JP2006061317A - Treasure hunting game system, method, game management server and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system of a treasure hunting game between teams using a mobile terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A game management server 40 obtains positional information on a treasure mobile terminal 10 and a treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 based on a specified cycle and transmits the information to a leader user terminal 30. The leadr user terminal 30 generates video information on the relative positions of the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 based on the positional information and transmits the video information together with the content of a instruction inputted by a leader user to the treasure hunting user portable terminal 20. If a treasure is found, the game management server 40 transmits a notice of termination of the game to the leader user terminal 30 and registers the information that the treasure was found. If the information that the treasure has been found is not registered at the timing to terminate the game, the game management server 40 obtains the positional information at that time from the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 and calculates the distances of the treasure from teams to make the team whose distance to the treasure is the shortest is the winner. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a treasure hunt game system, method, game management server, and program for performing treasure hunt outdoors using a mobile terminal having a position information acquisition function.

  A method for playing a game in the outdoors using a mobile terminal having a position information acquisition function is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-210831 (Patent Document 1). In Patent Document 1, a game participant carries a game machine having a position information acquisition function, transmits and receives position information between game machines by weak radio waves that are not subject to the Radio Law, and others The relative positions of the participants are displayed on the game machine. On this display screen, demons and non-demons are displayed in an identifiable manner, and outdoor games such as demons and hide-and-seeks are played by confirming the positional relationship between each other and acting.

  Although it is not a game system, user group information that can confirm each other's position is registered in the position information management center, and the positions of the own terminal and other terminals are stored in each user's mobile terminal via a wireless communication network. The display is described (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-210831 A (paragraphs “0027” to “0030”, FIGS. 1 and 7) JP 2002-354518 A (paragraphs “0021” to “0026”, “0030”)

  As an outdoor game, the organizer recruits a large number of participants to the general public and competes to find treasure in team opposition, and it is said to be a so-called team opposition treasure hunt game that provides the treasure to the team that was found first There is. On the other hand, the game of Patent Document 1 is composed of only the game machines of the participants, and the positional relationship between the game machines is displayed by directly transmitting and receiving position information using weak radio waves. Therefore, since the game execution is limited to a narrow area where weak radio waves reach, it is suitable for playing games such as devils and hide-and-seek with a limited number of people, but a large-scale game management system such as the above treasure hunting game There is a problem that is not suitable. Further, even if the system of Patent Document 2 that can display the positional relationship in a wide area is used for a game, Patent Document 2 describes that the positional relationship between users is displayed on each terminal. As with Patent Document 1, no mention is made of a treasure hunt game. As described above, none of the methods and systems of the team competition treasure hunt game including the patent documents 1 and 2 using the mobile terminal with the position information acquisition function has been described.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and provide a configuration, means, method, and the like of a treasure hunt game system.

A first treasure hunt game system of the present invention includes a treasure mobile terminal that moves with a treasure, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal used by a command user who controls each treasure hunt user, a game management server, A treasure hunt game system having a network connecting them,
The treasure mobile terminal has means for acquiring position information in response to a request from the game management server and transmitting the position information to the game management server.
The treasure hunting user portable terminal has means for acquiring position information in response to a request from the game management server and transmitting the position information to the game management server, and means for displaying information received from the command user terminal.
The command user terminal transmits the game participation information input from the command user to the game management server and requests registration, and the relative position based on the treasure received from the game management server and the location information of the treasure hunting user. Means for generating information, and means for generating the positional relationship screen information of the treasure and each treasure hunt user based on the relative position information and simultaneously transmitting to the treasure hunt user portable terminal,
The game management server includes a means for registering game participation information received from the command user terminal, and a treasure mobile terminal and a treasure hunt user portable terminal included in the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information. Means for requesting position acquisition, and means for transmitting the position information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal to the command user terminal.

  The second treasure hunt game system of the present invention is the first treasure hunt game system of the present invention, wherein when the command user terminal transmits the positional relationship screen information to the treasure hunt user portable terminal simultaneously, It is characterized by transmitting together the contents of instructions to each treasure hunt user input from the command user.

  According to a third treasure hunt game system of the present invention, in the first or second treasure hunt game system of the present invention, the command user terminal requests acquisition of the positions of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal as needed. The game management server further includes means for acquiring the position of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal each time receiving the occasional position acquisition request, and transmitting the position to the command user terminal. Have.

  The fourth treasure hunt game system of the present invention is the first, second or third treasure hunt game system of the present invention, wherein the treasure hunt user portable terminal transmits a treasure discovery notification to the command user terminal; A means for transmitting the treasure discovery notification received by the command user terminal to the game management server, and a game management server that has received the treasure discovery notification generates a game end notification to all the command user terminals participating in the game. And means for transmitting and registering the treasure found information.

  According to a fifth treasure hunt game system of the present invention, in the fourth treasure hunt game system of the present invention, the game management server includes a means for monitoring a game end time, and the treasure discovery when the game end time is reached. Means for determining whether the completed information is registered, and means for obtaining the position information at the end of the game from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal and calculating the mutual distance if the registered information is not registered The means for calculating the average value of the distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal for each team led by the command user, and the team with the smallest average distance is extracted as the winning team, And a means for generating a game end notification including the result and transmitting it to all the command user terminals participating in the game.

The first game management server of the present invention is a game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunting user portable terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal, and means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information And means for transmitting location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal to the command user terminal.

The second game management server of the present invention is a game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunting user portable terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal, and means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information And a means for transmitting the location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal to the command user terminal, and generating a game end notification by receiving a treasure discovery notification from the command user terminal to generate a game. Means for transmitting to all participating user terminals.

A third game management server of the present invention is a game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunting user portable terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal, and means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information And a means for transmitting location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal to the command user terminal, and a game end notification is generated when a treasure discovery notification is received from the command user terminal. Means for registering treasure found information, transmitting to all command user terminals participating in the game, means for monitoring the game end time, and when the game end time is reached, the treasure found information is registered. Means for determining whether or not the position information at the time of the end of the game and the treasure mobile terminal and Means for obtaining a treasure hunting user portable terminal and calculating a mutual distance; means for calculating an average distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal for each team led by the commanding user; The team having the smallest average distance is extracted as the winning team, and a game end notification including the result is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game.

A fourth game management server of the present invention is a game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunting user portable terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal; a treasure mobile terminal included in the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information or an occasional position acquisition request from the command user terminal; Means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure hunting user portable terminal, means for transmitting location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal to the commanding user terminal, and a treasure discovery notification from the commanding user terminal. If received, a game end notification is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game, and means for registering treasure found information, means for monitoring the game end time, and the game end time Means for determining whether or not the treasure found information has been registered at the time, and if not, the game Means for acquiring position information at the time of completion from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal and calculating a mutual distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal for each team headed by the head user A means for calculating the average value of the distances, and the team with the smallest average distance is extracted as the winning team, and a game end notification including the result is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game. Means.

A first treasure hunt game method of the present invention is a treasure hunt game method using a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal, a game management server, and a network connecting them. ,
The command user terminal registers game participation information in the game management server, and the game management server positions the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information. The information is acquired and transmitted to the command user terminal, and the command user terminal generates relative position relationship screen information of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal based on the position information to generate the treasure hunt user portable It transmits to a terminal, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

A second treasure hunt game method of the present invention is a treasure hunt game method using a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal, a game management server, and a network connecting them. ,
The command user terminal registers game participation information in the game management server, and the game management server positions the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information. The information is acquired and transmitted to the command user terminal, and the command user terminal generates relative positional relationship screen information of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal based on the position information, and is input from the command user In addition, it is transmitted to the treasure hunt user portable terminal together with the instruction content to each treasure hunt user.

A third treasure hunt game method of the present invention is a treasure hunt game method using a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal, a game management server, and a network connecting them. ,
The command user terminal registers game participation information in the game management server, and the game management server adds the participation information to the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information or an occasional position acquisition request from the command user terminal. The location information of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal included is acquired and transmitted to the command user terminal, and the command user terminal is based on the location information and the relative position between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal Generate related screen information and send it to the treasure hunt user portable terminal together with the instruction contents to each treasure hunt user input from the command user. When a treasure is found, the game management server sends a game end notification. The game management server that generates and transmits to all the command user terminals participating in the game and registers the found treasure information When the game end time is reached, it is determined whether the treasure found information is registered. If the treasure found information is not registered, the game management server obtains the position information at the game end time as the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt. The game management server calculates an average distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal for each team led by the user, The team having the smallest average distance is extracted as the winning team, a game end notification including the result is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game.

  The first program of the present invention includes a function for registering game participation information received from a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal included in the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information. A computer realizes a function of requesting a terminal to acquire a position and a function of transmitting position information received from the second terminal and the third terminal to the first terminal.

  The second program of the present invention includes a function for registering game participation information received from a first terminal, a second terminal included in the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information, and a third terminal A function for requesting a terminal to acquire a position, a function for transmitting position information received from the second terminal and the third terminal to the first terminal, and a treasure discovery notification from the first terminal. The computer realizes a function of generating a game end notification and transmitting it to all the first terminals participating in the game.

  The third program of the present invention is based on a function for registering game participation information received from a first terminal, a period specified by the game participation information, or a position acquisition request at any time from the first terminal. A function of requesting location acquisition to the second terminal and the third terminal included in the participation information, a function of transmitting the location information received from the second terminal and the third terminal to the first terminal, When a treasure discovery notification is received from the first terminal, a game end notification is generated and transmitted to all the first terminals participating in the game, and the treasure found information is registered, and the game end time is monitored. A function for determining whether or not the treasure found information is registered at the time when the game end time is reached. A function for calculating the distance between the terminal and the third terminal, and a function for calculating an average value of the distance between the second terminal and the third terminal for each team led by the command user, The computer having the function of extracting the team having the smallest average distance as the winning team, generating a game end notification including the result, and transmitting the notification to all the first terminals participating in the game is realized.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a method and system for a team competition treasure hunt game using a mobile terminal with a position information acquisition function that has not existed before.

  In addition, the present invention divides the participating users into a treasure hunting user who actually searches for treasure and a commanding user who leads each treasure hunting user, and the commanding user terminal has a function common to each treasure searching user. Thereby, the fun of the game and the efficiency of searching for treasure are improved, and the functions of the user terminal for searching for treasure can be simplified.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, which is a treasure mobile terminal 10, a treasure hunting user portable terminal 20, a command user terminal 30, a game management server 40, and the Internet connecting them. And the like.

  The treasure mobile terminal 10 is an information processing terminal attached to the treasure or an information processing terminal carried by a person who moves with the treasure, and is connected to the network 100 via a base station or a mobile communication network (not shown). . The treasure mobile terminal 10 may be a small game terminal as long as it has a wireless communication function, a location information acquisition function, and an e-mail transmission / reception function, a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) or the like. The treasure is provided to the person or team that has searched for it, and is, for example, a gem, a camera, a game machine, or a gift certificate selected by a treasure hunt game operator. The position information acquisition function receives a signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite and acquires position information of the current location. However, the position information acquisition function may be acquired from a position information providing server (not shown).

  The treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 is a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone, a PHS, and a PDA carried by a treasure hunting user who participates in a game and actually searches for a treasure. The treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 has a wireless communication function, a position information acquisition function, an electronic mail transmission / reception function, and a reception information display function, and is connected to the network 100 via a base station and a mobile communication network (not shown).

The command user terminal 30 is an information processing terminal used by a command user who gives instructions to each treasure hunting user in the team. The command user terminal 30 may be a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone, PHS, PDA, or notebook personal computer, or may be an information processing apparatus such as a stationary personal computer. The command user terminal 30 has a function of accessing the game management server 40 and downloading game application software (hereinafter referred to as an application), and its operation is controlled by the application. This application
-A function that provides a setting screen for game participation registration information.
A function of transmitting game participation registration information input by the command user to the game management server 40.
A function for generating and displaying relative positional relationship screen information from the received treasure and treasure hunting user location information.
A function of simultaneously notifying instruction information and relative positional relationship screen information input from the command user to the treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 in the team.
Etc.

  The game management server 40 is an information processing device such as a workstation server provided in a game operator. The game management server 40 includes a control unit 41 and a storage unit 42.

The control unit 41 is a control device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example, and its operation is controlled by a program (not shown). The control unit 41
A function of registering the received game participation registration information in the storage unit 42 for each team.
-A function to perform payment processing for game participation fees when registering for participation.
A function for generating and registering the location information acquisition schedule of the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 for each team based on the period designated by the command user.
A function of acquiring position information from the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 based on the position information acquisition schedule and transmitting the position information to the command user terminal 30.
A function of transmitting a game end notification to all the command user terminals 30 when a treasure discovery notification is received or when a treasure discovery notification is not received at the game end time.
-When a treasure discovery notification is not received at the game end time, the distance between the treasure mobile terminal 10 and each treasure hunting user mobile terminal 20 at that time is calculated, and the team with the smallest average distance is extracted. Function to notify the command user terminal 30.
It has.

  The storage unit 42 is a readable / writable storage device, and includes a user information database 421, a treasure information database 422, a game execution information database 423, and a game end position information database 424.

  In the user information database 421, as shown in FIG. 2 (a diagram showing an example of data stored in the user information database 421), the name, e-mail address, telephone number, fee settlement of the representative (leading user) of the participating team Information and the like are stored at the time of user registration. In the treasure information database 422, as shown in FIG. 3 (a diagram showing an example of data stored in the treasure information database 422), the game number, the treasure name, the mail address of the treasure mobile terminal 10, the game start date and time, and the game end Stores date and time, participation fee, treasure summary, discovered information, etc. Here, the outline of the treasure is a supplementary explanation about the treasure (for example, XX carat diamonds and the market price is XX yen), and the characteristics of people who move with treasure (for example, males in their 30s, yellow A short-sleeved T-shirt with a black hat). The discovered information is information indicating that a treasure has been found (a person with a treasure has been caught by a treasure hunting user). Information other than the discovered information is registered in advance by the game operator before the game is held. In the game execution information database 423, as shown in FIG. 4 (a diagram showing an example of data stored in the game execution information database 423), a game number, a mail address of a user or a treasure, a position acquisition cycle, a position acquisition schedule, etc. Is stored. The user's e-mail address is the e-mail address of the location providing destination user (leading user terminal 30) and the e-mail address of the location acquisition target user (treasure hunting user portable terminal 20). It is. The location acquisition schedule is a time at which the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 request acquisition and transmission of location information. In addition, about information other than a position acquisition schedule, the game participation registration information which the command user terminal 30 transmits at the time of game participation registration is stored. The position acquisition schedule information is generated and stored by the control unit 41 based on the position acquisition cycle and the game start date / time and end date / time of the treasure information database 422. In the game end position information database 424, as shown in FIG. 5 (an example of data stored in the game end position information database 424), game number, position information related information for each team, treasure position information Is stored. The position information related information for each team is the mail address of the position providing destination user, the mail address of the position acquisition target user, and the position information at the end of the game for each position acquisition target user.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  Initially, the operation | movement at the time of user registration is demonstrated with reference to FIGS. 1-3 and FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of user registration.

  First, the command user accesses the website managed by the game management server 40 on the network 100 from the command user terminal 30, and inputs the user information of the team representative user (command user) as shown in FIG. , And transmit (step A1 in FIG. 7). The control unit 41 of the game management server 40 registers the received user information of the command user in the user information database 421 (step A2).

  When the registration of the user information is completed, the control unit 41 notifies the command user terminal 30 that the user registration is completed, and then instructs the user to download the application (step A3). When the command user performs a download operation on the screen, the command user terminal 30 downloads the application from the game management server 40 and stores it in a storage unit (not shown) (step A4).

  Next, the command user refers to treasure hunt game information on the screen. The reference to the treasure hunt game information is for confirming whether a desired game is scheduled to be held, and may be performed before downloading the application, or may be referred to by accessing the game management server 40 at a later date. . As the treasure hunt game information, information as shown in FIG. 3 (treasure name, treasure outline, game start date and time, game end date and time, etc.) is provided (step A5).

  Next, the operation at the time of game participation registration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, 6 and 8. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the application screen, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of game participation registration.

  The user who has decided to participate in the game activates the downloaded and stored application on the command user terminal 30 (step B1 in FIG. 8). When the application is activated, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the command user terminal 30. However, in this scene, the relative positional relationship between the treasure and the treasure hunting users (A, B, and C) is not displayed. When the user presses a “participation registration” button among the function buttons on the screen, as shown in FIG. 6, game participation registration information (game execution date, treasure name, command user email address, treasure search user email address, position acquisition) Cycle) setting screen is displayed. The user inputs this information on the screen. The command user mail address is a mail address to which location information is provided. Here, as a supplementary explanation, the team members of the treasure hunting game of the present invention are composed of a plurality of treasure hunting users who actually move to search for treasure and one command user. The treasure hunt user e-mail address is an e-mail address of a treasure hunt user from whom position information is acquired, and is input for the number of treasure hunt users. As for the position acquisition cycle, it is set how often (for example, every minute) the acquisition of the position information of the treasure or the treasure hunting user is desired. When the user finishes inputting the game participation registration information, the command user terminal 30 transmits the participation registration information to the game management server 40 by pressing a registration button on the setting screen (step B2).

  Next, the user presses a “user display setting” button on the screen. This user display setting is for setting how to display the treasure hunting user when the positional relationship between the treasure and each treasure hunting user is displayed on the screen. Here, for example, Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C are set to correspond to the mail addresses of the treasure hunt users registered for participation in step B2, and are registered in a storage unit (not shown) of the command user terminal 30 (step B3).

  The control unit 41 of the game management server 40 registers the received participation registration information in the game execution information database 423. At this time, the control unit 41 acquires the game number and the treasure mobile terminal mail address from the treasure information database 422 based on the received treasure name and game execution date, and registers them in the game execution information database 423. Moreover, the information received from the command user terminal 30 is registered about the mail address and position acquisition period of a position provision destination user, a position acquisition object user (step B4).

  Next, the control unit 41 acquires the game start date and time and the game end date and time of the corresponding game from the treasure information database 422 based on the game number, and generates a position acquisition schedule. In this position acquisition schedule, the game start date and time (for example, 10 o'clock) is the first time, and thereafter the position acquisition period (for example, 10 minutes) received from the command user terminal 30 is sequentially added to 10:10, 10:20, ~ 11: 50. The last time is the time before the game end date (for example, 12:00) (step B5).

  And the control part 41 registers the produced | generated position acquisition schedule in the position acquisition schedule column of the applicable team of the game execution information database 423 (step B6). When the game participation registration process in step B6 ends, the control unit 41 performs a game participation fee settlement process. Specifically, based on the location providing destination user mail address included in the participation registration information, the charge settlement information of the corresponding user is read from the user information database 421, and game charges, bank account information, etc. are added to the information and not shown. Request settlement processing from the financial institution server. Note that the game fee is calculated by the control unit 41 acquiring a participation fee per person registered in the treasure information database 422 and multiplying this by the number of participants (number of position acquisition target users). The transfer account information is financial institution account information of a game operator set in advance (step B7).

  Next, the operation when the game is executed will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 and FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation when the game is executed.

  The control unit 41 of the game management server 40 searches the position acquisition schedule of the game execution information database 423 and the game end date and time of the treasure information database 422 periodically (for example, every minute) (step C1 in FIG. 9). . If the current time is a position acquisition schedule, the control unit 41 transmits an e-mail of a position acquisition request to the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 registered in accordance with the position acquisition schedule. (Step C2 → Step C3). The treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 identify that the received e-mail is a position information acquisition request instruction, respectively acquire the position information, and send it back to the game management server 40. The location information acquisition request instruction is identified by, for example, attaching a predetermined keyword or mark to an e-mail title, text, or mail header, and identifying it on the receiving side. . The location information may be obtained by a GPS function provided in the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20, or may be obtained from a location information providing server (not shown) (step C4). ).

  The control unit 41 that has received the position information refers to the game execution information database 423, and manages the commanded user terminal 30 (position providing destination user) registered corresponding to the received treasure mobile terminal 10 and treasure hunting user portable terminal 20. Get an email address. Then, the control unit 41 transmits the received position information to the command user terminal 30. At this time, the position information of the treasure mobile terminal 10 is transmitted with a predetermined mark or a word such as a treasure, and the position information of the treasure hunt user mobile terminal 20 is transmitted with the respective mail address ( Step C5).

  The command user terminal 30 that has received the position information generates relative position information between the treasure mobile terminal 10 and each treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 on the application. Relative position information is represented by direction and distance. Using the treasure mobile terminal 10 as a base point, the difference between the latitude and longitude of the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the latitude and longitude of each treasure searching user portable terminal 20 is calculated, and the direction is determined based on the difference. For distance, for example, each difference of latitude and longitude is multiplied by a distance per unit difference (distance per 1 degree, 1 minute or 1 second) to calculate each difference distance of latitude and longitude, It can be obtained by calculating the square root of the sum of the squares of each difference distance. The distance per unit difference is set in advance and stored in a storage unit or application (not shown). When the generation of the relative position information is completed, the command user terminal 30 displays a screen showing the relative positional relationship between the treasure and each treasure hunting user, and also generates a file of this positional relationship display screen. At this time, the command user terminal 30 replaces the email address of each treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 received from the game management server 40 with the user name (Mr. A, etc.) registered in the storage unit (not shown) in step B3. Display at treasure hunting user's location. As shown in FIG. 6, the relative positional relationship between the treasure hunting users A, B, and C is displayed centering on the treasure. In addition, this positional relationship display screen is displayed with the north as the top and a mesh indicating the distance. Since the distance per mesh is also displayed on the screen, the distance between the treasure and each treasure hunt user or between each treasure hunt user can also be determined. Further, the command user terminal 30 has a function of enlarging the display of the positional relationship display screen by pressing the “enlarge” button on the screen and reducing the display of the positional relationship display screen by pressing the “reduced” button. (Step C6).

  The command user refers to the positional relationship display screen displayed on the command user terminal 30 and considers instructions for each treasure hunt user. For example, specific contents of movement instructions to each of Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C are considered so as to have a positional relationship surrounding the treasure. When the ideas are summarized, the command user presses an “input instruction” button on the screen. When the command user terminal 30 detects pressing of the “instruction input” button, the screen is switched to an instruction content input screen. The command user inputs instruction contents for each treasure hunting user (A, B, C) on the instruction content input screen (step C7), and when the input is completed, presses the “instruction transmission” button on the screen. . When the command user terminal 30 detects that the “send instruction” button has been pressed, the command contents that have been input are simultaneously transmitted to each treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 in the team by e-mail. At this time, the command user terminal 30 attaches the file of the positional relationship display screen generated in step C6 to the e-mail and transmits it to each treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 (step C8).

  The treasure hunt user who has received the e-mail refers to the attached positional relationship display screen and acts based on the instruction content from the command user (step C9). As a result, a treasure hunting user who has obtained a treasure (captured a person with a treasure) and notifies the command user. This notification may be made by e-mail from the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 to the command user terminal 30 or may be made by telephone (step C10 → C11). Upon receiving the treasure discovery notification, the command user sends a treasure discovery notification including the treasure name from the command user terminal 30 to the game management server 40 by e-mail (step C12).

  The control unit 41 of the game management server 40 that has received the treasure discovery notification refers to the treasure information database 422, and the received game corresponding to the treasure name is currently being played (the current time is between the game start date and time and the game end date and time). Get game number. Next, the control unit 41 refers to the game execution information database 423 and acquires the email address of the command user (location providing user) of each team registered for the corresponding game number. And the control part 41 produces | generates a game completion notification with respect to the command user terminal 30 of each team, and transmits with an email (step C13). Thereafter, the control unit 41 deletes all the position acquisition schedules in the game execution information database 423 registered corresponding to the corresponding game number. As a result, for a game in which a treasure is found before the game end date and time, useless position acquisition after the discovery is not performed (step C14). Further, the control unit 41 registers the discovered information in the discovered information column corresponding to the corresponding game number in the treasure information database 422. This discovered information is used for an operation when a treasure is not found at the game end time, which will be described later (step C15).

  If the game end time is reached (step C16) by the periodic location acquisition schedule and the game end time search (step C1), is the controller 41 registered with the found information of the game in the treasure information database 422? Confirm. When the discovered information is not registered, that is, when the treasure is not found even when the game end time is reached, the control unit 41 acquires the game number and the treasure mobile terminal 10 mail address. Next, the control unit 41 refers to the game execution information database 423, and acquires the mail address of the treasure hunt user (position acquisition target user) of each team registered for the corresponding game number. Then, the control unit 41 registers the acquisition result for each team in the game end position information database 424 as shown in FIG. 5, and sends a location acquisition request e-mail to the treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure searching user portable terminal 20 of each team. Is transmitted (step C17 → C18). The treasure mobile terminal 10 and the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 identify that the received e-mail is a position information acquisition request instruction, respectively acquire the position information, and send it back to the game management server 40 (step C19).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 41 that has received the position information registers the position information in the position information database 424 at the end of the game (step C20). Thereafter, the control unit 41 calculates a distance from the treasure position information and the position information of each treasure hunt user (see step C6), and further calculates an average distance for each team. For example, treasure positions of Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C of the same team are calculated, and the sum of them is divided by 3 to calculate the average distance of the three people. Then, the control unit 41 extracts the team having the smallest average distance from the treasure to obtain the winning team, and acquires the name of the command user from the user information database 421 based on the command user mail address of this team (step C21). Next, the control unit 41 sends a game end notification notifying that the team of the command user who has acquired the name in step C21 has become the winning team to all the command user terminals 30 participating in the same game by e-mail. (Step C22).

  According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a method and system for a team competition treasure hunt game using a mobile terminal with a position information acquisition function that has not existed before.

Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, it is divided into a treasure hunt user who actually searches for treasure and a command user who instructs at the center,
-Game participation registration to the game management server 40.
Generation of a positional relationship display screen based on position information and batch transmission to each treasure hunt user portable terminal 20.
Generation and batch transmission of instruction information to each treasure hunt user terminal 20
Etc. are performed at the command user terminal 30.
-Acquisition of location information.
・ Reception and display of positional relationship display screen and instruction information.
In the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20.
Accordingly, each treasure hunting user who actually searches for the treasure hunting user needs to move according to an instruction from the command user, and there is an effect that an efficient search can be performed with a unified action. For example, it is possible to instruct each treasure hunting user from the commanding user to instruct the treasure hunting user to move the treasure around the treasure hunting user and catch the treasure carrier.
Further, since the relative user relationship screen information of the treasure and the treasure hunt user is generated by the command user terminal 30 and notified to each treasure hunt user mobile terminal 20 in the team at the same time, There is also an effect that the related screen information generation function becomes unnecessary.

  Also, if no treasure is found at the game end time, the degree of access to the treasure at that time (comparing the average distance between each treasure hunting user mobile terminal 20 in the team and the treasure) The winning team is determined by For this reason, it is possible to increase the fun of the game and increase the user's willingness to participate.

  Next, application examples, modification examples, and other examples of the present invention will be described.

  In the above embodiment, the treasure has been described as moving, but it may be located at a fixed location and not move. In this case, treasure position information is registered in the game management server 40 in advance, and the position information is requested only from the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20 at the time of position acquisition, and the received position information and the pre-registered treasure position information are obtained. Is transmitted to the command user terminal 30.

  In the above-described embodiment, it is described that the command user exists separately from the treasure hunting user. However, someone in the treasure hunting user also serves as the command user. You may make it provide the function of the terminal 30. FIG.

  In the above embodiment, the application is provided only in the command user terminal 30, but may be provided in the treasure hunt user portable terminal 20. Thereby, when viewing the positional relationship screen on the user portable terminal 20, the function buttons for enlargement and reduction can be used, and the effect that the positional relationship can be grasped more easily can be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, the position information is acquired based on the position acquisition cycle set by the user, but the position acquisition time may be specified instead of the position acquisition cycle. In this case, it is not necessary for the game management server 40 to generate a position acquisition schedule, and the designated position acquisition time is registered in the position acquisition schedule column of the game execution information database 423.

  In the above embodiment, the position information is acquired based on the position acquisition cycle set by the user. However, in addition to this, the position information may be acquired as needed. In this case, a function button of “search as needed” is added on the application screen of the command user terminal 30 in FIG. 6, and when the user presses this button, the mail address of the command user is notified to the game management server 40. A position acquisition request is made. The game management server 40 searches the game execution information database 423 based on the e-mail address of the command user, makes a position acquisition request by determining the position acquisition target user and the treasure.

  In the above embodiment, the positional relationship screen information that the command user terminal 30 transmits to each treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 is the same, but different positional relationship screen information for each treasure hunting user portable terminal 20 It is good. For example, only the positional relationship between the treasure and Mr. A may be transmitted to Mr. A, and only the positional relationship between the treasure and Mr. B may be transmitted to Mr. B. . In this case, when the command user terminal 30 generates the relative position information in step C6, the positional relationship screen information is generated for each treasure hunt user and filed. Then, the command user terminal 30 transmits an individual mail to each user portable terminal 20 at the time of e-mail transmission, and each user portable terminal 20 is attached with a file of positional relationship screen information corresponding to the user. As a result, the screen is simplified and easy to see, and the positional relationship between the treasure and the user can be easily understood.

It is a figure which shows the structure of one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in the user information database 421. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in the treasure information database 422. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in the game execution information database 423. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in the positional information database 424 at the time of a game end. It is a figure which shows an example of an application screen. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of user registration. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of game participation registration. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of game implementation.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Treasure mobile terminal 20 Treasure hunting user portable terminal 30 Command user terminal 40 Game management server 41 Control part 42 Storage part 421 User information database 422 Treasure information database 423 Game execution information database 424 Game end position information database 100 Network

Claims (15)

A treasure hunt game comprising a treasure mobile terminal that moves with a treasure, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal used by a command user who leads each treasure hunt user, a game management server, and a network connecting them. A system,
The treasure mobile terminal has means for acquiring position information in response to a request from the game management server and transmitting the position information to the game management server.
The treasure hunting user portable terminal has means for acquiring position information in response to a request from the game management server and transmitting the position information to the game management server, and means for displaying information received from the command user terminal.
The command user terminal transmits the game participation information input from the command user to the game management server and requests registration, and the relative position based on the treasure received from the game management server and the location information of the treasure hunting user. Means for generating information, and means for generating the positional relationship screen information of the treasure and each treasure hunt user based on the relative position information and simultaneously transmitting to the treasure hunt user portable terminal,
The game management server includes a means for registering game participation information received from the command user terminal, and a treasure mobile terminal and a treasure hunt user portable terminal included in the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information. A treasure hunt game system comprising: means for requesting position acquisition; and means for transmitting position information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal to the command user terminal. When the command-related user terminal transmits the position-related screen information to the treasure hunting user portable terminal all at once, the command user terminal also transmits instruction contents to each treasure hunting user input from the command user. The treasure hunt game system according to claim 1. The command user terminal further includes means for requesting the location acquisition of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal as needed, and the game management server receives the occasional location acquisition request whenever the treasure transfer is received. 3. The treasure hunt game system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising means for acquiring a position of the terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal and transmitting it to the command user terminal. Means for the treasure hunting user portable terminal to transmit a treasure discovery notification to the command user terminal; means for transmitting the treasure discovery notification received by the command user terminal to the game management server; and game management that has received the treasure discovery notification. The server according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising means for generating a game end notification and transmitting it to all the command user terminals participating in the game and registering the treasure found information. Treasure hunt game system. The game management server includes a means for monitoring a game end time, a means for determining whether the treasure found information is registered when the game end time is reached, and a game end time when the information is not registered. Means for obtaining the position information from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal and calculating the mutual distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal for each team headed by the head user Means for calculating the average value of the distance, means for extracting the team having the smallest average distance as a winning team, generating a game end notice including the result, and transmitting it to all the command user terminals participating in the game The treasure hunt game system according to claim 4, further comprising: A game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user mobile terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal, and means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information And a means for transmitting the positional information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal to the command user terminal. A game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user mobile terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal, and means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information And a means for transmitting the location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal to the command user terminal, and generating a game end notification by receiving a treasure discovery notification from the command user terminal to generate a game. A game management server comprising means for transmitting to all participating user terminals. A game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user mobile terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal, and means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information And a means for transmitting location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal to the command user terminal, and a game end notification is generated when a treasure discovery notification is received from the command user terminal. Means for registering treasure found information, transmitting to all command user terminals participating in the game, means for monitoring the game end time, and when the game end time is reached, the treasure found information is registered. Means for determining whether or not the position information at the time of the end of the game and the treasure mobile terminal and Means for obtaining a treasure hunting user portable terminal and calculating a mutual distance; means for calculating an average distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal for each team led by the commanding user; A game management server having means for extracting a team having the smallest average distance as a winning team, generating a game end notice including the result, and transmitting the notice to all the command user terminals participating in the game. . A game management server connected to a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user mobile terminal, and a command user terminal via a network,
Means for registering the game participation information received from the command user terminal; a treasure mobile terminal included in the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information or an occasional position acquisition request from the command user terminal; Means for requesting location acquisition from the treasure hunting user portable terminal, means for transmitting location information received from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunting user portable terminal to the commanding user terminal, and a treasure discovery notification from the commanding user terminal. If received, a game end notification is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game, and means for registering treasure found information, means for monitoring the game end time, and the game end time Means for determining whether or not the treasure found information has been registered at the time, and if not, the game Means for acquiring position information at the time of completion from the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal and calculating a mutual distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal for each team headed by the head user A means for calculating the average value of the distances, and the team with the smallest average distance is extracted as the winning team, and a game end notification including the result is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game. And a game management server. A treasure hunt game method using a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal, a game management server, and a network connecting them,
The command user terminal registers game participation information in the game management server, and the game management server positions the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information. The information is acquired and transmitted to the command user terminal, and the command user terminal generates relative position relationship screen information of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal based on the position information to generate the treasure hunt user portable A treasure hunt game method characterized by being transmitted to a terminal. A treasure hunt game method using a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal, a game management server, and a network connecting them,
The command user terminal registers game participation information in the game management server, and the game management server positions the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information. The information is acquired and transmitted to the command user terminal, and the command user terminal generates relative positional relationship screen information of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal based on the position information, and is input from the command user A treasure hunt game method comprising: transmitting to the treasure hunt user portable terminal together with contents of instructions to each treasure hunt user. A treasure hunt game method using a treasure mobile terminal, a treasure hunt user portable terminal, a command user terminal, a game management server, and a network connecting them,
The command user terminal registers game participation information in the game management server, and the game management server adds the participation information to the participation information based on a period specified by the game participation information or an occasional position acquisition request from the command user terminal. The location information of the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal included is acquired and transmitted to the command user terminal, and the command user terminal is based on the location information and the relative position between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user mobile terminal Generate related screen information and send it to the treasure hunt user portable terminal together with the instruction contents to each treasure hunt user input from the command user. When a treasure is found, the game management server sends a game end notification. The game management server that generates and transmits to all the command user terminals participating in the game and registers the found treasure information When the game end time is reached, it is determined whether the treasure found information is registered. If the treasure found information is not registered, the game management server obtains the position information at the game end time as the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt. The game management server calculates an average distance between the treasure mobile terminal and the treasure hunt user portable terminal for each team led by the user, A treasure hunt game method, wherein a team having the smallest average distance is extracted as a winning team, a game end notification including the result is generated and transmitted to all the command user terminals participating in the game. A function of registering game participation information received from the first terminal, a function of requesting position acquisition from the second terminal and the third terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information, A program for causing a computer to realize a function of transmitting position information received from the second terminal and the third terminal to the first terminal. A function of registering game participation information received from the first terminal, a function of requesting position acquisition from the second terminal and the third terminal included in the participation information based on the period specified by the game participation information, A function of transmitting location information received from the second terminal and the third terminal to the first terminal, and generating a game end notification by receiving a treasure discovery notification from the first terminal and participating in the game A program for causing a computer to realize a function of transmitting to all the first terminals. A second terminal included in the participation information based on a function for registering the game participation information received from the first terminal, a period specified by the game participation information, or an arbitrary position acquisition request from the first terminal And a function for requesting location acquisition from the third terminal, a function for transmitting location information received from the second terminal and the third terminal to the first terminal, and a treasure discovery notification from the first terminal. When received, the game end notification is generated and transmitted to all the first terminals participating in the game, and the function of registering the treasure found information, the function of monitoring the game end time, and the game end time are reached. A function for determining whether or not the treasure found information is registered at the time, and if not registered, the position information at the end of the game is acquired from the second terminal and the third terminal A function for calculating the distance between each other, a function for calculating an average value of the distance between the second terminal and the third terminal for each team led by the commanding user, and winning the team having the smallest average distance A program for causing a computer to realize a function of extracting as a team, generating a game end notice including the result, and transmitting the notice to all first terminals participating in the game.

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