JP2015205198A - communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system capable of preventing a user from not knowing what the user has to do by giving advice to the user regarding next operation.SOLUTION: A communication system includes: a server 1; and a plurality of communication terminals 2 capable of communicating with the server 1. Based on each kind of parameter indicating a state of a town formed within a game where users of the plurality of communication terminals 2 can play on the communication system, the server 1 transmits advice information 132 for suggesting next operation regarding the town to the communication terminals 2, and the communication terminals 2 display a screen including the received advice information 132.

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a city-building simulation game that aims to develop a city by a user operating a city environment in the game. In such a city-building game, the user installs and develops various facilities and buildings in the city in the game, and copes with various problems such as earthquakes and pollution (see Non-Patent Document 1, for example).

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  In the conventional city-building game, there are various options for the user and there is no end to the purpose of the game, so it may be difficult to know what operation the user should perform next to further develop the city.

  In addition, there is a notification function that prompts you to deal with problems such as earthquakes in the city. However, this merely points out that a problem has occurred, and even if the user coped with the problem, it did not contribute to the development of the city, which is the purpose of the game.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention made in view of the above problems is to provide communication that can prevent the user from knowing what to do by advising the user of the next operation. To provide a system.

In order to solve the above problems, a communication system according to the present invention provides:
In a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communicating with the server,
The server provides advice information that suggests the next operation on the city based on various parameters indicating the state of the city formed in a game that can be played on the communication system by users of the plurality of communication terminals. To the communication terminal,
The communication terminal displays a screen including the received advice information.

  According to the communication system of the present invention, it is possible to advise the user of the next action and prevent the user from knowing what to do.

1 is a block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the user town information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the scoring result screen which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the scoring result screen which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the scoring result screen which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the communication system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the main menu screen which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the friend list screen which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication system includes a server 1 and a communication terminal 2. Although one communication terminal 2 is illustrated in FIG. 1 for simplicity, a plurality of communication terminals 2 related to a plurality of users may be provided.

  The server 1 includes a server communication unit 10, a scoring unit 11, an advice selection unit 12, a storage unit 13, and a server control unit 14.

  The server communication unit 10 communicates with the communication terminal 2 wirelessly or by wire.

  The scoring unit 11 creates the scoring information 131 by scoring the user town information 130 stored in the storage unit 13. Here, scoring means, for example, calculating a score value by a predetermined calculation using a plurality of parameter values included in the user town information 130 for a predetermined item.

  Here, the user town information 130 will be described with reference to FIG. The user town information 130 includes information necessary for the progress of the game, user information (user town information 130a), and information such as various parameters indicating the state of the user's town (user town information 130b). In one embodiment, the user town information 130a includes information of a user ID 1300 for identifying a user, a resident trouble resolution number 1301, a quest clear number 1302, and a number 1303 of various installation objects installed in the user's town. Preferably, the user town information 130 includes information of a friend user ID 1304 for identifying a friend user, which will be described later, and a previous scoring date 1305. The user town information 130b includes a revenue value 1306, a fun value 1307, a convenience value 1308, and a beauty value 1309 as parameters related to the installation. In addition, although the information used for scoring was concretely illustrated, the information included in the user town information 130 is not limited to these. For example, in order to increase the user's city level, the amount of funds, the amount of materials, and the city level. It may include information such as experience values necessary for.

  The resident trouble resolution number 1301 is a number corresponding to a request or the like notified from a resident of a city in the game. The number of quests cleared 1302 is the number of problems solved by the user (quests) that occurred in the game.

  The number of installed objects 1303 is the number of installed business facilities such as shops and bowling alleys, decoration facilities such as objects, community facilities such as post offices, weeds and trees, and roads. In the business facility, an income value 1306 indicating the income per hour of the facility, a fun value 1307 indicating the enjoyment of the facility, a cleanliness value 1309 indicating the cleanliness of the facility, and the like are determined in advance. In the decoration facility, a fun value 1307, a beauty value 1309, and the like are determined in advance. For community facilities, a convenience value 1308 indicating the convenience of the facility, a cleanliness value 1309, and the like are determined in advance. For the weeds, weeds, roads, etc., the cleanliness value 1309 is predetermined. Note that the enjoyment value 1307 of each facility may not be disclosed to the user.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The scoring information 131 is information indicating a result of the scoring unit 11 scoring the user town information 130 for each predetermined index. In one embodiment, the scoring information 131 includes a score for each index of “happy”, “rich”, “fun”, “beautiful”, “convenience”, and “balance”, and a total value of the scores, It is not restricted to these.

  The score of “happy” is calculated based on the total of the resident trouble resolution count 1301 and the quest clear count 1302. The score of “rich” is calculated based on the sum of business facility income values 1306. More specifically, it is calculated by multiplying the income value 1306 associated with each business facility by the number 1303 of each business facility. The score of “fun” is calculated based on the sum of the fun values 1307 of the business facility and the decoration facility. More specifically, it is calculated by multiplying the pleasure value 1307 associated with each business facility and each decoration facility by the number 1303 of each business facility and each decoration facility. The score of “beautiful” is calculated based on each business facility, each decoration facility, the number of weeds / weeds 1303 and the layout of the road. More specifically, the calculation is performed by multiplying the cleanliness value 1309 associated with each installation object by the number 1303 of each installation object. The score of “convenience” is calculated based on the sum of convenience values 1308 associated with community facilities. More specifically, it is calculated by multiplying the convenience value 1308 associated with each community facility by the number of each community facility. The “balance” score is calculated based on the variation of the scores of the five indicators. More specifically, the calculation is performed by subtracting the standard deviation of each score from a predetermined numerical value.

  Preferably, the scoring information 131 further includes overall ranking information and neighborhood ranking information based on comparison with scoring information 131 related to users other than the user himself / herself. The overall ranking information indicates the user's own score ranking among all users who are playing the game. The neighborhood ranking information indicates a user's own score ranking in a predetermined user group composed of a plurality of users. This user group includes, for example, the user himself / herself and other users (friend users) who have registered friends with each other.

  The advice selection unit 12 determines the index with the lowest score based on the scoring information 131, and selects the advice information 132 indicating the index with the lowest score and a measure for increasing the score of the index. For example, when the score of the index of “fun” is the lowest, the countermeasure is to present the facility having the highest enjoyment value 1307 to encourage installation.

  Preferably, the advice selection unit 12 identifies a facility that is not installed by the user based on the user town information 130 and selects the advice information 132 based on the identification result and the scoring information 131. More specifically, the advice information 132 indicating a measure for prompting the installation of the facility having the highest enjoyment value among the facilities that are not installed is selected. In this way, by identifying an operation that the user has not yet taken and selecting the advice information 132 based on the identification result, it is possible to prevent the operation already performed by the user from being presented as a countermeasure, and the advice information 132 is useful. Can be improved.

  The storage unit 13 stores user town information 130 and a plurality of pieces of advice information 132 in advance. The storage unit 13 stores the scoring information 131 created by the scoring unit 11 under the control of the server control unit 14.

  The server control unit 14 performs various controls in the server 1. For example, the server control unit 14 receives a city scoring request and a user ID from the communication terminal 2 via the server communication unit 10. The server control unit 14 compares the received user ID with the user town information 130 stored in the storage unit 13 to identify the user related to the scoring request. Further, the server control unit 14 transmits the scoring information 131 and the advice information 132 to the communication terminal 2 via the server communication unit 10.

  Further, the server control unit 14 determines whether or not a scoring condition is satisfied for the received scoring request. As for scoring conditions, for example, a scoring request from the same user is once a day. When there is a second scoring request on the same day, it is determined that the scoring condition is not satisfied. More specifically, the server control unit 14 refers to the user town information 130 and determines that the scoring condition is not satisfied when one day has not passed since the last scoring date 1305. And the server control part 14 transmits that the scoring is not performed to the communication terminal 2 via the server communication part 10. Note that the scoring conditions are not limited to the conditions due to the time constraints described above, and may be, for example, whether or not a predetermined problem in the game has been solved.

  The communication terminal 2 includes a terminal communication unit 20, a display unit 21, an operation unit 22, and a terminal control unit 23.

  The terminal communication unit 20 communicates with the server 1 by wireless or wired communication.

  The display unit 21 displays various screens in the game. The display unit 21 displays a screen based on the scoring information 131 and the advice information 132 received from the server 1. In addition, when the display unit 21 receives that the scoring is not performed from the server 1, the display unit 21 displays that the scoring condition is not satisfied and the scoring is not performed.

  The operation unit 22 includes buttons, a touch panel, and the like, and receives user operations in the game and inputs them to the terminal control unit 23. In the following description, it is assumed that the operation unit 22 is configured with a touch panel.

  The terminal control unit 23 performs various controls in the communication terminal 2. For example, the terminal control unit 23 transmits a town scoring request and a user ID to the server 1 via the terminal communication unit 20. Further, the terminal control unit 23 receives the scoring information 131 and the advice information 132 from the server 1 via the terminal communication unit 20.

  A scoring result screen 210 displayed on the display unit 21 of the communication terminal 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The scoring result screen 210 includes a town score tab 2100, an overall rank tab 2101, a neighborhood rank tab 2102, and a close button 2103.

  The town score tab 2100, the overall rank tab 2101, and the neighborhood rank tab 2102 are input interfaces that accept user input for switching the contents of the scoring result screen 210. When the user taps and selects these tabs, the contents corresponding to the tabs are displayed on the scoring result screen 210.

  A close button 2103 is an input interface that receives a user input for closing the displayed scoring result screen 210. When the user taps the close button 2103, the scoring result screen 210 is closed, and the display of the display unit 21 is switched to the main menu screen 211 shown in FIG. 7, for example.

  FIG. 3 is an example of the scoring result screen 210 when the town score tab 2100 is selected. The scoring result screen 210 includes a score graph 2100a, a scoring result 2100b, a character 2100c, and a comment part 2100d.

  The score graph 2100 a is a radar chart image that visually represents the score of each index related to the scoring information 131 received from the server 1. In this radar chart, the “balance” index is not displayed. The score graph 2100a is not limited to the radar chart described above, and may be an image such as a bar graph or a line graph.

  Based on the scoring information 131 received from the server 1, the scoring result 2100b represents the score of each index, the total score that is the sum of the scores, the neighborhood rank of the total score, and the overall rank as numerical values.

  The character 2100c is an image of a character that presents information displayed in the comment part 2100d to the user. The comment unit 2100d displays information based on the advice information 132 received from the server 1. Specifically, FIG. 3 shows that the lowest score is “fun” and that a game center and a bowling alley should be installed as a countermeasure.

  FIG. 4 is an example of the scoring result screen 210 when the overall rank tab 2101 is selected. The scoring result screen 210 includes a top display unit 2101a, a front / rear display unit 2101b, and a city visit button 2101c.

  The top display unit 2101a is a ranking of score total values based on the scoring information 131 for all users, and displays the score total values and ranks for the top 10 players.

  The front-rear display unit 2101b is a ranking of the total score value based on the scoring information 131, and displays the total score value and rank of the user himself ("You" in FIG. 4) and other users before and after.

  The city visit button 2101c is an input interface that receives a user input for displaying a corresponding user's city. The city visit button 2101c is displayed corresponding to the user displayed on the scoring result screen 210, respectively. When the user taps the city visit button 2101c, the display of the display unit 21 is switched to a screen that displays the corresponding user's city.

  FIG. 5 is an example of the scoring result screen 210 when the neighborhood rank tab 2102 is selected. The scoring result screen 210 includes a friend display unit 2102a, a user display unit 2102b, a scroll bar 2102c, and a city visit button 2102d. The city visit button 2102d has the same configuration as the city visit button 2101c in FIG.

  The friend display unit 2102a is a ranking of the score total value based on the scoring information 131 in the user group related to the friend user, and displays the score total value and rank of each friend user. When the user swipes within the friend display portion 2102a or slides with the scroll bar 2102c, the total score values and ranks of all friend users are scrolled and displayed.

  The user display unit 2102b displays the user's own score total value and rank in the friend user.

  In FIGS. 4 and 5, an image for visually displaying the order of the user himself / herself such as a distribution map may be further displayed.

  With reference to FIG. 6, the operation of the communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  First, the terminal control unit 23 of the communication terminal 2 transmits a town scoring request and a user ID to the server 1 via the terminal communication unit 20 (step S1).

  Next, the server control unit 14 of the server 1 compares the received user ID with the user town information 130 stored in the storage unit 13 to identify the user related to the scoring request (step S2).

  Subsequently, the server control unit 14 determines whether or not a scoring condition is satisfied for the received scoring request (step S3). If it is determined in step S3 that the scoring condition is satisfied (Yes in step S3), the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S3 that the scoring condition is not satisfied (No in step S3), the process proceeds to step S9.

  When it is determined in step S3 that the scoring condition is satisfied, the scoring unit 11 creates the scoring information 131 by scoring the user town information 130 stored in the storage unit 13 (step S4).

  Next, the server control unit 14 stores the scoring information 131 created by the scoring unit 11 in the storage unit 13 (step S5).

  Next, the advice selection unit 12 selects the advice information 132 based on the scoring information 131 (step S6). Preferably, the advice selection unit 12 identifies a facility that is not installed by the user based on the user town information 130 and selects the advice information 132 based on the identification result and the scoring information 131.

  Next, the server control unit 14 transmits the scoring information 131 and the advice information 132 to the communication terminal 2 via the server communication unit 10 (step S7).

  Next, the display unit 21 of the communication terminal 2 displays the scoring result screen 210 based on the scoring information 131 and the advice information 132 received from the server 1 (step S8).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the scoring condition is not satisfied, the server control unit 14 transmits to the communication terminal 2 that the scoring is not performed via the server communication unit 10 (step S9).

  Next, the display unit 21 of the communication terminal 2 displays that the scoring condition is not satisfied and scoring is not performed (step S10).

  FIG. 7 is an example of the main menu screen 211 displayed on the display unit 21 of the communication terminal 2. The main menu screen 211 includes a town display unit 2110, a parameter display unit 2111, a menu icon 2112, and a close button 2113.

  The city display unit 2110 displays an image showing the state of the user's city.

  The parameter display unit 2111 displays predetermined parameters based on the user town information 130. For example, the parameter display unit 2111-1 displays the city level. The parameter display unit 211-2 displays the amount of funds in the city. The parameter display unit 2111-3 displays the amount of material in the town. The parameter display unit 2111-4 displays an experience value necessary for raising the city level.

  The menu icon 2112 is an input interface that receives user input for switching to a screen that displays predetermined information corresponding to each icon. The user taps one of the menu icons 2112 to switch the display of the display unit 21 to a screen that displays information corresponding to the menu icon 2112. For example, the user switches the display of the display unit 21 to the scoring result screen 210 by tapping the menu icon 2112-1. In addition, the user switches the display of the display unit 21 to a friend list screen 212 described later by tapping the menu icon 2112-3.

  The close button 2113 is an input interface that receives user input for hiding the displayed menu icon 2112. When the user taps the close button 2113, the menu icon 2112 and the close button 2113 are hidden.

  FIG. 8 is an example of the friend list screen 212 displayed on the display unit 21 of the communication terminal 2. The friend list screen 212 shows a list of friend users who are subject to neighborhood ranking. The friend list screen 212 includes a friend name display unit 2120, a friend deletion button 2121, a friend town icon 2122, a scroll bar 2123, a friend count display unit 2124, a close button 2125, and a parameter display unit 2126. The parameter display unit 2126 has the same configuration as the parameter display unit 2111 in FIG.

  The friend name display unit 2120 displays the name of the friend user in the game. The friend deletion button 2121 is an input interface that accepts user input for canceling friend registration with the corresponding friend user. The friend town icon 2122 is an image showing the state of the corresponding friend user's town. When the user swipes the friend list screen 212 or slides with the scroll bar 2123, all the friend users are scrolled and displayed.

  The friend number display unit 2124 displays the number of friend users who have been registered by the user and the upper limit of the number of friend users who can be registered.

  A close button 2125 is an input interface that receives a user input for closing the displayed friend list screen 212. When the user taps the close button 2125, the friend list screen 212 is closed, and the display of the display unit 21 is switched to the main menu screen 211, for example.

  As described above, according to the communication system according to the present invention, the server 1 scores the town created by the user for a predetermined item, and advises the user of the next operation, so that the user can effectively develop the town. You can know the operation. Moreover, since the user can receive further advice from the server 1 and further develop the town, the user's interest in the game can be maintained. Also, by scoring about other users' cities, by showing the city rankings that show comparisons with other users, the motivation to develop the city to become higher in the rankings is formed can do. In addition, by enabling the display of other users 'towns by using the ranking display as a trigger, the user can refer to other users' town making.

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Below, the modification of embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. In the above-described embodiment, the server 1 creates the single scoring information 131 by scoring the user town information 130 of the user himself / herself, whereas in the modified example, the server 1 includes a plurality of users related to a plurality of users. The user town information 130 is scored and one scoring information 131 is created. Here, the plurality of users is a user group including, for example, the user himself and his friend users. In this way, for example, when the city of a single user and the city of his friend user are integrated into one big city, the server 1 can give advice by scoring this big city. .

  In the modification, the advice selection unit 12 identifies a facility where no user is installed based on the plurality of user town information 130, and selects the advice information 132 based on the identification result and the scoring information 131. To do. By doing in this way, the operation which no user is taking can be shown as a countermeasure, and the usefulness of the advice information 132 can be improved.

  As described above, according to the communication system according to the modification of the embodiment, it is possible to form a new motivation for cooperating to develop a city for a plurality of users constituting a user group.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the advice selection unit 12 determines the index having the lowest score based on the scoring information 131, and the advice information 132 indicating the index having the lowest score and a measure for increasing the score of the index. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the advice selection unit 12 determines the index with the highest score based on the content of the index related to the scoring information 131, and selects the advice information 132 indicating the index with the highest score and a measure for lowering the score of the index. May be. Also, for example, in a limited-time event in a game, it is possible to set a new index for achieving the event purpose and preferentially indicate a measure for increasing the score of the index.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of application of the original application of the present application will be appended below.
[1]
In a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communicating with the server,
The server provides advice information that suggests the next operation on the city based on various parameters indicating the state of the city formed in a game that can be played on the communication system by users of the plurality of communication terminals. To the communication terminal,
The communication terminal displays a screen including the received advice information.
[2]
The server calculates scoring information based on the various parameters, transmits the scoring information and the advice information to the communication terminal,
The communication system according to [1], wherein the communication terminal displays a screen further including contents of the received scoring information.
[3]
The scoring information according to [2], wherein the scoring information includes a ranking based on comparison with scoring information related to other users.
[4]
The server identifies an operation that the user has not performed based on the various parameters, and transmits the advice information to the communication terminal based on the identification result and the scoring information. The communication system according to [2] or [3].
[5]
The communication system according to any one of [2] to [4], wherein the various parameters are various parameters indicating a plurality of town states related to a plurality of users.
[6]
In a control method of a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communicating with the server,
The server is
Based on various parameters indicating the state of the city formed in the game that the users of the plurality of communication terminals can play on the communication system, advice information suggesting the next operation on the city is provided on the communication terminal. Sending to
A method for controlling a communication system, comprising: a step in which the communication terminal displays a screen including the received advice information.
[7]
The server transmits the advice information and the scoring information to the communication terminal based on scoring information calculated from the various parameters;
The control method according to [6], including a step in which the communication terminal further displays a screen further including the content of the received scoring information.
[8]
The scoring information according to [7], wherein the scoring information includes ranking based on comparison with scoring information related to other users.
[9]
The server identifies an operation that the user has not performed based on the various parameters, and transmits the advice information to the communication terminal based on the identification result and the scoring information. 7] or the control method according to [8].
[10]
The control method according to any one of [7] to [9], wherein the various parameters are various parameters indicating a plurality of town states related to a plurality of users.
[11]
In a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communicating with the server, a computer functioning as a communication terminal
Receiving advice information and scoring information from the server;
A program comprising a step of displaying a screen including contents of the received advice information and scoring information.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server 2 Communication terminal 10 Server communication part 11 Scoring part 12 Advice selection part 13 Storage part 14 Server control part 20 Terminal communication part 21 Display part 22 Operation part 23 Terminal control part 130 (130a, 130b) User town information 131 Grading information 132 Advice information 210 Scoring result screen 211 Main menu screen 212 Friend list screen 1300 User ID
1301 Number of resident troubles 1302 Number of quests cleared 1303 Number of installations 1304 Friend user ID
1305 Previous scoring date 1306 Revenue value 1307 Fun value 1308 Convenience value 1309 Clean value 2100 Street score tab 2101 Overall rank tab 2102 Neighborhood rank tab 2103 Close button 2100a Score graph 2100b Scoring result 2100c Character 2100d Comment part 2101b Top display part 2101b Around Display unit 2101c Town visit button 2102a Friend display unit 2102b User display unit 2102c Scroll bar 2102d City visit button 2110 City display unit 2111 Parameter display unit 2112 Close button 2120 Friend name display unit 2121 Friend delete button 2122 Friend city icon 2123 Scroll Bar 2124 Friends number display area 2125 Zubotan 2126 parameter display unit

Claims (1)

In a communication system comprising a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communicating with the server,
The server provides advice information that suggests the next operation on the city based on various parameters indicating the state of the city formed in a game that can be played on the communication system by users of the plurality of communication terminals. To the communication terminal,
The communication terminal displays a screen including the received advice information.

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