TWI689824B - Method for changing virtual pet characteristics according to keywords in message data - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a method for changing the characteristics of virtual pets according to keywords in message data, and is applied to a network server. The network server stores a user database and a setting database. The user database has A pet database, including image data, characteristic values (such as body shape) and corresponding cumulative values, the setting data has a plurality of setting data (such as body shape affects height) and keywords (such as refueling), in a terminal device When connected to the network server, the network server can display the virtual pet on the terminal device according to the image data; this method enables the network server to filter out the message data when it receives a message data Keywords, and adjust the characteristic value and cumulative value, and when the cumulative value exceeds a threshold, update the image data according to the characteristic value (for example: change body type).

Description

Method for changing virtual pet characteristics according to keywords in message data

The present invention is a method for changing the characteristics of virtual pets according to the keywords in the message data, especially to enable the network server to analyze the message data from the user, select keywords from them, and change the characteristics of the virtual pets accordingly The method allows users to gradually change the characteristics of virtual pets through interaction with virtual pets.

Press, with the increasing popularity of smart phones today, "instant messaging software" has become an indispensable important contact tool in people's lives. For example, all contact emotions, transmission of electronic files, voice calls, etc. can be accessed through instant messaging software. It is convenient to realize, and the current instant messaging software is now contended by hundreds of companies. In order to win more users and increase market share, all major players have to rack their brains and hope to develop more than others. Unique technology and user experience to take the lead in the fierce market competition.

The applicant has developed many diversified functions applied to instant messaging software and applied for multiple patent protections. One of the functions is "virtual pet", that is, the concept of "character" and "pet" of online games are integrated into instant messaging In the software, when the user opens the instant messaging software, he can see a virtual pet on the screen as if he is an avatar, and the user can obtain points according to the number of times the instant messaging software is used (such as the applicant's application for Taiwan No. 105101835 Patent), thinking of "upgrading" the virtual pet, and even using the virtual pet as a unique sticker (such as the Taiwan Patent No. 105101836 filed by the applicant).

After developing the functions of the aforementioned virtual pets, the applicant further wondered whether they can make more changes to the "breeding" function of virtual pets? For example, the user can have a conversation with the virtual pet, and the virtual pet can generate subtle changes based on the user's conversation content to increase the interest. Therefore, how to design an operation method so that the network server that provides the "virtual pet" function can adjust the user's virtual pet according to the content of the message sent by the user, so that the virtual pet can produce exclusive style characteristics, That is, it becomes an important issue that the present invention urgently wants to solve.

In view of the current "virtual pet" network services, the characteristics of virtual pets are preset by the industry. For users, there is a lack of a unique feeling of "exclusive". The inventor relies on years of research and development experience After many researches, tests and implementations, a method of changing the characteristics of virtual pets according to the keywords in the message data of the present invention was finally devised to provide a more interesting, developmental and topical way Virtual pet technology.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for changing the characteristics of a virtual pet according to keywords in message data. The method is applied to a network system including a network server and a terminal device; the network The road server stores a user database and a setting database. The user database is provided with a pet database, the pet database includes at least one image data (that is, an image of a virtual pet), and a plurality of characteristic values (such as : Strength/intelligence, optimism/sensibility... etc.) and a plurality of cumulative values, each of the characteristic values corresponds to each of the cumulative values; the setting database includes a plurality of setting data (such as strength, to change body type), A plurality of keywords (such as: "fuel", "why") and a threshold, each of the setting data can correspond to at least one keyword, and each of the setting data corresponds to each of the characteristic values in the pet database; The terminal device can be connected to the network server through the Internet, so that the network server can display a virtual pet on the terminal device according to the image data, the method is to make the network serve The device performs the following steps: First, it receives a message data from the terminal device; then, according to the setting database, filters out the keywords in the message data; and then according to the filtered keywords, finds the corresponding settings Data and characteristic values, and adjust the cumulative value corresponding to the characteristic value; finally, when it is judged that the value of the accumulated value exceeds the threshold value, adjust the corresponding characteristic value, and update the graph according to the characteristic values Like information. In this way, the user can gradually change the characteristics of the virtual pet through dialogue with the virtual pet, so that the user can find more fun from it.

In order for your reviewing committee to have a better understanding and understanding of the technical content, process steps and purpose of the present invention, the following examples are used in conjunction with the drawings, which are described in detail as follows:

〔Knowledge〕

None

〔this invention〕

1‧‧‧Network system

10‧‧‧Internet

11‧‧‧Web Server

111‧‧‧User account

112‧‧‧User password

12‧‧‧terminal device

201~205‧‧‧Step

D1‧‧‧User database

D11‧‧‧ Pet Database

D110‧‧‧Image data

D111‧‧‧Characteristic value

D112‧‧‧Cumulative value

D2‧‧‧Set database

D21‧‧‧Setting data

D22‧‧‧Keyword

D23‧‧‧ Threshold

D3‧‧‧Dialog database

D31‧‧‧Analysis word

D32‧‧‧Dialogue Information

D33‧‧‧Feature label

3. 3’‧‧‧ Virtual Pet

31‧‧‧Avatar

32, 32’‧‧‧ limbs

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a network system to which the present invention is applied; Figure 2 is a flow chart of the steps of the method of the present invention; and Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the method of the present invention to change the characteristics of a virtual pet.

The present invention is a method for changing the characteristics of a virtual pet according to keywords in message data. Please refer to FIG. 1 for a schematic diagram of the application background of the present invention. The method is applied to a network system 1 1 includes a network server 11 and a terminal device 12; the terminal device 12 can be connected to the network server 11 through the Internet 10, according to the data provided by the network server 11, display a Virtual pet. The virtual pet can be combined with APPs of various functions (such as instant messaging apps, social dating apps, etc.), or it can be used alone as a pet-breeding game.

The network server 11 stores a user database D1 and a setting database D2. The user database D1 stores a plurality of user accounts 111 and user passwords 112 to verify the user identity of the terminal device 12, the user The database D1 is also provided with a pet database D11 for generating the virtual pet. The pet database D11 includes at least one image data D110 (that is, an image of a virtual pet) and a plurality of characteristic values D111 (such as weight/height , Enthusiasm/sensibility, strength/intelligence, etc.) and a plurality of cumulative values D112, each characteristic value D111 corresponds to each cumulative value D112, the purpose of the present invention is to enable the network server 11 to The content of the dialogue between the user and the virtual pet gradually changes the characteristics of the virtual pet. The cumulative value D112 is the number of virtual pets affected by the user (the calculation method will be detailed later). The following table shows the characteristic values D111 and each A schematic diagram of two possible ways of the accumulated value D112:

The setting database D2 includes a plurality of setting data D21 (adjustment rules of the characteristic value D111, for example: "enthusiasm value, the greater the data, the darker the skin color of the pet"), a plurality of keywords D22 (such as: "great", Abominable", "Come on", "Bah") and a threshold D23 (for example: 5 times), each of the setting data D21 can correspond to at least one keyword D22, and each of the setting data D21 corresponds to the pet database D11 The characteristic value D111 in each is shown in the following table:

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when the terminal device 12 is connected to the web server 11, the web server 11 can display the virtual pet on the terminal device 12 according to the image data D110 In the case of this method, the method enables the network server 11 to perform the following steps: (201) First, receive a message data from the terminal device 12, such as: "What news is there today?"), the message data can be It is manually input by the user, and can also be generated by voice input; (202) according to the setting database D2, filter out the keywords in the message data, for example: find the keyword "what", appear "1 times" ; (203) According to the selected keyword D22, find the corresponding setting data D21 and the corresponding characteristic value D111 (such as: intelligence), and adjust the cumulative value D112 corresponding to the characteristic value D111 (such as: from 0 times to (1 time); (204) determine whether the value of the accumulated value D112 exceeds the threshold value D23 (for example: 5 times)? If yes, go to step (205), otherwise, there is no change, and the processing procedure is terminated; and (205) adjust the corresponding characteristic value D111 (for example: intelligence increased from 12 points to 13 points), and according to these characteristic values D111, update the image data D110 (for example, to make the coat color of the virtual pet darker or brighter); in addition, the web server 11 can still reset the accumulated value D112 to zero at the same time.

In this way, through the method of the present invention, during the process of cultivating the virtual pet, the user can gradually change the virtual pet through dialogue with the virtual pet, so as to improve the fun of breeding, and the users can share with each other The way that virtual pets produce changes to add fun. For example: please refer to Figures 1~3, the image data D110 of the virtual pet 3 can be divided into at least two parts of "avatar 31" and "limbs 32", when the user sends a "this is sports" to the virtual pet 3 It's time, let's cheer together", the web server 11 will judge the two keywords D22 of "sports" and "cheer", and find the corresponding characteristic value D111 "strength" and "agility", if the characteristic value The cumulative value D112 corresponding to D111 "Agility" exceeds the threshold value D23. At this time, the web server 11 will regenerate an image data D110 according to the characteristic values D111, and replace the old image data D110. For example: changing the shape of the limbs 32 to become longer and stronger limbs 32', so that the user can see the changed virtual pet 3'.

As mentioned above, in this embodiment, when the value of the accumulated value D112 exceeds the threshold value D23, the web server 11 can adjust the "color" of the image data D110 according to the characteristic values D111 "Or "size" to update the image data D110. For example, in the case where the virtual pet is composed of multiple sets of image data D110, the web server 11 can change the color of the "mane" part of the virtual pet, or change the length of the "limb" part, and can also change the specific parts The image data D110 is replaced with a larger size.

In addition, in addition to changing the virtual pet shape, the method of the present invention can also allow the virtual pet to talk to the user, and the response message of the virtual pet will be affected by these characteristic values D111, please refer to Figure 1 , The web server 11 also includes a dialogue database D3, which stores a plurality of analysis words D31 (such as "weather") and a plurality of dialogue data D32 (such as: "It's really cold, Let's go back to the nest", "cold chirp, but I like", "(sneeze)"), each of the analysis words D31 corresponds to at least one dialogue data D32.

According to the above, in the case of receiving the message data (such as: "How is the weather today?"), in addition to filtering the keyword D22, the web server 11 will also perform the following steps: First, according to the dialogue Database D3, filter out the analysis words D31 (such as "weather") in the message data; then, the web server 11 will find the corresponding dialogue data D32 (such as: "" (Sneezing)"); Finally, according to the dialogue data D32, generate a reply data (such as: dialogue or animation), and send the reply data to the terminal device 12.

The aforementioned "based on the analysis word D31 and the dialogue data D32, determine the user's intention and compose an appropriate reply sentence" is already existing technology, so it will not be repeated here; the characteristics of the present invention can be "based on the Equal characteristic value D111", choose to reply users with different "tones": please refer to Figure 1 for reference, the dialogue database D3 also includes a plurality of characteristic tags D33, and each of the characteristic tags D33 corresponds to each The characteristic value D111, and each of the dialogue data D32 can correspond to at least one characteristic label D33; as shown in the following table:

In the case where the web server 11 finds out that the corresponding dialogue data D32 is a plurality of pens according to the filtered analysis word D31, the web server 11 can find the characteristic label D33 from the dialogue data D32 The value of the corresponding characteristic value D111 is the highest, and the reply data is generated according to the dialogue data D32. For example: the above table is used as an example. When the web server 11 filters out the user's message data with the analysis word D31 "weather", since the corresponding dialogue data D32 has three strokes, the web server 11 will first Find the characteristic label D33 "sensitive, cautious, exaggerated" corresponding to the three dialogue data D32, and then determine the value of the three characteristic values D111 corresponding to the virtual pet; if the characteristic value of the virtual pet D111, the characteristic value The value of D111 "exaggerated" is greater than the value of the other two characteristic values D111 "sensitive and cautious", then the web server 11 will use the corresponding dialogue data D32 "exaggerated" of the characteristic label D33 "exaggerated", but I like it "To generate reply data.

The above are only some preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the technical features of the present invention are not limited to this. Anyone in the relevant technical field can easily think about it after referring to the technical content of the present invention. Equivalent changes should not deviate from the protection scope of the present invention.

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Claims (4)

A method for changing characteristics of virtual pets according to keywords in message data is applied to a network system including a network server and a terminal device; the network server stores a user database and A setting database with a pet database in the user database, the pet database including at least one image data, a plurality of characteristic values and a plurality of cumulative values, each of the characteristic values corresponding to each of the cumulative values; the setting The database includes a plurality of setting data, a plurality of keywords and a threshold, each of the setting data can correspond to at least one keyword, and each of the setting data corresponds to each characteristic value in the pet database; the terminal device It can be connected to the network server through the Internet, so that the network server can display a virtual pet on the terminal device according to the image data, and the terminal device can provide a message for the user to input Data to talk to the virtual pet, the method causes the network server to perform the following steps: receive the message data from the terminal device; according to the setting database, filter out the keywords in the message data; According to the selected keywords, find the corresponding setting data and characteristic values, and adjust the cumulative value corresponding to the characteristic value; and adjust the corresponding characteristic value when it is judged that the value of the cumulative value exceeds the threshold value , And update the image data according to the characteristic values, so that the terminal device can display the updated virtual pet. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the case where the value of the accumulated value exceeds the threshold, the network server can adjust the color or size of the image data according to the characteristic values to update the Image data. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the network server further includes a dialogue database, the dialogue database stores a plurality of analysis words and a plurality of dialogue data, each of the analysis words At least corresponds to a conversation data; in the case of receiving the message data, the network server will still perform the following steps: according to the conversation database, filter out the analysis words in the message data; according to the filtered analysis Word, find the corresponding dialogue data; and generate a reply data based on the dialogue data, and send the reply data to the terminal device. The method according to claim 3, wherein the dialogue database further includes a plurality of characteristic tags, each of the characteristic tags corresponds to each of the characteristic values, and each of the dialogue data can correspond to at least one characteristic tag; When the network server finds out that the corresponding dialogue data is plural according to the filtered analysis words, the network server can find the characteristic value corresponding to its characteristic label from the dialogue data as The highest, and based on the dialogue data, generate the reply data.

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