommendation information is information that recommends to the user a target user account that is the target of friend registration, for example, account information of the target user account that is recommended to the user to register as a friend, friend information of the target user account, and the target. May contain a graphical representation indicating a user account.

The storage unit 350 may store a program including instructions for operating the user terminal 300. The program stored in the storage unit 350 can be executed by the processing unit 340 described above. For example, the storage unit 350 can store game programs.

The user terminal 120 and another user terminal 130 shown in FIG. 1 may be configured as the user terminal 300 described above. The user terminal 300 may be indicated as a friend registration terminal.

Figures 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing a friend registration method according to one embodiment.

4 is a flowchart schematically showing a friend registration method performed by a friend registration device (eg, a friend registration server).

First, in step 410, the friend registration device may request friend registration for the target user account. According to one embodiment, the friend registration device may generate recommendation information that recommends a target user account that is the target of friend registration and provide it to the user terminal, and the user terminal may create a friend based on the user's selection of the recommendation information. The target user account subject to registration can be determined. For example, the user terminal may receive a user operation for selecting one of a plurality of target user accounts from the user, and may request friend registration for the selected target user account.

And in step 420, the friend registration device may obtain friend information of the target user account in response to a case where friend registration is approved by the target user account. For example, the friend registration device may receive another user's friend registration approval operation from another user terminal connected through the target user account, and may approve friend registration in response if the friend registration approval operation is valid. there is. According to one embodiment, the friend registration device may further receive access information along with friend information. For example, the access information is information related to the access of the target user account and may include, for example, the time of initial account creation of the target user account, the accumulated access time from the time of account creation, and the access time pattern.

Next, in step 430, the friend registration device may determine reward information indicating a reward to be provided to the user account, based on friend information of the target user account. According to one embodiment, the friend information is information related to the target user's friends, and may include, for example, the number of friends included in the target user's friend list. The friend registration device may determine compensation information based on the number of friends included in the target user's friend list.

According to one embodiment, the friend registration device may calculate the increased number of friends from the minimum number of friends based on the friend list of the target user account. The friend registration device may reduce at least one reward item among the grade, quantity, and type of reward included in the reward information by a level corresponding to the increased number of friends. For example, the friend registration device may determine the level of reward to be reduced from the maximum level by a level corresponding to the increased number of friends. For another example, the friend registration device may determine the quantity of compensation to be reduced from the maximum quantity by a quantity corresponding to the increased number of friends. For another example, the friend registration device may determine the number of reward types from the maximum number of types to the number of types reduced by the number corresponding to the increased number of friends.

According to one embodiment, the friend registration device may determine at least one of the grade, quantity, and number of types of rewards included in the reward information in inverse proportion to the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account. For example, the friend registration device may calculate the reward level by dividing a predetermined level score by the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account. The reward level indicates the level of compensation that should be provided to the user account. For example, the higher the reward level, the better the reward may be provided. The level score may represent a score representing the maximum level of compensation and may be set by the service provider.

For example, assuming that the predetermined rating score is 100 and that the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account before being registered as a friend is 3, if the target user account registers the user account as a friend The number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account may be 4. In this case, the friend registration device may determine the reward level for the user account to be 100/4=25. Additionally, the friend registration device may determine the reward level for the target user account in a similar manner. For example, if the number of friends included in the user account's friend list is 9 before friend registration and 10 after friend registration, the friend registration device may determine the reward level for the target user account as 100/10=10. . For another example, if the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account is 0 before friend registration, after friend registration, the number of friends becomes 1, and the friend registration device sets the reward grade of the reward information to be paid to the user account to 100/ It can be decided as 1=100. Accordingly, the friend registration device can provide maximum compensation to a user account that registers a target user account that did not have any friends as a friend.

Here, the friend registration device may determine reward information based on the reward level. For example, the friend registration device may determine reward information such that the higher the reward level, the higher the level, the greater the quantity, and the greater the number of types of rewards. For example, if the reward level is 25, the friend registration device may determine game money of 25 as reward information, and if the reward level is 10, it may determine game money of 10 as reward information. However, game money is an example of compensation information, and items, experience points, etc. may be determined in various ways according to the compensation level.

According to another embodiment, the friend registration device divides the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account into friend sections, and based on the friend section, among the number of grades, quantities, and types of rewards included in the reward information. You can decide on at least one. Here, the friend section is a section that divides the number of friends and can be set by the service provider. For example, the friend registration device responds when the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account is a first range (e.g., from 0 to 10), and provides first reward information (e.g., reward Reward information with a rating of 100) can be provided to the user account. For another example, the friend registration device responds when the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account is a second range (e.g., from 11 to 20), and provides second compensation information (e.g., Compensation information with a reward level of 80) can be provided to the user account.

According to another embodiment, the friend registration device may determine compensation information based on access information of the target user account. For example, the friend registration device can identify the accumulated access time for the target user account according to the access information, calculate a reward level based on the access information, and determine compensation information based on the calculated reward information. . Furthermore, the friend registration device may calculate a reward level based on the access information of the target user account and the reward information of the target user account.

And in step 440, the friend registration device may provide the determined reward information to the user account. For example, the friend registration device may provide reward information determined based on the calculated reward grade to the user terminal in response to completion of friend registration. For another example, the friend registration device may provide compensation information to the user terminal in response to detecting access to the user terminal through the user account.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the friend registration method performed by the server 110, the user terminal 120, and another user terminal 130.

First, in step 510, the server 110 may collect account information. For example, the server 110 may collect and store the target user's account information, such as friend information and connection information of the target user's account.

And in step 520, the server 110 may manage the candidate user pool. According to one embodiment, the server 110 may create and manage a candidate user pool based on collected friend information and access information. A candidate user pool may represent a set of candidate user accounts that may be provided as friend recommendations to user accounts. The server 110 may create a candidate user pool by selecting a recommendable candidate user account from among a plurality of target user accounts.

According to one embodiment, the server 110 may respond when the target user account is a new user or novice user and has low community activity, and may add the target user account to the candidate user pool. The server 110 may select a candidate user account from among the plurality of target user accounts and add it to the candidate user pool, based on friend information of each of the plurality of target user accounts. For example, the server 110 may select, from a plurality of target user accounts, a target user account whose number of friends included in friend information is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold as a candidate user account. Additionally, the server 110 may respond when the number of friends of the target user account exceeds the threshold and exclude the target user account from the candidate user pool. The threshold can be set by the service provider as the number of friends that is the standard for a new or novice user.

However, candidate users are not limited to only target users whose number of friends is lower than the threshold. As another example, server 110 may collect the number of friends registered to the user account. The server 110 may select, from a plurality of target user accounts, a target user account in which the number of friends included in friend information is less than the number of friends registered in the user account as a candidate user account. Accordingly, the server 110 may recommend a target user account that has no more friends than the user account requesting recommendation among target users (eg, new users) lower than the threshold.

Next, in step 530, the user terminal 120 may request a friend recommendation from the server 110. For example, the user terminal 120 may transmit a signal requesting a friend recommendation to the server 110 in response to a friend recommendation operation being input from the user. The friend recommendation operation may represent an operation that the user terminal 120 receives from a user who wishes to register a target user account as a friend.

And in step 540, the server 110 may respond to receiving a friend recommendation request from the user terminal 120 and provide recommendation information associated with the candidate user account to the user terminal 120. For example, the server 110 may provide estimated information associated with a candidate user account to the user account in response to a request for friend recommendation from the user account. The user terminal 120 may visualize the received recommendation information and provide it to the user.

Next, in step 550, the user terminal 120 may request friend registration. The server 110 may receive a signal requesting friend registration from the user terminal 120 and relay the signal to another user terminal 130.

And in step 560, the other user terminal 130 may approve friend registration. The server 110 may receive a signal approving friend registration from another user terminal 130 and relay it to the user terminal 120.

Next, in step 570, the server 110 may determine reward information based on friend information of the target user account. As described above, the server 110 may determine the reward level of reward information to be provided to the user account based on the friend information of the target user account. Accordingly, the server 110 may induce the user of the user account to actively add a new target user account with few friends as a friend.

And in step 580, the server 110 may provide compensation information to the user terminal 120. Compensation information may include compensation paid to the user account that accesses the user terminal 120.

According to another embodiment, the server 110 may determine compensation information including additional compensation to be provided to the user account in response to a case where a target user account registers another target user account as a friend. Accordingly, if the target user account that the user account has added as a friend continues to engage in community activities such as continuing to add friends, the server 110 may provide a larger reward to the user account.

According to another embodiment, the server 110 may determine whether the target user account is a new user in response to a case where friend registration is approved from the target user account. In response to a case where the target user account is a new user, the server 110 may request the user terminal 120 to provide an auxiliary item to assist the target user account among the items owned by the user account. In response to a case where an auxiliary item is provided from a user account to a target user account, the server 110 may provide a reinforcement item replacing the auxiliary item to the user account. The user of the user terminal 120 can add new users of other user terminals 130 as friends to assist game community activities, provide items that can assist game play, and further strengthen the user terminal 130 as a reward. By paying existing items to the user's account instead of auxiliary items, users can be encouraged to voluntarily help new users.

Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating a process for providing compensation according to friend registration according to an embodiment.

In Figure 6, the number of friends may represent the number of accounts registered as friends, and various time units such as seconds, minutes, hours, days, and months may be used as the unit of accumulated access time. . In Figure 6, time (hour) is explained as a standard unit, but it is not limited to this.

For example, it may be assumed that friend registration between the user account 610 and the target user account 620 and friend registration between the user account 610 and the target user account 630 are completed. In the example shown in FIG. 6, friend registration is completed, the number of friends in the user account 610 may be 10, the cumulative access time may be 5 hours, and the number of friends in the target user account 620 may be 1, and the cumulative access time may be 1. may be 0 hours, the number of friends of the target user account 630 may be 20, and the cumulative access time may be 10 hours.

According to one embodiment, the server 110 may determine compensation information provided to the user account 610 based on friend information of the target user account registered as a friend. For example, the server 110 may determine the reward grade when a target user account 620 with a small number of friends is registered as a friend to be higher than the reward grade when a target user account 630 with a large number of friends is registered as a friend. . For example, if the predetermined grade score is 100, the server 110 calculates the reward grade for registering friends with the target user account 620 as 100/1 = 100, and calculates the first reward grade corresponding to the reward grade. Compensation information 621 may be provided to the user account 610. In addition, the server 110 calculates the reward level for friend registration with the target user account 630 as 100/20 = 5, and sends second reward information 631 corresponding to the reward level to the user account 610. It can be provided as Accordingly, the server 110 may differentially determine the reward level of the reward information provided to the user account 610 based on friend information of the target user accounts 620 and 630 registered as friends.

According to another embodiment, the server 110 may determine whether to provide compensation information to the user account 610 based on friend information of target user accounts 620 and 630 registered as friends. For example, for friend registration with a target user account 620 whose number of friends is less than a threshold (e.g., assumed to be 10) (e.g., number of friends is 1 in FIG. 6), the user account 610 ) can provide the first compensation information 621. For friend registration with a target user account 630 whose number of friends exceeds the threshold (for example, the number of friends is 20 in FIG. 6), provision of the second compensation information 631 to the user account 610 can be ruled out. Additionally, the server 110 may determine the reward level based on the friend information of the user account 610 (for example, the number of friends is 10 in FIG. 6) and the friend information of the target user accounts 620 and 630.

According to another embodiment, the server 110 may determine whether to provide compensation information to the user account 610 based on the access information of the target user accounts 620 and 630 registered as friends. For example, for friend registration with a target user account 620 whose access time is less than the threshold time (e.g., assumed to be 5) (e.g., the cumulative access time in FIG. 6 is 0), the user account First compensation information 621 may be provided at 610. The threshold time can be set by the service provider as the standard connection time for new or novice users. For friend registration with a target user account 630 whose access time exceeds the threshold time (for example, the cumulative access time is 10 in FIG. 6), the second compensation information 631 to the user account 610 Provision may be excluded. Additionally, the server 110 may determine the compensation level based on the access information of the user account 610 (for example, the cumulative access time is 5 in FIG. 6) and the access information of the target user accounts 620 and 630. . Furthermore, the server 110 may determine the reward level based on friend information and connection information.

Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating a friend registration interface according to an embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the server may determine recommended information and provide it to the user terminal 700. For example, the server may determine a graphic representation indicating the candidate user account based on the number of friends included in the friend information of the candidate user account. The graphical representation may include a form visualized on the display of the user terminal 700. The server may include in the recommendation information a graphical representation indicating a candidate user account. Additionally, the server may determine the recommendation order of the candidate user based on the number of friends included in the friend information of the candidate user account. The server may sort recommendation information for each of the candidate user accounts based on recommendation order. The server may sequentially transmit recommendation information to the user terminal 700 based on the recommendation order, or may transmit the recommendation order to the user terminal 700 along with the recommendation information.

As shown in FIG. 7, the user terminal 700 can visualize recommendation information received from the server. For example, each piece of recommendation information may represent information recommending that a random candidate user be registered as a friend. For example, the user terminal 700 can visualize the recommendation information by sorting it from candidate user 1 (710) with the smallest number of friends to candidate user 5 (750) with the largest number of friends based on the recommendation order received from the server. there is. Candidate user 1 (710) with the fewest number of friends may have the highest reward level (712) (e.g., 100 in FIG. 7). The user terminal 700 may visualize recommended information in the recommendation order of candidate user 2 (720), candidate user 3 (730), candidate user 4 (740), and candidate user 5 (750). Here, candidate user 1 (710) to candidate user 5 (750) may exemplarily represent account names or character names indicating each candidate user account.

Additionally, the user terminal 700 can visualize recommended information through a graphical representation mapped to each recommended information. For example, as shown in Figure 7, candidate user 1 (710) can be visualized in a first graphical representation (711), and candidate user 2 (720) can be visualized in a second graphical representation (721). Candidate user 3 (730) can be visualized in the third graphic representation (731), candidate user 4 (740) can be visualized in the fourth graphic representation (741), and candidate user 4 (740) can be visualized in the fifth graphic representation (751). Candidate user 5 (750) can be visualized. The first graphical representation 711, the second graphical representation 721, the third graphical representation 731, the fourth graphical representation 741, and the fifth graphical representation 751 are symbols indicating recommended candidate users ( symbol) can be displayed. Each graphical representation may be determined based on the number of friends included in the friend information of the mapped candidate user object. For example, the user terminal 700 may map the first graphic object 711 with the highest visibility to candidate user 1 710 with the smallest number of friends. Accordingly, the user terminal 700 can visualize recommendation information recommending the target user account in a graphical representation set in a form that is more recognizable to the user as the number of friends of a target user account decreases.

In response to detecting a user input to the friend registration button 713, the user terminal 700 may request the server to register a friend for the corresponding candidate user account.

The device described above may be implemented with hardware components, software components, and/or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, devices and components described in embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA), It may be implemented using one or more general-purpose or special-purpose computers, such as a programmable logic unit (PLU), microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. A processing device may perform an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that run on the operating system. Additionally, a processing device may access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of software. For ease of understanding, a single processing device may be described as being used; however, those skilled in the art will understand that a processing device includes multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, a processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Additionally, other processing configurations, such as parallel processors, are possible.

Software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, which may configure a processing unit to operate as desired, or may be processed independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be used on any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to a processing device. , or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. Software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., singly or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -Includes optical media (magneto-optical media) and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. Examples of program instructions include machine language code, such as that produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc. 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.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited examples and drawings, various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques are performed in a different order than the described method, and/or components of the described system, structure, device, circuit, etc. are combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components are used. Alternatively, appropriate results may be achieved even if substituted or substituted by an equivalent.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents of the claims also fall within the scope of the claims described below.

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In the friend registration method performed by the server,
requesting friend registration for the target user account;
In response to a case where friend registration is approved from the target user account, obtaining friend information of the target user account;
Based on friend information of the target user account, determining reward information indicating a reward to be provided to the user account; and
Providing the determined compensation information to the user account
Including,
The step of determining the compensation information is,
Determining a reduced reward as the reward information based on the number of friends in the target user's account increased compared to the minimum number of friends in the friend list among the friend information in the target user's account.
How to register friends, including. delete According to paragraph 1,
The step of determining the reduced compensation using the compensation information,
calculating an increased number of friends from the minimum number of friends, based on the friend list of the target user account; and
Reducing at least one reward item among the grade, quantity, and type of reward included in the reward information by a level corresponding to the increased number of friends.
A friend registration method including. According to paragraph 1,
The step of determining the compensation information is,
Determining the compensation information further based on access information of the target user account
A friend registration method including. According to paragraph 1,
In response to a case where the target user account registers another target user account as a friend, determining compensation information including additional compensation to be provided to the user account.
A friend registration method that further includes. According to paragraph 1,
The step of determining the compensation information is,
calculating a reward level by dividing a predetermined level score by the number of friends included in the friend list of the target user account; and
Determining the compensation information based on the compensation level
A friend registration method including. According to paragraph 1,
selecting a candidate user account from among the plurality of target user accounts based on friend information of each of the plurality of target user accounts; and
In response to a request for friend recommendation from the user account, providing recommendation information associated with the candidate user account to the user account.
A friend registration method including. In clause 7,
The step of selecting the candidate user account is,
From the plurality of target user accounts, selecting a target user account whose number of friends included in friend information is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold as a candidate user account.
A friend registration method including. In clause 7,
The step of selecting the candidate user account is,
collecting the number of friends registered in the user account; and
From the plurality of target user accounts, selecting a target user account in which the number of friends included in friend information is less than the number of friends registered in the user account as a candidate user account.
A friend registration method including. In clause 7,
The step of providing recommendation information associated with the candidate user account includes:
Determining a graphic representation indicating the candidate user account based on the number of friends included in the friend information of the candidate user account.
A friend registration method including. In clause 7,
The step of providing recommendation information associated with the candidate user account includes:
determining a recommendation order of the candidate user based on the number of friends included in friend information of the candidate user account;
Sorting recommendation information for each of the candidate user accounts based on the recommendation order.
A friend registration method including. A computer program combined with hardware and stored in a medium to execute the method of any one of claims 1 and 3 to 11. On the server,
Request friend registration for the target user account, and in response when friend registration is approved from the target user account, obtain friend information of the target user account, and based on the friend information of the target user account, determine the user account A processing unit that determines compensation information indicating compensation to be provided and provides the determined compensation information to the user account.
Including,
The processing unit,
Determining a reduced reward as the reward information based on the number of friends in the target user's account increased compared to the minimum number of friends in the friend list among the friend information in the target user's account,
Friend registration server. In the friend registration compensation method performed by the user terminal,
requesting friend registration for the target user account;
In response to a case where friend registration is approved from the target user account, receiving friend information of the target user account; and
Obtaining compensation information determined based on friend information of the target user account
Including,
The step of obtaining the compensation information is,
Obtaining the reward information determined as a reduced reward based on the number of friends of the target user's account increased compared to the minimum number of friends in the friend list among the friend information of the target user's account.
Friend registration compensation method including.

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