JP2007213453A - Virtual space sharing type entertainment community generation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a virtual space sharing type entertainment community which is easier for all the registered users, including users unfamiliar with a virtual community, to enjoy easily and use of which can be enjoyed over a long period freshly. <P>SOLUTION: The virtual space sharing type entertainment community generation system comprises: a virtual space sharing type entertainment community content database server 11 for storing data of the user registered to the virtual space sharing type entertainment community and content data; a virtual space sharing type entertainment community content file server 12; and a virtual space sharing type entertainment community generation content server 10 having a control means for issuing an HTML tag for displaying character strings and images in the virtual space sharing type entertainment community. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for generating a virtual space shared entertainment community where a plurality of users can interact on a network.

  With the technological advancement of the Internet, a large number of virtual communities are created today. There are multiple community generation methods and methods.

  A user registered in the virtual community can perform text-based communication such as creating a diary within the community, exchanging emails between users with common interests, and creating a bulletin board.

In addition, in the community that emphasizes entertainment, a registered user is prepared, and a 3D virtual space is created in the image of a town, house, etc., with visual effects that make it easy for users in the community to interact and communicate with each other. There are things that do.
JP 2001-256512 A JP 2005-216218 A

  However, in these conventional virtual communities, it is difficult to enhance human relations within the community unless the user actively communicates. As a result, if the user's usage period is long, In many cases, the human relations formed in the system were fixed, and the users were often neglected in the virtual community.

  In addition, in a conventional virtual community, it is possible to search for users with a certain specific hobby, but it is extremely difficult to search for users with multiple hobbies / interests. I couldn't reach the user, and I couldn't communicate actively.

  Also, in the conventional virtual community, there was a sense of solidarity due to the common interests and hobbies registered in the community, but the sense of solidarity was not necessarily strong and was often fragile .

  Further, in a conventional virtual community, a registered user can own his / her page, but cannot grasp “where in the virtual community he is located”.

  Moreover, in the conventional virtual community, there is a great psychological resistance to becoming friends with strangers, which has hindered community formation.

  In other words, for all registered users, including users who are unfamiliar with the virtual community, a virtual community that is easy to understand, can spread and deepen communication with peace of mind, and can be enjoyed freshly over a long period of time. Could not be generated.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem by realizing generation of a virtual space shared entertainment community.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to the present invention generates a virtual space shared entertainment community content database server (hereinafter referred to as “database server”) to generate a virtual space shared entertainment community. A virtual space sharing type entertainment community content file server (hereinafter referred to as “file server”) and a virtual space sharing type entertainment community generating content server (hereinafter referred to as “content server”).

  Further, in the virtual space shared entertainment community generating system according to the present invention, the database server includes character string data and virtual space shared entertainment among user data registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community. Among the content data necessary for the formation of the community, character string data is stored, and the file server includes data other than the character string format and virtual space among user data registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community. Among the content data necessary for the formation of a shared entertainment community, data other than the character string format is stored, and the content server displays character strings and images of the virtual space shared entertainment community. Having a control unit for distributing the data.

  Further, the control means according to the present invention is characterized in that the user transmits data transmitted from the terminal (hereinafter referred to as “user terminal”) to which the network service can be used via the network to the content server or based on a predetermined condition. Distributes data for displaying columns and images.

  In addition, the control means according to the present invention can search, extract, edit data that is transmitted from a user terminal to the content server or data stored in the content database server based on a predetermined condition. Delete and add new data.

  In addition, the control means according to the present invention includes: data transmitted from a user terminal to the content server by a user, or data stored in the file server based on a predetermined condition, deletion, and new data Perform addition of.

  In addition, the control means according to the present invention automatically generates virtual space data to be shared among a plurality of users based on a predetermined condition, and at the same time, all users have the same in the generated virtual space. Automatically generate data to be added and add the two types of data to the content database server.

  Further, the control means according to the present invention provides, for a user registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community, data of a virtual space to which the user belongs, and within the virtual space, based on a predetermined condition. Is added to or edited in the database server.

  Further, the control means according to the present invention provides, for a user registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community, data of a virtual space to which the user belongs, and within the virtual space, based on a predetermined condition. Is added to or edited in the database server.

  Moreover, the control means according to the present invention distributes data for displaying a plurality of virtual spaces on the same map by extracting and referring to the data of the virtual space from the database server.

  Further, the control means according to the present invention extracts predetermined data from the database server based on predetermined conditions, data of users logged in to the virtual space shared entertainment community, and all other registered users. It collates with one person's data, calculates the number of matching data between them, and displays the result in a chart format or the like.

  The virtual space sharing entertainment community generation system according to the present invention changes the virtual space to which the user belongs at regular intervals. In other words, fresh communication is realized by changing the user to be communicated at regular intervals.

  In addition, the virtual space sharing entertainment community generation system according to the present invention makes it easy to understand a highly-oriented user calculated based on predetermined user data for a user who has logged in to the virtual space sharing entertainment community. By showing, a communication environment that is easy to enjoy even for users who are unfamiliar with the conventional virtual community is constructed.

  In addition, the virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to the present invention has one shared object among all users belonging to the same virtual space, and is operated by operations of all users belonging to the same virtual space. By fostering the shared object, a sense of solidarity is created and strengthened among all users who belong to the same virtual space.

  In addition, the virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to the present invention displays a virtual space existing in the virtual space shared entertainment community on the same map, so that even a user unfamiliar with the conventional virtual community can operate. Build easy-to-use WEB pages.

  In addition, the virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to the present invention assigns virtual space shared entertainment community registered users to each virtual space, and a sense of friendship and solidarity is born, and the user has an exchange relationship. Makes it easy to deepen.

  By the above action, a virtual space shared entertainment community is generated that is easy to enjoy and can be enjoyed fresh for a long period of time for all registered users including users unfamiliar with the virtual community.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the virtual space shared entertainment community generation system includes a content server 10, a database server 11 and a content file server 12 that store data necessary for generating a virtual space shared entertainment community, A user terminal 20 used by a user who participates in the virtual space sharing community, and provides a virtual space in the virtual space sharing entertainment community to the user who owns the user terminal 20. .

  The content server 10, the database server 11, the file server 12, and the user terminal 20 used by a user participating in the virtual space sharing entertainment community are connected via a network line 50 such as the Internet, and transmit / receive data to / from each other. Can be done.

  When a user registered in the virtual space sharing entertainment community accesses the content server 10 using the user terminal 10, a predetermined character string and an image are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20, or the user terminal 20 A character string and an image based on a predetermined condition and data transmitted from the user terminal are displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20 (that is, dynamically changing the content displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20 on the WEB page) It is a WWW server that stores files described in a programming language.

  The user terminal 20 is a communication terminal such as a personal computer having a keyboard, a mouse and other input devices as input devices, and a monitor as a video output device. A WEB browser is installed on the user terminal 20, and a content server is connected via the network. 10 and a means for displaying a character string and image data on the screen based on a file placed in the content server 10.

  In response to the execution command from the content server 10 that has received the data transmitted from the user terminal 20, the database server 11 adds data to the database in the database server 11 and changes or deletes data in the database. A means for performing a search and transmitting the result to the content server 10 is provided. The database server 11 stores a user table (hereinafter referred to as “TBL”) storing user information registered in the community and content data necessary for generating a virtual space shared community. There are multiple TBLs.

  The file server 12 is a server that stores data other than the character string format (for example, image data). These data are divided into data prepared by the entity operating the virtual space shared entertainment community and data transmitted from the user terminal 20. The content server 10 accesses the file server 12 and obtains data when displaying something other than a character string (for example, an image) on the screen of the user terminal 20.

Next, a procedure in which the user actually uses the virtual space shared entertainment community using the user terminal 20 will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flow from when a user registers in the virtual space shared entertainment community, logs in, and then logs out.
First, in step 10 (S10), a user who is not registered in the virtual space sharing entertainment community accesses the content server 10 from the user terminal 20. Next, in step 11 (S11), the user moves to a registration page, and the user inputs data necessary for registration from the user terminal 20 to perform user registration. At this time, the user is automatically distributed to the virtual space based on a predetermined condition. Note that the distribution to the virtual space is not necessarily performed by persons who share the predetermined data in the user information, and is randomly distributed.

The flow of data during user registration will be described.
Data input by the user is transmitted to the content server 10 and stored in the user TBL in the database server 11. In addition to the input data, the content server 10 stores the virtual space data to which the registered user belongs and the position data in the virtual space in the user TBL in the database server 11. It is also possible to set a limit on the number of people who can belong to each virtual space on the main side that operates the virtual space shared entertainment community. In that case, a new virtual machine is automatically created when the number limit is exceeded during user registration. Generate spatial data.

  Next, in step 12 (S12), the registered user moves to the login page, and the user inputs data necessary for login from the user terminal 20 and logs in. When the login process is successful, a screen after login is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20. At this time, the data input by the user is transmitted to the content server 10 and collated with the user's data in the user TBL in the database server 11. If the results match, the login process is successful.

Next, in step 13 (S13), the user uses content that can be used after login. The data and flow transmitted and received between the user terminal 20 and the content server 10 vary depending on the content content. FIG. 3 is a view showing an image of content use in the virtual space shared entertainment community. As shown in the figure, there are a plurality of virtual spaces A, B, C... In the virtual space sharing entertainment community. In S21-1 to 3 ..., the user uses various contents A, B, C, ... in this virtual space. When content is used, predetermined data related to the user is stored in the content server 10. There is no particular limitation on the order in which the user uses the content and the number of content.
Finally, in step 14 (S14), the user logs out from the user terminal 20. At this time, the predetermined data related to the user stored in the content server 10 while logging in is deleted.

  Hereinafter, the contents of step 13 (S13) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an implementation example of the virtual space in the WEB page. In this embodiment, the virtual space is replaced with a school class. The position data of the user in the virtual space is expressed as a seat in the class. In step 12 (S12), when logging in to the virtual space sharing entertainment community from the login page, a screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display of the user terminal 20. This screen is a screen that displays “My Class” in the virtual space shared entertainment community. To display another screen on the screen of the user terminal 20, click the menu button in FIG. do it. In this embodiment, various menu buttons such as “My Page”, “My Class”, “Diary”, “Letter”, “Locker” and “Footstep” are displayed on the menu button, and the user clicks this button. Various contents can be used. Various contents will be described.

  When the “My Page” button is pressed, a page displaying detailed information about the logged-in user is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20. The user can obtain links to pages of other users who are registered as “friends” in the virtual space shared entertainment community, links to diaries created by logged-in users, and the like. When the “diary” button is pressed, the logged-in user can read a diary written by the logged-in user or write a new diary. This diary can be written not only for the current day but also for the past date. When the “letter” button is pressed, letters can be sent to and received from other community participating users. When the “footstep” button is pressed, a history of other users visiting the logged-in user's page is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20. When the logged-in user uses each content from the user terminal 20, the user terminal 20 transmits data to the content server 10 and transmits / receives data to / from various TBLs in the content database server 11.

  The virtual space sharing entertainment community is characterized by content that can be enjoyed and enjoyed freshly over a long period of time for all registered users including users who are unfamiliar with the virtual community. In this embodiment, “My Class” and “Locker” correspond to this. Hereinafter, a method for using the content and an execution algorithm will be described in detail.

“My class” will be described with reference to FIG.
“My class” is content for displaying information about a class which is a virtual space to which the user belongs. In the “blackboard”, information on articles created on the drawing bulletin board of the class and diary information created by users belonging to the class are posted. A user registered in the virtual space sharing entertainment community always belongs to one of all classes in the virtual space sharing entertainment community.

  As shown in Fig. 4, in "My Class", the character strings and images representing users belonging to the same class, including the logged-in user, are displayed at the bottom right of the screen as if they were sitting at the desk. Has been. When this class is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20, the seating chart includes seats for up to 29 people around the logged-in user's seat and links to the users located in the seat. When a class other than his / her class is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20, a part of the seat is randomly selected from the seating chart of the class and displayed.

  The data flow at this time will be described in detail. First, predetermined data is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the content server 10, a database operation request is sent from the content server 10 to the database server 11, and the result of the calculation device of the database server 11 calculating based on the operation request is displayed. The content server 10 receives the data again and distributes data for displaying the seating chart on the screen of the user terminal 20 based on the result.

  In addition, the position data in the user class is periodically changed randomly. In addition, the data of the class to which it belongs is also changed periodically at random. This is because the user position data and the class data to which the user belongs are stored in the user TBL in the database server 11, and the data is automatically rewritten by the content server 10.

  In this way, users belonging to the same class change by registering and changing the belonging space and belonging position data regardless of the intention of the user registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community, so the user is always fresh. You can enjoy simple communication. In addition, if the user who became friends so far is registered as a "friend", the link to the friend's page is displayed in "My Page", so that it is possible to maintain a state where it is easy to communicate as before The amount of communication per person will continue to increase.

  In addition, a “drawing bulletin board” is installed in the upper left of FIG. 4, and a “class flower” is installed in the left center. Both “Bulletin Board” and “Class Flower” have data in the database server 11 in units of classes.

  In the “drawing bulletin board”, a user uses a user terminal 20 to download a picture to a WEB browser through a network, and to draw a picture using a drawing application developed by a program embedded and executed in a WEB browser window. You can draw and post the picture and text. Of course, you can post only letters.

The flow of data on the “drawing bulletin board” will be described in detail.
Data is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the content server 10, and among the posted data, character string data is stored in the bulletin board TBL in the database server 11. The image data is stored in the file server 12.

  In this way, communication is fun by using image data, and the personality of the image is deeper than the communication in the existing virtual community because the user draws the image himself without using the existing image. Get out. Since the act of drawing is an action with less psychological resistance than writing characters, it is easy to communicate with other users.

  For “Class Flowers”, different types of flower data are prepared for each class. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of watering a class flower. Users registered in the virtual space-sharing entertainment community can raise water to the class flowers once a day by clicking the “Water to plants” button shown in the image on the left side of the figure. Can do. At that time, a moving image of watering a class flower is reproduced at “watering can” in the figure, and the user can experience the process of growing a plant of the class in a simulated manner. Each time the number of clicks and the number of clicks specified by the entity operating the virtual space shared entertainment community accumulate, the image of the plant changes and the plant grows. Grows like “Class Flower 2” on the right side of the figure. Since plants are cultivated in class units, water cannot be given to plants in classes other than the class to which they belong.

  The flow of data when watering the “class flowers” will be explained in detail. The flower growth stage data of each class is transmitted to the content server 10 when the user belonging to each class clicks the “Raise water on plants” button, and the data in the database server 11 is updated. In addition, the image data of the flower needs to be stored in the content file server 12 on the main body side that operates the virtual space shared entertainment community.

  Thus, nurturing one thing among all users belonging to the same class is a shared experience, and a sense of solidarity is created and strengthened among users belonging to the same class. Therefore, even users who have met for the first time in this virtual space sharing entertainment community can communicate without any sense of incongruity.

  FIG. 6 is a map displaying the positional relationship of classes that are virtual spaces. When the user clicks the link “Guide Map”, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20. The class that the user was in just before and the class to which the user belongs are color-coded so that the current location of the logged-in user can be known at a glance. As the number of registered users increases, the content server 10 automatically adds information to each class, and the content server 10 manually creates an Internet shortcut by the user or manually operates the virtual space shared entertainment community. There is no need to write to the file inside.

  Thereby, the user can grasp | ascertain the virtual space in which he exists at a glance, and can move easily between the virtual space which exists in a virtual space shared type entertainment community.

  When the “Rocker” button displayed in the menu of FIG. 4 is pressed, content called a common hobby radar can be used in this embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an execution example of a hobby common radar. The image that displays only the login user's icon is changed and arranged at the center. Based on predetermined data, the other users with higher orientation similarity are displayed closer to the central icon representing the login user. The icon representing the detected user shown in the figure is a link to each user's detail page, and when clicked, the user's detail page is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20. By using this content, the user can discriminate a user having a high degree of similarity with his / her intention at a glance without requiring a complicated operation.

The data flow in the “common hobby radar” will be described in detail.
First, the hobby data of the logged-in user is acquired. One user has at least one hobby data, and the registered user hobby data is stored in a hobby table in the user information database server. The acquired hobby data is collated with hobbies data of other users registered in the virtual space sharing community, and the number of hobbies data matching is checked. The number of matches is defined as the fitness (N). N-5 is minimized from users with a high fitness level, and N, N-1, N-2... And predetermined data related to the user for each fitness level are acquired. Data to be displayed near the user icon is distributed, and a map as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20.

Next, events that occur automatically based on a predetermined condition without requiring any operation on the user side using the user terminal and on the subject side that operates the virtual space shared entertainment community will be described in detail. To do.
In the present embodiment, this is called a seven wonder event. The Seven Wonders Events are events that occur only for users who satisfy certain conditions in the virtual space shared entertainment community.

  As an example of the generation condition, it is possible to use predetermined data or date data held for each user such as the number of diaries of the user, the number of characters written in the diary, and the number of days of continuous writing of the diary. The number of user diaries, the number of characters written in the diary, and the number of days in which the diary is written continuously are calculated by the content server 10 using the data stored in the diary table in the database server 11, and the conditions set by the data Determine if they match.

  As an example of an event that occurs, “only the ending of a sentence written by the user in the diary is changed into a predetermined character and displayed” “When a link displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20 is clicked, a predetermined sound is played. Various events such as “a movie flows on the screen of the user terminal 20” can be generated. A markup language or programming language that describes a program or web page in a format that is downloaded to the WEB browser through the network and executed by being embedded in the WEB browser window only when the event occurrence condition is satisfied Etc. may be issued.

  If a condition and an event are used in combination, it is possible to "display only the endings of sentences written in the diary of one user per 100 on the day of month 2".

The condition for generating an event may be any data as long as it can be acquired from the virtual space shared entertainment community generated content server 10 or the virtual space shared entertainment community generated content database 11.
The event contents may be downloaded to a WEB browser through a network, embedded in a WEB browser window, executed, a markup language for describing a WEB page, or a programming language. Absent.
It's hard to imagine that these events will create enjoyment within the community in addition to the original way of enjoying the virtual community where users simply enjoy communication, and that this event itself will become the source of new communication. Absent.

  As described above in detail, an HTML tag is used in this embodiment as data for displaying a character string or an image on the screen of the user terminal 20, but, of course, it is downloaded to the WEB browser through the network, and the WEB browser window It is also possible to use a program that is embedded in and executed and a programming language that describes a WEB page.

The figure which shows schematic structure of a virtual space sharing type entertainment community production | generation system. The figure which showed the procedure after a user registers in a virtual space shared entertainment community, logs in, and logs out. The figure which showed the content utilization image in a virtual space sharing type entertainment community. The figure which showed the implementation example of virtual space on a WEB page. The figure which showed the specific example of watering a class flower. The figure which showed the example of a display in the map format of the positional relationship of virtual space. The figure which showed the hobby common radar execution example.

Explanation of symbols

10 content server 11 database server 12 file server 20 user terminal 50 network line such as internet line

Claims (11)

  A virtual space sharing type entertainment community generating system comprising a virtual space sharing type entertainment community content database server, a virtual space sharing type entertainment community content file server, and a virtual space sharing type entertainment community generating content server. Of the user data registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community, character string format data, and among the content data necessary for generating the virtual space shared entertainment community, character string format data is stored. A virtual space shared entertainment community content database server;
Among the user data registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community, the data other than the character string format and the content data necessary for forming the virtual space shared entertainment community store data other than the character string format. A virtual space shared entertainment community content file server,
The virtual space sharing type entertainment community generating content server having control means for moving back data for displaying character strings and images of the virtual space sharing type entertainment community;
Virtual space shared entertainment community generation system.   The control means includes data transmitted from a terminal where a user can use a network service via a network to the virtual space shared entertainment community generation content server, or data for displaying a character string or an image based on a predetermined condition The virtual space sharing type entertainment community generation system according to claim 2, wherein:   The control means includes a virtual space shared entertainment community content database based on data transmitted from a terminal that a user can use a network service to the virtual space shared entertainment community generation content server or a predetermined condition. 3. The virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to claim 2, wherein search, extraction, editing, deletion of data stored in the server, and addition of new data are executed.   The control means includes data transmitted to a virtual space shared entertainment community generation content server from a terminal where a user can use a network service via a network, or based on a predetermined condition, the virtual space shared entertainment community content file 3. The virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to claim 2, wherein the data stored in the server is extracted, deleted, and new data is added.   The control means automatically generates virtual space data to be shared among users registered in a plurality of virtual space shared entertainment communities based on a predetermined condition, and at the same time, all users in the generated virtual space 3. The virtual space sharing type entertainment community generation according to claim 2, wherein the data held in common is automatically generated, and the two types of data are added to the virtual space sharing type entertainment community content database server. system.   Based on a predetermined condition, the control means sends, to the user registered in the virtual space shared entertainment community, data of the virtual space to which the user belongs and position data in the virtual space. 3. The virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to claim 2, wherein the system is added to or edited in the shared entertainment community content database server.   The control means distributes data for displaying a plurality of virtual spaces on the same map by extracting and referring to data of the virtual space from the virtual space shared entertainment community content database server. The virtual space shared entertainment community generation system according to claim 2.   The control means extracts predetermined data from the virtual space shared entertainment community content database server based on predetermined conditions, data of users logged in to the virtual space shared entertainment community, and all other registered users 3. The virtual space according to claim 2, wherein each virtual data is collated, the number of matching data is calculated, and data for displaying the result in a chart format or the like is distributed. Shared entertainment community generation system. Virtual space shared entertainment community generation A method for generating a virtual space shared entertainment community that generates a virtual space shared entertainment community for a user who owns a terminal that can use a network service connected to a content server connected to a virtual space shared entertainment community. And
The virtual space shared entertainment community generation content server is accessed from the terminal, and predetermined data such as the virtual space data to which the virtual space shared entertainment community generation content server belongs is transmitted to the virtual space shared by the virtual space shared entertainment community generation content server. Storing in the shared entertainment community content database server and the virtual space shared entertainment community content file server;
The virtual space sharing entertainment community generation content server is accessed from the terminal, and the registered user who has logged in receives predetermined data such as virtual space data to which the virtual space sharing entertainment community generation content server belongs. A virtual space shared entertainment community content database server and a virtual space shared entertainment community content file server, and the step of distributing data for displaying the virtual space shared entertainment community on the terminal screen of the previous term. A virtual space shared entertainment community generation method characterized by A virtual space-shared entertainment community generation program for causing a computer connected from a terminal that can use a network service via a network to generate a virtual space-shared entertainment community for a user who owns the terminal,
Storing predetermined data such as virtual space data to which the user has registered by accessing the computer in the virtual space shared entertainment community content database server and the virtual space shared entertainment community content file server; ,
The virtual space sharing type entertainment community content database server which accesses the virtual space sharing type entertainment community generation content server from the terminal and stores predetermined data such as virtual space data belonging to the terminal of the registered user who has logged in And causing the computer to execute a step of acquiring data from the virtual space sharing type entertainment community content file server and distributing data for displaying the virtual space sharing type entertainment community on the terminal screen of the previous term. Virtual space shared entertainment community generation program.