JP2002073459A - Game specific situation notification mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a user of in-progress reports and the finish result of a game. SOLUTION: This system comprises the following: a detection means for detecting the user's request from game data; an extraction means for extracting the contents which the user requests; an editing means for editing the extracted contents as e-mail; and an e-mail transmitting means for transmitting the edited contents by e-mail.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail system for notifying the status of various games and the end result in a portable browser terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a user who is interested in the situation of various games such as professional baseball and soccer uses his / her own terminal device to obtain the information of interest in the situation and the result of the game. I had to connect to and browse the sites listed. Similarly, the mobile browser terminal, which has been rapidly increasing recently and can be carried anywhere at any time, is similar in that the user needs to browse sites of various games of interest.

[0003] No matter how long it can be carried anywhere, it is necessary to connect it, and if it is always connected, it will be expensive, it will be necessary to watch carefully, and other things cannot be done. It is convenient to be able to immediately know if there is any special situation in the game of interest. For example, I want to know the end result of the game as soon as possible.

[0004]

As described above, for example, in the case of baseball, someone hit a home run, the pitcher changed, a point was scored, or the game ended and one of them won. There has been a long-awaited need for a system that promptly informs users of information. In addition to baseball, it would be useful to have a system that quickly informs the player of information such as the situation in which a point was scored in a circle, the game ended and who won.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have conducted intensive studies and have taken the following means.
That is, in a system including a server connected to a network and a user's terminal, 1) a game situation acquisition means for acquiring game situation information, and 2) a game specific situation detection for detecting game specific situation information from the game situation information. Means, 3) game specific situation extracting means for extracting the game specific situation information, 4) electronic mail editing means for editing the game specific situation information and combining it with an e-mail addressed to a user registered in advance, 5) edited E-mail transmitting means for transmitting the e-mail may be included as a component, and the server may notify the registered user who wishes to be notified of the game specific situation of the specific situation information of the game.

The game includes baseball, tennis, soccer, skating, boxing, bicycle racing, boat racing, horse racing, dog racing, auto racing, car racing, marathon, golf, volleyball, sumo wrestling, swimming, basketball, American football, At least one selected from bowling may be used. Further, a melody such as a cheering song of the team or a personal theme song relating to the team or the individual related to the above-mentioned game may be attached to this e-mail at the request of the user.

[0007] The specific situation is the end of the game. In the case of baseball, the above-mentioned specific situation is at least one situation selected from a scored situation, a home run situation, and a pitcher substitution situation. Good.

[0008] Further, the above-mentioned notification to the user is provided to the user who always has this terminal if the mobile browser terminal is at least one selected from a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), and a personal computer. By distributing the result of the above by e-mail, it becomes possible to notify immediately. Further, when this e-mail is transmitted to the mobile browser terminal, a URL link describing the detailed status of the game is attached. By clicking this link, the details of the game can be browsed by the mobile browser terminal. Further, the above-mentioned specific situation is prepared by a user request specific situation acquiring means which prepares a screen for the user to input the specific situation desired by the user from the terminal and acquires the user's request by inputting the user from this screen. do it. Further, a URL link for stopping notification of a specific situation of the game is attached to the e-mail.
The configuration may further include a notification canceling unit that cancels the notification after the user clicks on the mobile browser terminal by clicking the L link.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the overall flow of the present invention. First, the game information server obtains information on the game situation from a baseball information source such as a news agency,
Store in game information database. Further, the game information server detects a game situation that matches a predetermined specific condition from the acquired information. The specific conditions here are: applicable team: Middle day (or Chunichi Dragons and opponent team), when the team scored in the game, when the home run came out, when the pitcher was replaced,
At the end of the match. When a situation matching the condition is detected, a notification signal is sent from the game information server to the game mail server. Based on the notification signal, the game mail server extracts information stored in the game information database from the information on the situation at the time of the above-described condition, combines the extracted information into an email, and transmits the email to the user terminal.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the game information server 200. The acquisition unit 201 receives an access from a baseball information source at regular intervals, and acquires a baseball game situation. The detecting means 202 detects a condition indicating a specific situation set in advance for the user, and sends a detection signal indicating the detected condition to the game mail server. The storage unit 203 stores the acquired information on the game situation in the game information database 204 according to a predetermined format. The operations described above are realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) executing a program stored in a memory connected by a data bus.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the game mail server 300. The registration unit 301 receives an access from a user who wants to be notified of the baseball stadium, receives an input of the user's personal information, and stores it in the personal information database 304.
FIG. 4 shows the registration screen, which is generated by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) executing a CGI program stored in a memory connected by a data bus.

On the registration screen 400, the user inputs his / her own mail address in the mail address input fields 401 and 402,
Name column 403, residence column 404, telephone column 405, age column 406, occupation column 407, preference column 408, hobby column 409,
After inputting in the annual income column 410, the spouse column 411, and the child column 412, the personal information described in the URL (Uniform Resource Locatore) attached to the tag in which the “register” button 413 is described is stored in the personal information database 304. Is executed by the CPU to generate a “received mail content selection” screen shown in FIG. 5 for setting a specific situation desired by the user.

FIG. 5 shows a screen for selecting the received content in advance in the case of professional baseball. Here, the team requested by the user is "Please select the team you want email"
From the territory, select from the following leagues: "Chunichi", "Giant", "Yokohama", "Yakult", "Hiroshima", "Hanshin" Paralegge "Dai", "Seibu", "Orix", and "Nichiham". Next, select the item you want.

Here, the target team middle day is selected, and the desired items are home run, score, and change of pitcher. The situation is shown in FIG. Further, although the home run is limited to the target team here, it is sufficient that the home run can be selected from more detailed selection items of the home run.

When the editing means 302 receives a detection signal matching the specific situation set by the user stored in the personal information database 304, the editing means 302 accesses the game information database 204 and outputs game situation information corresponding to the detected condition. Extract and generate a notification email to the email address registered by the user. The transmission means 303 transmits the above-described notification mail to a user who has registered for a specific condition by causing a CPU (not shown) to execute a predetermined mail transmission program.

FIG. 7 shows the flow of the present system.
First, in step 701, game information is acquired from a game information source, and in step 702, it is determined whether or not the status of a pre-registered user required item is satisfied.
Here, the selected item is, as shown in FIG. 6, "when a score is scored in a game of a Chinese (including Chunichi Dragons and opponent) team, when a home run is performed, or when a pitcher is replaced. , At the end of the match ", respectively, to detect whether it is a" home run ", whether a" score "has been entered, whether a" pitcher has been replaced "or" a match ended ". If the game information cannot be detected, the process returns to step 701 for obtaining game information.

If detected, a detection signal is sent to the game mail server, the corresponding information is acquired as shown in step 703, the situation data mail is edited in step 704, and transmission is performed in step 705. Fig. 8 shows the home run notification screen, showing the home run team: the middle day, the situation is 5 times behind, the place is Nagoya Dome, the batter Yamazaki's left stand is 2 runs, the flight distance is estimated 130m, and the opponent team is a giant opponent. Is Uehara. The score at that time was 5 giants 3 on the Chinese day, and the home run time was 7:30 pm on June 4. Clicking on "Game Details" at the bottom further clicks on a UR showing the details of the game.
Transition to L. At this time, it is even better if the theme song of the hitter Yamazaki is attached to the mail according to the user's request. The “release” button shown in 801 is
It is a URL link, and shows a processing program for canceling the transmission of the notification mail thereafter. When an action such as a click is added to this button, a release program is executed. This is a useful function for a user who loses interest in a game because it is determined that a large number of games have been decided due to a game situation in which a home run of Yamazaki players occurs as in this case.

FIG. 9 shows a game end notification screen. The game end time is “9:24 pm” with the end result “Chunichi 8-5 giant”.
Min "win pitcher" Noguchi ", S" Gallard ", loser" Uehara ", home run" Yamazaki 7 "," Matsui 1
No. 6 "and" Eto No. 12 ". In addition, the game schedule is "June 4 Chunichi-Giants 8th Round Location: Nagoya Dome." As in the case of the home run notification described above, when the "game details" at the bottom is selected and clicked, a transition is made to a URL indicating the details of the game. At this time, according to the user's request, it is even better to attach the theme song of the winning team, "Hazeyo Dragons", to the email.

In this embodiment, the home run in the case of baseball and the end of the game have been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, it may be the case that the score is obtained, or the case where the piccher is changed. In addition to games other than baseball, such as tennis, soccer, skating, boxing, bicycle racing, boat racing, horse racing, dog racing, auto racing, car racing, marathon, golf, volleyball, sumo, wrestling, swimming, basketball, American football, bowling, etc. What is necessary is just to detect the progress, the result, and the like according to the condition items selected by the user in advance, and to transmit them by e-mail.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can select a desired item in advance and send the point and the progress of the game to the portable browser terminal which can be taken anywhere. Will be able to know the latest game information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a game information server.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a game mail server.

FIG. 4 Registration screen

FIG. 5: Received mail content selection screen

FIG. 6: Selected item screen

FIG. 7 is a flowchart.

Fig. 8 Home run notification screen

FIG. 9 is a game end notification screen.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising a server connected to a network and a user terminal, wherein: 1) a game situation acquisition means for acquiring game situation information; 2) a game for detecting specific game situation information from the game situation information. Specific situation detecting means, 3) game specific situation extracting means for extracting the game specific situation information, 4) e-mail editing means for editing the game specific situation information and combining it with an e-mail addressed to a pre-registered user, 5 E) an e-mail transmitting means for transmitting the edited e-mail, comprising the above as a component, and notifying the registered user who wants to be notified of the game specific situation from the server, with the specific situation information of the game. A game specific situation notification mail system. 2. The game includes baseball, tennis, soccer, skating, boxing, bicycle racing, boat racing, horse racing, dog racing, auto racing, car racing, marathon, golf,
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the mail is at least one selected from volleyball, sumo, wrestling, swimming, basketball, American football, and bowling. 3. The game specific situation notification mail system according to claim 1, wherein a melody about a team or an individual related to the game is attached to the mail. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the specific situation is a game end. 5. When the game is a baseball game, the specific situation is a situation where a score is obtained, a situation where a home run is performed, and at least one situation where a pitcher is selected from a substitution. The game specific situation notification mail system according to claim 1. 6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal is a portable browser terminal. 7. The mobile browser terminal is a mobile phone, a PD
7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the system is at least one selected from A (Personal Digital Assistance) and a personal computer. 8. The e-mail is attached with a URL link of a site on which the detailed status of the game is described, and further includes a detail browsing unit for browsing the detailed status of the game by clicking the URL link. The game specific situation notification mail system according to claim 1, characterized in that: 9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user-requested specific situation obtaining means for obtaining a specific situation desired by said user by designating and inputting a specific situation desired by said user from said terminal. Range 1
Game specific situation notification mail system described in section. 10. A URL link for stopping notification of a specific situation of the game is attached to the electronic mail,
2. The game specific situation notification mail system according to claim 1, further comprising a notification canceling means for canceling a notification after clicking on the portable browser terminal by clicking a link.