JP2003290560A - System and device for providing service of golf game for portable telephone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To play with the exactly same feeling as the one felt in the case of competing in real time while reducing a packet communication charge. <P>SOLUTION: The play result of a golf game can be uploaded to a server on a communication channel, one or more players can download the uploaded play result for a competing play and a competition result based on downloading can be uploaded to the server. There is the case that the course condition of the golf game downloaded for the competing play is the course condition of an opponent who performs downloading. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf game providing system and apparatus operating on a mobile phone terminal, and more particularly, by playing a match in non-real time communication.
The present invention relates to a game system that reduces packet charges generated in battle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently, in personal computers and home-use game machines, there are known online games in which players compete with each other in real time. In these games, a plurality of players play a game by simultaneously playing in real time. At this time, the results of each player are updated at any time according to the game result. It is also known that a player uploads game data such as a score after playing a game to update the ranking.

On the other hand, with respect to the game system operating on the mobile phone terminal, the device may have a communication function from the beginning, so that the game is performed in real time using the network, or after playing the game. There is a game system in which game data such as scores is uploaded to a server and the ranking is updated.

[0004]

However, the game system for playing a battle in real time has a problem that the cost for communication becomes high. With the spread of high-speed internet lines that can always be connected at a fixed rate, this problem is being solved in personal computers and home game consoles, but in game systems operating on mobile phone terminals, packet charges associated with communication are The soaring pressure puts a heavy burden on the player.

Since the portable telephone terminal is supposed to be carried around, it often happens that communication is interrupted during the competition, or the portable telephone terminal moves to a place where communication is impossible. The communication speed is also lower than that of a general Internet line, and it is difficult to play a comfortable match in real time.

[0006] On the other hand, for the purpose of reducing the packet charge, the game data is uploaded to the server after the player plays the game, the other player downloads the game data, and the game is played stand-alone. Although there are game systems that perform a pseudo battle by communication, these game systems only reproduce the play result based on the game data of the opponent.

[0007] For example, in the race game, when the player A orbits the course and all the operations performed are uploaded as game data to the server, the player B downloads the game data, and plays the game standalone. Despite running on the same course, the cars of player A and player B do not touch. Since the behavior of the opponent does not affect the progress of the play at all, it lacks the bargaining and fun of the battle,
There is a problem that it gives you a different playing feel than when you play in real time.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a golf game system in which, when a game is played on a mobile phone terminal, the packet communication fee is reduced and a comfortable play is realized, and the player can play with exactly the same feeling as when playing the game in real time. Aim for realization.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a golf game service providing system according to the present invention allows a play result of a golf game to be uploaded to a server on a communication line, and the uploaded play is performed. The results can be downloaded by one or more players for battle play, and the battle results based on the download can be uploaded to the server. The golf game course conditions downloaded for competitive play are:
It may be a condition of the downloaded opponent's course.

The golf game service providing apparatus according to the present invention further includes means for transmitting an opponent designation request to the player's portable terminal device in response to the player's battle request, and the above-mentioned response to the opponent designation request. While the game data of the opponent transmitted from the player is provided to the portable terminal device of the player, the program provided to the player for proceeding the golf game is up to the ball and the cup. It has a function to decide the batting order based on the distance.

[0011]

[Operation] After playing the game, the player uploads the game data for battle to the server on the communication line.
To execute the match, the game data uploaded by the other player to the server is downloaded to the mobile phone terminal, and the game is played in a stand-alone manner in a non-real time manner. As a result, packet charges associated with the competition are reduced and comfortable game play is realized.

In the golf game system of the present invention, the order in which the player and the opponent strike shots is changed according to the distance between the ball and the cup. According to the rules of actual golf, the shot with the longer distance between the ball and the cup hits repeatedly until the distance between the ball and the cup is closer than the opponent. In the game data, in addition to the ball position information, the type of club used,
It includes information necessary for ball trajectory calculation such as the ball hitting direction, ball hitting force, impact timing, etc., and the operation of the opponent and the ball trajectory are completely reproduced on the small monitor screen,
The player can refer to the operation of the opponent when making a judgment such as the influence of the wind. As a result, it is possible to perform the battle with the same feeling as when the battle is performed in real time.

[0013]

1 is a diagram showing an outline of a configuration example of a golf game system according to the present invention. The game server indicated by the reference numeral 1 and the mobile phone terminals A through D indicated by the reference numerals 3 to 6 having the small monitor screen indicated by the reference numeral 2 on the front surface of the main body are connected by packet communication. These connections are executed by a request from a golf game operating on the mobile phone terminals A to D indicated by reference numerals 3 to 6, and upload and download of game data are executed.
The game server indicated by reference numeral 1 indicates the user ID with reference numerals 3 to
It is given to each of the mobile phone terminals A to D indicated by 6 to identify from which terminal the request came. When the game data is not uploaded or downloaded, it is not necessary to perform packet communication between the game server indicated by reference numeral 1 and the mobile phone terminals A through D indicated by reference numerals 3 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a mobile phone terminal capable of executing the golf game according to the present invention. In order to operate these in the mobile phone terminals A to D indicated by reference numerals 3 to 6 in FIG. 1, a part of the program for operating is downloaded from the game server indicated by reference numeral 1 The program RAM and the data RAM 12 are installed. When the program is activated by the player's operation, the CPU indicated by the reference numeral 9 reads the program for executing the golf game from the program RAM indicated by the reference numeral 11 via the system bus indicated by the reference numeral 13, and starts executing the read program. . Image data such as the course is read from the data RAM indicated by the reference numeral 12 via the system bus indicated by the reference numeral 13, stored in the screen memory indicated by the reference numeral 14, and the image of the golf game is displayed on the small monitor screen indicated by the reference numeral 2. The work RAM indicated by reference numeral 10 is a work area of the CPU indicated by reference numeral 11. The input signal from the terminal input device indicated by reference numeral 7 by the operation of the player is
Via the input / output control circuit indicated by reference numeral 8, C indicated by reference numeral 9
Sent to PU.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the golf game system for non-real time communication according to the present invention when competing game data is created. Each player has a mobile phone terminal A indicated by reference numerals 3 to 6
Play the golf game using either D.
When the player inputs a shot condition such as a hitting force, a hitting direction, an impact timing, and a club to be used, a shot process indicated by reference numeral 15 is executed, a trajectory of the ball is calculated according to the input shot condition, and a small size indicated by reference numeral 2 is calculated. Display an image on the monitor screen. When one shot is completed, the data storage process indicated by reference numeral 16 is executed, and the shot condition and the terrain information of the course and replay data such as the number of shots, the X position of the ball and the Y position of the ball are stored in the data RAM indicated by the reference sign 12. save. These processes are repeatedly executed until the hole end condition indicated by reference numeral 17 is satisfied.

When the hole end condition is satisfied, the game server shown by reference numeral 1 is connected to perform the upload processing shown by reference numeral 18. In the upload process indicated by reference numeral 18,
The replay data stored in the data RAM indicated by reference numeral 12, the score of the hole (the number of strokes up to the cup-in), the player's experience value, the used item, the class to which the data belongs and the like are packetized to the game server. Deliver using communication.

The game server indicated by the reference numeral 1 has the reference numerals 3-6.
Competitive game data is created based on the data uploaded from the mobile phone terminals A to D. The game server indicated by reference numeral 1 totals the scores of the holes to calculate the total score for each course. If the data of the course does not exist in the game server or the uploaded data is better than the total score stored in the database, the game data for battle is stored or updated in the database. In this way, the game data for battle is created without the player performing any special operation.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustrating a method of using the game data for competition of the golf game system for competition in non-real time communication according to the present invention. Code 3
When a competition request is received from the mobile phone terminals A to D indicated by 6 to 6, the game server indicated by reference numeral 1 delivers the competition game data to the mobile phone terminals A to D indicated by reference numerals 3 to 6. Since all game data for battle is managed collectively by the game server, the match game data handed over at this time is the best score data for each course, or the matching process is performed by using the data of the experience place close to the experience place of the player. In addition to the above, a designated battle is also possible by designating a user ID. The downloaded competition game data is stored in the data RAM indicated by reference numeral 12.

When executing the battle, the order of hitting shots from the tee ground specifies either the player or the opponent at the start of the game. When the game progresses and the position A of the ball indicated by reference numeral 19 becomes the position of the player's ball and the position D of the ball indicated by reference numeral 22 becomes the position of the opponent's ball, the player hits the shot. As a result of this shot, the player's ball matches 2
Even when the ball moves to the position B of the ball indicated by 0, reference numeral 22
Since the position D of the ball of the opponent shown by is closer to the position of the cup indicated by the reference numeral 23, the player hits the shot again. When the player's ball moves to the position C of the ball indicated by the reference numeral 21, the position of the ball of the opponent is closer to the position of the cup indicated by the reference numeral 23 than the position D of the ball of the opponent, so that the opponent hits the shot. When the opponent shoots, data such as shot conditions is read from the data RAM indicated by reference numeral 12 and the shot is executed.

In this way, the order in which the player and the opponent strike shots is changed according to the distance to the cup indicated by the reference numeral 23. When the shot is difficult, such as when the wind is blowing strong on the course or when the terrain of the course is complicated, it is possible to perform bargaining such as referring to the shot of the opponent.

When all the holes are completed, the mobile phone terminals A to D indicated by reference numerals 3 to 6 upload the battle result to the game server indicated by reference numeral 1. The game server indicated by reference numeral 1 adds the battle result to the game data for battle and stores it in the database. This allows the player to know the winning rate of the competition game data uploaded by the player.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When playing a game on a mobile phone terminal, it is possible to reduce the packet communication fee and realize a comfortable play, and to play the game with the same feeling as when playing the game in real time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a golf game system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a mobile phone terminal capable of executing a golf game according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the system according to the present invention when creating competitive game data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of using match-up game data according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game server 2 Small monitor screen 3 Mobile phone terminal A 4 Mobile phone terminal B 5 Mobile phone terminal C 6 Mobile phone terminal D 7 Terminal input device 8 I / O control circuit 9 CPU 10 working RAM 11 program RAM 12 data RAM 13 system bus 14 screen memory 15 shot processing 16 data storage processing 17 holes end conditions 18 Upload process 19 ball position A Position B of 20 balls 21 Ball Position C 22 ball position D Position of 23 cups

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A play result of a golf game can be uploaded to a server on a communication line, and the uploaded play result can be downloaded by one or more players for competitive play. A golf game service providing system for mobile phone terminals, which is capable of being uploaded to a server. 2. The service providing system for a golf game for a mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the course conditions of the golf game downloaded for competitive play are those of the downloaded opponent. 3. Means for transmitting an opponent designation request to a player's portable terminal device in response to a battle request from a player, and game data of the opponent transmitted from the player in response to the opponent designation request. , A means for transmitting to the player's mobile terminal device, while a program provided to the player for advancing the golf game has a function of determining the batting order based on the distance between the ball and the cup. A golf game service providing device for a mobile phone terminal, comprising: