JP2018089257A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the probability of providing a user with a desired content.SOLUTION: A computer executes; processing of choosing a content to be provided, from drawing objective contents; processing of providing the content chosen by a choosing part; and processing of excluding the content chosen by user's operation from the drawing objective contents, from the drawing objective contents when the providing processing provides the content.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called online game (network game) in which a terminal such as a smartphone is connected to a server device or the like via a network to play a game online has become widespread.

  In this online game or the like, a random item providing method is known in which characters and items that can be used on the online game are randomly determined and provided to the user.

  As an example of this random-type item provision method, as in the actual capsule toy vending machine, where coins are inserted and the lever is turned, capsule toys etc. come out of the predetermined number of characters and items, etc. There is known a method in which what is provided is excluded from the objects of subsequent lottery (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this system, if the lottery is executed for the predetermined number, the character or item desired by the user is always provided.

Japanese Patent No. 5335969

  However, in the case of a method in which what is provided by winning is excluded from the objects of the subsequent lottery, for example, if the content desired by the user is provided, the content not desired by the user is provided in the subsequent lottery. There is a problem that there is a high possibility of being done. In addition, when content that is not desired by the user is included in the content that is the object of the lottery, the content that is not desired by the user may be provided as the number of content that is the object of the lottery decreases by repeating the lottery. There is a problem that becomes high.

  Then, it aims at providing the technique which can raise possibility that the content desired for a user will be provided.

  A process in which the computer selects a content to be provided from among the lottery target content, a process for providing the content selected by the selection unit, and the content to be selected when the content is provided by the process to be provided. And the process of excluding the content selected by the user's operation from the content subject to the lottery.

  According to the disclosed technology, it is possible to increase the possibility of providing desired content to the user.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of an information processing system in an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the server apparatus in embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the server apparatus in an embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process of information processing system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen in an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen in an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen in an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen in an information terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process of a server apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of lottery information. It is a figure which shows an example of content information.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, the information processing system 1 is simply referred to as “information terminal 20” when there is no need to distinguish between the server device 10, the information terminal 20-1, the information terminal 20-2,. )including.

  Server device 10 and information terminal 20 are connected by a communication network such as the Internet, a mobile phone network, and a wireless local area network (LAN).

  The server device 10 is a server operated by, for example, a business providing a game, and provides an online game (network game) to the information terminal 20. The server device 10 provides content such as characters and items that can be used on the online game to the information terminal 20 by a random item providing method.

  The information terminal 20 is, for example, a terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet-type terminal, a PC (Personal Computer), or a game machine. The information terminal 20 executes the online game application distributed from the server device 10. The information terminal 20 acquires a content that can be used on an online game by causing the server device 10 to execute a lottery by a random item provision method by an operation from a user.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server apparatus 10 according to the embodiment. The server device 10 in FIG. 2 includes a drive device 100, an auxiliary storage device 102, a memory device 103, a CPU 104, an interface device 105, a display device 106, an input device 107, and the like that are mutually connected by a bus B.

  An online game program that implements processing in the server device 10 is provided by the recording medium 101. When the recording medium 101 on which the online game program is recorded is set in the drive device 100, the online game program is installed from the recording medium 101 to the auxiliary storage device 102 via the drive device 100. However, it is not always necessary to install the online game program from the recording medium 101, and the online game program may be downloaded from another computer via a network. The auxiliary storage device 102 stores the installed online game program and also stores necessary files and data.

  The memory device 103 reads the program from the auxiliary storage device 102 and stores it when there is an instruction to start the program. The CPU 104 realizes functions related to the server device 10 in accordance with a program stored in the memory device 103. The interface device 105 is used as an interface for connecting to a network. The display device 106 displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) or the like by a program. The input device 107 includes a keyboard and mouse, or a touch panel and buttons, and is used to input various operation instructions.

  An example of the recording medium 101 is a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, or a USB memory. An example of the auxiliary storage device 102 is an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a flash memory. Both the recording medium 101 and the auxiliary storage device 102 correspond to computer-readable recording media.

  The hardware configuration of the information terminal 20 may be the same as the hardware configuration example of the server device 10 illustrated in FIG.

  Next, the functional configuration of the server device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the server device 10. The server device 10 includes a selection unit 12, a provision unit 13, an exclusion unit 14, and a change unit 15. Each of these units is realized by processing that one or more programs installed in the server device 10 cause the CPU 104 of the server device 10 to execute.

  Further, the server device 10 includes a storage unit 11. The storage unit 11 is realized using, for example, the auxiliary storage device 102 or the like. The storage unit 11 stores lottery information 111, content information 112, and the like. The lottery information 111 and the content information 112 will be described later.

  The selection unit 12 randomly selects a content to be provided among one or more contents to be selected.

  The providing unit 13 provides an online game to the information terminal 20. The providing unit 13 provides the content selected by the selecting unit 12 to the information terminal 20. The content provided by the providing unit 13 can be used on an online game.

  The excluding unit 14 excludes the content selected by the user of the information terminal 20 from the lottery target by the selecting unit 12.

  The change unit 15 changes the lottery object by the selection unit 12 to a predetermined content group.

<Processing>
Next, processing of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5A to 5D. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the information processing system 1. 5A to 5D are diagrams showing examples of display screens on the information terminal 20.

  In step S1, the information terminal 20 requests the server device 10 for information related to the lottery, for example, by an operation from the user.

  Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of information related to the lottery (Step S2).

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays information related to the lottery (step S3). FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of a display screen for information related to lottery. In the example of FIG. 5A, the icons 501 to 512 of the content to be a lottery target and the probability that each content is acquired by the user are displayed in association with the icons 501 to 512. Further, when each icon is selected by the user, the name and description of the content related to the selected icon are displayed. In the example of FIG. 5A, the icon 508 is selected, and the name and description of the content related to the icon 508 are displayed in the display area 513.

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 accepts an operation for executing a lottery from the user (step S4). For example, when the “lottery start” button 514 in FIG. 5A is pressed, an operation for executing the lottery is accepted.

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 requests the server device 10 to execute a lottery (step S5).

  Then, the selection part 12 of the server apparatus 10 performs a lottery (step S6).

  Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of the acquired content that is the result of the lottery (step S7).

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays the content acquired by the user by lottery (step S8).

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 receives an operation for selecting content to be excluded from the lottery target from the user (step S9). FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating a display example when an operation for selecting content to be excluded from lottery targets is received. In FIG. 5B, a message such as “Please select an item you want to exclude” is displayed. At this time, the “lottery start” button 514 cannot be pressed. In the display screen of FIG. 5B, it is assumed that the icon 507, which is the content that the user wants to exclude from the lottery target, is selected from the icons 501 to 512. In this case, the information terminal 20 displays the name of the content related to the selected icon 507 in the display area 521 on the display screen of FIG. 5C and prompts the user to confirm. When the “CANCEL” button 523 is pressed, the display screen of FIG. 5B is restored. When the “OK” button 522 is pressed, the selection operation is completed.

  The providing unit 13 of the server device 10 may prevent the information terminal 20 from excluding predetermined content when accepting an operation for selecting content to be excluded from the lottery target from the user in step S9. . Thereby, for example, it is possible to prevent an operation in which the user mistakenly excludes the main content with high rarity (rare degree) or desired content selected in advance by the user. Alternatively, on a screen for selecting content to be excluded from the lottery target as shown in FIG. 5B, for example, the content may be displayed in the order of preset rarity. Thereby, for example, it is possible to reduce the possibility that an operation of selecting an item with relatively high rarity as an exclusion target is erroneously executed by the user.

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 notifies the selected content to the server device 10 (step S10).

  Subsequently, the excluding unit 14 of the server device 10 excludes (deletes or deletes) the selected content from the lottery target (step S11).

  Subsequently, the information terminal 20 updates the display of information regarding the lottery based on the selected content (step S12). FIG. 5D is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen in which the display of information regarding the lottery is updated. In the example of FIG. 5D, a mark 531 indicating exclusion is displayed on the icon 507 selected in step S9. Here, when the “lottery start” button 514 is pressed, a lottery execution operation is accepted again. In this case, the content related to the icon 507 is excluded from the subsequent lottery.

  Thereafter, the processing from step S4 to step S12 is repeated until the number of contents targeted for lottery runs out. When there is no more content to be selected, a mark 531 indicating that it has been excluded is displayed on all of the icons 501 to 512 on the same screen as in FIG. 5D. In this case, the changing unit 15 of the server device 10 changes the lottery object automatically or when the “lottery object change” button 532 is pressed by the user. Note that changing the lottery target means, for example, performing a process of changing the accommodation number of each content ID associated with the user in the lottery information 111 to a predetermined number.

  The accommodation number of each content ID newly set by changing the lottery target may be a preset initial value group. Alternatively, every time the lottery target is changed, the initial value group may be changed to another preset initial value group or a randomly determined initial value group. Thereby, for example, the user can change the lottery target until the desired content is included in the lottery target.

  In addition, the initial value group newly set by changing the lottery target, other than the predetermined content set in advance, every time the lottery target is changed, other initial value group set in advance, or random It may be changed to the initial value group determined in (1). Thereby, for example, the user can change the lottery target until the relatively desired content is included in the lottery target without changing the content of the centerpiece with high rarity.

  When the lottery target is changed, the screen of FIG. 5A is displayed on the information terminal 20. Thereby, the user can perform a lottery from a predetermined content group. When the “change lottery target” button 532 is pressed by the user, even if content to be a lottery target remains, the change unit 15 of the server device 10 changes the lottery target. Is displayed.

<Modification>
The change unit 15 of the server device 10 may automatically change the lottery target when a lottery is executed in steps S6 and S7 and a predetermined content set in advance is provided. For example, when content with a rarity greater than or equal to a predetermined value is provided, the lottery target may be automatically changed. Thereby, for example, after the content of the eyeball with high rarity is acquired, the user can be prevented from performing the lottery for the remaining content other than the eyeball.

<< Processing of Server Device 10 >>
Next, processing of the server device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the server device 10.

  In step S <b> 101, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 receives from the information terminal 20 a request for information regarding the lottery including the identification information (user ID) of the user of the information terminal 20.

  Subsequently, the server device 10 acquires information related to the lottery corresponding to the received user ID from the lottery information 111 and the content information 112 (step S102).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the lottery information 111. The lottery information 111 stores the content ID and the number of accommodations in association with the user ID. The user ID is the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20. The user ID is recorded, for example, when the user registers an online game account provided by the server device 10 in the server device 10. The content ID is an ID of content that is a lottery target. The number of contents is the number of contents of each content ID included in the content to be drawn, and is stored in association with the content ID.

  In the example of FIG. 7, content IDs such as “001” to “006” are registered in association with the user ID of “user 001”, and contents with content IDs “001” to “006” are registered. Each one is included in the content to be drawn. Note that the value of the number of accommodation items in the lottery information 111 of FIG. 7 is changed to an initial value by the changing unit 15 and decreased by the excluding unit 14.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content information 112. The content information 112 stores an icon, name, description, provision frequency, and rarity in association with the content ID. The icon is an icon (illustration) indicating content related to the content ID. The name and description are the name and description of the content related to the content ID, respectively.

  The provision frequency is information indicating a relative frequency at which the content to be a lottery target is provided. The rarity is information indicating the rarity of the content related to the content ID. Note that the rarity may be, for example, the degree of salient features in the online game of content. For this reason, usually, the higher the rarity content is, the higher the degree that the user desires to provide the content. However, depending on the status of other content owned by the user and the manner (strategy) of progress in the user's online game, the degree to which the user wants to provide is relatively May be expensive.

  In step S <b> 102, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 acquires the content ID associated with the received user ID from the lottery information 111. Then, the icon, name, description, providing frequency, and rarity associated with the acquired content ID are acquired from the content information 112 in FIG.

  Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the information terminal 20 of information regarding the acquired lottery (Step S103).

  Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 receives a request for lottery execution including the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 from the information terminal 20 (step S104).

  Subsequently, the server device 10 acquires the provision frequency of each content to be a lottery according to the received user ID from the lottery information 111 and the content information 112 (step S105).

  In step S <b> 105, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 acquires the content ID associated with the received user ID from the lottery information 111. And the provision frequency matched with acquired content ID is acquired from the content information 112 of FIG.

  Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 determines the content to be provided in the current lottery based on the provision frequency of each content and a random value (step S106).

  Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 notifies the determined content to the information terminal 20 (step S107). Thereby, in the information terminal 20, the notified content can be used in the online game. That is, the content is acquired by the user.

  Subsequently, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 receives a notification including the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 and the content ID excluded from the lottery target from the information terminal 20 (step S108).

  Subsequently, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 excludes the received content ID from among the content IDs associated with the received user ID in the lottery information 111 (step S109).

<Modification>
The exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 may be able to exclude a larger number of contents than the number of contents provided by one lottery. For example, when the lottery is performed once, the information terminal 20 may allow the user to select a plurality of contents to be excluded. Thus, for example, during the campaign period, the user can acquire desired content by executing a lottery drawing a relatively small number of times.

  Further, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 can exclude a larger number of contents than the number of contents provided by one lottery, and is added as a lottery target from a predetermined one or more content groups. The user may select the content to be performed. Thereby, for example, during the campaign period, the user executes the lottery once to exclude two contents from the lottery target and add one content from the campaign content group to the lottery target. Can do.

  The exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 may change the provision frequency associated with the predetermined content in the content information 112 according to the excluded content. For example, when content with a relatively high rarity is excluded, the provision frequency of other content with a rarity equivalent to the rarity of the excluded content is doubled. Thereby, for example, when there are two main contents and one of the contents is unnecessary for the user, the other contents can be easily acquired in the next lottery by excluding the unnecessary contents.

<Summary>
According to the above-described embodiment, content selected from one or more contents to be selected is provided, and contents other than the provided contents and selected by the user are excluded from subsequent selection targets. Thereby, if the lottery is executed a predetermined number of times, a relatively desired content is always provided to the user. Moreover, even if the content has been acquired once by lottery, the content that the user desires to acquire again can be left as a lottery target. Furthermore, when the lottery target includes content that the user does not want, the content can be excluded from the subsequent lottery targets after the lottery. Thereby, possibility that the content desired by the user will be provided can be increased.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to such specific embodiment, In the range of the summary of this invention described in the claim, various deformation | transformation・ Change is possible.

  Each functional unit of the server apparatus 10 may be realized by cloud computing including, for example, one or more computers.

  The processing of each functional unit of the server device 10 described above may be executed by the information terminal 20 by installing a program provided from the server device 10 or the like in the information terminal 20. In this case, processing such as lottery is executed by processing in the user's terminal based on the program.

  In the above-described embodiment, as an example of content, a character, an item, or the like that can be used on an online game has been described as an example. However, the disclosed technology is not limited to an online game. For example, wallpaper, stamps, music, The present invention can be applied to a system that provides content (data) desired by a user such as a moving image.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 10 Server apparatus 11 Storage part 111 Lottery information 112 Content information 12 Selection part 13 Provision part 14 Exclusion part 15 Change part 20 Information terminal

Claims (7)

Computer
Among the lottery content, processing to select the content to provide,
Providing content selected by the selecting process;
A process of excluding content selected by the user's operation from the lottery target content from the lottery target content when the content is provided by the providing process;
The information processing method characterized by performing. 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the excluding process excludes content selected in response to a user operation from the lottery target content list from the lottery target content. The information processing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the excluding process excludes content selected from a lottery target content other than a predetermined content from the lottery target content. 4. The process according to claim 1, wherein when all contents are excluded from the lottery target content by the exclusion process, the lottery target content is changed to a predetermined plurality of contents. 5. Information processing method described in 1. 5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein the changing process changes the lottery target content to a plurality of predetermined contents when predetermined content is provided by the providing process. On the computer,
Among the lottery content, processing to select the content to provide,
Providing the selected content;
A process of excluding content selected by the user's operation from the lottery target content from the lottery target content when the content is provided by the providing process;
A program for running A selection unit for selecting content to be provided from among the lottery content;
A providing unit for providing the content selected by the selecting unit;
When content is provided by the providing unit, an excluding unit that excludes content selected by the user's operation from the lottery target content from the lottery target content;
A server device comprising:

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