WO2012081835A1

WO2012081835A1 - Game server for providing virtual major channel and method for same

Info

Publication number: WO2012081835A1
Application number: PCT/KR2011/008680
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이주형
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2010-12-16
Filing date: 2011-11-15
Publication date: 2012-06-21
Also published as: KR101141383B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game server for providing a virtual major channel and to a method for same. According to the present invention, the game server for providing a virtual major channel comprises: a game request receiving unit for receiving a game request signal from a user terminal; an admission ticket confirming unit for confirming whether an admission ticket submission signal for a virtual major channel is transmitted from the user terminal; a channel management unit for opening and managing a virtual major channel; a channel connection unit for connecting the virtual major channel opened by the channel management unit with the user terminal which submitted the admission ticket; a game money payment unit for providing virtual game money to the user terminal when entering the virtual major channel connected through the channel connection unit; and a game progressing unit for progressing a game only with the provided virtual game money.

Description

Game server providing a virtual high-cost channel and its method

The present invention relates to a game server for providing a virtual high-cost channel and a method thereof, and more particularly, to develop a potential large customer in an internet game in which the game money is commonly used. The present invention relates to a game server and a method for providing a virtual expensive channel that allows a lower level user to experience a virtual channel of a high-value bet that only a user can use.

Recently, with the development of communication and network technology, various kinds of contents services using the Internet, for example, services such as chat, clubs, games, shopping malls, etc., have been provided. In particular, among these various content services, the game service field is rapidly increasing in speed of development and dissemination due to the spread of demand. In addition, as the number of users using a game service increases rapidly, the number of cases in which game services provided for free are converted to paid services is increasing. As the number of users using the game service through the wired / wireless Internet increases rapidly and the payment of the game service is progressing, each portal site and online game service provider can play different games in real time on various types of individuals, especially computer networks. We have developed a so-called "network game" that can play games with users and provide services.

Currently, card games such as Go-Stop, Poker, and Sutda are popular among these network games, and most of these card games are given levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced, adherence, etc.) according to the types of game users. In addition, it is operated as a level system that sequentially raises the level of users with a large number of multipliers or a large amount of acquired money. In such a level system, a user of a certain level can access only a channel where only users of the same level are gathered, and there are many limitations in playing a game by limiting the amount to be earned or the amount to bet according to the level.

In addition, in the conventional card game, since the score calculation and the amount settlement are performed for each "sale" as offline, the game may be somewhat boring. In addition, there is a level system, but in order to raise the level, you have to play a lot of games to increase the odds can not cause great interest.

In addition, game users are not able to bet big money over their own game money, so the immersion and fun of the game is halved.In the short time when the bet is excessively large even when a big money can be bet In some cases, the game money may be used up, resulting in financial damage to the user.

The present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned problems, and allows lower-level users to play games in a virtual high-cost channel, giving fun to higher-level games and fostering potential large customers. An object of the present invention is to provide a game server that provides a virtual expensive channel.

In addition, the present invention pays a virtual game money when the game enters the virtual high-cost channel using a virtual high-channel admission ticket, so that it can be used only in the channel can be a large amount of money bet without money loss Another object is to provide a game server that provides a virtual high-cost channel.

Game server providing a virtual high-cost channel according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the game request receiving unit for receiving a game request signal from the user terminal and whether the virtual high-channel admission ticket submission signal from the user terminal is checked; The channel management unit which opens and manages the admission ticket confirmation unit and the virtual expensive channel, and the channel connection unit which connects the virtual expensive channel opened by the channel management unit and the user terminal submitting the admission ticket and the virtual expensive amount connected through the channel connection unit. And a game money payment unit that pays the virtual game money to the user terminal upon entering the channel, and a game progress unit that proceeds the game only with the paid virtual game money.

In addition, the method for providing a virtual high-cost channel in the game server according to the present invention, establishing and managing a virtual high-channel channel, receiving a game request signal from the user terminal and a virtual high-cost channel admission ticket from the user terminal Checking whether there is a submission signal, connecting the established virtual high channel with the user terminal that submitted the admission ticket, and paying the user terminal a virtual game money upon entering the connected virtual high channel. And playing the game only with the paid virtual game money, checking the valid conditions of the virtual high channel admission ticket in real time, and when the valid conditions of the virtual high channel admission ticket are invalid, the virtual high amount Terminating the game in the channel.

According to a game server and a method for providing a virtual high-cost channel according to the present invention,

First, game companies can foster potential large customers by allowing lower-level game users to virtually experience games using expensive game money.

Secondly, lower level game users experience the game environment in the game channel enjoyed by upper level game users virtually, thereby increasing the fun of the game and increasing the immersion of the game.

Thirdly, by providing the fun that can be felt in the game of the upper level temporarily, game users of lower level cause the desire to upgrade to the upper level.

Fourth, even a game using a large amount of game money is safe because there is no financial damage in reality.

1 is a block diagram of a game system that provides a virtual high-cost channel,

2 is a functional block diagram of a user terminal providing a virtual high-cost channel in the game,

3 is a functional block diagram of a game server that provides a virtual high-cost channel,

4 is an embodiment for guiding a ticket purchase in the ticket submitter;

5 is an embodiment of selling a virtual high-priced channel tickets in the server,

6 is an embodiment of a channel manager;

7 is a flowchart of a method for providing a virtual high-cost channel in a game server,

8 is a flowchart of a method for providing a virtual high-cost channel in a user terminal for a game.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that it can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

First, in the present invention, the term 'virtual high-cost channel' refers to a game channel virtually made so that ordinary users can experience a channel that only upper level users can use. It is more than trillion units, and the game money is not exhausted in the channel.

1 is a block diagram of a game system providing a virtual high-cost channel, as shown, the game system providing a virtual high-cost channel according to an embodiment of the present invention is a network (telephone network, Internet, wireless communication network, etc. various forms Are connected to the plurality of user terminals 100 through all the networks of.

The user terminal 100 is a communication device that can connect to a game system that provides a virtual high-cost channel through a network. For example, various communication devices such as a wireless communication terminal such as a smartphone, a computer, and a TV that can be connected to the Internet. Can be used. Therefore, the user can access the game server 300 which provides a virtual high-cost channel conveniently and quickly using PC communication, the Internet, wireless Internet, telephone network, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a user terminal providing a virtual high cost channel in a game. As shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 100 includes a game request unit 110, a game channel selector 130, and an admission ticket submission. The unit 150, the game money receiving unit 170, game execution unit 190 is included.

The game system connected to the user terminal 100 and providing a virtual expensive channel to a plurality of users includes an interface server 200, a game server 300, and a DB server 400.

The DB server 400 includes a user DB 410, an item DB 430, and a game money DB 450.

The user DB 410 stores information on users who can use the virtual expensive channel through a system for providing a virtual expensive channel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. For example, a password, social security number, name, date of birth, postal address, e-mail address, contact information (such as a mobile phone number or landline number) for login in response to an identifier (user ID) assigned to a user. Basic user information such as a user's level and points, and user information related to a game such as a user's level and points are also stored.

The item DB 430 stores a plurality of admission tickets for using the virtual expensive channel of the present invention in addition to the items required to execute the game.

An admission ticket (hereinafter, referred to as an 'admission ticket') for using the virtual expensive channel is an item that is effective only at a specific time and a specific channel. The admission ticket must be present to enter the virtual expensive channel, which will be described below. After entering the virtual expensive channel using the admission ticket, the game can be executed while staying in the virtual expensive channel only while the ticket is valid. This is described in detail again.

The game money DB 450 stores the payment information of the user who purchased the admission ticket, the game money held by each user, and the details of the game money acquired or exhausted. In the present invention, the game money refers to the currency used in the game, and generally includes all of the 'cache', 'Ruchi', and 'acorn' used in the game.

In addition, the game money DB 450 further stores information about the virtual game money. In the virtual expensive channel of the present invention, a virtual game money is provided instead of a game money generally used in a game, and a game must be executed using the virtual game money. Therefore, the game money commonly used in the game is not exhausted in the virtual expensive channel, so it is necessary to store the virtual game money and the general game money separately.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a game server providing a virtual expensive channel, and a game server 300 providing a virtual expensive channel will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

The game server 300 is a user registration unit 305, game request receiving unit 310, item unit 315, admission ticket check unit 320, channel management unit 325, channel connection unit 330, game money payment unit ( 335, a game money management unit 340, a game progress unit 345, an effective condition check unit 350, and a channel end unit 355.

The user registration unit 305 performs member registration of a plurality of users and authenticates users who access based on the information stored in the user DB 410.

The game request receiving unit 310 receives a game request signal from the user terminal 100. The game request unit 110 of the user terminal 100 transmits a game request signal to the game server 300 when a menu is selected or a button is clicked in order to play a game. You have to choose which game channel you want to play from. Therefore, the game request receiving unit 310 of the game server 300 receives a game request signal, and accordingly transmits data so that the game channel selector 130 of the user terminal 100 is executed. Therefore, the game channel selector 130 of the user terminal 100 receives a channel for executing a game from a general channel and a virtual high-value channel from the user, and informs the game server 300 of this.

At this time, even if the user selects a virtual high-priced channel, in order to enter the virtual high-channel and play the game, an admission ticket must be provided.

An object of the present invention is to allow a lower level user to indirectly experience a higher level game environment, and since the virtual high-cost channel uses a separate virtual game money, the user's game money is not exhausted. It does not affect the game level at all. Therefore, in this case, the game can be continuously executed at no cost, which can be a factor that brings no interest to the game company and detracts the interest of the game to the game user.

Therefore, in order to enter the virtual expensive channel, it is desirable to purchase a part-time item called an admission ticket separately. However, other methods such as opening a virtual high-priced channel or issuing coupons or the like for a limited time may be possible without purchasing a ticket for a fee.

Therefore, when the user selects a virtual high-priced channel in the game channel selector 130, the admission ticket submitter 150 of the user terminal 100 to submit the admission ticket, purchase the admission ticket for the user without the admission ticket To guide. Figure 4 illustrates an embodiment for guiding the ticket purchase in the ticket submission unit. In addition, when the user submits the admission ticket, the admission ticket submitter 150 transmits the virtual high-cost channel admission ticket submission signal to the game server 300.

Meanwhile, the admission ticket is generated and managed by the item unit 315 of the game server 300. Since the ticket can be used and the available channel is designated, the item unit 315 stores basic information in the item DB 430 by setting the available time and channel for the newly created ticket. Manage.

In addition, the admission ticket may be sold as a paid item as described above, and the item unit 315 may advertise and sell the admission ticket like other game items. FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment in which a virtual high-cost channel admission ticket is sold on a server, and a virtual high-cost channel is called an 'infinite channel (Dream channel)' to sell an admission ticket.

As described above, it is preferable that the general channel and the virtual high-cost channel are classified and managed according to the difference in game money used from the presence or absence of the admission ticket. Therefore, the channel manager 325 separately establishes and manages a virtual expensive channel. 6 is an embodiment of a channel manager.

On the other hand, the admission ticket checking unit 320 of the game server 300 checks whether there is a virtual high-channel admission ticket submission signal from the user terminal 100, and if there is an admission ticket submission signal to the channel connection unit 330 Send the signal.

The channel connector 330 connects the virtual expensive channel established by the channel manager 325 with the user terminal 100 that has submitted the admission ticket so that the user can enter the virtual expensive channel and play a game. .

The game money payment unit 335 pays a virtual game money to the user terminal 100 when the user terminal 100 submits the admission ticket, and the game money receiving unit 170 of the user terminal 100. Receives the virtual game money and displays it to the user.

In addition, the game money payment unit 335 adds the virtual game money at the request of the user terminal 100 when the user terminal 100 runs out of the virtual game money paid when the user terminal 100 first enters. You can also pay more. In this case, the additional payment method is to make an unlimited payment at the request of the user while the ticket is valid, to limit the number of payments such as one or two times, and to set an upper limit of the amount paid. There are several ways to make payments.

In addition, the virtual game money may be automatically paid out without the request of the user terminal 100, but if you do so, the fun of the game is reduced and not motivated to pay according to the request of the user terminal 100 desirable.

However, at this time, since the virtual game money paid by the game money payment unit 335 is valid only in the virtual high channel, there is no effect after exiting the virtual high channel, as well as in the virtual high channel. When exiting, the channel termination unit 355 described below recovers all virtual game money. In addition, the virtual game money has no effect on the user's actual game money.

The game progress unit 345 proceeds to play the game only with the virtual game money provided. For this purpose, when the user terminal 100 enters the virtual high-cost channel, the game money held by the user terminal 100 is displayed. Instead, only the virtual game money received is displayed, and the game proceeds only with the virtual game money.

As such, by proceeding the game with a virtual game money rather than the actual game money held by the user terminal 100, the betting amount is increased, so that users of lower levels can make high-value bets that they cannot usually do. However, such a large channel is to induce a higher level user to be promoted to a higher level user quickly, and the purpose is to experience a higher level game environment, so the time to play a game It is desirable to limit the number of times.

Therefore, the item unit 315 creates a valid condition when generating the admission ticket, so that the user can stay in the high-cost channel only when the admission ticket is valid. The valid condition of the admission ticket includes at least one of a time condition and a game execution count condition.

First, the time condition allows the virtual high channel admission ticket to be valid only for a predetermined time from the time when the virtual high channel admission ticket is used. That is, for example, if the preset time is 24 hours, after entering the virtual expensive channel using the admission ticket, the game can be continued while staying in the expensive channel for 24 hours, but after 24 hours, the ticket becomes effective. Can not stay in the overly expensive channel.

As such, the time for staying as an admission ticket may be set differently, and accordingly, the item unit 315 may provide the user with various types of time conditions through a method such as varying the selling amount of the item.

In addition, the game execution count condition is a condition that the virtual high-channel admission ticket is valid only for a predetermined number of game executions after entering the virtual high-cost channel, and after the game is executed a predetermined number of times after the entry, Tickets expire.

As such, since the admission ticket has a valid condition, the valid condition confirmation unit 350 checks the valid condition of the virtual high-cost channel admission ticket in real time.

The channel termination unit 355 terminates the game in the virtual high-cost channel when the valid condition of the virtual high-channel admission ticket is invalid as a result of the confirmation of the valid condition checking unit 350. In other words, the paid virtual game money is recovered and the user is withdrawn from the high-priced channel.

However, even at this time, the user may be asked whether he / she intends to repurchase the virtual high-priced channel ticket or use another virtual high-priced channel ticket before he leaves the high channel. That is, the admission ticket submitter 150 may function, and if the additional admission ticket is not used, the channel termination unit 355 performs this function and repurchases the admission ticket or uses the additional admission ticket. The channel may not be terminated and a virtual high-cost channel admission signal may be transmitted to the game server 300 to continue the game.

The channel termination unit 355 may further include a game money settlement unit 357. The game money settlement unit 357 may further include the user terminal 100 using the paid virtual game money. With respect to the acquired virtual game money, game money according to a preset ratio is paid to the user.

In other words, the virtual game money is valid only on the virtual high-cost channel, and has no effect when exiting the channel. However, if there is no benefit despite the fact that the game has been executed for a long time and additionally acquired additional virtual game money, The utilization of the virtual expensive channel may be degraded.

Therefore, when the virtual high-end channel ends, only 0.01% of the virtual game money is paid to the user as game money. We want to motivate users by paying game money.

Accordingly, the game money management unit 340 manages the virtual game money in the virtual expensive channel and at the same time calculates and registers the virtual game money converted to the game money after the virtual expensive channel is terminated and the details of the game money DB ( 450).

Meanwhile, the interface server 200 allows a plurality of user terminals 100 to be connected through a network, in particular, the Internet or the wireless Internet, and converts various pieces of information provided through the game server 300 to conform to a communication standard. Process and provide to a plurality of user terminal 100, or receives the information transmitted from the user terminal 100 through the network to provide to the game server 300. A database interworking device for transmitting and receiving information with a web server or another system may be included.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for providing a virtual expensive channel in a game server, and a flowchart of a method of providing a virtual expensive channel in a game server will be described with reference to FIG. 7.

The game server establishes and manages a virtual expensive channel other than the normal channel (S10). When the game request signal is received from the user terminal (S20), the virtual high channel admission ticket submission signal is checked (S30), and the virtual high channel and the user terminal submitting the admission ticket are connected (S40). Since the user terminal cannot enter the virtual high-cost channel without an admission ticket, the user terminal connects the virtual high-cost channel only to the user terminal having an admission signal. When the user terminal enters the virtual expensive channel, the virtual game money is paid to the user terminal (S50). The virtual game money is a game money that is valid only in the virtual expensive channel. There is no impact at all. The game proceeds using only the paid virtual game money (S60), and checks in real time whether the valid conditions of the virtual high-cost channel ticket are satisfied (S70), and if the valid conditions are not satisfied, the ticket is invalidated. Quit.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a virtual expensive channel in a user terminal for a game, and a method of providing a virtual expensive channel in a user terminal for a game will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

After the game request signal is transmitted to the server (S80), a channel for executing the game is selected from the normal channel and the virtual high-cost channel (S90). When the virtual expensive channel is selected (S100), the virtual expensive channel admission ticket submission signal is transmitted to the server (S110). Since the virtual high-cost channel allows entry only for a user terminal having an admission ticket, the user terminal may separately purchase an admission ticket from a server selling the item and then use the virtual high-channel to enter the virtual high-cost channel. When the virtual high channel admission ticket submission signal is transmitted to the server using the admission ticket (S110), the virtual game money is received from the server (S120). If the game is executed only with the virtual game money (S130) and the admission ticket is invalid, the virtual high-cost channel ends.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and is intended by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

Claims

A game request receiver for receiving a game request signal from a user terminal;

An admission ticket confirming unit confirming whether a virtual high-cost channel admission ticket is signaled from the user terminal;

A channel manager for opening and managing a virtual expensive channel;

A channel connection unit connecting the virtual high-cost channel opened by the channel management unit with the user terminal submitting the admission ticket;

A game money payment unit that pays a virtual game money to the user terminal when entering a virtual high-value channel connected through the channel connection unit; And

The game server for providing a virtual high-cost channel comprising; a game progress unit for proceeding the game only with the virtual game money paid.
The method of claim 1,

A valid condition checking unit for checking a valid condition of the virtual high-priced channel admission ticket in real time; And

And a virtual termination channel for terminating the game in the virtual expensive channel when the valid condition of the virtual expensive channel admission ticket is invalid, as a result of confirming the validity condition checking unit. Providing a game server.
The method of claim 2,

The valid condition of the virtual high-priced channel admission ticket is,

A game server providing a virtual high-cost channel, characterized in that it comprises at least one of a time condition or a game execution count condition.
The method of claim 3, wherein

The time condition is,

Characterized in that the virtual high-channel admission ticket is valid only for a predetermined time from the time when the virtual high-channel admission ticket is used,

The game execution count condition is,

And a virtual large channel, wherein the virtual large channel admission ticket is valid only for a predetermined number of game executions after entering the virtual large channel.
The method of claim 1,

When the virtual expensive channel admission ticket is valid, the game money payment unit,

The game server providing a virtual high-cost channel, characterized in that further paying the virtual game money in response to a request of the user terminal.
The method according to claim 1 or 5,

The virtual game money paid by the game money payment unit,

Game server providing a virtual expensive channel, characterized in that it is valid only in the virtual expensive channel.
The method of claim 2,

The channel termination unit,

And a game money settlement unit that pays the user the game money according to a preset ratio with respect to the virtual game money additionally obtained by the user terminal using the paid virtual game money. Game server that provides a virtual, expensive channel.
Establishing and managing a virtual expensive channel;

Receiving a game request signal from a user terminal;

Checking whether there is a virtual high-cost channel admission signal from the user terminal;

Connecting the opened virtual high-value channel with the user terminal submitting the admission ticket;

Paying a virtual game money to the user terminal upon entering the connected virtual high channel;

Proceeding with the game using only the paid virtual game money;

Confirming valid conditions of the virtual high channel admission ticket in real time; And

If the valid condition of the virtual high-priced channel admission ticket has expired, terminating the game in the virtual high-channel channel; providing a virtual high-channel channel at the game server.