JP2001252476A - Network game system, network game method, network game distributing method, and network game participating method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network game system and a network game method capable of changing the contents of a broadcast program by reflecting user actions and informing other users of the changed contents. SOLUTION: A service provider 4 distributes the program of a game to the users 5. Each user 5 has a game implementing means feasibly reproducing the distributed program. The service provider 4 receives the implemented result of the program from the game implementing means and stores it. A broadcasting station 2 receives the implemented result of the program from the service provider via a communications network 6, changes a part of the broadcast program, and simultaneously, distributes the changed broadcast program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network game system, a network game method, a network game distribution method and a network game participation method, and more particularly, to a network game system and a network game method cooperating with a television broadcasting system. The present invention relates to a network game system, a network game method, a network game distribution method, and a network game participation method, which are improved so that a game result of a user can be reflected in the next broadcast content.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a television broadcasting system simultaneously broadcasts a program having the same contents to all users in a service area. The content has the disadvantage that the user must be in a passive attitude at all. This drawback can be overcome by viewer-participating programs, so-called interactive programs.

[0003] As one of known interactive program techniques, a technique of broadcasting a program on multiple channels is known (hereinafter referred to as "first known example"). According to this,
For example, in a baseball broadcast, by broadcasting an image of the entire stadium on one channel and an up image of a player on another channel, the user can enjoy an image according to each user's preference by selecting a channel. it can.

[0004] As another known interactive program technique, data (multimedia data) for enabling diversified viewing of a program is sent to a user's viewing device and stored therein, so that the data can be handled in response to a user operation. There is known an apparatus which reconstructs a program while selecting and omitting stored data (hereinafter referred to as "second known example"). According to this, by enriching the contents of the multimedia data, it becomes possible for the user to perform an operation as if he or she edits a program, and it is possible to enjoy a detailed video according to each user's preference.

[0005] However, in the first known example,
Since a single program occupies a plurality of broadcasting channels, the number of channels is limited not only in conventional terrestrial television broadcasting systems having at most several tens of channels but also in multi-channel digital broadcasting systems such as satellite broadcasting. However, since the use of channels requires considerable costs, it is difficult to secure a required number of channels for each program. Further, in the second known example, it is necessary to generate a large amount of multimedia data and send it to the user's viewing device, which requires a large processing load for generating the multimedia data and secures a high-speed transmission medium. However, there is an inconvenience that a large-capacity storage device is required on the viewing device side.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-23417 discloses a program having a story characteristic by storing and executing a program distributed from a broadcasting station in a user terminal and executing the program from the broadcasting station. While controlling the overall story development of the program based on the program control information (such as the time schedule of the program) appropriately distributed to the user terminal, the operation input of the user (moving operation instruction information of the main character, etc .; so-called game program) An interactive program reproducing apparatus that controls partial story expansion of the program based on the user operation information described in (3) is disclosed (hereinafter, "third known example").
That. ). According to this, the user can freely intervene in the story other than the temporal and qualitative restrictions specified by the program control information, and can provide an interactive program with a high degree of freedom. A single channel is required for information distribution, and since the distribution data is much smaller than the multimedia data described above, care is also taken of the transmission capacity and the storage capacity of the user terminal. There is an advantage that there is no need.

[0007]

However, the third known example is preferable in that the contents of the program can be changed by reflecting the user operation, but the change is closed on each user terminal. However, there is a problem that it is not possible to notify other users of the change. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a network game system, a network game method, and a network game method that can change the content of a broadcast program in response to a user operation and notify the other users of the change. It is intended to provide a game distribution method and a network game participation method.

[0008]

A network game system according to the present invention designs a game program itself or a program designed to generate various screen changes and / or sound effect changes in response to a user operation. The screenplay and / or the broadcast program itself that has the contents of all or a part of the screen change and / or sound effect change of the program referred to when producing the broadcast program A script for a program, game distribution means for distributing the program of the game to a user, game execution means for reproducibly reproducing the distributed program, and storage for receiving and storing an execution result of the program from the game execution means Means, and a part of the broadcast program based on an execution result of the program stored in the storage means. Additional to and a broadcast program distribution means for distributing the changed broadcast program. According to the present invention, the execution result of the game is stored in the storage means, and after the content of the broadcast program is partially changed using the stored data, the broadcast program is broadcast to all users. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the storage means stores a plurality of execution results of the program, and selects one execution result having a high score from among the plurality of execution results. Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the broadcast program has a variable that can be replaced with arbitrary information and the execution result of the program is applied to the variable while the execution result of the program is not obtained, Apply predetermined data to the variable. The network game method according to the present invention includes a first step of distributing a game program designed to generate various screen changes and / or sound effect changes to a user in response to a user operation, and a step of distributing the distributed program. A second step of reproducibly reproducing, a third step of receiving and storing an execution result of the program, and all or one of a screen change and / or a sound effect change of the program based on the stored execution result. And a fourth step of changing a part of the broadcast program having the content of the copied part and distributing the changed broadcast program. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the third step stores a plurality of execution results of the program, and selects one execution result having a high score from among the plurality of execution results. Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the broadcast program has a variable that can be replaced with arbitrary information and the execution result of the program is applied to the variable while the execution result of the program is not obtained, Apply predetermined data to the variable. A network game distribution method according to the present invention includes the steps of co-producing video data and game execution data by a consultant to associate the contents of the two,
Delivering the game execution data to a user, receiving the execution result data of the game execution data, changing the moving image data based on the received execution result data, Delivering the data to the user. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the moving image data includes audio data, and the audio data is changed based on the received execution result data. Alternatively, a preferred embodiment of the present invention receives the execution result data when distributing the game execution data to a user. Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the game execution data is distributed to a user using a predetermined transmission medium, and the moving image data is distributed to the user using a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium. Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined transmission medium is a broadcast network or a portable storage medium, and a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium is a communication network. A method for participating in a network game according to the present invention includes the steps of receiving game execution data of video data and game execution data co-produced by a council to associate the contents of the two, and executing the received game execution data Reproducible, transmitting the game execution data, transmitting the result data, receiving the video data whose contents have been changed based on the transmitted result data, and receiving the video data. And reproducing the image so as to be visible. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the moving image data includes audio data, and receives moving image data in which audio data has been changed based on the transmitted result data. Alternatively, a preferred embodiment of the present invention transmits the execution result data when receiving the game execution data. Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the game execution data is received via a predetermined transmission medium, and the moving image data is received via a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium.
Alternatively, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined transmission medium is a broadcast network or a portable storage medium, and a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium is a communication network.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1. Business Model Structure of Entire Network FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a business model structure of a network game system according to the present embodiment. The business model structure is a model of the business activity or business concept of the target business.
It is structured around three models, an “operation model” and a “profit model”, but the illustrated model shows these three models in a mixed manner. In FIG.
The parts shown by elliptical figures are the main model elements of the network game system of the present embodiment, which are the production company 1, the broadcasting station 2, the advertiser 3, the service provider 4, and the user 5, respectively. The broadcasting station 2 corresponds to a broadcasting program distribution means described in the gist of the present invention.
Corresponds to the game distribution means described in the gist. The production company 1 produces broadcast program materials and game programs, and provides these productions to the broadcasting station 2 and the service provider 4 in exchange for consideration (production cost). Although the relationship between the broadcast program material and the game program will be described in detail later, the story development is similar to the broadcast program material and the content of the broadcast program material includes information that is key to the progress of the game.

[0010] Here, the “game program (or game program)” in the present specification is executed on a game terminal described later, and includes input means (key operation) provided in the game terminal. Electronic data designed to produce various screen changes, various sound effects changes, or changes in internal data (all or part of them) in response to user input to a unit, touch panel, or various pointing devices. Refers to the product. In addition, “broadcast program material” generally refers to a moving image (moving image or frame-by-frame image shot with a studio camera, video camera, or movie camera, or image processing software produced for a specific visual effect). In this specification, in particular, an electronic moving image that is produced as a pair with the game program (or game program), and This refers to a moving image (the definition is as described above) having the contents of copying all or a part of the screen change and / or the sound effect change of the program. The term “and / or” as used herein refers to the concatenation or alternative selection of the preceding and following words. For example, the use of “A and / or B” means both “A and B” and “A or B”.

The broadcast station 2 broadcasts (distributes) the broadcast program material provided by the production company 1 into its service area.
If there is an affiliated station, it is also broadcast (distributed) within the service area of the affiliated station. The broadcast medium may be terrestrial, satellite communication or cable television. In the case of the present embodiment, the broadcast station 2 receives a broadcast request for a commercial message (hereinafter, referred to as “CM”) material from the advertiser 3, and operates as a so-called “private broadcast” that operates a business based on the revenue from the advertising expenses. It is a general broadcaster called. The broadcast station 2 uses the network game system to grasp the CM listening situation of the user 5 and uses the grasped result for sales activities. The general broadcaster may be read as a broadcaster performing a so-called public broadcast. In this case, the broadcast station 2 can grasp the listening situation of the public broadcast program by the user 5 using the network game system and reflect the situation on the production plan of the broadcast program.

The service provider 4 receives the provision of the game program from the production company 1 and stores the game program in a server (distribution data server 15 described later: see FIG. 6).
And a service for delivering the requested game program to the user 5 in response to a request from the user 5. The service provider 4 is connected to a network capable of performing bidirectional communication with all users 5 using the network game system (a network 7 described later: see FIG. 4). This network is, for example, but not limited to, an analog or digital public network supporting the Internet protocol. If the flow of data from the service provider 4 to the user 5 is referred to as “download” and the reverse is referred to as “upload”, the network media for download and upload may be different. For example, uploading may be performed through a public line network, and downloading may be performed through satellite communication or terrestrial communication.

The service provider 4 responds to a request from a user 5 using the network game system,
In addition to distributing the requested game programs, we will conduct business activities on the basis of earning usage fees in return. The user 5 has a receiving facility (television receiver) capable of listening to a broadcast program material broadcast from the broadcasting station 2 and a facility (modem or terminal) for transmitting and receiving data to and from the service provider 4 via a network. An individual such as an adapter or a router) and equipment (game terminal) capable of executing a game program downloaded from the service provider 4. However, this is an individual who has registered the use of the network game system in accordance with a predetermined procedure in advance, and the registration information is stored by the service provider 4,
Used for authentication when accessing through a network. In the above business model, the production company 1 produces a broadcast program material and a game program in response to a request from the broadcast station 2 or the service provider 4, and pays for the production cost.
These productions are provided to the broadcasting station 2 and the service provider 4 in exchange for, but not limited to. For example,
The production company 1 may independently produce a broadcast program material and a game program (including a change of the broadcast program material), and pass these contents to the broadcast station 2 or the service provider 4 to request distribution. In this case, since the production company 1 pays a distribution fee to the broadcasting station 2 and the service provider 4, the production company 1 is a customer of the broadcasting station 2 and the service provider 4. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the above business model will be described as an example, but it goes without saying that the idea of the present invention is not limited to this.

2. Explanation of the business model for each element For each of these elements, the three models described above, namely, the strategic model, the operation model, and the profit model, are clarified as follows. 2-1. Production company 1 2-1-1. Strategic model The customer of the production company 1 is the broadcaster 2 and the service provider 4
It is. The production company 1 produces and provides broadcast program materials and game programs whose operation is guaranteed to these customers. The style of production will be described later. The attraction to customers (broadcasting station 2 and service provider 4) is that while listening to (or after) listening to broadcast program material at the stage of user 5,
By executing a game program that forms a pair with the game terminal, it is possible to increase the interest of the game much more than when the game program is executed alone. ”By providing a pair of products, the broadcasting station 2 This contributes to the improvement of the audience rating and the number of game distributions at the service provider 4, thereby increasing the profits of the customers (the broadcast station 2 and the service provider 4). 2-1-2. Operation Model The production company 1 produces and provides the above-mentioned broadcast program material and game program without delay in response to a request from a customer (broadcasting station 2 and service provider 4). The timing of the request must be in accordance with the business plan of the customer, and the timing of the provision must be at least before the broadcast schedule of the broadcast program material. 2-1-3. Profit model Production company 1 is a customer (broadcasting station 2 and service provider 4)
The contract base and production costs between them will be used as the revenue base. As the number of users (user 5) of the network game system increases,
Production requests from customers (broadcasting station 2 and service provider 4) increase, leading to an increase in profit.

2-2. Service provider 4 2-2-1. Strategy Model The customer of the service provider 4 is a user (user 5) of the network game system. A stable network environment is constructed with the user 5, and an interesting game program is provided to the user 5 by using the network environment. The appeal depends on the content of the game program, but in cooperation with the broadcasting station 2 strategic model,
Its appeal can be doubled. Further, the service provider 4 accumulates and records the data relating to the game result uploaded from the user 5, selects and extracts the data of a specific user from the data, processes the data into data used for changing a broadcast program, and processes the data. Send to 2. In addition, the change place (subject of change) of the broadcast program is not limited to the broadcast station 2. The production company 1 may be used. That is, the production company 1 receives data from the service provider 4 (data used for changing a broadcast program), changes the broadcast program material on the basis of the data, and then transmits the changed broadcast program material. It may be passed to the broadcasting station 2.
Alternatively, the broadcast program material may be changed by the service provider 4 and the broadcast program material may be passed to the broadcast station 2 via the production company 1 or may be directly passed to the broadcast station 2. 2-2-2. Operation Model The service provider 4 operates a server (see the distribution data server 15 in FIG. 6) for storing and distributing the game program, and also stores and records data relating to the game result uploaded from the user 5 (see FIG. 6). (See the user data server 18). These servers allow simultaneous access from a plurality of users 5, distribute required game programs to authenticated users 5, receive and accumulate user data, and further store the access logs. Record. As this type of server, for example, Internet Protocol (HTTP) (Hyper Text Transfer) is used.
Protocol (FTP) server and FTP (File Tra)
nsfer Protocol) server or the like can be used. 2-2-3. Profit Model The service provider 4 uses the usage fee (membership fee, basic fee, or game program download fee) from the network game system user (user 5) as a revenue base. Increasing the number of registered users leads to higher profits.

2-3. Broadcasting station 2 2-3-1. Strategy Model Since the broadcast station 2 of the present embodiment is a general broadcaster,
The customer becomes the advertiser 3. The broadcast station 2 broadcasts a CM in response to a request from the advertiser 3. Since the advertiser 3 desires to improve the audience rating of the CM, the broadcasting station 2 will devise the content of the program broadcast in the time frame of the CM frame. In other words, in the case of a broadcast program material that forms a pair with a game program, a reliable viewing by the user of the game program can be expected with a high probability. Therefore, it is necessary to secure a basic audience rating at least commensurate with the number of registered game users. Advertiser 3 can be guaranteed.

2-3-2. Operation Model The broadcasting station 2 broadcasts various programs according to a broadcasting schedule. In particular, specific broadcasting program materials forming a pair with a game program are broadcast in correspondence with the game distribution schedule of the service provider 4. For example, if the game distribution schedule of the service provider 4 changes and distributes the game program every week, the broadcasting station 2 broadcasts a program corresponding to the game program one week later. As a more specific example, when a predetermined game program is to be distributed from the service provider 4 on a certain Saturday, the broadcast station 2 broadcasts a broadcast program material corresponding to the game program on Sunday one week later. I do. The user 5 enjoys the game program downloaded on Saturday for one week, and uploads user data including the game result to the service provider 4 on Saturday before the scheduled broadcast date. The service provider 4 accumulates and records the user data uploaded from the user. When the predetermined upload deadline time (for example, 24:00 on Saturday, that is, midnight on the day of the scheduled broadcast) is reached, the service provider 4 reads out the accumulated data. Extract the information used to change the content of the broadcast program,
The information is transmitted to the broadcasting station 2. The broadcast station 2 receives the information, changes the content of the broadcast program, and broadcasts the changed program on the scheduled date (Sunday). Therefore, the user 5 can enjoy the broadcast program changed by reflecting the game result of the user 5 and can view the broadcast program simultaneously with other users. I can let you know. 2-3
-3. The profit model broadcasting station 2 uses the advertisement fee income from the advertiser 3 as a profit base. The profit can be expanded according to the audience rating of the broadcast program material.

2-4. Advertiser 3 Note that the business model of the advertiser 3 varies depending on its business form, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Alternatively, it is a purchase target group of services and the like, which intends to disseminate products, services or services, etc. using a CM broadcast notification requested to the broadcasting station 2 and intends to stabilize and expand the profit base.

3. 2. Production of Game Program and Broadcast Program FIG. 2 is a relationship diagram of the production company 1, the broadcast station 2, and the service provider 4. In the illustrated example, the management team 1a and the staff 1b of the production company 1 are composed of dispatched personnel from affiliated companies (the broadcasting station 2 and the service provider 4).
For example, personnel trained in producing broadcast program material (for example,
It is composed of an animation creator 1c) of the broadcasting station 2, personnel who are skilled in producing game programs (game designers 1d), and sales staff 1e who are accustomed to these sales activities.

The animation creator 1c and the game designer 1d of the production company 1 cooperate with each other to produce a desired broadcast program material and a game program. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the production, and shows a production example of the exploration type role playing game. Generally, a broadcast unit is called a “scene”, and this scene can correspond to an “episode” (chapter) in the case of a game.
The animation creator 1c creates images and sounds for each scene, and the game designer 1d similarly describes a program for each episode. Actually, the animation creator 1c creates a script for a broadcast program (referred to as a "script for a broadcast program" in the present specification), for example, a script 1f for a broadcast program of scene 1 (a town scene in the figure). The game designer 1d creates a script for a game program (referred to as “game script” in the present specification) 1g based on the broadcast program script 1f. If there is an inconvenience in the production of the game script 1g, the game designer 1d consults with the animation creator 1c to find a compromise, and revises both scripts 1f and 1g. And
After this reworking operation is repeated to match the contents of both scripts 1f and 1g, production of broadcast program material and production of a game program are started based on these scripts 1f and 1g. Here, the production of the script 1f for the broadcast program is advanced, but the production of the script 1g for the game may be advanced. By printing the screenplays 1f and 1g by both the animation creator 1c and the game designer 1d, it is possible to produce a broadcast program material and a game program whose contents match or are important in the progress of the game. .

Here, the contents of each script will be described with reference to a convenient example. Broadcast program script 1f shown
Contains two scenes, and the game script 1g also contains two episodes corresponding to each scene. The story of scene 1 is "the hero leaves town A at 8 o'clock at night and heads for town B", and the corresponding episode 1 of the game script 1g has the same contents. The difference from the script 1f for a broadcast program is that an input operation by a user is received in order to utilize characteristics (interactivity) of the game. For example, the user can freely select a road to the town B or select a character (in the example, a rival of the hero) to be an incarnation of the user. In episode 2 of 1g of the screenplay for the game, when the rival arrives in town B, if the arrival time is earlier than the protagonist, the item is obtained from the elder of town B. The figure shows the protagonist's regret taken by a rival and the words of the elder against the protagonist. The content of the dialogue is, for example, "Why have you come this time, and then you have handed it to% NAME that came to% TIME?" % TIME and%
NAME indicates that an arbitrary word is included here, and the type of the word depends entirely on the execution result of the corresponding game program. For example, as a result of a game program being executed by a certain user, "Yuji" is selected as a rival name, and the arrival time of the rival in town B is 7:01 am,% TIME indicates " 7:01 am "is entered and% NAM
E is "Yuji". Therefore, in this case, the line that is actually broadcasted is "Why do you want to come this time and then give it to Yuji who came at 7:01 am", and reflect the contents of the broadcast program material reflecting the user operation Is partially changed.

4. Network Infrastructure Configuration Next, the infrastructure elements required for the network game system of the present embodiment will be described. In FIG. 4, broadcasting station 2
Is provided with a station 2a having broadcasting facilities, a transmitting facility 2c for emitting terrestrial broadcasting waves 2b, and the like, and the service provider 4 is equipped with a station 4a having server facilities and the like. The service provider 4 can be appropriately connected to the broadcasting station 2 via a communication line 6 such as a dedicated line or a public line, and all the users 5 can be connected via a network 7 such as the Internet.
(In FIG user 5 ₁ ~5 _n) and it is connectable with. 4-1. Configuration of Broadcasting Station 2 FIG. 5 is a schematic system configuration diagram of the broadcasting station 2. The broadcasting station 2 includes a program material server 8 for storing the above-described broadcast program material and CM material, a transmission schedule unit 9 for sequentially extracting and transmitting the material from the program material server 8 according to a predetermined broadcast schedule, and a transmission. Voice synthesis unit 1 that performs voice synthesis processing based on voice data of a material
0, a sound data server 11 which manages sound data for voice synthesis (such as voice over characters), and a transmission facility 2c which modulates video data and voice synthesized data of a transmission material with a carrier wave of a predetermined television broadcast system. And a data receiving unit 13 for receiving user data appropriately transmitted from the service provider 4 via the communication line 6, and a user data storage unit for storing the user data. 14. By providing such a configuration, the broadcasting station 2 can control the program material server 8 according to a predetermined broadcasting schedule.
Broadcast material and CM material can be sequentially retrieved from the transmission facility 2c and transmitted from the service provider 4c.
According to the user data from, the program data can be changed by partially replacing the audio data of the broadcast program.

4-2. Configuration of Service Provider 4 FIG. 6 is a schematic system configuration diagram of the service provider 4. The service provider 4 includes a distribution data server 15 that stores game programs and user authentication information, a data transfer control unit 16 that controls data transfer between the user 5 performed via the network 7, and data uploaded from the user 5. The user data stored in the user data server 18 and the user data management unit 17 for extracting data of a specific user meeting predetermined conditions from the stored data, and the communication line 6 for storing the extracted user data. Data transmission unit 19 for transmitting to broadcast station 2 via
And The user data server 18 corresponds to a storage unit described in the gist of the invention. These units are generally realized integrally by a computer dedicated to a server or the like, but are shown here by blocks to clarify functions. With such a configuration, the service provider 4 retrieves the game program from the distribution data server 15 in response to the game program download request from the user 5 and transfers the game program to the requesting user 5 via the network 7. The user data uploaded from the user 5 is stored and recorded in the user data server 18, and the user data extracted from the stored data is transmitted to the broadcasting station 2 as information for changing the program contents. be able to.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual structural diagram of a user data table (hereinafter abbreviated as “TBL”) configured inside the user data server 18. The TBL is composed of a plurality of data fields (hereinafter abbreviated as "FLD".), FLD1 stores a sequence number used as the record identifier (i), FLD2 stores the ID code of the user 5 _j. The FLD 3 stores the name of the rival selected on the game by the user 5 _j , and the FLD 4
Stores the departure time of rival town A. Furthermore, FL
D5 stores the arrival time of the rival town B, and FLD6 stores the shortcut flag (O) indicating whether the rival has passed the shortcut.
N: a short cut), and the FLD 7 stores an item flag (O) indicating whether the rival has acquired the item.
N: item acquisition). Add a new record to the TBL is performed on upload user data from a user 5 _j, in the fields of the additional records, stores the uploaded user data. Reference to a record is performed by designating the value of FLD1 (identifier i). For example, if i = 2,
The record data of the user ID “U009” can be referred to.

4-3. FIG. 8 is a schematic system configuration diagram of the user 5 _j (j is 1 to n). The user 5 _j receives a receiving antenna 20 for receiving a broadcast wave from the broadcasting station 2, a television receiver 21 for reproducing and displaying a program (including broadcast program material and CM) received by the receiving antenna 20, and a network 7. The television receiver 21 includes a cold cathode tube display 21a for displaying a program image, various operation buttons 21b, and a speaker unit 21c for outputting a program audio. , Game terminal 22
Is provided with a liquid crystal display 22a, various operation buttons 22b, a cursor key 22c, and the like. The game terminal 22 corresponds to the game executing means described in the gist of the invention.

The user 5 _j is provided with such a configuration, so that the program from the broadcast station 2 can be transmitted to the television receiver 21.
Can be played and viewed on the cold cathode tube display 21a and the speaker section 21c, and the game program from the service provider 4 can be downloaded to the game terminal 22 and executed to enjoy the game. Further, the game execution result can be uploaded to the service provider 4 at the next connection to the service provider 4. Although the television receiver 21 and the game terminal 22 are illustrated independently in the figure, the invention is not limited to this. The combination of the two,
A television receiver with a game function having the same functions as the game terminal 22 or a game terminal with a television reception function having the same functions as the television receiver 21 may be used.

4-3-1. Configuration of Game Terminal FIG. 9 shows a configuration example of the game terminal 22. The illustrated game terminal 22 executes a game program to control the overall operation of the game terminal 22 (Central Process).
ssor Unit) 23, a program memory 24 for rewritably and non-volatilely storing a game program and various control programs downloaded from the service provider 4, and user data including various data necessary for the game program and a game execution result. A rewritable and non-volatile data memory 25; a display control unit 26 for controlling the display of the liquid crystal display 22a; an audio output unit 27 for driving a loudspeaker (speaker or electric vibration element) 28; , A communication unit 30 for controlling data transfer to and from the service provider 4 via the network 7, and a bus 31 for connecting each unit.

4-3-2. Operation Mode of Game Terminal The illustrated game terminal 22 can be used by switching to at least the following two operation modes by operating the key operation unit 29. The first operation mode is a network access mode. In this mode, a connection request to the service provider 4 or a connection authentication result by the service provider 4 is displayed, an inquiry display as to whether or not to download the game program, a progress display at the time of download execution, and a download completion display (or failure display). ), Etc., and the user data (including the game execution result) stored in the data memory 25 can be uploaded to the service provider 4. The second operation mode is a game execution mode. In this mode, the downloaded game program can be executed in an offline state (a state in which the connection with the network 7 is cut off).

5. Use Example of Network Game System Hereinafter, a specific use example of the network game system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a use state of the network game system as viewed from the user _5j . The user 5 _j first downloads the game program from the service provider 4 and executes the game, and then uploads the game result (user data) to the service provider 4. Immediately after the upload deadline, information (specific user data) necessary for changing the broadcast program material is transmitted from the service provider 4 to the broadcast station 2 via the communication line 6, and then broadcast from the broadcast station 2 is performed. A network game system is used in the flow of viewing program materials. This series of operations is repeated in units of a predetermined period (for example, one week), and a new game program can be downloaded from the service provider 4 and enjoyed every period. . Here, the broadcast program material viewed in the procedure is produced in a pair with the game program downloaded in the procedure, and the content is partially changed according to the upload data of the procedure.

FIG. 11 shows the action schedule of the user 5 _{j when} the action is repeated on a weekly basis. For example, when the games A, B, and C are to be distributed weekly, the game A is first distributed on a certain Saturday (this day is counted as the first day and is indicated by the number of days elapsed from this day). The user _5j enjoys playing the game from Saturday, for example, Monday to Friday (3rd to 7th days), and uploads the game result to the service provider 4 on the next Saturday (8th day). This Saturday (day 8) is the next game (game B)
, The user 5 _j downloads the game B at the same time as the upload of the game result. The next Sunday (the ninth day) is a viewing date of the broadcast program. The program broadcast on this day corresponds to the game A, and the program content is partially changed to reflect the game result (the result of the game A) uploaded on the previous Saturday (the eighth day). It is a thing. Thereafter, the procedure of executing the game B → uploading the execution result of the game B and downloading the game C → viewing the broadcast program corresponding to the game B... Is repeated on a weekly basis. Therefore, according to this action schedule, it is possible to view a broadcast program in which a part of the content is changed every Sunday by reflecting the game result of last week. In the schedule of FIG. 11,
The result of the game downloaded on any Saturday (i-th week) is uploaded on the (i + 1) -th week Saturday, and the program whose broadcast content has been changed based on the uploaded data is viewed on the (i + 2) -day Sunday. That is, i +
The game result of one week is confirmed on Sunday of i + 2 weeks, but this is only an example of the schedule.
Any program that matches the distribution schedule of the service provider 4 and the broadcasting station 2 may be used. For example, the program of the game A is downloaded on the Saturday of the i-th week and the next day (i + 1
The program corresponding to the game A is watched (broadcast) on Sunday of the week, the game result is uploaded on the Saturday of i + 1 week, and the program corresponding to the game B and reflecting the result of the game A is reflected on the Sunday of i + 2 week. You may make it watch (broadcast).

FIG. 12 shows the action schedule (FIG. 11).
5 is an artificial judgment flowchart of the user 5 _j corresponding to the above. In FIG. 12, the user 5 _j first determines whether or not it is a weekend (Saturday) (step S11). If it is not a weekend, it is determined whether or not it is the beginning of a week (Sunday) (step S12), and if it is not at the beginning of the week, it is determined whether or not the game program for this week has been downloaded (step S13). ). According to the above user's judgment, (A) "the day is Saturday", (B) "the day is Sunday", (C) "the day is any one of Monday to Friday, and the game program for this week is downloaded. (D) "The current day is any one of Monday to Friday, but the game program for this week has not been downloaded".

In the case of (A), since the current day is a weekend Saturday, the user 5 _j operates the game terminal 22 to connect to the service provider 4 (step S 14). Then, when there is user data to be uploaded (“YES” in step S15)
Is uploaded to the service provider 4 (step S
16) After that, the game program for the next week is downloaded from the service provider 4 to the game terminal 22 (step S17), and the flow ends. On the other hand, if there is no upload data ("NO" in step S15), the game program for the next week is downloaded from the service provider 4 to the game terminal 22 (step S17), and the flow is ended (B). Is the first Sunday of the week, the user 5 _j watches the television receiver 21 (step S18). The viewing channel is a channel allocated to the broadcasting station 2 or a channel of an affiliated station of the broadcasting station 2, and the viewing time zone is the broadcasting of broadcast program material produced in pairs with the game program for last week. It is a time zone. In the case of (C), since the current day is Monday to Friday and the game program for this week has been downloaded to the game terminal 22, the user _5j operates the game terminal 22 to execute the game program. (Step S19). In the case of (D), the current day is Monday to Friday, but since the game program for this week has not been downloaded to the game terminal 22, the user _5j cannot execute the game and ends the flow as it is.

As described above, in the illustrated determination flow, the user 5 _j connects to the service provider 4 on the weekend to download a game program for the next week, uploads user data, and starts the next week. , The broadcast program material (a part of which is changed by the uploaded user data) forming a pair with the game program for the last week is viewed on the television receiver 19. Until the next weekend, the game program is executed while finding time and operating the game terminal 22.

Therefore, the user can view a broadcast program whose contents have been partially changed by reflecting his / her own game result, and can make it an interactive program in which viewers can participate. To other viewers. As a result, it is possible to show the changed portion of the broadcast program not only to the user but also to other users, to enjoy a sense of sharing, and to provide a network game system that achieves a high degree of cooperation with the television broadcast system. For this reason, it is possible to improve the attractiveness to the user, thereby increasing the number of system users and improving the audience rating of the broadcast program. In view of the business model, (a) the broadcast station 2 reduces the audience rating of the broadcast program material. (B) The advertiser 3 can expect an increase in the number of purchases by increasing the advertising effect of products and the like, and (c) the service provider 4 can increase the use fee by increasing the number of game program users. The promising (d) production company 1 can produce a ripple economic effect that it can expect an increase in revenue by producing broadcast program materials and game programs, and can obtain profits in all businesses participating in the network game system.

6. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are flowcharts of a process performed by the user data management unit 17 in the service provider 4. This flowchart is periodically executed according to the game program distribution schedule of the service provider 4. Specifically, the process is periodically executed at each upload deadline time of the user data stored and recorded in the user data server 18. For example, assuming that the distribution schedule is as shown in FIG. 11 described above, the schedule is executed at every upload deadline on Saturday. For the convenience of the user 5, the deadline is desirably, for example, at the very end of the same day (24:00), but is not limited to this. At least broadcast programs (broadcast programs paired with game programs corresponding to user data)
It is sufficient if it is before the scheduled broadcast start time. However, the scheduled broadcast start time is “hh: mm: ss”, the processing time of the user data management unit 17 is “T1”, the transmission time of the processing result to the broadcast station 2 is “T2”, Assuming that the processing time in the voice synthesis unit 10 is “T3”, the deadline time, that is, the execution start time of the processing flowchart of the user data management unit 17 is “hh: mm: ss−”.
(T1 + T2 + T3) ".

In FIG. 13, the overall structure of the flow chart includes a variable initialization part (step S21) and a subsequent loop part (steps S22 to S33).
And a transmission processing portion after exiting the loop (step S34, step S35). In the loop portion, each user data stored in the TBL (see FIG. 7) of the user data server 18 is sequentially taken out and ranked,
In the transmission processing part, the highest rank user data is transmitted to the broadcasting station 2. First, a predetermined user score (Vtmp) is given to each user data, and the departure time (Vt) of town A is calculated from the user score (Vtmp).
image_1) and a difference between the predetermined reference time (Ctime_1) and the arrival time (Vtime_
2) and the difference between the predetermined reference time (Ctime_2) is subtracted, and a predetermined score (Cval) is given by the user when the short cut flag (Vflag_1) is ON and when the item flag (Vflag_2) is ON, respectively. (Vt
mp). According to this, A
The departure time of the town and the arrival time of the town B coincide with the respective reference times, and the order of the user data for which the short cut flag and the item flag are ON is the highest (the maximum score of the user).

Hereinafter, the operation of each step will be described in detail. First, in step S21, a loop variable i is set to 0 for initialization, a predetermined value is set to a reference departure time variable Ctime_1 of town A, and a predetermined value is set to a reference arrival time variable Ctime_2 of town B. I do. These predetermined values are determined according to the story of the above-mentioned script 1f for the broadcast program and the script 1g for the game. For example, if the departure time of town A on the story is 8:00 pm and the arrival time of town B is 7:00 am, these are converted to "minutes" and Ctime_
1 = 1200 and Ctime_2 = 420. Also,
In this step S21, an initial value is set to the addition point variable Cval, and the user's point variable Vtm is set.
An initial value is also set to p, and furthermore, a variable Vtmp_old for the user's score and a variable Unum for the highest-ranked user number of the previous record are set to 0 for initialization.

In the illustrated example, the initial value of Vtmp is “2880” and the initial value of Vtmp_old is “3”.
The initial value of Vtmp_old is not limited to this example, and may be any value exceeding “0”.
For the initial value of Vtmp, the first loop (i = 0)
In order to avoid the “NO” determination in step S29 described below, an appropriate value must be selected. The reason is that Vtmp_old in the first loop is 0, which is the initial value, and if Vtmp is 0 or a negative value at the time of execution of step S29, the determination result is NO, and Vtmp_old is set to Vtmp_old. Because it cannot be set. In order to avoid this, in the illustrated example, Vtm
"2880" is selected as the initial value of p. This value is a minute conversion value (48 × 60 = 2880) for 48 hours.
The initial value “2880” is Vtmp_1−Ctime_1
Maximum difference (1439 minutes) and Vtmp_2-Ctim
Total value of predicted maximum difference of e_2 (1439 minutes) (2878)
Min), Vtmp does not become 0 or a negative value at the time of execution of step S29 in the first loop (i = 0) in any case.

Next, in step S22 executed at the beginning of the loop, the arrival time of town A (the value stored in FLD4) from record i of TBL (record 0 if i = 0),
Arrival time of town B (stored value of FLD5), short cut flag (F
The values stored in the LD6) and the item flags (the values stored in the FLD7) are taken out, and each of them is taken as a variable Vtime_1,
set to time_2, Vflag_1 and Vflag_2.

Next, in step S23, Vtime_
The absolute value of the difference between 1 and Ctime_1 is calculated, and the calculation result is subtracted from Vtmp to update Vtmp. For example, when i = 0, Vtmp is the initial value “2880”, and the value of FLD4 of record 0 “1” is stored in Vtime_1.
203 "is set, so that Vtime_1-C
time_1 = 1203-1200 = 3, and Vtm
As p-3 = 2880-3 = 2877, Vtmp is updated to "2877". Next, in step S24, the absolute value of the difference between Vtime_2 and Ctime_2 is calculated, and the calculation result is subtracted from Vtmp to update Vtmp. For example, when i = 0 and Vtmp = 2877, Vtime_2 contains the value “4” of the FLD5 of the record 0.
26 "is set, so that Vtime_2-Ct
im_2 = 426−420 = 6, and Vtmp−6
= 2877-6 = 2871 and Vtmp becomes “287
It is updated to 1 ".

Next, in step S25, Vflag_
It is determined whether 1 is ON, that is, whether the short cut flag of record i is ON. If it is ON, Ctmp is added to Vtmp in step S26 to update Vtmp. For example, when i = 0 and Vtmp = 2871, if Vflag_1 is ON, Vtmp + Cva
1 = 2871 + 30 = 2901, and Vtmp becomes “2”.
901 ", while Vflag_1 is not ON, Vtmp maintains the value" 2871 "as it is.Next, in step S27, Vflag_2 is turned ON.
That is, it is determined whether or not the item flag of the record i is ON. If the item flag is ON, Cval is added to Vtmp in step S28 to update Vtmp. For example, when i = 0 and Vtmp = 2901,
If Vflag_2 is ON, Vtmp + Cval =
2901 + 30 = 2931, and Vtmp becomes “293”.
On the other hand, if Vflag_2 is not ON while Vflag_2 is ON, Vtmp maintains the same value “2901”.
Or, if i = 0 and Vtmp = 2871, Vfl
If ag_2 is ON, Vtmp + Cval = 287
1 + 30 = 2901, and Vtmp is updated to “2901”. On the other hand, if Vflag_2 is not ON, Vtmp
tmp maintains the value “2871” as it is.

Next, in step S29, the equation (Vtmp)
> Vtmp_old), and the evaluation result is Tru
In the case of e (true value; "YES" in the flow), the process proceeds to step S30, where the value of the loop variable i at that time is set in Unum, and Vtmp_o is set in step S31.
Set Vtmp to ld.

These steps S29 to S31
In the processing in, when the value of Vtmp in the current loop is larger than the value of Vtmp in the previous loop (the value of Vtmp_old), the record number (i) to be operated in the current loop is ranked highest. Is set to the variable Unum as the user data candidate of the above. This candidate value (Unum) becomes a determined value when the loop for all records of the TBL is completed, and the Unum at that time is determined.
Can be used to specify data to be transmitted to the broadcasting station 2.

In the above loop, the number of records of the TBL (ima
This is repeated while counting up the loop variable i until x) is reached. Then, when i = imax, the process exits the loop, and the record number (i) having the highest-ranked user data is indicated by the Unum value at that time. When the above loop processing is applied to the data of the TBL in FIG. 7, when i = 0, Vtmp = 2931, i
Vtmp = 2934 when = 1, Vtmp when i = 2
= 2938, i = 3, Vtmp = 2760, so the value of Unum when exiting the loop is the maximum Vt
The identifier is “2” for the third record having mp.

In step S34, the name (the value of FLD3) and the arrival time at town B are extracted from the third record indicated by the value of Unum, and are respectively taken as variables% NAME_V and% N.
Set to AME_V. That is, since Unum = 2, “Yuji” is set in% NAME_V,
"421" is set in TIME. However, if the time data is notated as “minutes”, it causes inconvenience (simply becomes a reading sound of a number and is not recognized as a time by a viewer) at the time of speech synthesis processing to be described later.
% TIME_V is set after correcting the general time reading (for example, 12-hour notation). Hereinafter, “421” is set to “7:01 am” and set in% TIME_V. In the last step S35, communication is established with the broadcasting station 2 via the communication line 6, and at least the above variables (% NAME_V,% TIME
_V) is transmitted to the broadcasting station 2.

Therefore, the above user data management unit 1
According to the processing flow of No. 7, when the user data upload deadline comes, the user data stored and recorded in the user data server 18 are sequentially taken in, the ranking is performed, and the most desirable operation on the game story is performed. One user data can be selected and transmitted to the broadcasting station 2.

7. Voice Synthesizing Process in Broadcasting Station 2 FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart of the voice synthesizing unit 10 in the broadcasting station 2. This flowchart is executed when a broadcast program produced in pairs with a game program is broadcast. When the flowchart is executed, first, in step S41, audio data to be transmitted is captured.
This audio data is audio data included in a broadcast program extracted from the program material server 8 by the transmission schedule unit 9.

Next, in step S42, it is determined whether or not user data is stored in the user data storage unit 14. If specific user data has been transmitted to the broadcasting station 2 by the above-described user data management processing, the user data storage unit 14 stores the user data. When it is determined in step S42 that there is user data, the user data is extracted from the user data storage unit 14, and the process proceeds to step S43, where the variable%
% TIME_ of the user data is added to TIME and% NAME.
Set V and% NAME_V. On the other hand, if it is not determined in step S42 that there is user data, the process proceeds to step S44, where the variables% TIME and% NAME in the audio data are set to the default data (default B) set in advance in the story of the broadcast program. Town arrival time and rival name).

Then, in step S45, the variable% TIM
Based on the voice data in which the required data is put in E and% NAME, voice data for dubbing is taken out from the pronunciation data server 11 and voice synthesis is performed, and the synthesized voice data is transmitted to the transmission unit 10 in step S46. Output.

Therefore, according to the processing flow of the voice synthesizing unit 10 described above, when transmitting a broadcast program produced in pairs with a game program, if user data from the service provider 4 has not been received. , Predetermined data can be inserted into variables (% TIME,% NAME) in the audio data and broadcasted as it is, while user data (% TIME_
V,% NAME_V), the variable (% TIME,% NAME) in the audio data is set to% TIME.
_V and% NAME_V can be inserted to partially change the audio data.

As a result, in the former case, as shown in FIG. 16A, when a broadcast program is viewed on the television receiver 18, predetermined data (for example, the arrival time at town B, → XX am, rival name → ◎
◎◎) can output louder the words of the elders (including what came around this time, then it was XX am and passed it to ◎◎◎), while in the latter case, it is shown in FIG. As shown, specific user data (for example, arrival time at town B → 7: 01 am, rival name →
You can output the words of the elders including Yuji (whatever you came by this time, then give it to Yuji who came at 7:01 am). Note that the change of the content of the broadcast program is not limited to the dialogue. It may be a sound effect other than the dialogue, or a part of moving image data such as a character or a background image may be changed. For example, when a part of the moving image data is changed, the replacement image data selected according to the user data may be combined with the original image.

8. Conclusion As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to change a part of the broadcast program by reflecting the operation result of the user, and to enjoy a viewer-participatory interactive broadcast. Moreover, since the broadcast program whose content has been changed can be viewed by many users, the game result of a specific user can be widely known by using a television broadcasting system, and sharing with other users can be achieved. The particular advantage of being able to do so is obtained.

In the embodiment, the distribution medium of the broadcast program material is a television broadcast. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, distribution by a portable storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory device may be used. Even with such a storage medium, for example, when distributed in a form attached to a periodic publication, or when a new work is regularly announced for rental, the same as watching the television broadcast. Is obtained.

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According to the network game system of the present invention, the game execution result is stored in the storage means,
After the content of the broadcast program is partially changed using the stored data, the broadcast program is broadcast to all users. Therefore, a viewer-participating interactive program can be realized, and a change in the broadcast content can be shared by all the viewers of the television broadcasting system. be able to.
Further, in the present invention, a plurality of execution results of a program are stored, and one execution result having a high score is selected from among the plurality of execution results and used for changing a broadcast program, thereby increasing the competitiveness of the game. It is possible to further improve the amusement. Further, according to the present invention, by providing a variable for applying the execution result of the program to the broadcast program, it is possible to freely set the changed portion and the changed content in accordance with the story of the program. According to the network game method of the present invention, a game program designed to produce various screen changes and / or sound effect changes in response to a user operation is distributed to a user, and the distributed program An execution result is stored, and a part of a broadcast program having contents that reproduce all or a part of a screen change and / or a sound effect change of the program is changed based on the stored execution result. The broadcast program is distributed to the user. Therefore,
A user can view a broadcast program that has been modified by reflecting his / her own game result, realize an interactive program in which viewers can participate, and share the broadcast contents with all viewers of the television broadcasting system. Can be
The game's world view can be greatly expanded and the interest can be improved. Further, in the present invention, a plurality of execution results of a program are stored, and one execution result having a high score is selected from among the plurality of execution results and used for changing a broadcast program, thereby increasing the competitiveness of the game. It is possible to further improve the amusement. Further, according to the present invention, by providing a variable for applying the execution result of the program to the broadcast program, it is possible to freely set the changed portion and the changed content in accordance with the story of the program. According to the network game distribution method according to the present invention, the moving image data and the game execution data are co-produced by the consultation body in order to associate the contents of the two. Then, the game execution data is distributed to the user, the moving image data is changed based on the execution result data of the game execution data, and the changed moving image data is distributed to the user. Therefore, the user can view the changed video data reflecting the game result of the user, can realize an interactive program in which the viewer participates, and can share the change of the video data with all the system users. In this way, the world view of the game can be greatly expanded to improve the interest. Also, in the present invention, the moving image data includes audio data, and by changing the audio data based on the received execution result data, for example, the dialogue of the game character can be changed. In the present invention,
By receiving the execution result data when distributing the game execution data to the user, downloading and uploading of the data can be performed by one access, and operability can be simplified. Further, in the present invention, the game execution data is distributed to the user using a predetermined transmission medium, and the moving image data is distributed to the user using a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium, so that the data download and upload can be performed. Appropriate transmission media can be used for each. Further, in the present invention, the predetermined transmission medium is a broadcast network or a portable storage medium, and the transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium is a communication network, for example, distributed in the form of a periodic publication. It can also be applied to broadcasting forms other than the simultaneous distribution type. According to the network game participation method according to the present invention, the video data and the game execution data co-produced by the council for associating the contents of the two are executable or visually received, and the game execution data is executed. The result data is transmitted, and the moving image data whose contents have been changed based on the result data is visibly received. Therefore, the user can view the changed video data reflecting the game result of the user, can realize an interactive program in which the viewer participates, and can share the change of the video data with all the system users. In this way, the world view of the game can be greatly expanded to improve the interest. Further, in the present invention, by distributing game execution data to a user using a predetermined transmission medium, and distributing moving image data to the user using a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium,
An appropriate transmission medium can be used for each of downloading and uploading data. In the present invention,
The predetermined transmission medium is a broadcast network or a portable storage medium, and the transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium is a communication network, for example, distributed in the form of a periodic publication, other than a simultaneous distribution type. Can also be applied to the broadcast form.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a business model structure of a network game system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a relationship diagram of a production company 1, a broadcasting station 2, and a service provider 4.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of production of a broadcast program material and a game program by an animation creator 1c and a game designer 1d of a production company 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing infrastructure elements required for the network game system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a broadcasting station 2.

FIG. 6 is a schematic system configuration diagram of the service provider 4.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual structural diagram of a user data table (TBL) formed in a user data server 18.

FIG. 8 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a user 5 _j (i is 1 to n).

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of the game terminal 22.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a use state of the network game system as viewed from a user 5 _j .

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a game program distribution, a game execution, a game result upload, and a broadcast program distribution schedule corresponding to the game program in the case of being repeated on a weekly basis.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for determining the user 5 _j corresponding to the schedule (FIG. 10).

13 is a diagram illustrating a processing flowchart (1/2) of a user data management unit 17 in the service provider 4. FIG.

14 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart (2/2) of the user data management unit 17 in the service provider 4. FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart of a voice synthesizing unit 10 in the broadcasting station 2.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of audio output including predetermined data and an example of audio output including data replaced according to a game result of a user.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1f Script for broadcast program 1g Script for game 2 Broadcasting station (broadcast program distribution means) 4 Service provider (game distribution means) 18 User data server (storage means) 22 Game terminal (game execution means)

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[Claims] 1. A game program itself designed to generate various screen changes and / or sound effect changes in response to a user operation, or a game script referred to when designing the program, and the program A broadcast program itself or a broadcast program script referred to when producing the broadcast program, which has all or part of the screen change and / or sound effect change, and the game program distributed to the user A game distribution unit, a game execution unit that reproduces the distributed program in an executable manner, a storage unit that receives and stores an execution result of the program from the game execution unit, and a storage unit that stores the program stored in the storage unit. Broadcast program distribution means for changing a part of the broadcast program based on the execution result and distributing the changed broadcast program; Network game system comprising the. 2. The network game system according to claim 1, wherein said storage means stores a plurality of execution results of said program, and selects one execution result having a high score from said plurality of execution results. . 3. The broadcast program has a variable that can be replaced with arbitrary information. While applying the execution result of the program to the variable, when the execution result of the program is not obtained, a preset predetermined value is set. The network game system according to claim 1, wherein data is applied to the variable. 4. A first step of distributing a game program designed to generate various screen changes and / or sound effect changes to a user in response to a user operation; and reproducing the distributed program in an executable manner. And a third step of receiving and storing an execution result of the program; and copying all or a part of a screen change and / or a sound effect change of the program based on the stored execution result. A fourth step of changing a part of the broadcast program having the content and distributing the changed broadcast program. 5. The network game according to claim 4, wherein the third step stores a plurality of execution results of the program and selects one execution result having a high score from the plurality of execution results. Method. 6. The broadcast program has a variable that can be replaced with arbitrary information, and the execution result of the program is applied to the variable. If the execution result of the program is not obtained, a preset predetermined value is set. The network game method according to claim 4, wherein data is applied to the variable. 7. A process in which video data and game execution data are co-produced by a consultant to associate both contents, a step of delivering the game execution data to a user, and an execution result data of the game execution data And a step of changing the moving image data based on the received execution result data; and a step of distributing the changed moving image data to a user. 8. The network game distribution method according to claim 7, wherein the moving image data includes audio data, and the audio data is changed based on the received execution result data. 9. The network game distribution method according to claim 7, wherein when the game execution data is distributed to a user, the execution result data is received. 10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the game execution data is distributed to the user using a predetermined transmission medium, and the moving image data is distributed to the user using a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium. The network game distribution method according to any one of claims 7 to 9. 11. The network game distribution method according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined transmission medium is a broadcast network or a portable storage medium, and the transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium is a communication network. . 12. A step of receiving game execution data of video data and game execution data co-produced by a council for associating the contents of the two, and a step of reproducibly reproducing the received game execution data. Transmitting the result data when executing the game execution data; receiving the moving image data whose content has been changed based on the transmitted result data; and visually replaying the received moving image data. A network game participation method. 13. The moving image data including audio data, and receiving the moving image data in which the audio data is changed based on the transmitted result data.
How to participate in the described network game. 14. The network game participation method according to claim 12, wherein the execution result data is transmitted when receiving the game execution data. 15. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the game execution data is received via a predetermined transmission medium, and the moving image data is received via a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium. 14. The network game participation method according to any one of 14. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the predetermined transmission medium is a broadcast network or a portable storage medium, and a transmission medium different from the predetermined transmission medium is a communication network. .