JP2006285806A - Data processing system, data transmission device, and methods thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow for determining whether a communication failure which occurs while an online game is played, for example, is due to a user's arbitrary reason or a reason unavoidable to a user. <P>SOLUTION: A rendering server 5 detects a communication failure of a computer 2, determines whether or not the communication failure is due to the reason unavoidable to a player. If the communication failure has turned out to be due to the reason unavoidable to the player, the rendering server 5 notifies a game server 3 of it and takes a process to rescue the player. If the communication failure has turned out to be due to the player's arbitrary reason, the rendering server 5 notifies the game server 3 of it, and takes a process to impose a penalty on the player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a data processing system, a data transmission apparatus, and a method thereof used for an online game.

Non-patent documents 1 to 4 disclose online games.
For example, in an online game system, when a player experiences a disadvantage in the progress of the game (for example, when a player is likely to lose a battle with another player or makes a disadvantageous purchase) There is a possibility of trying to solve an unfavorable situation by illegal means, such as physically pulling out a cable connecting the computer operated by the user and the network from the connector.
On the other hand, when a failure inevitable for the player occurs between the computer and the game server, the communication path between them may be disconnected. In such a case, the game progresses for the player. In addition, there may be an adverse situation.
In the online game system, when the game server cannot determine whether the disconnection of the communication path with the computer is due to an arbitrary cause of the player or an unavoidable cause for the player, the game server Since road cuts must be handled equally, it is possible to eliminate disadvantageous situations by unauthorized means, or to remedy disadvantageous situations caused by inevitable causes for the player.
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The present invention has been made based on the above-described background. For example, in an online game, whether a communication failure between the computer and the server is caused by an arbitrary cause of the user or an inevitable cause for the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data processing system, a data transmission apparatus, and a method thereof that can determine the above.
In addition, the present invention provides a data transmission apparatus and a method thereof that do not allow a disadvantageous situation to be solved by an illegal means in an online game, and can relieve a disadvantageous situation caused by an unavoidable cause for a player. The purpose is to provide.

  To achieve the above object, a data processing system according to the present invention is a data processing system having a data processing device, one or more data transmission devices, and one or more data terminal devices, wherein the data Operation data indicating an operation for each of the data terminal devices is transmitted between the processing device and each of the data terminal devices via any of the data transmission devices, and each of the data terminal devices and the data transmission device Between each of the data transmission apparatuses and the data transmission apparatus, and each of the data transmission apparatuses includes an attribute information storage indicating an attribute of each of the transmission paths with the connected data terminal apparatus. Failure information storage for storing failure information indicating a failure in transmission of operation data that occurs between the means and the connected data terminal device Occurs when an operation data transmission failure occurs between the stage and one of the connected data terminal devices, based on a failure that occurs between the data terminal device other than the data terminal device. A failure cause determining means for determining the cause of the failure, and a failure cause notifying means for notifying the determined cause of the failure to the data processing device, wherein the data processing device is the data terminal device. For transmission of operation data between operation data receiving means for receiving operation data from each of them, data processing means for performing predetermined data processing based on the received operation data, and any of the data terminal devices Data processing control means for controlling the predetermined data processing by the data processing means in accordance with the cause of the notified fault when a failure occurs; .

  Preferably, the data terminal device may be illegally operated to cause a failure in the transmission of operation data, and the failure cause determination means of the data transmission device may cause the cause of the failure to occur. The data processing control means of the data processing device determines whether or not the cause of the notified failure is the unauthorized operation, based on the operation data that has received the failure. Then, the data processing means is controlled to perform the predetermined data processing.

  Preferably, the data processing control means of the data processing device is based on the operation data other than the operation data that has received the failure, except when the notified cause of the failure is the unauthorized operation. Then, the data processing means is controlled to perform the predetermined data processing.

  Preferably, the data processing means of the data processing device performs real-time data processing in which operation data from each of the data terminal devices can interact with each other.

  Preferably, the data processing means of the data processing device performs, as the predetermined data processing, processing for a real-time online game in which operation data from each of the data terminal devices can interact with each other.

  The data transmission device according to the present invention is a data transmission device for transmitting operation data indicating an operation for each of the data terminal devices between the data processing device and each of the one or more data terminal devices, Each of the data terminal devices is connected via a transmission path that may cause a failure, and the data processing device receives operation data from each of the data terminal devices, and based on the received operation data Performing predetermined data processing, and when a failure occurs in the transmission of operation data between any of the data terminal devices, the predetermined data processing is controlled according to the notified cause of the failure, Each of the data transmission devices has an attribute information storage unit for storing attribute information indicating an attribute of each of the transmission paths with the connected data terminal device. Between the failure information storage means for storing failure information indicating a failure in the transmission of operation data that has occurred between the connected data terminal device and one of the connected data terminal devices. A failure cause determining means for determining a cause of a failure that has occurred with a data terminal device other than the data terminal device when a data transmission failure has occurred; and the determined failure Failure cause notifying means for notifying the data processing device of the cause of the error.

The data transmission method according to the present invention is a data transmission method in a data transmission device for transmitting operation data indicating an operation on each of the data terminal devices between the data processing device and one or more data terminal devices. Each of the data terminal devices is connected via a transmission path in which a failure may occur, the data processing device receives operation data from each of the data terminal devices, and receives the received operation Predetermined data processing is performed based on the data, and when a failure occurs in the transmission of operation data to any of the data terminal devices, the predetermined data processing is performed according to the notified cause of the failure Control
An attribute information storage step for storing attribute information indicating an attribute of each of the transmission paths to and from the connected data terminal device; and transmission of operation data generated between the connected data terminal devices A failure information storage step for storing failure information indicating a failure and a data terminal device other than the data terminal device when an operation data transmission failure occurs between any of the connected data terminal devices; A failure cause determining step for determining the cause of the failure that occurred, and a failure cause notifying step for notifying the data processing apparatus of the determined cause of the failure.

  The program according to the present invention is executed by a data transmission apparatus that includes a computer and transmits operation data indicating an operation for each of the data terminal apparatuses between the data processing apparatus and each of the one or more data terminal apparatuses. Each of the data terminal devices is connected via a transmission path in which a failure may occur, the data processing device receives operation data from each of the data terminal devices, and Based on the received operation data, predetermined data processing is performed, and when a failure occurs in the transmission of the operation data between any of the data terminal devices, depending on the cause of the notified failure, Controls predetermined data processing and stores attribute information indicating attributes of each transmission path to the connected data terminal device A failure information storage step for storing failure information indicating a failure in transmission of operation data that has occurred between the sex information storage step and the connected data terminal device; and any one of the connected data terminal devices; A failure cause determination step of determining a cause of a failure that has occurred based on a failure that has occurred with a data terminal device other than the data terminal device when a failure occurs in transmission of operation data during Causing the computer to execute a failure cause notifying step of notifying the data processing device of the determined cause of the failure.

According to the data processing system, the data transmission apparatus, and these methods according to the present invention, for example, in an online game, a communication failure occurring between a computer and a server is caused by an arbitrary cause of the user or unavoidable for the user. It can be judged whether it is due to the cause.
In addition, according to the data processing system, the data transmission apparatus, and these methods according to the present invention, for example, in an online game, it is not allowed to solve a disadvantage due to an illegal means, and it is disadvantageous due to an unavoidable cause for the player Can save the situation.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

[First online game system 10]
The first online game system 10 according to the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a first online game system 10 to which a moving image display method according to the present invention is applied.
As shown in FIG. 1, the online game system 10 includes one or more network systems 102-1 to 102-n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 1; It is not always the same number).
The network system 102-i (i is an integer from 1 to n) is composed of computers (PCs) 2-i-1 to 2-in and a rendering server 5-i connected to the network 100-i. A game server 3 is further connected to the network 100-1 of the system 102-1.

Hereinafter, when any of a plurality of possible components such as the network systems 102-1 to 102-n is indicated without being specified, it may be simply abbreviated as the network system 102 or the like.
In the following description, components such as the computer 2 that can be the subject of data communication / processing may be collectively referred to as nodes.
Hereinafter, substantially the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

[Hardware]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the computer 2, the game server 3, and the rendering server 5 of the online game system 10 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, each node of the online game system 10 is connected to a main body 120 including a CPU 122 and a memory 124, an output device such as a display device, an input / output device 126 including an input device such as a keyboard, and other notes. It comprises a communication device 128 used for communication, a recording device 130 such as a CD device and an HDD device.
That is, each node of the online game system 10 has a component as a computer that can communicate with other nodes.

[Software]
Hereinafter, software executed in each node of the online game system 10 will be described.

[Game program 20]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the game program 20 executed in the computer 2 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the game program 20 includes a communication processing unit 200, a received data analysis unit 210, a 3D moving image data processing unit 212, a display moving image generation unit 214, a player interface (UI) unit 220, and a game control unit 230. The operation analysis unit 232 and the transmission data creation unit 234 are configured.

For example, the game program 20 is supplied to the computer 2 via the recording medium 132 (FIG. 2), loaded into the memory 124, and specifically uses the hardware resources of the computer 2 on the OS installed in the computer 2. (The same applies to the following software).
With these components, the game program 20 accepts an operation on the input / output device 126 (FIG. 2) of the computer 2 (FIG. 1) by the player of the online game, transmits it to the game server 3, and renders it from the game server 3. A moving image is created from the moving image data received via the server 5 and displayed on the input / output device 126.

The communication processing unit 200 transmits data to and from other nodes via the network 100.
That is, in the game program 20, the communication processing unit 200 transmits operation data indicating operations performed by the player to the computer 2 to the game server 3, and from the game server 3 via the rendering server 5. The received moving image data and the like are output to the received data analysis unit 210.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing operation data transmitted from the computer 2 shown in FIG. 1 to the game server 3.
As shown in FIG. 4, the operation data indicates the address of the destination game server 3 (game server address), the address of the computer 2 that transmitted the operation data (PC address), and the content of the player's operation on the computer 2. Contains operation data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing first moving image data transmitted from the game server 3 shown in FIG. 1 to the computer 2 via the rendering server 5, and FIG. The moving image data transmitted from the rendering server 5 to the computer 2 when the transmission bandwidth of the computer 2 is not sufficient or the processing capacity of the computer 2 is not sufficient is shown in FIG. The moving image data transmitted from the rendering server 5 to the computer 2 when there is a margin in the transmission band is shown, and (C) shows the 3D moving image data shown in (A), (B) and (D). , (D) shows moving image data transmitted from the game server 3 to the rendering server 5.
For example, the number of persons or the like (characters) used by an online game player to be displayed on the computer 2, that is, the amount of moving image data to be transmitted to the computer 2 is increased, and the network 100 to the computer 2. As shown in FIG. 5A, the moving image data transmitted from the rendering server 5 to the computer 2 includes the transmission destination computer 2 when the transmission bandwidth of the computer 2 or the processing capacity of the computer 2 is not sufficient. An address (PC address), an address of the game server 3 as a transmission source (game server address), 3D moving image data shown in FIG. 5C, and streaming moving image data are included. Control data required for the progress of the process is added.

Each 3D moving image data included in the moving image data shown in FIG. 5A is, for example, a predetermined relationship with a player operating the computer 2 among all characters to be displayed on the computer 2 (for example, Each character used only by a specific player (specific player) such as a player in a friend relationship) is shown.
In addition, the streaming moving image data indicates, for example, all players (unspecified players) other than the specific player among all characters.

Further, for example, the number of characters to be displayed on the computer 2, that is, the amount of moving image data to be transmitted to the computer 2 may be small, the transmission band from the network 100 to the computer 2 and the processing of the computer 2. When there is a margin in capacity, as shown in FIG. 5B, the moving image data transmitted from the rendering server 5 to the computer 2 includes PC data, game server data, and The control data and 3D moving image data shown in FIG. 5C are included, and streaming moving image data is not included.
Each 3D moving image data included in the moving image data shown in FIG. 5B indicates all characters to be displayed on the computer 2.

As shown in FIG. 5C, the 3D moving image data shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B includes a 3D character ID, a motion ID, and attribute data.
The attribute data indicates whether or not the 3D moving image data is 3D moving image data of a character used by a specific player, and includes data necessary for creating a moving image on the computer 2.

Here, every time an image of a character or the like is sent from the game server 3 to the client (computer 2), the polygon data of the character (indicating the polygons constituting each character such as a person used by an online game player), texture data Assuming that the character surface pattern, pattern, etc. are sent to the client, and the motion data itself is sent to the client, a wide transmission bandwidth is required for the communication path between these nodes.
For this reason, in the method actually used for realizing the online game, these data are sent from the game server to the computer 2 in advance, and when the character is displayed on the computer 2, it is already sent. Only those data identifiers (IDs) sent are sent.
Furthermore, “3D character ID” is specified for the shape and surface state of the character, and “motion ID” is specified for deformation of the shape of the character specified by the 3D character ID (so-called posture change). .

The assignment of the “motion ID” and the usage method thereof are as shown in the following (1) or (2), for example.
(1) For example, when a character stands up, a motion ID is individually assigned to each stage in each of a plurality of stages included in a series of movements, and a series of movements is expressed by sequentially sending these motion IDs. .
(2) One motion ID is assigned to the entire series of motions, and the character moving image generation side (computer 2) that has received this one motion ID realizes a change in character posture according to the clock held by the generation side. .

The above-mentioned “motion” means that the position of the character is fixed at an arbitrary position in the space, and the character itself is deformed at that position. However, when generating a moving image plane, the movement of the character in the space is performed. (Position information, speed information) is further required.
Such position information and speed information are included in the “attribute data” in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram exemplifying the distribution of the transmission band of moving image data transmitted from the rendering server 5 to the computer 2. FIG. 6A shows the distribution in the case of the moving image data shown in FIG. (B) shows the distribution in the case of the moving image data shown in FIG. 5 (A).
Note that the data rate of the entire moving image data shown in FIG. 5B is increased or decreased according to the number of 3D moving image data included in the moving image data, as shown in FIG. 6A.
Further, the data rate of the streaming moving image data shown in FIG. 5A is almost constant regardless of the number of characters of the unspecified player indicated by the streaming moving image data, and the entire moving image data shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6B, the data rate is maintained within the range allowed by the transmission bandwidth from the network 100 to the computer 2 or the processing capability of the computer 2.

The received data analysis unit 210 (FIG. 3) analyzes the moving image data input from the communication processing unit 200, and this moving image data is converted into data indicating a moving image as shown in FIG. It is determined whether 3D moving image data and streaming moving image data are included, or as shown in FIG. 5B, only 3D moving image data is included.
When the moving image data includes 3D moving image data and streaming moving image data, the received data analysis unit 210 separates the 3D moving image data and the streaming moving image data from the moving image data.
Further, the reception data analysis unit 210 outputs the separated 3D moving image data to the 3D moving image data processing unit 212, and outputs the separated streaming moving image data to the display moving image generation unit 214.

On the other hand, when the moving image data includes only 3D moving image data, the received data analysis unit 210 separates the 3D moving image data included in the moving image data, and converts the separated 3D moving image data into the 3D moving image. The data is output to the data processing unit 212 and the game control unit 230.
In addition, the reception data analysis unit 210 separates each data included in the 3D moving image data and outputs it to the game control unit 230.

7 is generated by the 3D moving image data processing unit 212 and the display moving image generating unit 214 of the game program 20 shown in FIG. 3 from the moving image data shown in FIGS. It is a figure which illustrates the game image displayed on the input / output device 126 (FIG. 2) of (FIG. 1).
The 3D moving image data processing unit 212 (FIG. 3) generates a moving image of each character from the 3D moving image data input from the received data analysis unit 210 and outputs it to the display moving image generation unit 214.
The display moving image generation unit 214 is a character moving image input from the 3D moving image data processing unit 212, streaming moving image data input from the received data analysis unit 210, and game progress input from the game control unit 230. The game information shown in FIG. 7 is created by combining information and the like, and output to the UI unit 220.

As shown in FIG. 7, the game image 7 includes a 3D moving image display area 70, a streaming moving image display area 72, and a chat display area 74.
In the 3D moving image display area 70, moving images of the background 710 and the characters 700-1 to 700-n of the specific player are displayed.

For example, the streaming moving image display area 72 is displayed only when the moving image data from the rendering server 5 includes streaming moving image data. The streaming moving image display area 72 includes characters 702-1 to 702 of an unspecified player. 702-n is displayed.
In the chat display area 74, game progress information indicating the contents of a chat between a player using the computer 2 and another player is displayed.

The moving images of the characters 700 and 702 move according to the operation of the player using the computer 2 and the player using other nodes, and the chat contents and the like are displayed in the chat display area 74 as needed.
A player using the computer 2 operates the input / output device 126 of the computer 2 at any time while watching the game image 7 to move information of his / her character or advance the game (for example, characters of other players). And information for causing the player to purchase items on the game from characters of other players).

The UI unit 220 (FIG. 3) outputs the game image 7 and the sound input from the display moving image generation unit 214 and the game control unit 230 from the input / output device 126 (FIG. 2) of the computer 2 to the player. Show.
In addition, the UI unit 220 accepts a player's operation according to the displayed game image 290 and outputs it to the operation analysis unit 232.

The game control unit 230 controls each component of the game program 20 according to the attribute data (FIG. 5C) input from the received data analysis unit 210, and performs processing required for the game progress.
The operation analysis unit 232 analyzes the player's operation on the input / output device 126 (FIG. 2), and outputs information indicating the operation content of the player (FIG. 4) to the transmission data creation unit 234.
The transmission data creation unit 234 creates operation data (FIG. 4) using information input from the operation analysis unit 232, and transmits the operation data to the game server 3 via the communication processing unit 200 or the like.

[Game server program 30]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of the game server program 30 executed in the game server 3 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the game server program 30 includes a communication processing unit 200, a game unit 32, and a game database (game DB) unit 38.

The game unit 32 includes a UI unit 320, an operation analysis unit 322, a game processing unit 330, a 3D character ID acquisition unit 340, a motion ID acquisition unit 342, a position / speed acquisition unit 344, and a 3D image data creation unit 350.
The game DB unit 38 includes a player data management unit 380, a player DB 382, a polygon data management unit 384, a moving image DB 386, a game data management unit 388, and a game DB 390.
The game server program 30 performs processing required for realizing the online game by these components.

In the game server program 30, the communication processing unit 200 receives operation data (FIG. 4) sent from each computer 2 and outputs it to the UI unit 320.
In addition, the communication processing unit 200 transmits the moving image data (FIG. 5D) input from the 3D image data creation unit 350 to each rendering server 5 and via each rendering server 5 and the network 100. Distribution is made to each connected computer 2.
As shown in FIG. 5D, the moving image data transmitted from the game server 3 to the rendering server 5 includes an address of the destination rendering server 5 (rendering server address), and a transmission source game server. 3 address (game server address), the address (PC address) of the computer 2 as the final destination, and the 3D video of all characters displayed in the game image 7 of the computer 2 as the final destination Image data and control data are included.

The UI unit 320 performs processing necessary for accepting operation data of each computer 2 (for example, provision of a GUI environment), and outputs the accepted operation data to the operation analysis unit 322.
The operation analysis unit 322 analyzes the operation data input from the UI unit 320, and outputs operation data required for the progress of the game to the game processing unit 330.

The game processing unit 330 controls other components of the game server program 30 according to the operation data input from the operation analysis unit 322, and performs processing for advancing the game.
In addition, the game processing unit 330 outputs data necessary for progressing the game to other components of the game server program 30.
In addition, the game processing unit 330 creates data (described later with reference to FIGS. 11, 12, and the like) necessary for the rendering process in the rendering server 5 (FIG. 1) and transmits the data to each rendering server 5. To do.

Data stored and managed in the game DB unit 38 is appropriately input by an operation on the computer 2 or the game server 3.
The player data management unit 380 includes information necessary for data transmission with the computer 2 (for example, the PC address of each computer 2 (FIG. 4 and others), the address of the rendering server 5 to which each computer 2 is connected, and Player data indicating a specific player of each player) and information (for example, player ID and password) required for authentication of each player are stored in the player DB 382 and managed.
The player data management unit 380 outputs the player data stored in the player DB 382 to other components of the game server program 30 as necessary.

The moving image management unit 384 has polygon data, texture data, motion data, and moving image data indicating a character used by each player (3D character ID and motion ID indicating polygon data, texture data, and motion data (FIG. 5C)). ) Is stored in the moving image DB 386 and managed.
The moving image management unit 384 outputs the stored moving image data to the 3D character ID acquisition unit 340, the motion ID acquisition unit 342, and the position / speed acquisition unit 344 via the game processing unit 330 as necessary. .

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing game data stored in the game DB 390 shown in FIG.
The game data management unit 388 (FIG. 8) stores and manages the game data shown in FIG. 9 in the game DB 390.
The game data management unit 388 outputs the game data stored in the game DB 390 to the game processing unit 330 as necessary.
As shown in FIG. 9, the game data includes the ID of each player (player IDs # 1 to #n), the operation history (operation data # 1 to #n (FIG. 4) input from each computer 2) and the time. (Operation times # 1 to #n)) and a game log indicating the progress of the game are included in association with each player # 1 to #n.

The 3D character ID acquisition unit 340 acquires the 3D character IDs of all characters to be displayed in the game image 290 (FIG. 7) of each computer 2 and outputs the acquired 3D character IDs to the 3D image data creation unit 350.
The motion ID acquisition unit 342 acquires the motion IDs of all characters to be displayed in the game image 290 of each computer 2 and outputs the motion ID to the 3D image data creation unit 350.

The position / speed acquisition unit 344 generates position data indicating the display positions of all the characters to be displayed in the game image 290 of each computer 2 and speed data indicating their moving speed, thereby generating 3D image data. Output to the unit 350.
As described above, the 3D character ID acquisition unit 340, the motion ID acquisition unit 342, and the position / velocity acquisition unit 344 do not generate the 3D character ID and the motion ID (FIG. 5C), but generate polygon data or the like. The IDs assigned in advance and stored and managed in the moving image DB 386 are acquired via the game processing unit 330 and the like.

  The 3D image data creation unit 350 includes moving image data including the 3D character ID and the motion ID acquired by the 3D character ID acquisition unit 340, the motion ID acquisition unit 342, and the position / speed acquisition unit 344 (FIG. 5D). Is generated and output to the communication processing unit 200, and the moving image data is transmitted to the rendering server 5 connected to the computer 2 to be distributed via the network 100.

[Rendering program 50]
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of the first rendering program 50 executed in the rendering server 5 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, the rendering program 50 includes a communication processing unit 200, a rendering unit 52, and a rendering DB unit 58.
The rendering unit 52 includes a moving image data analysis unit 520, a streaming data creation unit 522, a rendering control unit 530, and a transmission data creation unit 540.
The rendering DB unit 58 includes a player data management unit 580, a player DB 582, a display control data management unit 584, a display control DB 586, a display state management unit 588, and a display state DB 590.
With these components, the rendering program 50 uses the moving image data shown in FIG. 5A or the video data shown in FIG. 5 (depending on the transmission bandwidth between the rendering server 5 and each computer 2 and the processing capability of the computer 2. The processing (rendering processing) for creating the moving image data shown in B) is performed, and the moving image data obtained as a result of the processing is transmitted to each computer 2.

In the rendering program 50, the communication processing unit 200 receives the moving image data (FIG. 5D) from the game server 3 (FIG. 1) and outputs it to the moving image data analysis unit 520.
Further, the communication processing unit 200 sends the moving image data (FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B) input from the transmission data creation unit 540 as a result of the rendering process to the final transmission destination computer 2. Send to.

The moving image data analysis unit 520 analyzes the moving image data (FIG. 5D) input from the communication processing unit 200, separates the 3D moving image data of each character included in the moving image data, and the like. The data is output to the streaming data creation unit 522 and the rendering control unit 530.
The streaming data creation unit 522 is a 3D moving image indicating each character of an unspecified player in the 3D moving image data included in the moving image data (FIG. 5D) from the game server 3 according to the control of the rendering control unit 530. From the image data, streaming moving image data indicating moving images including characters of all or some unspecified players in accordance with the transmission bandwidth between the rendering server 5 and each computer 2 and the processing capability of the computer 2 (see FIG. 5 (A)) is generated and output to the transmission data creation unit 540.
Under the control of the rendering control unit 530, the transmission data creation unit 540 includes 3D moving image data indicating each character of a specific player, streaming moving image data indicating some or all unspecified player characters, and streaming moving image data conversion target Moving image data including 3D moving image data indicating unspecified player characters (FIG. 5A) or moving image data including 3D moving image data indicating all player characters (FIG. 5 B)) is created and output to the communication processing unit 200.

Each data stored in the rendering DB unit 58 is generated by the rendering control unit 530, or is appropriately created by an operation on the computer 2 and the input / output device 126 (FIG. 2) of the game server 3.
The player data management unit 580 of the rendering DB unit 58 includes the address of each computer 2 connected to the rendering server 5 and its processing capability, the ID of the player who operates each computer 2, the location of each computer 2, and each computer. 2 is stored in the player DB 582 and managed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing display control data stored in the display control DB 586 shown in FIG.
The display control data management unit 584 stores and manages the display control data shown in FIG. 11 in the display control DB 586.
Further, the display control data management unit 584 outputs the display control data stored in the display control data management unit 584 to the rendering control unit 530 as necessary.
As shown in FIG. 11, the display control data includes the ID of each player (player ID # 1 to #n), the ID of a specific player of each player (specific player ID # 1 to ID #n), and the ID of each computer 2. Data indicating the display method (display methods # 1 to #n) in the game image 290 and data indicating the bandwidth (usable bandwidth) between the computer 2 and the rendering server 5 used by each player are stored in each player. Included in association with each other.
The display method indicates, for example, the maximum number of characters to be displayed in the game image 290 (FIG. 7) of each computer 2 and whether or not to perform rendering processing on each computer 2.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing display state data stored in the display state DB 590 shown in FIG.
The display state management unit 588 stores and manages the display state data shown in FIG. 12 in the display state DB 590.
Further, the display state management unit 588 outputs the display control data stored in the display state DB 590 to the rendering control unit 530 as necessary.
As shown in FIG. 12, the display status data includes the ID of each player (player ID # 1 to #n) and the character displayed at that time on the game image 290 (FIG. 7) of the computer 2 of each player. ID of players using the player (displayed player IDs # 1 to ID # n) and moving image data (FIG. 5A or FIG. 5B) transmitted to each computer 2 at that time are required. Bandwidths (necessary bandwidths # 1 to #n) are included in association with each player.

The rendering control unit 530 uses the data stored in the rendering DB unit 58 to control other components of the rendering unit 52 and perform a rendering process.
Further, when transmitting the moving image data shown in FIG. 5A to the computer 2, the rendering control unit 530 uses the 3D moving image data input from the moving image data analysis unit 520 to 3D the specific player. The moving image data is selected and output to the transmission data creation unit 540.
Further, when transmitting the moving image data shown in FIG. 5B to the computer 2, the rendering control unit 530 transmits all the 3D moving image data input from the moving image data analysis unit 520 to the transmission data. The data is output to the creation unit 540.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing (S10) of the rendering control unit 530 shown in FIG.
With reference to FIG. 13, the processing of the rendering control unit 530 will be further described.
As shown in FIG. 13, in step 100 (S100), the rendering control unit 530 counts the number of 3D moving image data included in moving image data (FIG. 5D) from the game server 3 to any one of the computers 2. It is determined whether or not a change has occurred.
The rendering control unit 530 proceeds to the process of S102 when the number of 3D moving image data changes, and remains in the process of S100 otherwise.

In step 102 (S102), the rendering control unit 530 acquires player data of the player #i, and uses the acquired player data to operate the player (player) that operates the computer 2 in which the number of 3D moving image data has changed. The display state data (# 12) of #i) is updated.
In addition, the rendering control unit 530 acquires the display method #i included in the display control data (FIG. 11) of the player #i.

In step 104 (S104), the rendering control unit 530 determines whether it is necessary to create streaming moving image data for moving image data to be transmitted to the computer 2 operated by the player #i.
That is, the rendering control unit 530 determines that the maximum number of characters indicated by the display method #i included in the display control data (FIG. 11) of the player #i is the player being displayed indicated by the status display data (FIG. 12) of the player #i. It is determined whether the number is greater than the number of IDs.
The rendering control unit 530 proceeds to the process of S106 when it is necessary to create streaming moving image data, and proceeds to the process of S108 otherwise.

In step 106 (S106), the rendering control unit 530 controls the other components to generate the moving image data shown in FIG. 5A, and transmits 3D moving image data indicating the character of the specific player. The data is output to the data creation unit 540.
In step 108 (S108), the rendering control unit 530 controls the other components to generate the moving image data shown in FIG. 5B, and converts the 3D moving image data indicating the characters of all players. The data is output to the transmission data creation unit 540.
In step 110 (S110), the transmission data creation unit 540 generates the moving image data shown in FIG. 5A or 5B according to the control of the rendering control unit 530, and passes through the communication processing unit 200 or the like. To the final destination computer 2.

[Overall Operation of First Online Game System 10]
Hereinafter, the overall operation of the online game system 10 will be briefly described.
When each player operates the computer 2 (FIG. 1), the computer 2 creates operation data (FIG. 4) indicating the operation of the player and transmits it to the game server 3.
The game server 3 progresses the game according to the operation data from the computer 2 of each player, and creates moving image data (FIG. 5D) including 3D moving image data of all characters to be displayed on each computer 2. Then, each computer 2 transmits to the rendering server 5 connected via the network 100.

The rendering server 5 determines whether or not to transmit moving image data including streaming moving image data (FIG. 5A) to each computer 2 connected via the network 100, that is, between each computer 2 It is determined whether there is a margin in the transmission bandwidth and the processing capability of each computer 2.
The rendering server 5 creates and transmits the moving image data shown in FIG. 5B to the computer 2 having sufficient transmission bandwidth and processing capacity.
On the other hand, the moving image data shown in FIG. 5A is created and transmitted to the computer 2 having no sufficient transmission bandwidth or processing capacity.

[Second online game system 12]
Hereinafter, the second online game system 12 according to the present invention will be described.
In the first online game system 10 (FIG. 1), when a certain player experiences an unfavorable situation in the course of the game (for example, when he is likely to lose a battle with another player, or performs unfavorable shopping) When the computer 2 and the network 100 are disconnected, the cable that connects the computer 2 and the network 100 is physically pulled out from the connector, and the communication path that connects the computer 2 and the network 100 is disconnected. There is a possibility to try to solve it by illegal means.
On the other hand, when an inevitable failure occurs between the computer 2 and the game server 3, the communication path between them may be disconnected. In such a case, for the player, There may be an adverse situation in the progress of the game.

In the online game system 10, it is difficult for the game server 3 to determine whether the disconnection of the communication path with the computer 2 is due to an arbitrary cause of the player or an inevitable cause for the player.
In the online game system 10, when such a determination cannot be made, the game server 3 must handle the disconnection of the communication path due to any cause, so that the disadvantageous situation can be resolved by an unauthorized means, or , A disadvantageous situation caused by an inevitable cause for the player cannot be remedied.
On the contrary, if the online game system 10 is improved so that such a determination can be made, the game server 3 does not allow the disadvantageous situation to be solved by an illegal means, and the disadvantageous situation due to an unavoidable cause for the player. Can be rescued.
Such improvements have been made to the second online game system 12 described below.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the second online game system 12 to which the moving image display method according to the present invention is applied.
As shown in FIG. 14, the second online game system 12 has a configuration in which a failure detection notification device 104 is further connected to each network 100 of the first online game system 10 shown in FIG.
Due to these components, the online game system 12 is configured such that a communication failure between the computer 2 of each player and the game server 3 is caused by an arbitrary cause by the player or a failure that occurs in the network 100 or the like. It is determined whether the cause is unavoidable for the player, and when the communication failure is unavoidable for the player, a remedy is taken for the player so as to avoid a problem in the progress of the game caused by the communication failure.

In the online game system 12, when a communication failure occurs in each network 100, the failure detection notification device 104 notifies each rendering server 5 of information (communication failure information) indicating the content of the communication failure.
The failure information data notified by the failure detection reporting device 104 includes the time when the communication failure occurred (failure occurrence time), the location of the portion where the communication failure occurred (prefecture, municipality, etc.), and the line where the communication failure occurred. Data indicating the type (ADSL line, optical line, etc.), the line speed of the line in which the communication failure has occurred, and the content of the failure (failure content: communication failure, error increase, etc.) are included.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration of the second rendering program 60 that operates in the rendering server 5 (FIG. 14) of the second online game system 12.
As shown in FIG. 15, the second rendering program 60 has a configuration in which a failure processing unit 62 is added to the first rendering program 50 (FIG. 10).
The failure processing unit 62 includes a failure information collection unit 620, a failure information management unit 622, a failure information DB 624, a network information management unit 626, a network information DB 628, a failure occurrence determination unit 630, and a failure cause notification unit 632.
With these components, the rendering program 60 rescues the player from the above-described rendering process and a problem in the progress of the game caused by a communication failure due to an unavoidable cause for the player.

The failure information collection unit 620 collects failure information data indicating the failure occurrence time of the communication failure that has occurred between each computer 2 connected via the network 100 and the rendering server 5 and the content of the failure. .
Further, the failure information collection unit 620 collects failure information data notified from the failure detection notification device 104 connected to each network 100.
The failure information collection unit 620 outputs the collected failure information data to the failure information management unit 622.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing failure information data stored in the failure information DB 624 shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 16, the failure information management unit 622 includes IDs (player IDs # 1 to #n) of players that operate each computer 2, each computer 2 input from the failure information collection unit 620, and a rendering server. 5 is associated with the failure information data indicating the communication failure that occurred between the computer 2 and the rendering server 5, and the failure count data used for the relief processing of the communication failure that occurs between each computer 2 and the rendering server 5 is associated with the failure information DB 624. Remember and manage.
Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the failure information management unit 622 associates the ID of each network 100 (network ID # 1 to #n) with communication failure data indicating a communication failure that has occurred in each network 100. And stored in the failure information DB 624 and managed.
The failure information management unit 622 outputs the communication failure data stored in the failure information DB 624 to the failure occurrence determination unit 630 as necessary.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing network information data stored in the network information DB 628 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 17, the network information management unit 626 includes an ID (network ID # 1 to #n) of each network 100 and network information data of each network 100 (location of the network 100, line type, line speed, etc.). Are stored in the network information DB 628 and managed.
The network information data of each network 100 is appropriately input by an operation on the rendering server 5 or the like.
The network information management unit 626 outputs the network information data stored in the network information DB 628 to the failure occurrence determination unit 630 as necessary.

The failure occurrence determination unit 630 processes the data input from the failure information management unit 622 (FIG. 16) and the network information data input from the network information management unit 626 (FIG. 17), and each computer 2 It is determined whether or not a communication failure unavoidable for the player (such as network 100 down) has occurred with the game server 3 or the rendering server 5.
The failure occurrence determination unit 630 outputs the determination result to the failure cause notification unit 632.

First, the first communication failure occurrence determination process by the failure occurrence determination unit 630 will be described.
When a communication failure between a certain computer 2 and the rendering server 5 occurs, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines the content of the communication failure and the communication failure that occurs between the other computer 2 and the rendering server 5. The contents are compared, and when they are similar, it is determined that a communication failure has occurred between the computer 2 and the rendering server 5.
That is, for example, the location where a communication failure has occurred between a computer 2 and the rendering server 5, the line type and line speed of the line that caused the communication failure, and a predetermined number or more of other computers 2 and the rendering server 5 When the location where the communication failure occurs between, the line type and the line speed of the line where the communication failure occurred coincide with each other with a probability of a predetermined ratio or more, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines that the computer 2 and the rendering server 5 It is determined that a communication failure inevitable for the player has occurred.

Next, the second communication failure occurrence determination process by the failure occurrence determination unit 630 will be described.
When a communication failure between a certain computer 2 and the rendering server 5 occurs, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 and the content of the communication failure of the network 100 notified from each failure detection notification device 104 When these are similar, it is determined that a communication failure has occurred between the computer 2 and the rendering server 5.
That is, for example, the location where a communication failure has occurred between a computer 2 and the rendering server 5, the line type and line speed of the line where the communication failure has occurred, and the path between the computer 2 and the rendering server 5. When the location where the communication failure has occurred in the existing network 100, the line type and the line speed of the line that caused the communication failure match with a probability of a predetermined ratio or more, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 It is determined that a communication failure unavoidable for the player has occurred with the rendering server 5.
The first and second communication failure occurrence determination processes can be used in combination as long as no contradiction occurs.

The failure determination process of the failure occurrence determination unit 630 will be further described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the process (S20) of the failure occurrence determination unit 630 shown in FIG.
When a failure occurs, if sufficient failure information is collected and then analyzed and attempted to be dealt with, a lot of time is required, which may hinder real-time progress of the online game.
Therefore, for a failure that has occurred in the online game, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 responds immediately after the occurrence (corresponding to the determination in Step 204), and then a subsequent response after sufficient information collection and analysis ( The processing divided into two stages (corresponding to the determination in step 212).

As shown in FIG. 18, in step 200 (S200), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines whether a communication failure has occurred between the computer 2-i operated by the player #i and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5. Judge whether or not.
The failure occurrence determination unit 630 proceeds to the process of S202 when a communication failure occurs, and stays in the process of S200 otherwise.

In step 202 (S202), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 controls the failure information management unit 622 to decrement (decrement) the value of the failure count data of the player #i stored in the failure information DB 624 by one. .
In step 204 (S204), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines whether or not the value of the failure count data decremented in the processing of S202 is greater than zero.
The failure occurrence determination unit 630 proceeds to the processing of S208 when the value of the decremented failure count data is larger than 0, and otherwise proceeds to the processing of S206.
That is, if the value of the failure count data is> 0, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 estimates that the failure that has occurred is an unavoidable failure for the player #i as an immediate determination, and occurs in this player due to real-time progress of the game. It progresses to the process (S208) which eliminates a disadvantageous situation.

In step 206 (S206), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines that a communication failure between the computer 2 operated by the player #i and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5 is caused by an arbitrary cause of the player #i. Is output to the game server 3 and the game unit 32.
Further, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 performs processing for imposing a penalty on the player #i, such as reducing the initial value of the failure count data of the player #i as necessary.

In step 208 (S208), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 informs the game server 3 that the communication failure that has occurred between the computer 2 and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5 is due to an unavoidable cause for the player #i. Notify them.
In response to this notification, the game server 3 immediately takes measures to rescue the player #i.
In step 210 (S210), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines whether or not the generated communication failure is due to an unavoidable cause for the player #i, using the first or second method described above.
That is, the information collection and analysis described above are sufficiently performed here.

In step 212 (S212), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 determines whether or not a communication failure unavoidable for the player #i has occurred.
The failure occurrence determination unit 630 proceeds to the process of S214 when a communication failure that is unavoidable for the player #i occurs, and proceeds to the process of S206 otherwise.

In step 214 (S214), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 controls the failure information management unit 622 to substitute (initialize) an initial value for the failure count data of the player #i stored in the failure information DB 624.
That is, when it is finally determined that the communication failure is unavoidable, the failure counter is initialized, but when it is determined arbitrary, this initialization is not performed.
As a result, an addict who continuously caused arbitrary communication failures, that is, a malicious player, is immediately determined to have caused an arbitrary communication failure.

Such allowance imposes a penalty on the vicious player, such as being required to take immediate action or making it difficult to implement in a real-time game or the like.
Furthermore, once the player is determined to be a malicious player, the failure counter is not initialized, so that the player is fixed in a situation where a very unfavorable determination is made regarding a communication failure.

Note that the processing of S214 can be changed to change the content of the treatment based on the frequency of the player's fraud, such as changing the penalty with the value of the failure counter.
Further, for example, in order to easily identify a player who has frequently caused an arbitrary communication failure in a relatively short time even if it is discontinuous, the processing in step 214 is performed instead of initialization of the failure counter. In addition, it can be changed to increment toward the initial value.

In step 216 (S216), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 causes the communication failure between the computer 2 operated by the player #i and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5 with respect to the game unit 32 and the game server 3. However, it is notified that the cause is inevitable for the player #i.
In other words, in the process of step 208 (S208), it is confirmed here that the notification of “inevitable cause” made as an immediate response was correct.
In this way, by using the failure count data to determine whether the cause of the failure is due to an arbitrary cause of the player or an unavoidable cause for the player and to notify the player, as shown below, a bona fide player Remedies for

If a communication failure that occurs between the computer 2 operated by the player #i and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5 is an unavoidable cause for the player #i, the failure cause notification unit 632 By notifying, for example, the game server can rescue player #i by executing the logoff process immediately so that the character does not remain in the game.
On the other hand, when there is a notification that the failure is arbitrarily caused by the player, if it is an immediate response, the player's character can be left in the game as it is and cannot be protected. A penalty is given to make the player disadvantaged as compared to the case where the obstacle is not intentionally caused, such as being unilaterally attacked by the opponent.
If what is considered an unavoidable obstacle in the immediate response is ultimately arbitrary, it can be realized, and once it is turned off, provided that it does not look unnatural. The player's character that has been played can be revived and left unattended, or a similar action can be taken, or a relatively low real-time response can be taken.
For example, in a game in which the player's points (points, money, items, energy, time, etc.) are important, it may be confiscated or re-login within a predetermined period may be prohibited. Various penalties can be imposed on malicious players.

When the failure cause notifying unit 632 notifies the game server 3 in the same manner, for example, the game server 3 has the game data stored in the game DB 390 (FIG. 8, FIG. 15) of the game server program 30 (FIG. 9). ) Can be relieved by invalidating operation data after the time when the communication failure occurred.
In addition, for example, when the online game is a competitive chess, the game server 3 immediately stops the decrement of time, instructs the opponent to wait without being terminated, holds the board Remedy can be taken by treating it as being suspended.
Conversely, in order to impose a penalty, for example, as in the example described above, a penalty such as not taking (or canceling) these remedies may be selected. Another penalty can be imposed as described above.

[Overall Operation of Second Online Game System 12]
Hereinafter, the overall operation of the online game system 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20.
FIG. 19 is a communication sequence diagram when a communication failure between the computer 2 shown in FIG. 14 and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5 is caused by an inevitable cause for the player operating the computer 2.
FIG. 20 is a communication sequence diagram when a communication failure occurring between the computer 2 shown in FIG. 14 and the game server 3 or the rendering server 5 is caused by an arbitrary cause of a player who operates the computer 2.

As shown in FIG. 19, in step 300 (S300), the player applies to the game server 3 for issuance of an account for participating in the game. In this step, network information (line type, location, etc .; FIG. 17) is also registered as appropriate.
In step 301 (S301), the game server 3 issues an account to the player operating the computer 2.
In step 302 (S302), the game server 3 sends the network information registered for the player to the rendering server 5.
In step 304 (S304), failure information data is sent from the failure detection notification device 104 or the like to the rendering server 5.
In step 306 (S306), the player sequentially performs operations for causing the computer 2 to advance the game.
The computer 2 sequentially transmits operation data (FIG. 4) indicating the operation of the player to the game server 3.

In step 308 (S305), the rendering server 5 detects a communication failure (disconnection, etc.) of the computer 2.
In the rendering server 5, the failure occurrence determination unit 630 (FIG. 15) performs the process shown in FIG. 18, and determines that the cause of the communication failure is an unavoidable cause for the player.
In step (S310), the rendering server 5 notifies the game server 3 that the cause of the communication failure is an unavoidable cause for the player.
The rendering server 5 and the game server 3 perform processing for relieving the player.

As shown in FIG. 20, in step 320 (S320), the failure occurrence determination unit 630 performs the process shown in FIG. 18, and determines that the cause of the communication failure is an arbitrary cause of the player.
In step (S322), the rendering server 5 notifies the game server 3 that the cause of the communication failure is an arbitrary cause of the player.
The rendering server 5 and the game server 3 perform processing for imposing a penalty on the player.

  The present invention can be used for data processing such as an online game.

It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the 1st online game system to which the moving image display method concerning this invention is applied. It is a figure which illustrates the hardware constitutions of the computer of the online game system shown in FIG. 1, a game server, and a rendering server. It is a figure which shows the structure of the game program run in the computer shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the operation data transmitted to the game server from the computer shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the 1st moving image data transmitted to a computer via a rendering server from the game server shown in FIG. 1, Comprising: (A) is when there is no margin in the transmission band from a network to a computer etc. 3B shows moving image data transmitted from the rendering server to the computer, and FIG. 4B shows moving image data transmitted from the rendering server to the computer 2 when there is a sufficient transmission band from the network to the computer. , (C) shows the 3D moving image data shown in (A), (B) and (D), and (D) shows the moving image data transmitted from the game server to the rendering server. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data rate of moving image data transmitted from the rendering server 5 to the computer 2, wherein (A) shows the data rate of moving image data shown in FIG. 5 (B), and (B) The data rate of the moving image data shown in FIG. The 3D moving image data processing unit and the display moving image generating unit of the game program shown in FIG. 3 create from the moving image data shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, and the input / output device of the computer (FIG. 1) It is a figure which illustrates the game image displayed on 126 (FIG. 2). It is a figure which shows the structure of the game server program run in the game server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the game data memorize | stored in game DB shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the 1st rendering program performed in the rendering server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the display control data memorize | stored in display control DB shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the display state data memorize | stored in display state DB shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process (S10) of the rendering control part shown in FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the 2nd online game system to which the moving image display method concerning this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the structure of the 2nd rendering program which operate | moves in the rendering server (FIG. 14) of a 2nd online game system. It is a figure which shows the failure information data memorize | stored in failure information DB shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the network information data memorize | stored in network information DB shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process (S20) of the failure generation determination part shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a communication sequence diagram when a communication failure that occurs between the computer shown in FIG. 14 and a game server or a rendering server is caused by an unavoidable cause for a player operating the computer. FIG. 15 is a communication sequence diagram when a communication failure between the computer shown in FIG. 14 and the game server or the rendering server is caused by an arbitrary cause of a player who operates the computer.

Explanation of symbols

10, 12 ... Online game system,
100 ... Network,
102... Network system,
104 ... Failure detection notification device,
2 ... Computer,
120 ... main body,
122... CPU
124: Memory,
126 ... I / O device,
128: Communication device,
130... Recording device,
132... Recording medium,
20 ... Game program,
200: Communication processing unit,
210 ... received data analysis unit,
212 ... 3D moving image data processing unit,
214... Display moving image generation unit,
220 ... UI unit,
230: Game control unit,
232: Operation analysis unit,
234 ... transmission data creation unit,
7 ... Game image,
3 ... Game server,
30 ... Game server program,
32 ... Game part,
320 ... UI unit,
322: Operation analysis unit,
330: Game processing unit,
340... Polygon data creation unit,
342 ... Texture data creation unit,
344 ... motion data creation unit,
350 ... 3D image data creation unit,
38 ... Game DB part,
380: Player data management unit,
382 ... Player DB,
384 ... moving image management unit,
386 ... moving image DB,
388 ... Game data management unit,
390 ... Game DB,
5 ... Rendering server,
50, 60 ... rendering program,
52... Rendering unit,
520... Moving image data analysis unit,
522: Streaming data creation unit,
530: Rendering control unit,
540 ... transmission data creation unit,
58... Rendering DB section,
580... Player data management unit,
582 ... Player DB,
584: Display control data management unit,
586 ... display control DB,
588 ... display state management unit,
590 ... Display state DB,
62 ... Fault processing unit,
620 ... Failure information collection unit,
622 ... Fault information management unit,
624 ... failure information DB,
628 ... Network information DB,
630 ... Failure occurrence determination unit,
632 ... Failure cause notification unit,

Claims (13)

A data processing system having a data processing device, one or more data transmission devices, and one or more data terminal devices, wherein the data transmission device is between the data processing device and each of the data terminal devices. The operation data indicating the operation for each of the data terminal devices is transmitted via any of the above, and between each of the data terminal devices and any of the data transmission devices via a transmission path that may cause a failure. Connected,
Each of the data transmission devices
Attribute information storage means for indicating the attribute of each of the transmission paths between the connected data terminal devices;
Fault information storage means for storing fault information indicating a fault in transmission of operation data that has occurred between the connected data terminal devices;
When an operation data transmission failure occurs with one of the connected data terminal devices, the failure occurred based on the failure that occurred with the data terminal device other than the data terminal device. A failure cause determination means for determining the cause;
A failure cause notification means for notifying the data processing device of the determined cause of the failure,
The data processing device includes:
Operation data receiving means for receiving operation data from each of the data terminal devices;
Data processing means for performing predetermined data processing based on the received operation data;
Data processing control means for controlling the predetermined data processing by the data processing means according to the notified cause of the failure when a failure occurs in the transmission of operation data with any of the data terminal devices And a data processing system. For the data terminal device, an unauthorized operation that causes a failure in transmission of operation data may be performed,
The failure cause determination means of the data transmission device determines whether or not the cause of the generated failure is the unauthorized operation,
The data processing control unit of the data processing device performs the predetermined data processing based on the operation data that has received a failure when the cause of the notified failure is the unauthorized operation. The data processing system according to claim 1, which controls processing means. The data processing control means of the data processing device, based on the operation data other than the operation data that has received the failure, based on the operation data other than when the cause of the notified failure is the unauthorized operation. The data processing system according to claim 2, wherein the data processing unit is controlled to perform the data processing. The data processing means of the data processing device includes:
The data processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein real-time data processing is performed in which operation data from each of the data terminal devices can interact with each other. The data processing means of the data processing device includes:
The data processing system according to claim 4, wherein processing for a real-time online game in which operation data from each of the data terminal devices can interact with each other is performed as the predetermined data processing. A data transmission device that transmits operation data indicating an operation on each of the data terminal devices between the data processing device and each of the one or more data terminal devices, and there is a failure between each of the data terminal devices. The data processing device is connected via a transmission path that can be generated, the data processing device receives operation data from each of the data terminal devices, performs predetermined data processing based on the received operation data, and the data terminal When a failure occurs in the transmission of operation data with any of the devices, the predetermined data processing is controlled according to the notified cause of the failure,
Each of the data transmission devices
Attribute information storage means for storing attribute information indicating an attribute of each of the transmission paths to and from the connected data terminal device;
Fault information storage means for storing fault information indicating a fault in transmission of operation data that has occurred between the connected data terminal devices;
When an operation data transmission failure occurs with one of the connected data terminal devices, the failure occurred based on the failure that occurred with the data terminal device other than the data terminal device. A failure cause determination means for determining the cause;
A data transmission apparatus comprising: a failure cause notifying unit for notifying the data processing apparatus of the determined cause of the failure. An unauthorized operation that causes a failure in transmission of operation data may be performed on the data terminal device, and the data processing device may have a failure when the cause of the notified failure is the unauthorized operation. The predetermined data processing is performed based on the operation data received,
The data transmission apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the failure cause determination unit determines whether the cause of the failure that has occurred is the unauthorized operation. The attribute information storage means includes a transmission method for each transmission path, a transmission speed for each transmission path, a location for each data terminal apparatus, and a network interposed between the data terminal apparatuses, or Storing the attribute information indicating one or more;
The failure cause determination means is similar to the attribute information of the transmission path to the data terminal device when an operation data transmission failure occurs with any of the connected data terminal devices. The data transmission according to claim 7, wherein when the operation data transmission failure occurs in the transmission path having the attribute information, the cause of the generated failure is other than the unauthorized operation. apparatus. The failure cause determination means causes a failure in transmission of the operation data at a predetermined frequency or more in the transmission line having attribute information similar to the attribute information of the transmission line in which the transmission failure of the operation data has occurred. The data transmission device according to claim 8, wherein the cause of the failure that has occurred is determined to be other than the unauthorized operation. The data transmission device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the data processing device performs real-time data processing in which operation data from each of the data terminal devices can interact with each other. The data transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the data processing device performs processing for a real-time online game in which operation data from each of the data terminal devices can interact with each other as the predetermined data processing. A data transmission method in a data transmission apparatus for transmitting operation data indicating an operation for each of the data terminal apparatuses between the data processing apparatus and each of the one or more data terminal apparatuses. Are connected via a transmission path in which a failure may occur, and the data processing device receives operation data from each of the data terminal devices, and performs predetermined data processing based on the received operation data. , When a failure occurs in the transmission of operation data between any of the data terminal devices, the predetermined data processing is controlled according to the notified cause of the failure,
An attribute information storage step for storing attribute information indicating an attribute of each of the transmission paths between the connected data terminal devices;
A failure information storage step for storing failure information indicating a failure in transmission of operation data generated between the connected data terminal devices;
When an operation data transmission failure occurs with one of the connected data terminal devices, the failure occurred based on the failure that occurred with the data terminal device other than the data terminal device. A failure cause determination step for determining the cause;
A failure transmission notifying step of notifying the data processing device of the determined cause of failure. A program that is executed in a data transmission device that includes a computer and transmits operation data indicating an operation on each of the data terminal devices between the data processing device and each of the one or more data terminal devices, the data Each terminal device is connected via a transmission path that may cause a failure, and the data processing device receives operation data from each of the data terminal devices, and based on the received operation data, Performing predetermined data processing, and when a failure occurs in the transmission of operation data between any of the data terminal devices, the predetermined data processing is controlled according to the notified cause of the failure,
An attribute information storage step for storing attribute information indicating an attribute of each of the transmission paths between the connected data terminal devices;
A failure information storage step for storing failure information indicating a failure in transmission of operation data generated between the connected data terminal devices;
When an operation data transmission failure occurs with one of the connected data terminal devices, the failure occurred based on the failure that occurred with the data terminal device other than the data terminal device. A failure cause determination step for determining the cause;
A program that causes the computer to execute a failure cause notification step of notifying the data processing device of the determined cause of the failure.

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