JP2022154243A - Entertainment information management system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an entertainment information management system and the like capable of performing a novel performance of increasing an interest of a participant on entertainment and an effective performance when providing entertainment information for a plurality of participants.SOLUTION: A server device 10 is configured to, when providing second game information for a specific second player having a predetermined relationship with a first player or second game information for a specific second player in a specific game state to the first player, when performing output from a terminal device 20 of the first player, or when performing both the providing and output, perform control processing of differentiation from entertainment information for another second participant.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an entertainment information management system, program, and the like.

In recent years, with the development of network technologies such as the WWW (World Wide Web) and the progress of information communication terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as "communication terminal devices") typified by personal computers and smartphones, the use of networks has increased. It is becoming common to share entertainment-related information such as games among a plurality of terminal devices.

In particular, recently, a game image is displayed on a single display screen when executing a game for a single player, and the display screen is divided into a plurality of screens when executing a multiplayer game. , which manages the display of entertainment information such as games by displaying each game image of each player on each split screen (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2004-159922

However, in the game described in Patent Literature 1, when a game is played by a plurality of participants participating in the game, a fixed game image is simply displayed on the split screen at all times. The display method of the game image is not controlled independently, and new methods such as emphasizing and displaying the game image of the participant who has a friend relationship or cooperative relationship in the game, or the participant with the highest game ranking It cannot be said that it offers a production or an effective production.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is to provide a new production and effect that enhances the interest of the entertainment of the participants when providing entertainment information for a plurality of participants. To provide an entertainment information management system or the like capable of executing a dramatic performance.

(1) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention
An entertainment information management system that manages to provide a first participant with information on entertainment of a plurality of second participants different from the first participant as entertainment information,
obtaining means for obtaining said entertainment information for each of said second participants;
A detection process for detecting at least one of the relationship between the first participant and each second participant and the state of entertainment of each of the second participants as relationship information, etc. detection processing means for executing;
When it is determined that the detected relationship information satisfies a given condition, the degree of reproduction of the obtained information in at least one specific entertainment information of the second participant a reproduction degree determining means for determining a reproduction degree different from the reproduction degree of the entertainment information of the other second participant;
Control means for executing a given control process when providing the entertainment information of the plurality of second participants to the first participant based on the determined degree of reproduction;
and has a configuration.

With this configuration, the present invention allows, for example, a second participant having a given relationship with the first participant (a friend relationship or a hostile relationship in the game), or a second participant in a particular entertainment situation. When providing the entertainment information of a particular second participant, such as a participant in a first party, to the first participant, it can be differentiated from the entertainment information of other second participants.

For example, the present invention speeds up (slows down) arithmetic processing of entertainment information in a specific second participant, or speeds up (slows down) the transmission speed, thereby increasing the amount of information provided to the first player ( The reproducibility can be indirectly controlled by reducing the

Further, for example, the present invention widens (narrows) the reproduction frequency band and reproduction rate, enlarges (narrows) the display area, or increases (lowers) the resolution for the entertainment information of a specific second participant. The reproducibility can be directly controlled by increasing (decreasing) the amount of information provided to the first player.

Therefore, the present invention can make the first participant aware of a specific second participant when providing entertainment to the first participant. It is possible to execute a new production and an effective production that increase the interest in the entertainment of the user.

The "entertainment information" includes, for example, information about various contents such as games, various images such as moving images and still images, and various sounds such as music and voice.

In addition, in the "relationship between the first participant and each second participant", for example,
(A1) A first participant and a second participant have a friend relationship (a follower who enables easy access to information on other participants, a follower who enables easy access to information on his own participant) , and a friend relationship that indicates the relationship between both follower and follower);
(A2) that the first participant and the second participant are cooperative or hostile in the content (specifically, the game) on which the entertainment is based;
(A3) that the first participant and the second participant belong to the same group or different groups based on a given category (for example, predetermined participant affiliation and attributes), and
(A4) The second participant is a specific subject, such as a chat partner of the first participant.

Then, in the "entertainment situation", for example, in the case of a game, (B1) whether or not the second participant won a given lottery;
(B2) values of game parameters such as game scores, points, levels, experience points, physical strength values, or ability values of the second participant;
(B3) Game progress (a value indicating the achievement status until the game is cleared, or the clear status such as the game stage already cleared, the type of enemy characters that are in battle or have been fought, and the number and type of enemy characters that have already been defeated ),
(B4) Item acquisition status or mission achievement status in the game,
(B5) Attributes and characteristics as a second participant, and
(B6) attributes, characteristics, parameters, acquired item types, or the number of acquired items of the player character to be operated by the second participant;
and so on.

Furthermore, the "detection process" may be executed, for example, at the timing of providing entertainment information for a plurality of second participants to the first participant, or at the timing before the timing of providing good too.

In addition to the above, the "given conditions" include, for example, the conditions defined in relation to the relationship described above or the conditions defined in relation to the entertainment situation described above.

Then, "at least one second participant's entertainment information" includes not only the second participant's entertainment information related to information such as relationships satisfying a given condition, but also one or more conditions. It may be the entertainment information of the second participant other than the second participant related to the relationship information and the entertainment information of both parties.

In addition, "the degree of reproduction of the obtained entertainment information" is the amount of information when the entertainment information of the second participant is reproduced from the terminal device of the first participant according to the original information or the original information. indicates the percentage of

For example, "reproducibility" refers to the reproduction frequency band and reproduction rate when outputting entertainment information, resolution, color information (information amount including saturation and brightness), display area (size), or additional data amount ( amount of metadata).

Further, the "given control process" includes a control process for controlling the terminal device of the first player based on the determined reproducibility and directly controlling the second game information output from the terminal device. Control processing (hereinafter referred to as "direct control processing"), and control of the terminal device of the first player, or control when transferring to the terminal device. 2 includes control processing for controlling game information (hereinafter referred to as “indirect control processing”).

For example, direct control processing includes processing for controlling the reproduction frequency band and reproduction rate, or output control processing when entertainment information is output, such as display control processing (control processing for display area and resolution).

Further, for example, as the indirect control process, when the entertainment information of the second participant is transmitted and received, the process for controlling the transfer speed of the information, or Provide entertainment information of the second participant, such as arithmetic processing when providing entertainment information (processing for controlling the usage rate (core allocation) of the CPU or GPU running on the terminal device or the usage rate of memory) This includes processing for controlling physical resources used when

(2) In addition, the present invention is
The entertainment information management system according to claim 1,
The reproducibility determination means is
If there is the relationship information that satisfies the given condition among the relationship information detected by the detection process, the second information subject to the determination process that satisfies the condition It has the structure which controls the reproducibility of the said entertainment information of a participant.

With this configuration, the present invention can appropriately control the degree of reproduction of the information of the second participant to be provided to the first participant. Therefore, when providing entertainment information of a plurality of participants, It is possible to execute a new production and an effective production that enhance the interest of the entertainment of the participants.

(3) In addition, the present invention is
The reproducibility determination means is
Based on the total recall, which is a numerical value set according to the total number of the second participants and serves as a reference for determining the recall, another second different from the specific second participant It is configured to determine the degree of reproduction of the entertainment information of the particular second participant, including the degree of reproduction of the entertainment information of the second participant.

With this configuration, the present invention can, for example, use resources with upper limits such as communication traffic and arithmetic processing, or information amounts with upper limits such as display area and resolution, depending on the degree of reproduction, to the entertainment of a specific second participant. It can be distributed based on information.

Therefore, the present invention can make the most of the resources in the system, and can provide new and effective effects that enhance the interest of the participants in the entertainment.

It should be noted that "based on the total recall, including the recall in the entertainment information of another second participant different from the specific second participant, the recall in the entertainment information of the specific second participant "Determine" is, for example, a specific second participant so that the sum of the reproducibility of the entertainment information of the specific second participant and the entertainment information of the other second participant is equal to or less than the total reproducibility determining the degree of reproduction of the entertainment information of the participants, or the degree of reproduction of the entertainment information of the non-specific second participants if the degree of reproduction of the entertainment information of the specific second participants is changed to a higher value. to a lower value.

(4) In addition, the present invention is
The reproducibility includes at least the physical resources of a given process executed when the entertainment information of the second participant is provided and the amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant. It has a configuration that includes a numerical value for defining any one.

With this configuration, the present invention can directly control the amount of information when the second participant's entertainment information is provided, or indirectly control the amount of information using physical resources. Therefore, it is possible to control the reproducibility of entertainment information for a specific second participant according to various systems and environments.

In addition, the "physical resource" is, for example, the transfer speed of the information when the entertainment information of the second participant is transmitted and received, or the entertainment information of the second participant to the first participant. Hardware resources such as arithmetic processing (CPU or GPU usage rate (core allocation), or processing for controlling memory usage rate) at the time of provision.

In addition, the "amount of information" includes the reproduction frequency band and reproduction rate of the entertainment information when the entertainment information of the second participant is provided to the first participant (if the entertainment information is sound), or the display Area, resolution, and color information (if the entertainment information is an image) are included.

(5) In addition, the present invention is
The physical resources include the transfer speed of the information when the entertainment information of the second participant is transmitted and received, and the speed of providing the entertainment information of the second participant to the first participant. It has a configuration including at least one of elements related to arithmetic processing.

With this configuration, the present invention can indirectly control the degree of reproduction when the entertainment information of the second participant is provided. The degree of reproduction of entertainment information can be controlled.

It should be noted that "elements related to arithmetic processing" include, for example, CPU or GPU allocation (core allocation) or memory allocation.

(6) In addition, the present invention is
The amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant includes at least one of resolution, color information, display area, and number of drawing objects when displaying the entertainment information of the second participant. It has a configuration that contains the values that you specify.

With this configuration, the present invention can indirectly control the degree of reproduction when the entertainment information of the second participant is provided. The degree of reproduction of entertainment information can be controlled.

(7) In addition, the present invention is
When the reproducibility is a value that defines the display area as the amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant,
The control means is
executing, as the given control process, a first display control process for a first display area formed in display means for displaying the entertainment information of the first participant;
The given control process for a plurality of second display areas formed in the display means, which are different from the first display area and each display entertainment information of the plurality of second participants. is executed according to the determined reproducibility.

With this configuration, according to the present invention, for example, the entertainment information of a specific second participant can be displayed in a manner that is easily recognized by the first participant by being differentiated from the entertainment information of other second participants. As such, it is possible to make the first participant aware of the specific second participant while entertaining the first participant.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when providing entertainment information for a plurality of participants, it is possible to implement new effects and effective effects that increase interest in the entertainment of the participants.

In addition, the "display means" means a display externally connected to a terminal device for displaying an image for allowing the first participant to view entertainment information, or a display integrated in a terminal device such as a portable terminal device. 2 shows a display that is formed in a linear fashion.

(8) In addition, the present invention is
The control means is
The second display control process has a configuration of controlling the arrangement of the entertainment information of the other second participant on the display means based on the detected relationship information.

With this configuration, the present invention can, for example, display the first participant at the center of the display area or differentiate it from the entertainment information of the second participant so that the first participant can easily recognize the first participant. participants' entertainment information can be displayed in the main.

(9) In addition, the present invention is
The amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant as the degree of reproduction includes the amount of image information that can be displayed when the entertainment information of the second participant is displayed,
The control means is
When providing the entertainment information of the specific second participant to the first participant, the entertainment information of the plurality of second participants should be displayed based on the determined recall. It has a configuration for controlling the amount of information to be displayed on the display means of the image information.

With this configuration, the present invention can control the display of additional information included in the game information regarding the second player that is assumed to be important to the first player.

Therefore, the present invention can make the first participant aware of a specific second participant when providing entertainment to the first participant. It is possible to execute a new production and an effective production that increase the interest in the entertainment of the user.

In addition, in the "control of the amount of information to the display means of image information",
(C1) Display control processing including whether or not to display information related to the second participant, such as the second participant's score, participant ID, participant nickname, relationship information, etc.
(C2) virtual camera control processing (viewpoint control processing), and
(C3) display control processing for special effect images (images that require high-resolution display);
and so on.

(10) In addition, the present invention is
The storage means stores table data in which the degree of reproducibility is defined for each information such as the relationship in advance,
The reproducibility determination means is
A configuration is provided in which the degree of reproduction stored in association with the detected information such as relationship is determined to be the degree of reproduction in the entertainment information of at least the specific second participant.

With this configuration, the present invention eliminates the need for arithmetic processing by using table data, and can quickly determine the degree of reproducibility.

For example, the present invention can increase the amount of entertainment information of a specific second participant at the climax or highlight of entertainment when the degree of reproduction is defined for each entertainment situation as table data. Alternatively, it is possible to increase the amount of entertainment information of the second participant who has a cooperative relationship with the first participant in the game, and decrease the amount of entertainment information of the other second participants. can.

Therefore, according to the present invention, by changing the table data, it is possible to easily and quickly change a new effect that enhances the interest of the participants in the entertainment and an effective effect.

(11) In addition, the present invention is
The control means is
When providing the entertainment information of the specific second participant to the first participant, the entertainment information of the second participant identified as the specific second participant is provided to another second participant It has a configuration for executing a display control process as the given control process for displaying on the display means in a display format different from that of the entertainment information of the participants.

With this arrangement, the present invention can be applied to a second participant having a given relationship with the first participant, such as being friends with the first participant, or in certain entertainment situations. When providing entertainment information for a particular second participant, such as a second participant, to the first participant, it can be differentiated from entertainment information for other second participants.

It should be noted that the "display control processing" is not only the display control processing before the entertainment information is displayed with the determined different reproducibility, but also the display that can be differentiated when the entertainment information is displayed with the determined different reproducibility. It also includes the execution of processing.

(12) In addition, the present invention is
Further comprising providing means for providing the entertainment information to each participant's terminal device,
The acquisition means is
Acquire entertainment information by generating entertainment information in conjunction with each participant's terminal device,
The control means is
As the given control process, a process for providing entertainment information to be transferred to the terminal device or a process for controlling internal processing of the terminal device is executed.

With this configuration, the present invention can control the entertainment information provided to each terminal device or the entertainment information output from each terminal device. The second game information may be provided with a different degree of fidelity than the second game information of the unidentified second player.

(13) In addition, the present invention is
further comprising generating means for generating entertainment information for the first participant;
The acquisition means is
obtaining the entertainment information transmitted from each second participant's terminal device;
The control means is
As the given control process, an output control process for outputting the entertainment information of the first participant and each of the second participants to output means is executed.

With this configuration, the present invention provides a network competitive game and a , it is possible to share images and sounds using a network.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even when executing a network competitive game and sharing images and sounds using a network, the second
The game information can be provided with a different degree of fidelity than the second game information of the unidentified second player.

(14) In addition, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention
A program for managing to provide a first participant with information on entertainment of a plurality of second participants different from the first participant as entertainment information,
obtaining means for obtaining said entertainment information for each of said second participants;
A detection process for detecting at least one of the relationship between the first participant and each second participant and the state of entertainment of each of the second participants as relationship information, etc. detection processing means to perform;
When it is determined that the detected relationship information satisfies a given condition, the degree of reproduction of the obtained information in at least one specific entertainment information of the second participant Reproducibility determination means for determining the reproducibility indicating the reproducibility to be different from the reproducibility of the entertainment information of the other second participant, and
Control means for executing a given control process when providing the entertainment information of the plurality of second participants to the first participant based on the determined reproducibility;
It has a configuration that makes the computer function as

With this configuration, the present invention can make the first participant aware of a specific second participant when entertaining the first participant, so when providing entertainment information of a plurality of participants , a new production that enhances the interest of the participants in the entertainment, and an effective production can be executed.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration|structure which shows the structure of the game system of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the server apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the terminal device of one Embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining game information provision/output control processing in each terminal device according to an embodiment; FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining game information provision/output control processing in each terminal device of one embodiment; It is a figure which shows the example of the table data for player relations, and game situation table data of one Embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 1) for explaining game information control processing (direct control processing and indirect control processing) based on the reproducibility of the embodiment; FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining game information control processing (direct control processing and indirect control processing) based on the degree of reproducibility of one embodiment; FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 3) for explaining game information control processing (direct control processing and indirect control processing) based on the reproducibility of the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a modification of one embodiment, and is a system diagram showing the configuration of a server device in a multi-online conference system; FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a modification of one embodiment, and is a diagram showing an example of an image related to a conference displayed on a terminal device in the multi-online conference system. FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the operation of output control processing of the second game information of the second player, which is executed by the server device of one embodiment.

The present embodiment will be described below.

It should be noted that the present embodiment described below does not unduly limit the content of the present invention described in the claims, and all of the configurations described in the present embodiment are essential constituent elements of the present invention. not necessarily.

In addition, in the present embodiment, a game is used as entertainment for explanation, and a game system or a part of the configuration for providing game information as information of the entertainment to a player as a participant who participates in the entertainment is taken as an example. An entertainment information management system of the present invention will be described. However, instead of the following embodiments, the entertainment information management system of the present invention can be used for content such as music and images (including photographs), or other entertainment such as conference systems (for example, video conferences and web conferences). It is also possible to apply to a system that manages information about.

[1] Game System First, the outline and outline configuration of the game system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the system configuration showing the configuration of the game system 1 of the present embodiment.

In the game system 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a server device 10 that provides game services and terminal devices 20 (eg, terminal devices 20A, 20B, and 20C) are connected to the Internet (an example of a network). configured to be connectable.

By accessing the server device 10 from the terminal device 20, the player can acquire the game from the server device 10 via the Internet and play the game. Furthermore, by accessing the server device 10 from the terminal device 20, the player can execute the game while communicating with other players.

In particular, the server device 10 is an information processing device capable of providing a service for allowing a player to play a game using a terminal device 20 communicatively connected via the Internet.

Note that the server device 10 can also function as an SNS server that provides communication-type services. Also, the SNS server is, for example, an information processing device that provides a service capable of providing communication between a plurality of players.

Further, for example, when the server device 10 functions as an SNS server, it is called a social game that is executed using the operating environment (API (application programming interface), platform, etc.) of the provided SNS. We are able to provide games.

Specifically, the server device 10 may provide a server-client type game via the terminal device 20, or a game provided on the web browser of the terminal device 20, such as HTML, FLASH, CGI, etc. , PHP, shockwave, Java (registered trademark) applet, JavaScript (registered trademark), and other browser games (games that are started by simply opening the installation site with a Web browser) may be provided.

Note that social games include games that, unlike existing online games, do not require dedicated client software and can be used only with a web browser and an SNS account. In addition, the server device 10 can connect to terminals of other players (smartphones, personal computers, game machines, etc.) via a network, and can provide online games in which the same game progress can be shared online at the same time. have a configuration.

On the other hand, the server device 10 may be composed of one (device, processor), or may be composed of a plurality of (devices, processors).

Information such as game information stored in a storage area (storage unit 140 described later) of the server device 10 is stored in a database (storage device or memory in a broad sense) connected via a network (intranet or Internet). Alternatively, when functioning as an SNS server, information such as the player information storage unit 146 stored in the storage area is stored in a database (in a broad sense) connected via a network (intranet or Internet). storage device, memory).

Specifically, the server device 10 of the present embodiment receives input information based on the operation of the player of the terminal device 20 (that is, the player who executes the game), and performs game processing based on the received input information. It has become.

The server device 10 then transmits the game processing result to the terminal device 20 . The terminal device 20 is configured to perform various processes for providing the game processing result received from the server device 10 to the terminal device 20 so that it can be viewed by the player.

The terminal device 20 is an information processing device such as an image generation device such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PHS, a computer, a game device, a PDA, a portable game machine, etc., and a server device via a network such as the Internet (WAN) or LAN. 10 can be connected. A communication line between the terminal device 20 and the server device 10 may be wired or wireless.

In addition, the terminal device 20 includes a web browser capable of browsing web pages (HTML format data). That is, the terminal device 20 performs display control using a communication control function for communicating with the server device 10 and data received from the server device 10 (Web data, data created in HTML format, etc.). , a Web browser function for transmitting player operation data to the server device 10, and the like.

For example, the terminal device 20 acquires from the server device 10 necessary information such as game information related to another player during a battle of another player, and based on a game application stored in a storage area (storage unit 270 described later). Also, various processes for providing a game screen to the player may be executed, and the game may be executed by the player.

Further, for example, the terminal device 20 acquires game control information provided from the server device 10 while transmitting player operation data to the server device 10, executes predetermined game processing, and executes a game based on the game processing. may be executed.

In particular, when the terminal device 20 executes the game processing based on the game control information provided from the server device 10 , when the terminal device 20 requests the server device 10 to play a predetermined game, the game of the server device 10 is executed. You will be connected to the site and the game will start.

Then, the terminal device 20 causes the server device 10 functioning as an SNS server to perform predetermined processing by using an API as necessary, or the player information storage unit managed by the server device 10 functioning as an SNS server. 146 is acquired and the game is executed.

[2] Server Device Next, the server device 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the server device 10 of this embodiment. Further, the server apparatus 10 of the present embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the constituent elements (each part) in FIG. 2 are omitted.

The server device 10 includes an input unit 120 for use by an administrator and other inputs, a display unit 130 for performing predetermined display, an information storage medium 180 storing predetermined information, and a communication device for communicating with the terminal device 20 and others. It includes a unit 196, a processing unit 100 that mainly executes processing related to the game to be provided, and a storage unit 140 that stores various data mainly used for the game.

The input unit 120 is used by a system administrator or the like to input game-related settings and other necessary settings and data. For example, the input unit 120 of this embodiment is configured by a mouse, a keyboard, or the like.

The display unit 130 displays an operation screen for the system administrator. For example, the display unit 130 of this embodiment is configured by a liquid crystal display or the like.

The information storage medium 180 (computer-readable medium) stores programs and data, and its functions include optical discs (CD, DVD), magneto-optical discs (MO), magnetic discs, hard disks, and magnetic tapes. , or a memory (ROM) or the like.

The communication unit 196 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (for example, terminals, other servers, and other network systems), and its function is implemented by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs. It consists of software, programs, etc.

The storage unit 140 serves as a work area for the processing unit 100, the communication unit 196, and the like, and its function is configured by a RAM (VRAM) or the like. Information stored in the storage unit 140 may be managed by a database.

In addition to the main storage unit 142, the storage unit 140 of the present embodiment has
(A1) A game data storage unit 144 that stores game data relating to the execution of the provided game, such as various table data (table data for determining reproducibility, which will be described later);
(A2) a player information storage unit 146 in which player information indicating information about each player is stored;
(A3) an item information storage unit 148 in which player characters and other game items owned by each player are stored as game media in association with each player as item information;
have.

The player information includes relationship information that defines relationships with other players, and game situation information that indicates the game situation.

In addition, the relationship information includes information on players who are friends, followers, and followers of each player (hereinafter also referred to as "friend information"), and information on hostile and cooperative relationships during the game ( hereinafter also referred to as “in-game related information”).

In addition, the game situation information includes each player's score, experience points, number of lives, tasks and stages cleared, number of enemies defeated, number of items acquired (including in-game currency and number of items by type). ), game progress, game execution time, and game login status.

The processing unit 100 performs various processes using the main storage unit 142 in the storage unit 140 as a work area. The functions of the processing unit 100 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs.

The processing unit 100 performs various processes of this embodiment based on programs (data) stored in the information storage medium 180 . That is, the information storage medium 180 stores a program for causing the computer to function as each part of the present embodiment (a program for causing the computer to execute the processing of each part).

For example, the processing unit 100 (processor) controls the entire server device 10 based on a program stored in the information storage medium 180, and performs various processes such as control of data transfer between units. . Furthermore, it performs processing for providing various services in response to requests from terminals.

Specifically, the processing unit 100 of the present embodiment includes a communication control unit 101, a web processing unit 102, a game management unit 103, a relationship detection unit 104, a game situation detection unit 105, a game information control unit 106, a timer management unit 110 and an information providing unit 111 at least.

For example, the communication control unit 101 and the game management unit 103 of the present embodiment constitute acquisition means of the present invention, and the relationship detection unit 104 and the game situation detection unit 105 constitute detection processing means. Also, for example, the game information control unit 106 of this embodiment constitutes the reproducibility determining means and the information control processing means of the present invention, and the information providing unit 111 constitutes the providing means of the present invention.

The communication control unit 101 performs processing for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal device 20 via the network. That is, the server device 10 performs various processes based on information received from the terminal device 20 or the like by the communication control unit 101 .

In particular, the communication control unit 101 of this embodiment performs processing for transmitting a game screen to the terminal device 20 of the player based on a request from the terminal device 20 of the player.

In addition, the communication control unit 101 executes various processes for accepting player's operation instructions input to the terminal device 20 .

The web processing unit 102 functions as a web server. For example, the web processing unit 102 performs processing for transmitting data in response to a request from a web browser 211 installed in the terminal device 20 through a communication protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and processing for transmitting data to the web browser 211 installed in the terminal device 20. 211 performs processing for receiving data transmitted by H.211.

In this embodiment, a case where the server device 10 also functions as an SNS server will be described as an example. good too. Further, the game processing of the present embodiment may be partially or wholly performed by the server device 10, or may be partially performed by the terminal device 20. FIG.

The game management unit 103 operates in conjunction with each terminal device 20 to play a game (either in the same game space or in individual game spaces) that can be played by a plurality of players at the same time. It executes game processing related to various games such as a playing game (RPG), a shooting game, a battle game, or a position game.

For example, when the game management unit 103 controls the game of each player by the server device 10, the game management unit 103 interlocks with each terminal device 20, and when the game start condition is satisfied, the game (the game is executed individually). the same applies hereinafter), the process of progressing the game, the process of terminating the game when the game end conditions are met, and the processing of each player or each player character involved in the progress of the game. Executes various game calculation processes such as management.

In particular, the game management unit 103 performs various game calculations based on the player's operation input via each terminal device 20 or the game information output from each terminal device 20 during the progress of the game. Execute the process.

Before starting the game or during the execution of the game, the relationship detection unit 104 detects relationships such as friends of each player, in-game relationships (hostile relationships, cooperative relationships, etc.), or both as relationship information. To detect.

The game situation detection unit 105 detects the game situation of each player, the relative situation based on the game situation of other players, or both of them as relationship information during execution of the game.

Based on the detected relationship information, the game information control unit 106 controls each terminal device 20 to provide the other player's game information, including providing each terminal device 20 with other player's game information. A process for performing control (hereinafter referred to as "game information control process") is executed.

In particular, the game information control unit 106 controls the original information of each game information (hereinafter referred to as “game information (original)”) by providing other players' information to each player via each terminal device 20 . A degree of reproduction indicating the degree of reproduction of game information is determined.

Then, the game information control unit 106 performs control processing related to game information of other players provided to each terminal device 20 based on the determined reproducibility, and control processing related to game information of other players in each terminal device 20. , or both control processes are executed.

The timer management unit 110 has a timer function and is used to manage the progress of the game including player position information and game card position information.

In particular, the timer management unit 110 is used to manage game-related time and measurement time, and is used to synchronize with each terminal device 20 .

The information providing unit 111 executes generation and control of various types of game information to allow the terminal device 20 to process the game, and provides the generated or controlled game information to the corresponding terminal device 20 . However, in the case of a browser game, the information providing unit 111 performs processing for providing game information to each terminal device 20 in conjunction with the web processing unit 102 .

[3] Terminal Device Next, the terminal device 20 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the terminal device 20 of this embodiment. Also, the terminal device 20 of the present embodiment may have a configuration in which some of the constituent elements (each part) of FIG. 2 are omitted.

The input unit 260 is a device for inputting input information from the player, and outputs the player's input information to the processing unit 200 . The input unit 260 of this embodiment includes a detection unit 262 that detects player input information (input signal). The input unit 260 includes, for example, levers, buttons, a steering wheel, a microphone, a touch panel display, a keyboard, and a mouse.

The storage unit 270 serves as a work area for the processing unit 200 and the communication unit 296, and its function can be realized by RAM (VRAM) or the like. The storage unit 270 of this embodiment includes a main storage unit 271 used as a work area, and an image buffer 272 in which final display images and the like are stored. In addition, it is good also as a structure which abbreviate|omits some of these.

The information storage medium 280 (computer-readable medium) stores programs and data, and its functions include optical discs (CD, DVD), magneto-optical discs (MO), magnetic discs, hard disks, and magnetic tapes. , or a memory (ROM) or the like.

The processing unit 200 performs various processes of this embodiment based on programs (data) stored in the information storage medium 280 . The information storage medium 280 can store a program for causing a computer to function as each part of the present embodiment (a program for causing the computer to execute the processing of each part).

In addition, in this embodiment, the program and game data for causing the computer to function as each part of this embodiment stored in the information storage medium 180 and the storage unit 140 of the server device 10 are received via the network, The received program and data are stored in the information storage medium 280 . Programs and data received from the server device 10 may be stored in the storage unit 270 . Receiving programs and data in this way to make the network system function is also included within the scope of the present invention.

The display unit 290 outputs an image generated according to this embodiment, and its function can be realized by a CRT, LCD, touch panel display, HMD (head mounted display), or the like. The sound output unit 292 outputs the sound generated by this embodiment, and its function can be realized by a speaker, headphones, or the like.

The communication unit 296 performs various controls for communicating with the outside (for example, another terminal, server), and its function is implemented by hardware such as various processors or communication ASICs, programs, etc. realizable.

The processing unit 200 (processor) performs game processing and display based on game information and game control information acquired from the server device 10 via the communication unit 296, input information acquired from the input unit 260, or programs. It performs processing such as control, image generation processing, or sound generation processing.

The processing unit 200 performs various processes using the main storage unit 271 in the storage unit 270 as a work area. The functions of the processing unit 200 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, DSP, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), and programs.

The processing unit 200 includes a communication control unit 210 , a web browser 211 , a game processing unit 212 , a display control unit 213 , a drawing unit 220 and a sound processing unit 230 . In addition, it is good also as a structure which abbreviate|omits some of these.

The communication control unit 210 performs processing for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server device 10 . The communication control unit 210 also performs processing for storing data received from the server device 10 in the storage unit 270, processing for analyzing the received data, and other control processing related to transmission and reception of data.

Note that the communication control unit 210 may store server destination information (IP address, port number) in the information storage medium 280 and perform processing for managing it. Then, the communication control unit 210 may communicate with the server device 10 when input information for starting communication is received from the player.

In particular, the communication control unit 210 performs a process of transmitting player identification information and operation information to the server device 10 and receiving data related to the player information storage unit 146 (player's Web page, game screen, etc.) from the server device 10 . conduct.

The communication control unit 210 may perform data transmission/reception with the server device 10 at a predetermined cycle, or may perform data transmission/reception with the server device 10 when input information from the input unit 260 is received. In particular, the communication control unit 210 of this embodiment performs processing for receiving the game screen from the server device 10 .

The web browser 211 is an application program for browsing web pages (game screens), downloads HTML files, image files, and the like from the web server (server device 10), analyzes layouts, and controls display. The web browser 211 also transmits data to the web server (server device 10) using input forms (links, buttons, text boxes, etc.).

The web browser 211 of this embodiment can implement a browser game. For example, the web browser 211 may execute a program written in JavaScript (registered trademark), FLASH, Java (registered trademark), etc. received from the web server (server device 10).

The terminal device 20 can display information from a web server specified by a URL via the Internet using the web browser 211 . For example, the terminal device 20 can display a game screen (data such as HTML) received from the server device 10 using the web browser 211 .

The game processing unit 212 performs various game calculation processes in conjunction with the server device 10 . For example, there are a process of starting the game when the game start condition is satisfied, a process of advancing the game, and a process of ending the game when the game end condition is satisfied.

The game processing unit 212 is composed of various objects (primitives such as polygons, free-form surfaces, subdivision surfaces, etc.) representing display objects such as player characters, buildings, stadiums, cars, trees, pillars, walls, and maps (terrain). A process for arranging and setting the object in the object space may be performed.

Here, the object space is a virtual space and includes both two-dimensional space and three-dimensional space. A two-dimensional space is, for example, a space in which objects are arranged at two-dimensional coordinates (X, Y), and a three-dimensional space is, for example, a space in which objects are arranged at three-dimensional coordinates (X, Y, Z). be. However, in the case of browser games, this is not the case.

The game processing unit 212 also controls transmission and reception of various types of information at the time of login, and performs game processing including execution of game processing based on player operations when the game is executed in real time in conjunction with the server device 10 . Run.

The display control unit 213 performs processing for displaying the game information of each player on the display unit 290 while controlling the display area for displaying the game information of each player. Note that, for example, the display control unit 213 may display using the web browser 211 .

The drawing unit 220 performs drawing processing based on various types of processing (for example, game processing) performed by the processing unit 200 to generate an image, and the display control unit 213 outputs the image to the display unit 290 . The image generated by the rendering unit 220 may be a so-called two-dimensional image or a so-called three-dimensional image.

The sound processing unit 230 performs sound processing based on the results of various processes performed by the processing unit 200 , generates game sounds such as BGM, sound effects, or voices, and outputs the game sounds to the sound output unit 292 .

[4] Method of Processing According to the Present Embodiment [4.1] Overview Next, a method of providing and outputting game information in each terminal device 20 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining the game information provision/output control process in each terminal device 20 of the present embodiment.

The server device 10 of this embodiment works in conjunction with a plurality of terminal devices 20, and provides each terminal device 20 with a player character, other characters, a game space or part thereof, game parameters, BGM, a game scenario, and the like. have a configuration.

In addition, the server device 10 simultaneously executes games such as battle games such as battle games and fighting games, RPGs, shooting games, racing games, simulation games, etc., by a plurality of players using their respective terminal devices 20. It has a configuration that allows

During the game, the server device 10 provides each terminal device 20 with a player (hereinafter referred to as a "first terminal device") operating the terminal device 20 to participate in the game. game information (hereinafter also referred to as "first game information") related to "player", also referred to as "first participant"), and other terminal devices different from the first terminal device 20 (hereinafter referred to as Game information (hereinafter referred to as "second game information") or various processes when outputting the second game information from each terminal device 20 together with the first game information.

In particular, when the server device 10 of this embodiment generates the game information of each player and provides it to each terminal device 20, the generated second game information of the second player is sent to the terminal device 20 of the first player. It has a configuration to provide to

Further, when the game information is generated in each terminal device 20, the server device 10 receives the game information related to the operation instruction of each player from each terminal device 20, and sends the game information to the terminal device 20 of each first player. It has a configuration for providing the received second game information of each second player.

Then, the server device 10 provides second game information of a second player (hereinafter referred to as a "specific second player") having a given relationship with the first player, or a specific second player in a specific game situation. A configuration for executing control processing (hereinafter referred to as "game information control processing") for differentiating the player's second game information from the entertainment information of the other second participants when providing the player's second game information to the first player. have.

Specifically, the server device 10 speeds up (slows) the arithmetic processing of the second game information of the specific second player, speeds up (slows down) the transmission speed, or otherwise increases (slows) the amount of information provided to the first player. It has a configuration for indirectly controlling the reproducibility by increasing (decreasing) the .

In addition, the server device 10 widens (narrows) the reproduction frequency band or the reproduction rate, enlarges (narrows) the display area, or increases (lowers) the resolution of the game information of the specific second player. It has a configuration in which the reproducibility is directly controlled by increasing (decreasing) the amount of information provided to one player.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the server device 10 of the present embodiment provides the first player with game information of a plurality of second players (that is, a plurality of second game information). A system for managing to
(A1) Acquisition of second game information of each second player generated according to execution of various game processes based on instructions of each player or transmitted from each corresponding terminal device 20 (hereinafter referred to as , referred to as “acquisition processing” ([1] in FIG. 4),
(A2) Detection processing for detecting at least one of the relationship between the first player and each second player and the game situation of each second player as relationship information (see FIG. 4). [2]),
(A3) If it is determined that the detected relationship information satisfies a given condition, the reproducibility of at least one specific second player is reduced to other second players (hereinafter referred to as “non (hereinafter referred to as "reproducibility determination processing"; [3] in FIG. 4);
(A4) when providing each piece of second game information to the first player based on the degree of reproducibility determined for the first player, for the corresponding second game information or for the terminal device of the first player; given control processing (that is, game information control processing),
([1] and [2] in FIG. 5),
have a configuration.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the server device 10 of the present embodiment has
(A4-1) Control processing for controlling the terminal device 20 of the first player based on the determined reproducibility and directly controlling the second game information output from the terminal device 20 (hereinafter referred to as Referred to as “direct control processing” ([4a] in FIG. 5), or
(A4-2) Concerning the control of the terminal device 20 of the first player or the control when transferring to the terminal device 20, the second game information output from the terminal device 20 is controlled as a result. processing (hereinafter referred to as “indirect control processing” [4b] in FIG. 5),
It has a configuration that executes

In addition, in FIG. 4, as an example of the game information acquisition process,
(B1) that game information is acquired by the server device 10 in the case where the game is executed by interlocking the terminal devices 20 from each terminal device 20 in multiplay;
(B2) When the game of each player is executed by the server device 10 and the game information of each player is generated, the operation instruction is received by the server device 10, and the game information is generated based on the received operation instruction. generated is illustrated.

In addition, FIG. 4 shows, as an example of the detection process, each relationship between each player (player A (P1), player B (P2), player C (P3), and player D (P4)) as a detection result 1, and , an example in which the game situation of each player is detected as a detection result 2 is illustrated.

As an example of the reproducibility determination process, FIG. An example is given for the case of the second player.

Furthermore, FIG. 5 shows an example in which the output of game information in each terminal device 20 is controlled based on the game control information provided from the server device 10 as direct control processing, and an example in which the output of game information in each terminal device 20 is controlled based on the game control information provided from the server device 10 as direct control processing, and An example in which game information provided from is controlled to be provided is illustrated.

In particular, in the example of the direct control process in FIG. 5, player B becomes a specific second player with respect to player A as the first player, and displays each player on the display unit 290 of player A (P1) based on the reproducibility. It shows that the game images are displayed in different display areas for the players (the display areas of the game images for the second player are different).

Similarly, in the example of the indirect control process in FIG. The amount of information to be displayed differs due to the difference in the transfer speed of the game image of each player based on the above, and as a result, the display area of the game image of each player differs (the display area of the game image differs between the second players). This indicates that the game image is being displayed.

With this configuration, in the present embodiment, when game information is provided and displayed to the first player, it is possible to make the specific second player aware of the second game information of a plurality of second players. At the time of providing the game, it is possible to execute new effects and effective effects that increase the interest of each player in the game.

[4.2] Game Information, Reproducibility, Table Data, and Player Information Next, the game information, reproducibility, table data, and player information of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of player relationship table data and game situation table data according to the present embodiment.

[4.2.1] Game information Game information is information about a game as entertainment (that is, an example of entertainment information), and includes various images such as moving images and still images (that is, game screens) and It is information for displaying and outputting various sounds such as music and voice (that is, game sound), and is also information related to game execution control.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the game information is information including control data for displaying or outputting from each terminal device 20 a game screen and game sound relating to execution of the game.

For example, game information includes resolution, color information (amount of information including saturation and brightness), display area (size), or information indicated by additional data (player ID, player nickname, player character characteristics, player Player information such as score, level, and experience value) and information for outputting this information, which is information for providing game screens and game sounds to each player.

[4.2.2] Reproducibility In this embodiment, when the terminal device 20 of the first player displays or outputs the game information of a plurality of second players (that is, the second game information), The reproducibility set for the original information of the second game information generated by the server device 10 or by the terminal device 20 of each second player is used.

Specifically, the reproducibility of the present embodiment is a reproducibility indicating the degree of reproducibility of information (original information) generated or received in the second game information of the second player. This indicates the ratio of the amount of information when the second game information is output from the terminal device 20 of the first player.

For example, recall is
(A1) When the game information is sound information, the reproduction frequency band and reproduction rate when outputting the game information,
(A2) When the game information is image information, the resolution, color information (amount of information including saturation and brightness), display area (size), or amount of additional data (metadata) in the terminal device 20 of the first player amount),
and the ratio of the amount of information when the second game information is provided to the original.

That is, in the present embodiment, if the reproducibility is high, the second game information is reproduced while maintaining the high sampling rate of the output sound (state close to the original), and the displayed image is reduced in size. large display area (close to original) or high resolution (close to original), or all additional data (or more additional data).

Further, the degree of reproduction is basically a numerical value relating to the game information provided by each second player, and is, for example, a value indicating a difference from the original game information.

For example, in this embodiment, the degree of reproduction is indicated using a numerical value of 0%-100%, where 0% indicates that the element as the original is zero, and 100% is the same as the original. indicates that However, in this embodiment, the reproducibility is almost never "0%", and the description will be made on the premise that the original can be reproducible in some way. In this embodiment, the degree of reproducibility is preferably a value that allows the first player to recognize the second game information.

[4.2.3] Table data As shown in FIG. 6, the table data of this embodiment is a player relationship table in which the degree of reproduction is defined according to the relationship between the first player and the second player. data (hereinafter also referred to as "player-related TB"); game situation table data (hereinafter also referred to as "game situation TB") in which the degree of reproducibility is defined according to the game situation of the second player; is included.

Specifically, the relationship between the first player and the second player includes:
(A1) the relationship between the first player and the second player is a friend relationship (including follower relationship and follower relationship);
(A2) the relationship between the first player and the second player is hostile or cooperative;
(A3) A relationship in which the first player and the second player belong to the same group or different groups based on a given category (for example, predetermined affiliation or attributes of the participants), and
(A4) The relationship between the second player and a specific target person such as the chat partner of the first player;
is included.

As illustrated in FIG. 6A, the player relationship table data defines a reproducibility greater than 0% and less than or equal to 100% for each of the above relationships.

For example, in the player relationship table data, each reproducibility is defined for each relationship type such as friend relationship, hostile relationship, and cooperative relationship.

In addition, the player relationship table data includes, for each relationship type such as friend relationship, hostile relationship, and cooperative relationship,
(B1) the number of times of contact with each second player in the game (the number of times of simple contact, the number of hostile matches played as enemies, or the number of cooperative matches played against enemy characters, etc.);
(B2) the number of times messages (including standard messages such as "Like") have been sent and received between players (number of times sent and received);
are set, and each reproducibility may be defined for each of these regulations.

On the other hand, in the game situation of the second player,
(C1) Winning or not in a given lottery for the second player;
(C2) values of game parameters such as score, points, level, experience value, physical strength value, or ability value of the second player;
(C3) Game progress (a value indicating the achievement status until the game is cleared, or the clear status such as the game stage that has already been cleared, the type of enemy characters that are in battle or have already been fought, and the number and type of enemy characters that have already been defeated ),
(C4) Item acquisition status or mission achievement status in the game,
(C5) Attributes and characteristics of the second player, and
(C6) attributes, characteristics, parameters, acquired item types, or the number of acquired items of the player character to be operated by the second player;
is included.

In the game situation table data, as illustrated in FIG. 6B, a reproducibility of more than 0% and less than or equal to 100% is defined for each of the above game situations.

For example, FIG.
(D1) Reproducibility is 100% when the score in the game is the highest among the players participating in the game;
(D2) If the given item has already been obtained by 2 or more, the recall is 50%, and
(D3) when the second player character has the same attributes as the first player character, the reproducibility is 50%;
is an example of game situation table data in which

Also, in the above example, the player relationship table data and the game situation table data were explained separately, but both the relationship between the first player and the second player and the game situation of the second player are defined in a composite manner. table data (hereinafter referred to as "composite table data") may be set in advance.

[4.2.4] Player information Player information includes (A1) the player's nickname and player ID, and if the player belongs to a team, the team name and ID (hereinafter referred to as " “Affiliation Information”),
(A2) the date and time when the game was started;
(A3) game situation information indicating the game situation;
(A4) Relationship information indicating relationships with other players and information about the relationships (hereinafter referred to as "relationship-related information").
is included.

In particular, the game situation information includes
(A3-1) Current level (player level), score, experience value, energy parameter value (life energy value, physical strength value and power value), information on individual and team performance such as earned rewards or game time (hereinafter referred to as , also referred to as “score information”),
(A3-2) Player character characteristics (presence or absence of abilities and parameters that define each ability) and attributes (including levels) information (if there are multiple player characters, each characteristic and attribute information),
(A3-3) Billing information such as billing history and billing amount,
(A3-4) item-related information including information on items held by the player character (hereinafter referred to as "item information") and information on items held in the past;
(A3-5) Cleared stages, tasks, and degree of achievement up to the end of the game (that is, game clear),
(A3-6) Information on login (access) history (hereinafter referred to as “access history information”), and
(A3-7) Acquired privilege information (hereinafter also referred to as “acquired privilege information”),
is included.

[4.3] Game control processing Next, the game control processing of this embodiment will be described.

For example, when a plurality of games are executed simultaneously and the respective games are interlocked, the game management unit 103 specifies a player who participates in each interlocked game (that is, a player who executes the game).

Then, the game management unit 103 forms a two-dimensional or three-dimensional game space for each game of the specified player, and controls each player character and other characters according to the game program based on the operation of each player. motion control of moving objects including, interlocking control with other games, virtual camera control in each game, and each game process for progressing other games in each game.

On the other hand, the game management unit 103, for example, when executing a game of a plurality of players in one game space, identifies each player who participates in the game, and identifies the second player in each player.

Then, the game management unit 103 forms one two-dimensional or three-dimensional game space in the game, and creates moving objects including each player character and other characters according to the game program based on the operation of each player. , control of each virtual camera corresponding to each player, and other game processing for advancing each game.

On the other hand, during the execution of the game, the game management unit 103 visualizes the game space from the perspective of each game and each player's virtual camera based on the execution of the above-described game processing, and accordingly reproduces game sounds. Additional information for each player and information for displaying and outputting game images and game sounds on each terminal device 20 are generated as game information (that is, game information is acquired).

The information providing unit 111 cooperates with the communication control unit 101 to provide the corresponding terminal device 20 with the generated game information for each player.

[4.4] Detection processing Next, detection processing for detecting the relationship between each player of the present embodiment (hereinafter referred to as “relationship detection processing”) and detection processing for detecting the game situation of each player (hereinafter referred to as “relationship detection processing”). , referred to as “game situation detection processing”).

(relationship detection processing)
The relationship detection unit 104 detects, before the game starts, when the game starts, or at a given timing during the game, a friend relationship, a hostile relationship, a cooperative relationship, or the like for each player (that is, each player as the first player). case), a relationship detection process for detecting a relationship between each player and another player (that is, the second player) is executed.

Specifically, the relationship detection unit 104 may be executed at the timing when the terminal device 20 of the first player is provided with the game information of the plurality of second players during the game, or when the game information is provided. It may be executed at a timing earlier than the timing at which it is executed.

For example, in this embodiment, the timing at which game information for a plurality of second players is provided to the terminal device 20 of the first player, or the timing prior to the timing at which the game information is provided is
(A1) the timing indicated by the first player;
(A2) the timing at which the battle was started in the battle game;
(A3) Timing when the enemy boss character appears,
(A4) timing of entering a special area in the game space,
(A5) Timing of acquiring or using special items,
(A6) Timing when a special stage game or mini-game starts,
(A7) Timing immediately before executing gacha, or
(A8) the timing at which a predetermined event in the game is executed (including the timing before and after that);
and so on.

On the other hand, the relationship detection unit 104 refers to the player information of the first player, and based on the relationship information included in the referred player information or the relationship information and the relationship related information, each player (i.e. , a player who will be the second player).

In particular, based on the relationship information, the relationship detection unit 104 determines the relationship with the second player as described above.
(B1) friend relationship (including follower relationship and follower relationship),
(B2) adversarial or cooperative relationship;
(B3) Relationship belonging to the same group or another group based on a given category, and (B4) Relationship of a specific target such as a chat partner,
to detect

In addition to the above, the relationship detection unit 104 uses the relationship related information to determine the degree of intimacy (the number of times messages are sent and received), the degree of friendship (the number of times of cooperation or contact in the same group), the degree of hostility with the second player. (hostile relationship and number of times of contact with other groups), or based on match results (number of wins, number of losers, win rate) in competitive games, and out of the second players who have a certain relationship, A second player with a certain degree of intimacy, friendship, hostility or dominance may be detected.

(Game situation detection processing)
The game situation detection unit 105 detects a given game situation of each player (specifically, a player corresponding to the second player) at a given timing during the game.

Specifically, similar to the relationship detection process, the game situation detection unit 105 may be executed at the timing when game information for a plurality of second players is provided to the terminal device 20 of the first player. It may be executed at a timing prior to the timing at which the game information is provided.

Further, the game situation detection unit 105 refers to the player information of the first player, and detects the game situation of each player (that is, the player who becomes the second player) based on the game situation information included in the player information referred to. To detect.

In particular, the game situation detection unit 105 detects the game situation of each second player based on the game situation information.
(C1) individual and team performance, such as current player level, points, experience points, energy parameter values, rewards earned or game time;
(C2) characteristics and attributes of the player character;
(C3) billing history and billing amount;
(C4) Items currently held and items held in the past,
(C5) Cleared stages, tasks, and degree of achievement up to the end of the game (that is, game clear),
(C6) log-in (access) history, or
(C7) Benefits acquired;
to detect

[4.5] Reproducibility Determining Process Next, the reproducibility determination process for determining the reproducibility when outputting the second game information from the terminal device 20 of the first player according to the present embodiment will be described.

(Basic principle of reproducibility determination processing)
The game information control unit 106 uses table data in which the degree of reproducibility is defined in advance for each relationship information, etc., and stores the information in association with the relationship information detected by the relationship detection unit 104 or the game situation detection unit 105. The reproducibility is determined as the reproducibility of the second game information of the specific second player.

In particular, the game information control unit 106 detects information such as relationships between the first player and each of the second players by the relationship detection unit 104 or the game situation detection unit 105 at a given timing. Each time, a reproducibility determination process for determining the reproducibility of the game information of the second player is executed.

Specifically, the game information control unit 106, for each first player,
(A1) A process (hereinafter referred to as a "determination process") for determining whether or not the detected relationship information with each second player satisfies a given condition (hereinafter referred to as a "determination condition"). .),as well as,
(A2) When it is determined by the determination process that the relationship information satisfies the given condition, the reproducibility in the second game information of at least one specific second player is determined by the other second players. (hereinafter referred to as "non-specified second player") a process of determining a degree of reproducibility different from the reproducibility of the second game information (hereinafter referred to as "determination process");
are executed as reproducibility determination processing.

In the present embodiment, as the determination conditions, the conditions defined regarding the relationship between the players (hereinafter referred to as "relationship conditions") and the conditions defined regarding the game situation (hereinafter referred to as "relationship conditions"). game state conditions"), or both of these conditions (hereinafter referred to as "complex conditions").

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the game information control unit 106 uniformly sets an initial value (for example, 25% reproducibility) in advance as the reproducibility of the game information of each second player at the start of the game. may

In addition, the game information control unit 106 executes determination processing at the start of the game or at a given timing during the game (timing at which information such as relationship is detected or other timing), The reproducibility of the two players may be uniformly set to a constant reproducibility (for example, a reproducibility of 25%). may be maintained.

On the other hand, the game information control unit 106 basically identifies, as a specific second player, a second player who satisfies the determination conditions for the corresponding first player, and executes the game of the identified specific second player. A second player that determines the reproducibility of the information but does not meet the criteria may be identified as the specific second player.

In other words, the game information control unit 106 may control the degree of reproduction of the second game information of the second player who is not subject to the determination process that satisfies the determination conditions.

In this case, the game information control unit 106, for example, determines the reproducibility of the second game information for the specific second player to be a value smaller than the reproducibility of the second game information for the non-specific second player, As a result, the reproducibility of the second game information for the unspecified second player is increased.

(Determination process)
The game information control unit 106 executes determination processing based on the player relationship table data, game situation table data, and composite table data stored in the game data storage unit 144 .

In particular, the game information control unit 106 sets determination conditions (that is, which table data is to be used, etc.) at least before execution of the determination process along with the program or according to the game situation.

Then, the game information control unit 106 executes determination processing based on the set determination conditions, that is, table data.

Specifically, when the relationship condition is set as the determination condition, the game information control unit 106 executes determination processing based on the player relationship table data.

For example, when using the player relationship table data of FIG. 6A, the game information control unit 106
(B1) Friend relationship and cooperative relationship belonging to the same group formed in the game;
(B2) Being in a hostile relationship and having played against each other three or more times in the past, or
to be
(B3) Sending and receiving messages in the in-game chat more than 5 times;
It is determined whether or not the conditions specified in the relationship table data such as are met.

Further, when the game situation condition or the compound condition is set as the judgment condition, the game information control unit 106 executes the judgment process based on the game situation table data or the compound table data.

For example, when using the game situation table data of FIG. 6B, the game information control unit 106
(C1) The score in the game is the highest among the players participating in the game;
(C2) have already acquired two or more of the given item;
(C3) the second player character has the same attributes as the first player character;
It is determined whether or not the conditions specified in the game situation table data such as are met.

(decision process)
The game information control unit 106 determines the reproducibility of the game information of the corresponding second player based on the result of the determination process.

In particular, the game information control unit 106 controls physical resources when the second game information of the second player is provided to the first player, and the amount of information (data amount) in the game information of the second player. A numerical value for defining at least one of them is determined as the reproducibility.

That is, the game information control unit 106 controls, for example, the transfer speed of information when the game information of the second player is transmitted and received, or the arithmetic processing when providing the second game information of the second player to the first player. Determine the reproducibility for defining physical resources in hardware such as (processing for controlling CPU or GPU utilization (core allocation) or memory utilization).

Alternatively, or in addition to the above, the game information control unit 106 controls the reproduction frequency band and reproduction rate of the second game information when providing the first player with the second game information of the second player. (When the entertainment information is sound), or the degree of reproduction may be determined to define the amount of information such as the display area, resolution, and color information (when the entertainment information is an image).

Specifically, in this case, the game information control unit 106 converts the reproducibility specified in each table data in association with the specification that matches the determination condition in the determination process to the game information of the corresponding second player. to determine the reproducibility of

For example, a relationship condition is set as a determination condition, and the reproducibility of the second game information of each second player is uniformly set to an initial value (for example, 25%), and the player relationship shown in FIG. Assume that table data is used.

In this case, if the game information control unit 106 detects a second player who is friends with the first player as a result of executing the determination process during the game, the game information control unit 106 identifies the second player as the specified second player. , the degree of reproducibility is changed from the initial value (eg, 25%) to 100%, and is determined to be a value different from the re-limit (ie, initial value) of the second game information of the unspecified second player.

In this embodiment, the game information control unit 106 sets the degree of reproduction of the game information of each second player to, for example, 20% when the second game information of the specific second player is reproduced. It may be set uniformly within a range that does not affect it, or if the reproducibility has already been set, the reproducibility may be maintained.

On the other hand, the game information control unit 106, based on the total reproducibility, which is a numerical value set according to the total number of second players and serves as a reference for determining the reproducibility, determines a non-specified player different from the specific second player. The degree of reproduction of the game information of the specific second player may be determined by including the degree of reproduction of the game information of the second player.

In other words, to distribute physical resources with upper limits such as communication traffic and arithmetic processing, or information amounts with upper limits such as display area and resolution, based on the game information of the specific second player according to the reproducibility. , the game information control unit 106 may determine the degree of reproduction of the second game information for each of the second players.

That is, in this case, the game information control unit 106 lowers the reproducibility of the second game information of the non-specified second player when the reproducibility of the second game information of the specific second player increases. , the reproducibility of the second game information for each player may be determined such that the sum of these reproducibility is less than or equal to the total reproducibility.

[4.6] Game information control processing (direct control processing and indirect control processing)
Next, game information control processing (direct control processing and indirect control processing) based on the reproducibility of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. FIG.

7 to 9 are diagrams for explaining the game information control processing (direct control processing and indirect control processing) based on the reproducibility of this embodiment.

(Outline of game information control processing)
For each terminal device 20, the game information control unit 106 provides first game information of the first player who operates each terminal device 20 and second game information provided to the first player (displayed on the terminal device 20 of the first player). second game information) is executed.

Then, as described above, the game information control unit 106, as given control processing,
(A1) a direct control process of controlling the terminal device 20 of the first player based on the determined degree of reproducibility and directly controlling the second game information output from the terminal device 20; or
(A2) Concerning the control of the terminal device 20 of the first player or the control when transferring to the terminal device 20, the second game information output from the terminal device 20 is controlled as a result of the control control processing,
to run.

In particular, the game information control unit 106 directly controls the terminal device 2 of the first player.
0 is controlled, and for the sound information included in the second game information of the second player, processing for controlling the playback frequency band and playback rate based on the degree of reproduction, and for the image information included in the game information, Controls display control processing (display area and resolution control processing).

(Example 1 of game information control processing)
As an example of the game information control process, game information is displayed on the terminal device 20 of player A (P1) as the first player or on a display device (not shown) connected to the terminal device 20, and the reproduction Assume that the degree is a value that defines the display area as the amount of information in the second game information of player G (P7) as the second player.

In this case, the game information control unit 106, as shown in FIG. 7, displays the game information of the first player A (P1) on the display unit 290 or a display area formed on the display device (not shown). (hereinafter referred to as "first display area") is executed.

Simultaneously with the first display control process, the game information control unit 106, as shown in FIG. A second display control process for a plurality of display areas (hereinafter referred to as "second display areas") respectively displaying second game information of two players is executed as a direct control process according to the determined reproducibility. do.

Further, in this case, the game information control unit 106 performs the second display control process such as arranging the second display area of the specific second player next to the first display area of the first player. Arrangement of the second game information of the specified second player or the non-specified second player on the display unit 290 or the like may be controlled based on the gender information.

FIG. 7A shows a game image (original image, that is, an image displayed in the maximum size display area with 100% reproducibility) as the first game information of the first player (player A), and 34 players. A normal game image as the second game information of the second players (players BZ and players ai) (display area where the first game information is 3% with a reproducibility of 3% predetermined by the initial value ) and are displayed on the display unit 290 of the first player.

FIG. 7(B) shows, in the case of FIG. 7(A), the second player N (P14) who has the highest score as the game situation at a given timing during the game, and the score of the second player. Player Y (P25), who is the second player who has An example is shown in which the game information of each player is displayed on the display unit 290 of the first player when it is determined that the degree of reproduction is

In the case shown in FIG. 7B, by enlarging the second display areas of players N and Y, the game images of all non-specified second players are not displayed, and the first player is displayed by scroll roll or the like. The game image of another unspecified second player is automatically replaced by an operation instruction or a program and displayed.

In addition, the game information control unit 106 directly controls the terminal device 20 of the first player and also controls the information providing unit 111 (transmitting the game information with the display area already determined). by) to execute the game information control process.

Furthermore, in the above, the display device (not shown) connected to the terminal device 20 is, for example, a display that displays an image for allowing the first player to view game information, or a portable terminal device such as a smartphone. 10 shows a display unit integrally formed on the screen at the .

(Example 2 of game information control processing)
As an example 2 of the game information control process, the amount of information in the second game information of the second player includes displayable image information added to the second game information as additional data (hereinafter referred to as "image additional information"). , player ID, player nickname, player character characteristics, player score, level, experience value, etc.), the game information control unit 106 performs direct control processing. , based on the reproducibility, the amount of image information to be displayed of the second game information of the plurality of second players to be displayed on the display unit 290 or the display device (not shown) of the terminal device 20 of the first player is controlled. good too.

That is, the game information control section 106 has a configuration capable of controlling the display of additional information included in the game information regarding the second player that is assumed to be important for the first player.

Specifically, when providing (that is, displaying) the second game information of the specific second player to the first player, the game information control unit 106 determines whether or not to display each piece of image information based on the degree of reproduction. Then, control processing is executed to display the displayable image information on the display unit 290 of the terminal device 20 of the first player or a display device (not shown).

For example, when the player's ID, score, level, and degree of achievement up to the goal are used as the image additional information, the game information control unit 106 may perform the following operations as shown in FIG.
(1) If the reproducibility is less than 25%, only the player ID is displayed,
(2) If the reproducibility is 25% or more and less than 50%, display the player's ID and score,
(3) if the reproducibility is 50% or more and less than 80%, display the player ID, score, and level;
(4) If the reproducibility is 80% or more, display all;
Perform direct control processing.

FIG. 8A shows a game image (original image/player ID/score/level/achievement to goal) as the first game information of the first player (player A), and the eight player's second game images. A normal game image (only the player ID with a reproducibility of 20% or less predetermined by the initial value) as the second game information of the player (player BI) is displayed on the display unit 290 of the first player. An example is given.

FIG. 8(B) shows, in the case of FIG. 8(A), the second player B (P2) who has the highest score as the game situation at a given timing during the game, and the score of the second player. is identified as a specific second player, and the degree of reproducibility of the second game information of the specific second player is determined to be 40% or 35%; An example is shown in which the player's game information is displayed on the first player's display section 290 .

However, in the case of FIG. 8A, the reproducibility may be set to 0% and any additional information may be hidden.

(others)
When executing the direct control process or the indirect control process, the game information control unit 106 displays the second game information of the specific second player differently from the second game information of the non-specific second player according to the degree of reproducibility. It can be done by form.

In particular, in order to differentiate the game information from the game information of the non-specified second player, the game information control unit 106, when providing the game information of the specified second player to the terminal device 20 of the first player, A display control process may be executed to display the game information in a display format different from that of the game information of the unspecified second player.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the game information control unit 106 highlights the second game information of the specific second player (changing the background color, changing the display frame, or notifying that it is changing). good too.

Note that FIG. 9A shows an example in which the second game information of the specific second player whose information amount has been changed is highlighted, and FIG. The second game information of the specific second player is highlighted.

On the other hand, the control of the information amount of the image information as described above only needs to be able to control the amount of information to be displayed. If it is information, virtual camera control processing (viewpoint control processing) for switching the virtual camera or changing the viewpoint of the virtual camera (switching to a wide-angle image) may be executed, or a special effect image ( (images requiring high-resolution display) may be executed.

[4.7] Modification Next, a modification of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a system diagram showing the configuration of the server device 10 using information used in a multi-online conference system (hereinafter referred to as "online conference information") instead of game information as entertainment information.

Also, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an image related to an online conference displayed on the terminal device 20 in the multi-online conference system.

(Execution Timing of Control Processing Concerning Second Game Information Based on Reproducibility)
In the present embodiment, control processing (direct control processing or indirect control processing) relating to the second game information is executed using the reproducibility determined based on information such as relationships detected during the game. After the relationship information is detected and the reproducibility is determined, and when a given timing condition is satisfied, the reproducibility may be used to execute the control process for the second game information.

That is, the game information control unit 106 detects the relationship information and determines the degree of reproducibility, and executes the control process for the second game information using the reproducibility at different timings. may

For example, the given timing condition is the timing at which the player character of the first player starts fighting against the enemy boss character, the timing at which a specific stage of the game is started, or the timing at which a predetermined privilege is obtained, Alternatively, the timing when a predetermined item is obtained is included.

For example, when the player character of the first player passes through a predetermined point in a predetermined game space during the game, the game information control unit 106 executes the process of detecting information such as the relationship, and determines the reproducibility of the second game information.

Further, in this case, after that, when the game information control unit 106 detects the timing at which the player character of the first player starts fighting against the enemy boss character, the game information control unit 106 controls the second game based on the previously determined degree of reproducibility. Perform direct control processing or indirect control processing on information.

(Network battle)
The game system 1 of the present embodiment described above has a plurality of controllers 30 interlocked with each terminal device 20 centering on the server device 10, and each player operates each controller 30 to play a fighting game. By connecting a plurality of game systems 1 via a network, each game system 1 controls the game as the first player and each process including game control process based on each game system 1 is executed. Each configuration and each control described above may be executed in conjunction with each other.

In this case, each game system 1 has the functions of the server device 10, and provides and outputs the game information based on the game information as the second player acquired from the other game system. Execute each process.

(Multiple online conference system)
In the present embodiment, a system having entertainment information provision and output control processing using games has been described. It can also be applied to an information management system using images (face images in the case of a conference system).

That is, in this modification, a plurality of other users (hereinafter, "second users") are connected to the terminal device 20 of the first user (hereinafter, also called "first user" or "first participant"). The information management system of the present invention can be applied to a system that provides face images, voices, document images (moving images and still images), etc. as conference information of the second participant.

In addition, about this modification, the same number is attached|subjected about the same member as said embodiment, and the description is abbreviate|omitted.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the server device 10 includes a processing unit 300 and a storage unit 340 instead of the processing unit 100 and the storage unit 140 of the above embodiment.

The storage unit 340 has a main storage unit 342 , a conference system data storage unit 344 , a user information storage unit 346 and a conference information storage unit (conference date and time, participant information, etc.) 348 .

In particular, the conference system data storage unit 344 stores table data in which the degree of reproducibility is defined according to the relationship between users using the multi-online conference system (for example, friendship, belonging to the same group, etc.). , table data that defines the degree of reproducibility according to the situation during the meeting (whether or not there is an utterance, whether or not there is a smile, the number of nods per unit time, etc.) when each user becomes the second user; is stored.

For each user, the user information storage unit 346 stores information such as the user's place of work and contact information (for example, information written on a business card), attributes (gender and age), and relationships with other users. Each information such as (friends, etc.) is stored.

The processing unit 300 has a communication control unit 101 , a web processing unit 102 , a conference system management unit 303 , a relationship detection unit 104 , a conference status detection unit 305 and a conference information control unit 306 .

The conference system management unit 303 executes various processes required when using the multi-online conference system.

The relationship detection unit 104 detects the relationship of each user based on the user information of each user participating in the multi-online conference stored in the storage unit 340.

For each user (that is, the first user), the conference situation detection unit 305 detects whether or not another user (that is, the second user) participating in the multi-online conference speaks, whether or not he or she smiles, its level (degree), and time. , presence/absence of emotion, its type, and the number of times of nodding per unit time.

The conference information control unit 306 determines that the detected relationship information of each user, the conference status of each user, or both satisfy a given condition. Identify a second user.

For example, the conference information control unit 306 identifies a user who smiles for a certain period of time while the first user is speaking, or a second user who nods a certain number of times per unit time (for example, one minute). Identify as a user.

Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the conference information control unit 306, based on the table data described above, the relationship between the users, and the state of the conference, for each user (that is, the first user), the second user To the information providing unit 111 or the corresponding terminal device 20, such as expanding the display area of the specific second user based on the determined reproducibility, determining the reproducibility when providing or outputting the meeting information Then, the conference information control process (that is, the same process as the direct control process or the indirect control process in the above embodiment) is executed for the user conference information.

As the conference information control process, the conference information control unit 306 provides the first user's user conference information to the first user's terminal device 20, or provides the first user's terminal device 20 with the first user's stop outputting the user conference information of the second user, and provide or only output the user conference information of the second user.

In addition, in FIG. 11A, the display of the first user's conference information is stopped, and 12 second users (user B (P2)-user M (P13)) are displayed as second user conference information. An example of the case where the face image of the second user is displayed with a certain reproducibility (initial value of 25%) (when the display area is controlled) is shown.

11B shows a case where user E (P6) is identified as the specific second user among the 12 second users in the state of FIG. When the reproducibility is changed to 100% and the face image of user E (P6) based on the change is displayed based on 100% reproducibility (some of the second user's face images are changed to non-display) (including those that have been done).

(Meeting information control process for a plurality of first users)
In the present embodiment, based on relationships related to communication within a game or real space, such as friendship relationships between a first participant as a first player and a plurality of second participants as second players, , determines the degree of reproducibility when providing the entertainment information of the second participant to the first player. The degree of reproducibility with the second participant may be determined based on the behavior of the participant and the relationship regarding the behavior history.

In addition, in this modification, when the first user is a plurality of general users, and the plurality of second participants are celebrities, popular characters, etc., and each first user It is assumed that entertainment information is not provided.

In such a case, the server device 10 allows each first user to indicate whether or not there is a charge (tip) for each second participant, the charge amount, and, if the second participant is displayed, display it in an enlarged manner. The relationship between each first user and each second participant based on the number of clicks and display time for the To detect.

Then, the server apparatus 10 detects the relationship with each second participant for each first user, and detects the second participant with respect to the first user having the relationship condition defined in the table data. may determine the degree of recall (eg, 100%) of the information about .

For example, if the server device 10 detects that a specific second participant has been charged a certain amount or more, which is a condition specified in the table data by tipping or the like, the server device 10 detects that the second participant is identified as the first user's specific second participant, and the recall (100%) for the second participant is determined based on the table data.

Then, the server device 10 executes the direct control process or the indirect control process on the image of the second participant based on the determined degree of reproducibility to obtain the image of the second participant controlled by the first user. I will provide a.

[5] Operation in this embodiment Next, the operation executed by the server device 10 of this embodiment with reference to FIG. The operation of the control process for executing control relating to the second game information will be described.

Note that FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the output control process of the second game information of the second player executed by the server device 10 of the present embodiment.

This operation is a process executed at a given timing during execution of a game by a specific first player. Based on this, it is an operation to be executed during the multi-play that is executed in conjunction with each other.

Further, this operation is a case of determining the degree of reproducibility of the second game information of the specific second player using the game situation table data. or to control the second game information of the second player when outputting the game information from each terminal device 20 .

Furthermore, in this operation, it is assumed that various player information of each player is appropriately updated during execution of the game.

Each terminal device 20 operating in conjunction with the server device 10 converts the received game information into an image including sound, displays the image on the display unit 290 formed in each terminal device 20, and It is designed to output sound.

First, when the game situation detection unit 105 detects a given timing (every fixed period of time, or a timing satisfying a given condition in the game) or an instruction from a player participating in the game (a player who becomes the first player) ( Step S101), the game situation of each of a plurality of second players different from the first player is detected (step S102).

Next, the game information control unit 106 refers to the game situation table data stored in the game data storage unit 144, and the detected game situation of each of the second players is determined by the determination condition (that is, the game situation table data). It is determined whether or not the condition specified) is satisfied (step S103).

At this time, if the game information control unit 106 determines that the detected game situation of any second player does not satisfy the determination condition, the game information control unit 106 terminates this operation and When it is determined that the game situation satisfies the determination condition, the process proceeds to step S104.

Next, when the game information control unit 106 determines that the game situation of at least one of the second players satisfies the determination condition, it identifies the specific second player or the non-specific second player (step S104). .

Next, the game information control unit 106 determines the reproducibility of the second game information for the specified second player (step S105).

Finally, the game information control unit 106 executes information control processing for controlling the information providing unit 111 or the corresponding terminal device 20 of the first player based on the determined reproducibility (step S106). end the action.

[6] Others The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible. For example, a term cited as a broad definition or a synonymous term in the description in the specification or drawings can be replaced with a broad definition or a synonymous term in other descriptions in the specification or drawings.

The present embodiment may be applied to various games, for example, competitive games such as sports games such as baseball games, soccer games, and basketball games, role-playing games, and other simulation games.

Further, in this embodiment, each game may be provided to the terminal device 20 by one server device 10, or a server system may be constructed by linking a plurality of server devices 10 to provide each game to the terminal device 20. You may

Further, in the present embodiment, a single game device (game system) having the functions of the server device 10, that is, a device (standalone) that operates independently without depending on other devices such as a server device. It may be realized by interlocking with another game device.

The present invention includes configurations that are substantially the same as the configurations described in the embodiments (for example, configurations that have the same function, method, and result, or configurations that have the same purpose and effect). Moreover, the present invention includes configurations in which non-essential portions of the configurations described in the embodiments are replaced. In addition, the present invention includes a configuration that achieves the same effects or achieves the same purpose as the configurations described in the embodiments. In addition, the present invention includes configurations obtained by adding known techniques to the configurations described in the embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail as above, those skilled in the art will easily understand that many modifications are possible without substantially departing from the novel matters and effects of the present invention. . Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Server apparatus 20... Terminal device 100... Processing part 101... Communication control part 102... Web processing part 103... Game management part 104... Relationship detection part 105... Game situation detection part 106... Game information control part 110... Timer management part 111... Information providing unit 120... Input unit 130... Display unit 140... Storage unit 142... Main storage unit 144... Game data storage unit 146... Player information storage unit 148... Item information storage unit 180... Information storage medium,
196 ... communication section 200 ... processing section 210 ... communication control section 211 ... web browser 212 ... game processing section 213 ... display control section 220 ... drawing section 230 ... sound processing section 260 ... input section 270 ... storage section 271 ... main storage section 272 ... image buffer 280 ... information storage medium 290 ... display section 292 ... sound output section 296 ... communication section 300 ... processing section 303 ... conference system management section 305 ... conference status detection section 306 ... conference information control section 340 ... storage section 342 ... conference System data storage unit 344... User information storage unit 348... Conference information storage unit

Claims (14)

An entertainment information management system that manages to provide a first participant with information on entertainment of a plurality of second participants different from the first participant as entertainment information,
obtaining means for obtaining said entertainment information for each of said second participants;
A detection process for detecting at least one of the relationship between the first participant and each second participant and the state of entertainment of each of the second participants as relationship information, etc. detection processing means for executing;
When it is determined that the detected relationship information satisfies a given condition, the degree of reproduction of the obtained information in at least one specific entertainment information of the second participant a reproduction degree determining means for determining a reproduction degree different from the reproduction degree of the entertainment information of the other second participant;
Control means for executing a given control process when providing the entertainment information of the plurality of second participants to the first participant based on the determined degree of reproduction;
An entertainment information management system comprising: The entertainment information management system according to claim 1,
The reproducibility determination means is
If there is the relationship information that satisfies the given condition among the relationship information detected by the detection process, the second information subject to the determination process that satisfies the condition An entertainment information management system for controlling the replayability of said entertainment information for a participant. In the entertainment information management system according to claim 1 or 2,
The reproducibility determination means is
Based on the total recall, which is a numerical value set according to the total number of the second participants and serves as a reference for determining the recall, another second different from the specific second participant An entertainment information management system that determines the recall of the entertainment information of the particular second participant, including the recall of the entertainment information of the two participants. In the entertainment information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The reproducibility includes at least the physical resources of a given process executed when the entertainment information of the second participant is provided and the amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant. An entertainment information management system that includes a numerical value for defining any one. In the entertainment information management system according to claim 4,
The physical resources include the transfer speed of the information when the entertainment information of the second participant is transmitted and received, and the speed of providing the entertainment information of the second participant to the first participant. An entertainment information management system including at least one of elements relating to arithmetic processing. In the entertainment information management system according to claim 4,
The amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant includes at least one of resolution, color information, display area, and number of drawing objects when displaying the entertainment information of the second participant. An entertainment information management system that contains defined values. In the entertainment information management system according to claim 6,
When the reproducibility is a value that defines the display area as the amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant,
The control means is
executing, as the given control process, a first display control process for a first display area formed in display means for displaying the entertainment information of the first participant;
The given control process for a plurality of second display areas formed in the display means, which are different from the first display area and each display entertainment information of the plurality of second participants. according to the determined reproducibility, the entertainment information management system. In the entertainment information management system according to claim 7,
The control means is
The entertainment information management system for controlling, as the second display control process, arrangement of the entertainment information of the other second participant on the display means based on the detected relationship information. In the entertainment information management system according to claim 6,
The amount of information in the entertainment information of the second participant as the degree of reproduction includes the amount of image information that can be displayed when the entertainment information of the second participant is displayed,
The control means is
When providing the entertainment information of the specific second participant to the first participant, the entertainment information of the plurality of second participants should be displayed based on the determined recall. An entertainment information management system for controlling the amount of information to be displayed on said image information display means. In the entertainment information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The storage means stores table data in which the degree of reproducibility is defined for each information such as the relationship in advance,
The reproducibility determination means is
An entertainment information management system that determines the degree of reproduction stored in association with the detected relationship information to be the degree of reproduction in the entertainment information of at least the specific second participant. In the entertainment information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The control means is
When providing the entertainment information of the specific second participant to the first participant, providing the entertainment information of the second participant identified as the specific second participant to another second participant An entertainment information management system that executes a display control process as the given control process for displaying the entertainment information on the display means in a display format different from that of the entertainment information of the participants. In the entertainment information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
Further comprising providing means for providing the entertainment information to each participant's terminal device,
The acquisition means is
Acquire entertainment information by generating entertainment information in conjunction with each participant's terminal device,
The control means is
An entertainment information management system that executes, as the given control processing, processing for providing entertainment information when transferring to the terminal device, or processing for controlling internal processing of the terminal device. In the entertainment information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
further comprising generating means for generating entertainment information for the first participant;
The acquisition means is
obtaining the entertainment information transmitted from each second participant's terminal device;
The control means is
An entertainment information management system that executes, as the given control process, an output control process for outputting the entertainment information of the first participant and each of the second participants to output means. A program for managing to provide a first participant with information on entertainment of a plurality of second participants different from the first participant as entertainment information,
obtaining means for obtaining said entertainment information for each of said second participants;
A detection process for detecting at least one of the relationship between the first participant and each second participant and the state of entertainment of each of the second participants as relationship information, etc. detection processing means to perform;
When it is determined that the detected relationship information satisfies a given condition, the degree of reproduction of the obtained information in at least one specific entertainment information of the second participant Reproducibility determination means for determining the reproducibility indicating the reproducibility to be different from the reproducibility of the entertainment information of the other second participant, and
Control means for executing a given control process when providing the entertainment information of the plurality of second participants to the first participant based on the determined reproducibility;
A program characterized by causing a computer to function as a

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