JP2021065712A - Program, information processing device, information processing method, and system - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow even other terminals to normally browse a video by a plurality of terminals connected via a network.SOLUTION: A program causes a computer to function as: information acquisition means for acquiring transmission information from a plurality of terminals every prescribed period, the transmission information including operation related information generated within the prescribed period in response to a user operation in each of the plurality of terminals; information management means for storing transmission information according to a prescribed rule out of the plurality of pieces of transmission information acquired for each prescribed period; and transmission control means for transmitting the stored transmission information to terminals requesting acquisition of the information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to programs, information processing devices, information processing methods, and systems.

P2P (Peer to Peer) communication may be performed as communication between a plurality of client terminals connected via a network. For example, in the case of an online battle type game system, the game terminals (client terminals) of the opponents who play the game are connected by P2P, and the battle progress information is sequentially sent from the game terminals to the server.

In Patent Document 1, a management server capable of communicating with a first game device that generates progress data regarding the progress of the game and result data regarding the result of the game and a second game device that watches the game and has a processor is provided. It is disclosed.

JP-A-2019-154467

Game images displayed on a plurality of client terminals (hereinafter referred to as terminals) performing P2P communication are generally displayed only on terminals connected via these networks and performing P2P communication. However, there is a request that a terminal other than the terminal performing P2P communication (the terminal of a user who is not playing the game) also wants to view (watch) the game video. In such a case, one of the terminals performing P2P communication will send information such as the progress of the battle to the server, and the server will send the information necessary for displaying the game image to the other terminal. Become. However, if the representative terminal becomes incommunicable, the game video cannot be viewed on other terminals.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable continuous viewing of game images by a plurality of terminals connected via a network on other terminals.

The program according to the present invention acquires transmission information including operation-related information generated within a predetermined period in response to a user operation on each of the plurality of terminals from the plurality of terminals at each predetermined period. Among the acquisition means and the plurality of transmission information acquired for each predetermined period, the information management means for storing the transmission information according to the predetermined rule and the terminal requesting the acquisition of the information are stored. It is a program for operating a computer as a transmission control means for transmitting transmission information.

It is a figure which shows the game system configuration example. It is a figure which showed the configuration example of a server. It is a figure which showed the configuration example of the game machine. It is a figure which showed the schematic appearance of a game controller. It is a figure which showed the operation-related information example. It is a figure which showed the example of the operation-related information included in the transmission information transmitted from a game machine to a 1st server. It is a block diagram which showed the functional structure example of a game machine. It is a block diagram which showed the functional structure example of the 1st server. It is a flowchart which showed the flow of the process until the 1st server of 1st Embodiment receives transmission information from a game machine and saves it. It is a figure which represented typically the information management according to the predetermined rule in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which showed the flow of the process until the 1st server of 2nd Embodiment receives transmission information from a game machine and saves it. It is the figure which represented typically the information management according to the predetermined rule in 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the present embodiment, an online battle type game system is given as an example in which communication via a server is performed between client terminals connected via a network. In an online battle-type game system, game machines (client terminals) of opponents who play a game are connected to each other via a network, and information on the progress of the battle is sent from those game machines to other game machines. In the game system of the present embodiment, information on the progress of the battle is sent via the server (TURN server). In the case of the present embodiment, the plurality of game machines performing the online battle communicate the operation-related information generated in each of them as the battle progress information via the server. The operation-related information is information including operation information generated in the game controller included in the game machine. The game controller is provided with controls such as various buttons and levers (sticks), and the game controller generates operation information according to user operations for those controls. In addition to the operation information generated by the game controller, the operation-related information includes frame number information representing each frame period, which is one unit of game processing as a predetermined period, and identification information of this game machine. is there.

[1. Outline of the game system of the first embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration example of a game system according to the first embodiment.
The game system according to the present embodiment is, for example, a game machine 50A, 50B of a user (participant) who is playing a battle (online battle) between a first server 10, a second server 30, and a network 20. , 50C and the game machine 50D of the user (spectator) who watches (views) the online battle by the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C.

The first server 10 is an example of the information processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and is a game server that stores battle data and the like in an online battle game via a network and manages information related to watching the game. In the case of the present embodiment, the battle data stored in the first server 10 includes transmission information including operation-related information to be described later transmitted from the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C of the participants in the online battle. The second server 30 is a turn server (TURN server) for performing information communication between the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C connected via the network.

The game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C transmit operation-related information including operation information generated by each game controller within a frame period within a predetermined period to the second server 30, which is a TURN server. In the case of the example of FIG. 1, the game machine 50A transmits the operation-related information OP1 including the operation information generated within the frame period by the connected game controller to the second server 30, and similarly, the game machine 50B , The operation-related information OP2 generated within the frame period by the game controller is transmitted to the second server 30, and the game machine 50C transmits the operation-related information OP3 including the operation information generated within the frame period by the game controller to the second server 30. Send to server 30. As described above, the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C of the game system of the present embodiment each provide operation-related information OP1, OP2, and OP3 including operation information generated within a predetermined period by each game controller. It is transmitted to the server 30 of 2.

The second server 30, which is a TURN server, transmits to the game machine 50A the operation-related information OP23 having the operation-related information OP2 from the game machine 50B and the operation-related information OP3 from the game machine 50C. Similarly, the second server 30 transmits the operation-related information OP1 having the operation-related information OP1 from the game machine 50A and the operation-related information OP3 from the game machine 50C to the game machine 50B, and transmits the operation-related information OP13 having the operation-related information OP3 from the game machine 50C. The operation-related information OP12 having the operation-related information OP1 from the game machine 50A and the operation-related information OP2 from the game machine 50B is transmitted to the 50C.

The game machine 50A transmits the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 including the operation-related information OP1 and the operation-related information OP23 received from the second server 30 to the first server 10. Similarly, the game machine 50B transmits the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 including the operation-related information OP2 and the operation-related information OP13 received from the second server 30 to the first server 10. The game machine 50C transmits the transmission information including the operation-related information OP3 and the operation-related information OP123 including the operation-related information OP13 received from the second server 30 to the first server 10. That is, each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C of the game system of the present embodiment transmits transmission information including operation-related information OP1, OP2, OP3 generated by each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C in a predetermined period. It is transmitted to the first server 10 every certain frame period.

The first server 10 acquires transmission information transmitted from each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C for each frame period. That is, the first server 10 acquires the operation-related information OP123 (that is, the operation-related information OP1, OP2, OP3) for each frame period by acquiring the transmission information from the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C.

The first server 10 manages information such that the transmission information is stored according to a predetermined rule among a plurality of transmission information transmitted and acquired from each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C for each frame period. In the present embodiment, the first server 10 is the first transmission among the plurality of transmission information acquired from each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C for each frame period as information management according to a predetermined rule. The information is saved, and the second and subsequent transmission information is not saved or is temporarily saved and then discarded.

Then, when the first server 10 is requested to acquire the game information of the online battle from the game machine 50D of the spectator who watches (views) the online battle by the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C, the first server 10 obtains the game information of the game information. Transmission control is performed so as to transmit the transmission information saved as described above, that is, the operation-related information OP1, OP2, OP3 to the game machine 50D that has requested the acquisition.

[2. Outline configuration of the first server]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the first server 10.
The first server 10 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a communication unit 14, and a storage device 15.

The CPU 11 reads the control program stored in the ROM 12 into the RAM 13 and executes various processes. The ROM 12 stores a control program (OS or the like) necessary for operating the first server 10. A flash memory (NVRAM) may be used instead of the ROM 12. The RAM 13 is used as a temporary storage area for the main memory, work area, buffer, etc. of the CPU 11. The communication unit 14 performs communication processing with each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C, the game machine 50D, and other external devices via the network 20. The storage device 15 stores a program related to the online battle type game according to the present embodiment, user identification information such as an ID of a user who operates the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C, and 50D, and other various information for each user required for the game. Remember. It should be noted that some of these information may be stored in a database (not shown) or the like.

[3. Outline configuration of the second server]
Since the second server 30, which is a turn server, has basically the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 2 will be diverted and described. In the case of the second server 30, the ROM 12 stores a control program (OS or the like) necessary for operating the second server 30. The CPU 11 reads the control program stored in the ROM 12 into the RAM 13 and executes various processes. The RAM 13 is the same as the example of the first server 10, and the description thereof will be omitted. The communication unit 14 of the second server 30 performs communication processing with each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C, and other external devices via the network 20. The storage device 15 stores a program related to communication control with the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C as described above, and other various information necessary for communication.

[4. Outline configuration of game console]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of any one of the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C participating in the online battle type game. In the present embodiment, the game machine 50D for watching the online battle has basically the same configuration as the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C for the online battle, so that the configuration of the game machine 50D is not shown. .. Further, in the following description, when the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C, and 50D are not distinguished, only the game machine 50 is described.

The game machine 50 is composed of, for example, a home-use game machine, a portable communication device such as a smartphone, a portable game dedicated device, a personal computer, a tablet, and the like.
The game machine 50 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52, a RAM 53, a communication unit 54, a storage device 55, an operation unit 56, and a display unit 57.

The CPU 51 reads the control program stored in the ROM 52 into the RAM 53 and executes various processes. The ROM 52 stores a control program (OS or the like) necessary for operating the game machine 50. A flash memory (NVRAM) may be used instead of the ROM 52. The RAM 53 is used as a temporary storage area such as a main memory and a work area of the CPU 51. The communication unit 54 performs communication processing with the first server 10, the second server 30, and other external devices via the network 20. The operation unit 56 receives various operations by the user, and corresponds to, for example, a game controller attached to a home-use game machine or a touch panel mounted on the display unit 57. The display unit 57 displays various information such as a game screen on a display device such as a liquid crystal display. The storage device 55 mainly stores a game program related to the game, various data related to the game, and the like.

The functions and processing of the game machine 50 are realized by the CPU 51 reading a program stored in the ROM 52 or the storage device 55 and executing this program. As another example, the CPU 51 may read the program stored in the removable storage medium such as an SD card instead of reading the program stored in the ROM 52 or the like. Further, the means for supplying the program to the computer may be a computer-readable storage medium such as a CD-ROM storing the program or a transmission medium such as the Internet for transmitting the program.

[5. Outline configuration of game controller]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic appearance of the game controller 40 connected to the game machine 50. The game controller 40 of FIG. 4 is an example, and the shape and the like are not limited to the illustrated example.
The game controller 40 is connected to the game machine 50 by wire or wirelessly. The game controller 40 is configured to have a plurality of controls. For multiple controls, up button, down button, right button, left button, left stick (LS lever), right stick (RS lever), A button (□ button), B button (△ button), X button ( There are various controls such as x button), Y button (○ button), L1 button, L2 button, R1 button, and R2 button. Since the functions of each of these controls are generally widely known, detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

When these controls are operated by the user, the game controller 40 generates operation information according to the user operation and transmits the operation information to the game machine 50. For example, in the game controller 40, the state of each operator is scanned every predetermined period (every frame period), and operation information representing the scan result is sent to the game machine 50.

[6. Summary of operation-related information]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of operation-related information including operation information generated by the game controller 40 when each operator is operated and frame number information representing a frame period generated by the game machine 50. .. The "upper" to "left stick" in the upper part of FIG. 5 correspond to each operator from the upper button to the left stick (LS lever) of the game controller 40, and the numbers in the lower part of the figure correspond to the operation of the corresponding operator. Represents the number of bits of the operation information generated by. For example, the operation information from the upper button to the R2 button is represented by 1 bit each, and the operation information of the right stick (RS lever) and the left stick (LS lever) is represented by 16 bits each. The frame number is represented by 16 bits. Therefore, the operation-related information OP1, OP2, and OP3 generated in each of the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C described above are 60-bit information. Further, the operation-related information OP23, OP13, and OP12 transmitted from the second server 30 to the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C are 120-bit information each.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing each operation-related information and frame number information included in the transmission information transmitted from the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C to the first server 10. “Top” to “frame number” in FIG. 6 are the same as in the example of FIG. 5, “C1” in FIG. 6 is operation-related information and frame number information in the game machine 50A, and “C2” is the game machine 50B. The operation-related information and the frame number information in the above, and "C3" represents the operation-related information and the frame number information in the game machine 50C. Therefore, as described above, the operation-related information OP123 transmitted from the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C to the first server 10 is 180-bit information each.

[7. Functional configuration of game consoles that are competing online]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the game machine 50 in which the online battle is performed. In the game machine 50 in which the online battle is performed, the CPU 51 shown in FIG. 3 reads a program stored in the ROM 52 or the storage device 55, and by executing this program, the game control unit 510 and the operation information acquisition unit 511. , The functions of the operation-related information generation unit 512 and the communication control unit 513 are realized.

In the game machine 50 of FIG. 7, the game control unit 510 performs various processes and controls for an online battle game.
The operation information acquisition unit 511 acquires the operation information when each operator of the game controller 40 is operated by the user for each frame period.
The operation-related information generation unit 512 generates operation-related information including operation information generated by the game controller 40, frame number information representing a frame period which is one unit of game processing, identification information of the game machine 50, and the like. ..
The communication control unit 513 performs various processes related to the above-mentioned operation-related information communication with the second server 30 and the above-mentioned transmission information communication with the first server 10. Take control.

[8. Function configuration and processing flow of the first server]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the first server 10. In the first server 10, the CPU 11 shown in FIG. 2 reads a program stored in the ROM 12 or the storage device 15, and executes this program to execute the information acquisition unit 110, the information management unit 111, and the information storage unit 112. , The function of the transmission control unit 113 is realized.

The information acquisition unit 110 transmits transmission information including operation-related information OP123 generated within a frame period (predetermined period) in response to a user operation on the game controller 40 in each of the plurality of game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C. Frames are acquired from the terminals of the plurality of game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C at predetermined time intervals.

The information management unit 111 stores the first transmitted information as a predetermined rule among the plurality of transmitted information sent from the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C for each frame period, and the second and subsequent transmission information. According to the rule that the transmission information sent to the user is not saved, the first transmission information is saved (stored in the information storage unit 112). At this time, the information storage unit 112 stores the first transmission information in, for example, the storage device 15 of FIG.

When the spectator's game machine 50D requests the acquisition of information, the transmission control unit 113 transmits the transmission information (first received transmission information) stored in the information storage unit 112 to the game machine 50D. Send. In the case of the present embodiment, the spectator game machine 50D transmits information requesting watching the online battle game to the first server 10, and the transmission control unit 113 transmits the transmission information in response to the request. Send to the game machine 50D. When there are a plurality of game machines 50D that have requested information acquisition, the transmission control unit 113 sends the stored transmission information to the plurality of game machines 50D.

Further, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing until the first server 10 receives transmission information from the participant game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C and saves the transmission information.
Hereinafter, the functional configuration of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The information acquisition unit 110 of the first server 10 determines whether or not the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 described above has been received from the participant game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C as the process of step S101. If it is determined that the message has not been received, the determination process of step S301 is repeated. On the other hand, when the information acquisition unit 110 determines that the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 has been received, the information acquisition unit 110 proceeds to the process in step S102.

Proceeding to step S102, the information management unit 111 acquires the frame number information from the operation-related information OP123 included in the transmission information temporarily held in the receive buffer area provided in the RAM 13 of FIG. To do.

Next, in step S103, the information management unit 111 includes the frame number of the operation-related information OP123 included in the transmission information received in step S101 in the transmission information temporarily stored in the reception buffer. It is determined whether the operation-related information is the same as the frame number of OP123. That is, the information management unit 111 confirms whether the operation-related information OP123 having the same frame number as the operation-related information OP123 received in step S101 is already stored in the reception buffer.

When the information management unit 111 confirms that the operation-related information OP123 having the same frame number as the operation-related information OP123 received in step S101 has already been saved in the reception buffer, the information management unit 111 saves the transmission information received in step S101. After controlling the information storage unit 112 so as not to do so, the process returns to step S101.

On the other hand, if the operation-related information OP123 having the same frame number as the operation-related information OP123 received in step S101 is not already stored in the reception buffer, the information management unit 111 received it in step S101 in step S104. The transmission information is saved (controlled to be saved in the information storage unit 112), and then the process is returned to step S101.

That is, the information management unit 111 in the first server 10 stores the first transmission information acquired in each frame period in step S101 as information management according to a predetermined rule, and stores the second transmission information. Do not save subsequent transmission information.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing information management processing according to a predetermined rule.
The game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C shown in FIG. 10 provide transmission information including operation-related information OP123 (information consisting of operation-related information OP1, OP2, and OP3) having a frame number F1 having the same frame number. It is transmitted to the server 10 of 1. However, in the case of the example of FIG. 10, the first server 10 first receives the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 from the game machine 50A, and then the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 from the game machine 50B. Is received second, and then the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 from the game machine 50C is received third. In this case, the first server 10 stores the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 from the first received game machine 50A, and stores the operation-related information OP123 from the second and subsequent game machines 50B and 50C. The transmission information including is not saved. Then, when the spectator's game machine 50D requests the game information, the first server 10 games the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 from the game machine 50A that is first received and saved. It is transmitted to the machine 50D.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 in which each frame number has the same value is transmitted from the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C in which the online battle is performed. It is transmitted to the server 10, and the first server 10 stores the transmission information received first among those received. That is, in the case of the first embodiment, among the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C, even if the game machine 50A is unable to communicate, the first server 10 acquires the transmission information from the game machine 50B. Further, even if the game machine 50B is also unable to communicate, the transmission information from the game machine 50C can be acquired. As a result, the first server 10 can represent the battle progress of the online battle game on the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C even if any of the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C cannot communicate. The operation-related information OP123 can be acquired and saved. Therefore, according to the first embodiment, even if any one of the game machines 50A, 50B, 50C cannot communicate, the game machine 50A, 50B, 50C will play against the spectator game machine 50D. Operation-related information OP123 that can reproduce the result can be sent. Then, the game machine 50D performs game processing based on the acquired operation-related information OP123, generates a game image for watching a game, and displays it on a liquid crystal display of the display unit 57 or the like. As a result, the user (spectator) of the game machine 50D can watch the content of the battle by each game machine 50A, 50B, 50C. That is, according to the present embodiment, the video from the client terminal (game machine playing online) connected via the network can be normally viewed on another client terminal (game machine of the spectator).

[9. Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, as information management according to a predetermined rule, an example of storing the first acquired transmission information among a plurality of transmission information acquired for each frame period has been given. In the embodiment, an example of information management according to a predetermined rule based on hash information will be described below. Since the configurations of the game system, each server, and each game machine in the second embodiment are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment described above, their illustrations are omitted. In the following description, a part different from the first embodiment will be described.

In the case of the second embodiment, the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C in which the online battle is performed use the operation-related information OP1, OP2, and OP3 to which the hash information generated by each of them is attached, as described in the first embodiment. Similarly, communication is performed via the second server 30. Then, the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C transmit the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 including the operation-related information OP1, OP2, and OP3 to which the hash information is added to the first server 10.

The functional configurations of the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C in the case of the present embodiment are the same as those shown in FIG. 7, and the operation-related information generation unit 512 generates operation-related information to which hash information is added. Other functions are the same as described above.

In the case of the present embodiment, the first server 10 manages information according to a predetermined rule, and has the same hash among a plurality of transmission information transmitted and received from a plurality of game machines 50A, 50B, 50C for each frame period. Processes are performed so that the transmission information including the information is saved and the transmission information including different hash information is not saved.

The functional configuration of the first server 10 in the case of the present embodiment is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 8 described above, and the information management unit 111 includes transmission information including the same hash information among the plurality of received transmission information. Is saved, and information management is performed so that transmission information containing different hash information is not saved. The other functions are the same as described above. For example, when there are a plurality of transmission information including the same hash information, the transmission information received first among the transmission information is saved and received after the second. The transmitted information may not be saved.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the first server 10 in the second embodiment.

In step S111, the information acquisition unit 110 of the first server 10 of the present embodiment transmits information including operation-related information OP123 from the participant game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C, as in step S101 of FIG. 9 described above. Is determined, and if it is determined that the message is not received, the determination process of step S301 is repeated. On the other hand, when the information acquisition unit 110 determines that the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 has been received, the information acquisition unit 110 proceeds to the process in step S112.

Proceeding to step S112, the information management unit 111 determines whether the hash information of the operation-related information OP123 included in the transmission information received in step S111 is the same information. When the information management unit 111 confirms that all the hash information of the operation-related information OP123 received in step S111 is the same information, the information management unit 111 proceeds to step S113 and saves the transmission information received in step S111. , Return the process to step S111.

On the other hand, in step S112, the information management unit 111 does not save the transmission information received in step S111 when different information exists in the hash information of the operation-related information OP123 received in step S111 (information storage). The process is returned to step S111 without saving in unit 112).

That is, in the case of the present embodiment, the first server 10 has the same hash information included in the operation-related information in the transmission information acquired for each frame period in step S111 as information management according to a predetermined rule. Save only the transmission information, do not save any other transmission information.

FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically showing information management processing according to a predetermined rule using hash information.
The game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C shown in FIG. 12 provide transmission information including operation-related information OP123 (information consisting of operation-related information OP1, OP2, OP3) in which each frame number has the same frame number F1. It is transmitted to the server 10 of 1. However, in the case of the example of FIG. 12, the hash information given to the operation-related information OP123 in the operation-related information OP123 in the transmission information from the game machine 50A is the same hash information HV10, whereas the operation in the transmission information from the game machine 50B. The hash information given to the related information OP123 is different from the hash information HV7 and HV8. Further, the hash information given to the operation-related information OP123 in the transmission information from the game machine 50C is different from the hash information HV13 and HV14.

Therefore, the first server 10 stores the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 to which the same hash information HV10 is given, and does not store the other transmission information. Then, when the spectator's game machine 50D requests information for watching the game, the first server 10 games the transmission information including the operation-related information OP123 saved from the game machine 50A as described above. It is transmitted to the machine 50D.

[10. Example of information management based on the same number of hash information]
In the above-mentioned example, the first server 10 does not store the transmission information including the operation-related information to which different hash information is given, but as yet another example of information management according to a predetermined rule, The operation-related information of the plurality of operation-related information OP1, OP2, OP3 included in the transmission information, whichever has the largest number of the same hash information, may be saved.

Using the example of FIG. 12, it is assumed that the first server 10 cannot receive the transmission information from the game machine 50A due to a communication problem or the like, and acquires the transmission information from the game machine 50B and the game machine 50C.
In this case, the first server 10 stores the operation-related information OP1 and OP3 to which the same hash information HV8 is given among the operation-related information OP123 included in the transmission information from the game machine 50B, and different hash information HV7. The operation-related information OP2 to which is assigned is not saved. Similarly, the first server 10 stores the operation-related information OP3 and OP2 to which the same hash information HV13 is given among the operation-related information OP123 included in the transmission information from the game machine 50C, and different hash information HV14. Do not save the operation-related information to which is attached.

In the case of this example, there are two operation-related information OP3s having the same frame number. The information management unit 111 may save the two operation-related information OP3, but for example, the one received first may be saved and the one received later may not be saved.

Then, when the spectator's game machine 50D requests the first server 10 for information for watching the battle, the transmission control unit 113 is the same from the operation-related information saved as described above. The operation-related information OP1, OP2, OP3 of the frame number is transmitted to the game machine 50D.

In the second embodiment, the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C that are engaged in the online battle transmit transmission information including operation-related information to which hash information is added to the first server 10, and the first server. 10 stores transmission information including operation-related information to which the same hash information is added. As a result, according to the second embodiment, when an illegal process is performed on any of the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C, information due to the illegal process can be excluded, and the spectator's information can be eliminated. Information that has not been illegally processed can be sent to the game machine 50D, and the game machine 50D can watch the correct content of the battle between the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C. That is, according to the second embodiment, the video from the client terminal (game machine playing online) connected via the network can be normally viewed on another client terminal (game machine of the spectator). It becomes.

[11. Modification example]
Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to the above embodiment and can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the first server 10 and the second server 30 may be configured by one server. Further, the number of game machines 50 of the participants in the online battle is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more. Further, communication may be performed between the game machines 50 participating in the battle. Communication by so-called P2P (Peer to Peer) may be performed between the game machines 50 participating in the battle. In this case, the TURN server, which is the second server 30, can be omitted. Further, the number of game machines 50D for spectators in online battles is not limited to one, and may be two or more. In the above-described embodiment, the predetermined period is set as the frame period which is a unit of the game processing, but a period other than the frame period may be used. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the hash information includes information such as checksum, CRC, MD5, SHA, and the like. In this embodiment, it may be done by data comparison without using hash information.
In FIG. 6, frame numbers are prepared for each of C1, C2, and C3, but only one is required.
In FIG. 5, the operation-related information OP23, OP13, and OP12 transmitted from the second server 30 to the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C are 120-bit information of their own. Although the above description is omitted, each 160-bit information including its own data may be used. By including its own data, the transmission processing of the second server can be shared by sending the same data regardless of the connected terminal.

In the case of the above-described embodiment, the operation-related information has been described as information including the operation information generated by each operator of the game controller being operated by the user, but the information obtained by processing the operation information of the game controller has been described. For example, information generated by each of the game machines 50A, 50B, and 50C performing game processing based on the operation information may be used as the operation-related information. Roughly speaking, the game system has a first format in which the game machine performs game processing to generate and display an image, and a first format in which the server performs game processing to generate an image and the game machine displays the image. There are two types, one is a third type in which one game machine A performs game processing and displays an image, and the other game machine B generates and displays only an image. In the case of the first format, the destination to which the game machine transmits information is another game machine. Further, the first format includes a format in which the operation information generated by the game machine by the game controller is transmitted to another game machine as the destination at predetermined period (frame period), and the operation information by the game machine of the game controller. There is a format in which the processed information is sent to another game machine, which is the destination, when necessary. In the second form, the destination to which the game machine transmits information is the game server. Further, in the second format, the operation information generated by the game machine by the game controller is transmitted to the server at predetermined period (frame period), and the server transmits the information (coordinates) for drawing to the game machine. There is a format and a format in which the game machine sends the processed information of the operation information of the game controller to the server when necessary, and the server sends the streaming video to the game machine. In the case of the third format, the destination to which the game machine A transmits information is the game machine B, the destination to which the game machine B transmits the information is the game machine A, and the game machine on the side of transmitting the information is the game controller. When necessary, the processed information of the operation information of is transmitted to the game machine on the destination side. Further, in the case of the third format, the game machine on the transmitting side transmits information (coordinates) for drawing to the game machine on the destination side. Of these formats, in the first format and the third format in which the destination to which the game machine transmits information is another game machine, the information transmitted and received between the game machines is included in the category of operation-related information. , Applicable to the above-described embodiments.

[12. Addendum]
From the description described above, the present invention can be grasped as follows, for example.

(1)
The program according to one aspect of the present invention transmits transmission information including operation-related information generated within a predetermined period in response to a user operation on each of a plurality of terminals (50A, 50B, 50C) to the plurality of terminals. The information acquisition means (110) acquired from the above for each predetermined period, and the information management means (111) for storing the transmission information according to the predetermined rule among the plurality of transmission information acquired for each predetermined period. ) And the terminal (50D) requesting the acquisition of information, the computer functions as a transmission control means (113) for transmitting the stored transmission information.

(6)
The information processing method according to one aspect of the present invention is an information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus, and is generated within a predetermined period by a user operation at each of a plurality of terminals (50A, 50B, 50C). Of the information acquisition step (110) in which the transmission information including the operation-related information is acquired from the plurality of terminals at each predetermined period and the plurality of transmission information acquired at each predetermined period, a predetermined value is provided. It has an information management step (111) for storing transmission information according to the rules of the above, and a transmission control step (113) for transmitting the stored transmission information to a terminal (50D) requesting acquisition of information.

(7)
The information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention provides transmission information including operation-related information generated within a predetermined period according to a user operation on each of a plurality of terminals (50A, 50B, 50C). Information acquisition means (110) acquired from the terminal at each predetermined period, and information management means for storing transmission information according to a predetermined rule among a plurality of the transmission information acquired at each predetermined period. (111) and a transmission control means (113) for transmitting the stored transmission information to the terminal that has requested the acquisition of information.

(8)
The game system according to one aspect of the present invention transmits transmission information including operation-related information generated within a predetermined period according to a user operation on each of a plurality of terminals (50A, 50B, 50C). An information acquisition means (110) acquired from a terminal at each predetermined period, and an information management means (110) for storing transmission information according to a predetermined rule among a plurality of the transmission information acquired at each predetermined period. 111) and a transmission control means (113) for transmitting the stored transmission information to the terminal that has requested the acquisition of the information.

According to the invention according to the above (1), (6), (7) or (8), one of the terminals cannot communicate the operation-related information by the plurality of terminals connected via the network. , Even if an illegal process is performed, it can be transmitted to another terminal, so that the video by the terminal connected via the network can be normally viewed on the other terminal.

(2)
In one aspect of the present invention, in the above aspect (1), the information management means (110) is used from the plurality of terminals (50A, 50B, 50C) at intervals of the predetermined period according to the predetermined rule. Of the plurality of acquired transmission information, the first acquired transmission information is saved, and the second and subsequent transmission information are not saved.
According to the invention according to (2) above, even if any of a plurality of terminals connected via a network becomes unable to communicate, operation-related information by each terminal can be transmitted to another terminal. Therefore, the video from the terminal connected via the network can be normally viewed on other terminals.

(3)
In one aspect of the present invention, in the aspect (1) above, the operation-related information generated by the terminal (50A, 50B, 50C) includes hash information generated by the terminal, and the information management means (110). ) Stores transmission information including only the same hash information among the plurality of transmission information acquired from the plurality of terminals at each predetermined period according to the predetermined rule, and includes different hash information. Do not save the transmitted information.
According to the invention according to (3) above, even if an illegal process is performed on any of a plurality of terminals connected via a network, operation-related information from a terminal on which the illegal process is not performed can be obtained. , Since it can be transmitted to other terminals, the images from the terminals connected via the network can be normally viewed on other terminals.

(4)
In one aspect of the present invention, in the aspect (1) above, the operation-related information generated by the terminal (50A, 50B, 50C) includes hash information generated by the terminal, and the information management means (110). ) Is the operation of which the number of the same hash information is larger when there are different hash information among the transmission information acquired from the plurality of terminals for each predetermined period according to the predetermined rule. The related information is saved, and the operation-related information with the smaller number of the same hash information is not saved.
According to the invention according to (4) above, even if an illegal process is performed on any of a plurality of terminals connected via a network, operation-related information from a terminal on which the illegal process is not performed can be obtained. , Since it can be transmitted to other terminals, the images from the terminals connected via the network can be normally viewed on other terminals.

(5)
In one aspect of the present invention, in any of the above aspects (1) to (4), the terminal (50A, 50B, 50C, 50D) is a game terminal, and the information acquisition means (110) is another. The transmission information is acquired from the game terminals (50A, 50B, 50C) that are competing with the game terminal, and the transmission control means (113) is the information from the terminal (50D) that is not competing. The stored transmission information is transmitted in response to the transmission request.
According to the inventions (1) to (4) above, a representative game machine cannot communicate with operation-related information by a plurality of game machines connected via a network and performing online battles. Or, even if illegal processing is performed on one of the competing game machines, it can be sent to the spectator's game machine, so the spectator's game machine is playing the game based on the operation-related information. The process of advancing the game is performed, the video of the game being played is continuously displayed, and the spectator can view the game being played.

10: First server, 20: Network, 30: Second server, 50A, 50B, 50C, 50D: Game console, 11,51: CPU, 12,52: ROM, 13,53: RAM, 14,54 : Communication unit, 15, 55: Storage device, 16, 56: Operation unit, 57: Display unit, 40: Game controller, 110: Information acquisition unit, 111: Information management unit, 112: Information storage unit, 113: Transmission control Unit 510: Game control unit, 511: Operation information acquisition unit, 512: Operation-related information generation unit, 513: Communication control unit

Claims (1)

An information acquisition means for acquiring transmission information including operation-related information generated within a predetermined period in response to a user operation on each of the plurality of terminals from the plurality of terminals at each predetermined period.
An information management means for storing transmission information according to a predetermined rule among the plurality of transmission information acquired for each predetermined period, and
As a transmission control means for transmitting the stored transmission information to the terminal that has requested the acquisition of information.
A program to make a computer work.

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