JP2024061868A - Program, information processing method, and information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To enable raw material content required for a user to be checked easily.SOLUTION: An information processing device stores content information in which a plurality of pieces of raw material content that is to be required for composition of content as a composition source are set; stores user information in which one or a plurality of pieces of content that a user possesses are set; refers to the content information and the user information in response to a fact that an operation to designate the content as the composition source out of the content possessed by the user himself/herself is executed by the user, and registers, as an acquisition-desired object, insufficient content that is not possessed by the user, out of the plurality of pieces of raw material content required for the composition of the designated content as the composition source, in advance; and in response to the user's operation, informs the user of a possession state on the content registered in advance as the acquisition-desired object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and a program.

There is known a program for causing a computer to execute a synthesis game in which a user owns a character as an example of content, and synthesizes a character using multiple characters (material characters) from among the characters owned by the user (for example, Patent Document 1).

Patent No. 5526294

If a user does not have all of the material characters required for character synthesis, they must acquire the missing material characters. However, there are cases where the user forgets which of the multiple material characters required for character synthesis they are missing. In this case, the user must again compare the characters they own with the material characters required for character synthesis, and thoroughly research and confirm which material characters they are missing.

The present invention was made in light of these circumstances, and its purpose is to enable users to easily check the material content they need.

The main invention of the present invention to solve the above problems is:
a content information storage unit that stores content information in which a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of a synthesis source content are set;
a user information storage unit that stores user information in which one or more pieces of content owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration section which, in response to a user's operation of designating a content to be used as a synthesis source from among the contents owned by the user, refers to the content information and the user information, and pre-registers, as a desired acquisition target, a missing content that the user does not own, among a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of the designated content to be used as the synthesis source;
a notification unit that, in response to a user's operation, notifies the user of a possession status regarding content that has been registered in advance as a desired acquisition target;
The present invention relates to an information processing device comprising:
According to such an information processing device, the user can specify the content to be synthesized, and the missing material content can be registered in advance as a desired acquisition target. Furthermore, the possession status of the registered content can be easily grasped. This makes it possible for the user to easily check the material content required.

and an assigning unit that assigns one or more contents selected from the plurality of contents to a user and allows the user to possess the selected one or more contents,
It is preferable that, when the granting unit grants content matching any of the contents previously registered as items desired to be acquired, the reservation registration unit excludes the matching content from items desired to be acquired.
In this way, by providing the missing material content, the number of pre-registered desired acquisition items decreases, making it possible to properly grasp the material content required by the user.

In addition, it is desirable for the notification unit to notify the user that it is possible to synthesize the source content specified by the user since all contents previously registered as items desired to be acquired have been removed from the items desired to be acquired.
This allows the user, upon receiving this notification, to immediately start compositing the source content that he or she has specified.

In addition, the content information includes a game type in which each of the plurality of material contents can be acquired in association with the material contents, and
It is preferable that the notification unit notifies the player of the game type of the content that has been registered in advance as an object to be acquired at a predetermined timing.
This allows users to be notified at the appropriate time of the game type in which they can obtain missing material content, even if they do not know it. This makes it easy for users to obtain the material content they need.

In addition, the content information includes destination contents corresponding to the source contents,
the reservation registration unit, in response to a user's operation of designating a content to be a synthesis source from among the contents owned by the user, refers to the content information and the user information;
Among a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of the original content designated by the user, a content that is not possessed by the user is registered in advance as an object to be acquired;
It is desirable to register in advance the missing content that the user does not possess as a desired item to be acquired, among other source contents to which the missing content corresponds as a destination content, and among the material contents required for synthesizing the other source contents.
Thus, even if the synthesis must be performed in stages because the missing material contents are also the contents to be synthesized, the missing contents among the contents required for synthesis at each stage can be registered as the acquisition target all at once.

Furthermore, in response to a user's operation of designating a plurality of original contents from among the contents owned by the user, the reservation registration unit refers to the content information and the user information, and for each of the designated original contents, registers missing contents among a plurality of material contents required for composition as desired acquisition targets;
It is preferable that the notification section notifies the user of the possession status of all the contents registered as the acquisition target collectively in response to the user's operation.
This allows the user to register all of the missing content required for each synthesis as a desired acquisition target even when multiple original content items are specified by the user. Furthermore, the possession status of the pre-registered content items can be grasped all at once.

a content information storage unit that stores content information in which a plurality of material contents required for generating a composite content by synthesis are set;
a user information storage unit that stores user information in which one or more pieces of content owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration unit which, in response to a user's operation of designating a composite content, refers to the content information and the user information, and pre-registers, as a desired acquisition target, a portion of a plurality of material contents that the user does not possess, among the plurality of material contents required to generate the designated composite content by synthesis;
a notification unit that, in response to a user's operation, notifies the user of a possession status regarding content that has been registered in advance as a desired acquisition target;
The present invention relates to an information processing device comprising:
According to such an information processing device, the user can specify the content to be combined and pre-register the missing material content as a desired acquisition target. Furthermore, the possession status of the pre-registered content can be easily grasped. This makes it possible for the user to easily check the material content required.

Also, the computer,
a content information storage means for storing content information in which a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of a synthesis source content are set;
a user information storage means for storing user information in which one or more contents owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration means for, in response to a user's operation of designating a content to be used as a synthesis source from among the contents owned by the user, referring to the content information and the user information, and pre-registering, as a desired acquisition target, a missing content that the user does not own among a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of the designated content to be used as the synthesis source;
a notification means for notifying a user of a possession status of content previously registered as a desired acquisition target in response to a user's operation;
This is a program that functions as a
Such a program allows the user to easily check the material contents that he or she requires.

Also, the computer,
a content information storage means for storing content information in which a plurality of material contents required for generating a composite content by synthesis are set;
a user information storage means for storing user information in which one or more contents owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration means for, in response to a user's operation of designating a composite content, referring to the content information and the user information, and pre-registering, as an object to be acquired, a missing content that the user does not possess, among a plurality of material contents required for generating the designated composite content by synthesis;
a notification means for notifying a user of a possession status of content previously registered as a desired acquisition target in response to a user's operation;
This is a program that functions as a
Such a program allows the user to easily check the material contents that he or she requires.

1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a server device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a client terminal according to the embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation related to reservation registration of the information processing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of character information. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of quest information. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of lottery game information. FIG. 13 is an image diagram showing an example of a reservation registration screen. FIG. 13 is an image diagram showing another example of the reservation registration screen. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating missing characters displayed in missing character display area 554. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of reservation information. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation related to reservation confirmation in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 13 is an image diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation related to updating a reservation registration in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment.

The following describes in detail an information processing device, a program, and an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the present invention can be widely applied to information processing devices, programs, information processing systems, etc. that employ games in which content is synthesized.

[Embodiment]
<System Configuration>
Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in Fig. 1, the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment has one or more client terminals 10 and a server device 20 connected via a network N.

The client terminal 10 is a terminal device operated by a user, such as a PC, smartphone, or tablet, or a dedicated gaming device for home or commercial use. The server device 20 manages and controls the game played by the user on the client terminal 10, and processes billing within the game. The network N is the Internet, etc., and includes a mobile wireless base station, etc.

In addition to the client-server type information processing system 1 shown in FIG. 1, the present invention can also be applied to a standalone game device by providing a separate mechanism for in-game billing processing. The information processing system 1 in FIG. 1 is only one example, and it goes without saying that there are various system configurations depending on the application and purpose. For example, the server device 20 in FIG. 1 may be configured to be distributed across multiple computers.

<Hardware Configuration>
Client terminal and server device
Fig. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an example of a computer 50 according to the present embodiment. The client terminal 10 and the server device 20 according to the present embodiment are realized by, for example, a computer 50 having the hardware configuration shown in Fig. 2. The computer 50 is an example of an information processing device.

As shown in FIG. 2, the computer 50 includes a CPU 51, a RAM 52, a ROM 53, a communication interface 54, an input device 55, a display device 56, an external interface 57, and a HDD 58, all of which are connected to each other via a bus line B. The input device 55 and the display device 56 may be connected and used when necessary.

The CPU 51 is a calculation device that realizes the control and functions of the entire computer by reading programs and data from storage devices such as the ROM 53 and HDD 58 onto the RAM 52 and executing various processes based on the read programs and data.

RAM 52 is an example of a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) for temporarily storing programs and data, and is also used as a work area when CPU 51 executes various processes.

ROM 53 is an example of a non-volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) that can retain programs and data even when the power is turned off. ROM 53 stores programs and data such as the BIOS, OS settings, and network settings that are executed when computer 50 is started.

The communication interface 54 is an interface for connecting the computer 50 to the network N. This allows the computer 50 to perform data communication via the communication interface 54.

The input device 55 is a device used by a user or administrator to input various signals. In this embodiment, the input device 55 is, for example, an operating device such as a touch panel, operation keys or buttons, a keyboard, or a mouse.

The display device 56 is a device for displaying various information to a user or administrator. In this embodiment, the display device 56 is, for example, a liquid crystal or organic electroluminescence display.

The external interface 57 is an interface for connecting to an external device so as to enable data communication. This allows the computer 50 to read and/or write data from and to a recording medium via the external interface 57. The external device is, for example, a recording medium such as a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, or a USB memory.

HDD 58 is an example of a non-volatile storage device that stores programs and data. The programs and data stored therein include the OS, which is the basic software that controls the entire computer, and applications that provide various functions on the OS.

In addition, instead of HDD 58, a drive device that uses flash memory as a storage medium (e.g., a solid-state drive: SSD) may be used.

The client terminal 10 and server device 20 according to this embodiment can perform various processes, as described below, by executing a program on a computer 50 having the hardware configuration described above.

<Software configuration>
Server device
3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the server device 20 according to the present embodiment. The server device 20 according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, the functional blocks shown in FIG.

The server device 20 according to this embodiment realizes a server control unit 200, a server storage unit 220, and a server communication unit 240 by executing a program.

The server control unit 200 has the function of executing processes related to various games. This server control unit 200 includes a game progression unit 201, an awarding unit 202, a notification unit 203, a display control unit 204, and a reservation registration unit 205.

The game progression unit 201 controls the progress of various games, such as the competitive game, lottery game, and combination game described below, based on the game operations received by the client terminal 10 from the user.

In a battle game or lottery game, the granting unit 202 grants the user one or more characters from among the multiple types of characters set in the character information described below, and allows the user to possess the characters.

The notification unit 203 notifies the user of content related to a character that has been registered in advance in the user information described below, for example in response to a user operation. The notification unit 203 can notify the user by displaying a screen, sending an email, sending a push notification, etc.

The display control unit 204 controls the screen display of the client terminal 10, for example, by generating data for various screens according to the progress of a competitive game, a lottery game, a composite game, etc., by the game progression unit 201.

The reservation registration unit 205 executes a reservation registration process for pre-registering characters required for evolutionary synthesis of a base character. For example, of the multiple material characters (among the multiple material characters required for evolutionary synthesis) that are pre-associated with the base character specified by the user, the reservation registration unit 205 pre-registers missing material characters that the user does not yet possess.

The server storage unit 220 has the function of storing information related to various games. This server storage unit 220 includes a character information storage unit 221, a user information storage unit 222, a quest information storage unit 223, and a lottery game information storage unit 224.

The character information storage unit 221 is an example of a content information storage unit, and stores character information (content information) related to characters as an example of content. The character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 includes various characters used in battle games, lottery games, and combination games.

The user information storage unit 222 stores user information about the user. The user information stored in the user information storage unit 222 includes the user's rank, various characters owned by the user, the user's reservation information, etc.

The quest information storage unit 223 stores quest information related to quests. The quest information stored in the quest information storage unit 223 includes information such as the various characters that can be acquired in the quest and the amount of points that can be consumed.

The lottery game information storage unit 224 stores lottery game information related to the lottery game. The lottery game information stored in the lottery game information storage unit 224 includes various characters that can be acquired in the lottery game.

The server communication unit 240 has the function of communicating with the client terminal 10 via the network N.

Client terminal
4 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the client terminal 10 according to the present embodiment. The client terminal 10 according to the present embodiment is realized by, for example, the functional blocks shown in FIG.

The client terminal 10 according to this embodiment executes a program to realize a client control unit 100, a client storage unit 120, a client communication unit 140, an operation reception unit 150, and a screen display unit 160. The client control unit 100 includes a request transmission unit 101 and a response reception unit 102.

The operation reception unit 150 receives operations from a user who operates the client terminal 10. The client control unit 100 also performs processing related to the game in the client terminal 10. The request transmission unit 101 transmits a request to the server device 20 based on the content of the operation received from the user by the operation reception unit 150. The response reception unit 102 receives responses such as processing results in response to the request transmitted by the request transmission unit 101 to the server device 20.

The client storage unit 120 also stores information required by the client terminal 10. The client communication unit 140 communicates with the server device 20. The screen display unit 160 displays the screen of the client terminal 10 under control of the server device 20.

As described above, in the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment, the server device 20 performs game progress and display control, but the client terminal 10 may also perform these functions. Specifically, at least one of the game progress unit and the display control unit may be configured not to be provided in the server control unit 200 of the server device 20, but to be provided in the client control unit 100 of the client terminal 10.

The client control unit 100 of the client terminal 10 may be of a browser type, which receives page data written in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or the like and scripts contained in the page data from the server device 20, and performs processing related to the game. The client control unit 100 of the client terminal 10 may be of an application type, which performs processing related to the game based on an installed application.

＜Game Overview＞
Here, an overview of the games in this embodiment will be described. The games in this embodiment include a battle game, a lottery game, and a combination game.

The battle game in this embodiment is a game in which an enemy character appears against a party made up of multiple characters, and each character in the party battles against the enemy character.

In this fighting game, multiple quests are set up, with the objective of defeating enemy characters varying in difficulty. Users can form a party using characters they own, select one of the quests and challenge the enemy character to a battle. During the battle, the user may be granted a character that is set as available for acquisition in the selected quest.

If the user is able to clear the quest by defeating the enemy character as a result of this battle, they can acquire the character that was given to them. The user can also play a synthesis game using the acquired character.

In this embodiment, the lottery game is a game in which, when an operation to execute a character lottery is received from a user, a character selected from a group of characters that are the subject of the lottery based on the lottery conditions is given to the user. The user can play a battle game or a combination game using the given character.

The synthesis game in this embodiment is a game in which, upon receiving an operation from a user to execute character synthesis, the player combines a character to be synthesized (base character) with a character to be used as a synthesis material (material character) to strengthen the abilities of the base character (strengthening synthesis) or to grow the base character to the next stage and evolve it into a character to be synthesized (evolved character) (evolutionary synthesis).

Users select a base character and a material character from among the characters they own, and perform strengthening synthesis or evolution synthesis. With strengthening synthesis, the user loses the material character from their possession, but in exchange can continue to improve the ability values of the base character they own or add new skills. With evolution synthesis, all material characters that have been pre-associated with a base character are combined with that base character, and in exchange for losing all material characters from the user's possession, the user can acquire an evolved character that has been developed from the base character.

In this embodiment, the user can also sell their own characters. When a character is sold, it is no longer in the user's possession, but in return the user can obtain points.

<Operation>
《Reservation Registration》
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation related to reservation registration in the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment.

When the menu screen is displayed on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10, the user performs an operation to reserve evolution on the client terminal 10. When the user performs this operation, the operation reception unit 150 of the client terminal 10 receives the operation content based on the user's game operation. The request transmission unit 101 of the client terminal 10 makes a request to the server device 20 based on the operation content received from the user by the operation reception unit 150.

The game progression unit 201 of the server device 20 accepts the operation content for making an evolution reservation from the client terminal 10, and requests the display control unit 204 to execute screen display control so as to display the character selection screen on the client terminal 10 (step S11).

Specifically, when the display control unit 204 is requested by the game progression unit 201 to execute screen display control, it retrieves the characters owned by that user from the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of user information. This user information has items such as user ID, name, rank, owned characters, owned points, party, reservation information, and protected characters. The user ID is information for uniquely identifying a user. The name is information indicating the user name. The rank is information indicating the game level of the user. The owned characters are information indicating one or more various characters owned by the user. Here, as shown in parentheses in the figure, the number of owned characters is also set. The owned points are information indicating the amount of game points owned by the user. The party is information indicating each character that makes up the user's party. The reservation information is information related to the user's reservation registration. The protected characters are information indicating characters that are protected so that they cannot be used for selling or synthesis. In this embodiment, the protected characters are protected by excluding them from the selection options so that they cannot be selected by the user.

Then, the display control unit 204 refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 and extracts characters that are set as evolved characters (i.e., characters that can evolve) from among the characters owned by the user.

Figure 7 is a diagram showing an example of character information. This character information has items such as character ID, name, rarity, ability parameter, skill, evolved character, material character, game type, etc. The character ID is information for uniquely identifying various characters including base characters and material characters. The name is information indicating the character name. The rarity is information indicating the rarity value of the character. Here, one of multiple levels (for example, five levels) of rarity is set. The ability parameter is information indicating the ability of the character. Here, ability values such as attack, defense, and HP are set. The skill is information indicating a special skill that can be activated. The skill can be activated by using a special character as a material character for strengthening synthesis. The evolved character is information indicating the evolved character that will be the synthesis destination when evolution synthesis is performed. It is also possible to set two or more types of evolved characters for one character. The material character is information indicating a character that will be a synthesis material that is previously associated with the character that will be the synthesis source. This material character will be a character required for the evolution synthesis of the base character. The game type is information indicating the type of game in which the character can be acquired. Here, various quests set in the quest information stored in the quest information storage unit 223, various lottery games set in the lottery game information stored in the lottery game information storage unit 224, etc. are set as game types.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing an example of quest information. This quest information has items such as a quest ID, name, points consumed, playable days, obtainable characters, and enemy characters. The quest ID is information for uniquely identifying a quest. The name is information indicating the name of the quest. The points consumed is information indicating the amount of points consumed when playing the quest. The playable days is schedule information indicating the date, time, day of the week, etc. on which the quest can be played. The obtainable characters is information indicating various characters that can be obtained based on a predetermined probability when the quest is cleared. The enemy characters are information indicating various characters that appear in the quest. Here, these include enemy characters that are set as the main boss character and enemy characters that are set as sub-characters other than the boss.

Figure 9 is a configuration diagram showing an example of lottery game information. This lottery game information has items such as lottery ID, name, playable date, obtainable character, probability, etc. The lottery ID is information for uniquely identifying the lottery game. The name is information indicating the name of the lottery game. The playable date is schedule information indicating the date, time, day of the week, etc. on which the lottery game can be played. The obtainable character is information indicating various characters that can be obtained when playing the lottery game. The probability is information indicating the probability that the obtainable character will be drawn by lottery.

Returning to FIG. 5, the display control unit 204 then controls the display of a character selection screen on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10, displaying a list of characters owned by the user. At this time, the list of owned characters displays characters that can evolve and characters that cannot evolve in a distinguishable manner, and the display is controlled so that the user can select only characters that can evolve.

Next, when the character selection screen is displayed on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10, the user performs an operation on the client terminal 10 to designate one of the base characters. When the user performs an operation to designate one of the base characters, the operation reception unit 150 of the client terminal 10 accepts the operation content based on the user's designation of the base character (step S12).

Then, the request sending unit 101 of the client terminal 10 makes a request to the server device 20 based on the operation content accepted by the operation accepting unit 150 from the user. When the game progression unit 201 of the server device 20 accepts the operation content from the client terminal 10, it requests the reservation registration unit 205 to execute a reservation registration process for the base character specified by the user.

Next, when the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 is requested by the game progression unit 201 to execute the reservation registration process, it refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 and obtains the evolved character to be combined with the base character specified by the user (step S13).

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 to obtain multiple material characters (i.e., material characters required for evolutionary synthesis of the base character) associated with the base character specified by the user (step S14).

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 refers to the owned characters set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, and identifies the missing characters that the user does not yet possess from among the multiple material characters obtained in the processing of step S14 described above (step S15).

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 to determine whether there are other base characters that correspond to the missing characters identified in the processing of step S15 described above as evolved characters to be combined with (step S16).

If it is determined that there is no other base character to which the missing character is associated as an evolved character, the process proceeds to step S19, which will be described later. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is another base character to which the missing material character is associated as an evolved character, the process proceeds to the next step S17.

Next, if the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 determines that there are other base characters to which the missing material characters are associated as evolved characters, it refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 to obtain multiple material characters associated with the other base characters (i.e., material characters required for the evolutionary synthesis of the other base characters) (step S17).

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 refers to the owned characters set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, and identifies the missing characters that the user does not yet possess from among the other base characters and the multiple material characters obtained in the processing of step S17 (step S18).

Next, when the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 acquires data on the characters required for the evolutionary synthesis of the base character specified by the user in this manner, it requests the display control unit 204 to execute screen display control so as to display a reservation registration screen on the client terminal 10 (step S19).

When the display control unit 204 is requested by the reservation registration unit 205 to execute screen display control, if the judgment in the processing of the above-mentioned step S16 is negative, the display control unit 204 controls the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10 to display a reservation registration screen as shown in FIG. 10. On the other hand, if the judgment in the processing of the above-mentioned step S16 is positive, the display control unit 204 controls the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10 to display a reservation registration screen as shown in FIG. 11.

Figure 10 is an image diagram showing an example of a reservation registration screen. The reservation registration screen 500 shown in Figure 10 displays an evolved character display area 501, a base character display area 502, a material character display area 503, a missing character display area 504, an operation button 505 for making a reservation registration, and an operation button 506 for reselecting a character.

The evolved character display area 501 displays the evolved character obtained in the processing of step S13 described above. Here, "Character S" is displayed as the evolved character.

The base character display area 502 displays the base character specified by the user in the processing of step S12 described above. Here, "Character A" is displayed as the base character. In other words, when evolution synthesis is performed on the original "Character A", it will evolve into the resulting "Character S".

The material character display area 503 displays the multiple material characters obtained in the processing of step S14 described above. Here, "Character X", "Character Y", and "Character Z" are displayed as material characters. In other words, these three material characters are required for the evolution synthesis of the original "Character A". In addition, the missing material characters (material characters that the user does not yet possess) identified in the processing of step S15 described above are displayed to be distinguished from the other material characters. Here, "Character X", which is the missing material character that the user does not yet possess, is surrounded by a dashed line. Meanwhile, "Character Y" and "Character Z", which are material characters that the user already possesses, are surrounded by a solid line.

The missing character display area 504 displays the missing material characters that the user does not yet possess, out of the multiple material characters required for the evolution synthesis of the base character specified by the user. Here, "Character X" is surrounded by a dashed line as the missing material character, and the number of missing characters is also displayed accordingly.

In this way, users can easily determine which material characters are lacking when performing evolution synthesis of their designated base character, "Character A."

Figure 11 is an image diagram showing another example of a reservation registration screen. The reservation registration screen 550 shown in Figure 11 displays an evolved character display area 551, a base character display area 552, a material character display area 553, a missing character display area 554, an operation button 505 for making a reservation registration, and an operation button 506 for reselecting a character.

The evolved character display area 551 displays the evolved character obtained in the processing of step S13 described above. Here, "Character S" is displayed as the evolved character.

The base character display area 552 displays the base character specified by the user in the processing of step S12 described above. Here, "Character A" is displayed as the base character. In other words, when evolution synthesis is performed on the original "Character A", it will evolve into the destination character "Character S".

In the material character display area 553, the material characters acquired in the process of step S14 described above are displayed. Here, "Character X", "Character Y", and "Character Z" are displayed as material characters. In other words, these three material characters are required for the evolution synthesis of the original "Character A". In addition, the missing material characters (material characters that the user does not yet possess) identified in the process of step S15 described above are displayed to be distinguished from the other material characters. Here, "Character Y" and "Character Z", which are the missing material characters that the user does not yet possess, are surrounded by dashed lines. On the other hand, "Character X", which is the material character that the user already possesses, is surrounded by a solid line. In addition, since the judgment process of step S17 described above is positive, the missing material characters that are to be synthesized with other base characters are included. Here, the missing "Character Y" and "Character Z" are the evolved characters to be synthesized with other base characters ("Character B" and "Character C"). The other base characters ("Character B" and "Character C") will be described in detail later.

The missing character display area 554 displays the missing material characters that the user does not yet possess, out of the multiple material characters required for the evolution synthesis of the base character specified by the user. Also displayed are the missing characters identified in the processing of step S18 described above, out of the other base characters acquired in the processing of step S16 described above and the multiple material characters acquired in the processing of step S17 described above. Here, as described below, the missing characters "Character P", "Character Q", and "Character R" are surrounded by dashed lines, and the number of missing characters is also displayed in correspondence with the characters. Below, the missing characters will be explained in detail.

Figure 12 is a diagram explaining the missing characters that are displayed in the missing character display area 554.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the evolved character to be synthesized with the base character "Character A" is "Character S." The material characters required for the evolution synthesis of the base character "Character A" are "Character X," "Character Y," and "Character Z." Of these material characters "Character X," "Character Y," and "Character Z," the missing material characters that the user does not yet possess are "Character Y" and "Character Z."

At this time, the missing material character, "Character Y", is the combination target for another base character, "Character B". Also, the missing material character, "Character Z", is the combination target for another base character, "Character C". Here, it is assumed that the user owns the other base characters, "Character B" and "Character C".

The material characters required for the evolution synthesis of another base character, "Chara B," are "Chara P" and "Chara Q." Here, it is assumed that the user does not possess the material characters "Chara P" and "Chara Q." Furthermore, the material characters required for the evolution synthesis of another base character, "Chara C," are "Chara P" and "Chara R." Here, it is assumed that the user does not possess the material characters "Chara P" and "Chara R."

If the user has the material characters "Character P" and "Character Q", they can obtain the evolved character "Character Y" that will be the destination of the synthesis by performing evolution synthesis with another base character "Character B" that they already have. Similarly, if the user has the material characters "Character P" and "Character R", they can obtain the evolved character "Character Z" that will be the destination of the synthesis by performing evolution synthesis with another base character "Character C" that they already have.

In other words, if you can obtain "Character Y" and "Character Z" through the previous stage of evolution synthesis, then you will have all the material characters, including "Character X" that you already possess. As a result, if you use these characters as synthesis materials, you can obtain the evolved character "Character S" by performing evolution synthesis of the base character "Character A".

Therefore, the characters that are missing to perform the evolutionary synthesis of the base character "Chara A" are two "Chara P", one "Chara Q", and one "Chara R". Therefore, in the missing character display area 554, "Chara P" (2 characters), "Chara Q" (1 character), and "Chara R" (1 character) will be displayed as the missing material characters.

In this way, because the missing material characters ("Character Y" or "Character Z") required for the evolutionary synthesis of a base character ("Character A") are also the evolved characters to which other base characters ("Character B" or "Character C") can be synthesized, even if the evolutionary synthesis needs to be performed in stages, the missing characters required for each stage of evolutionary synthesis can be registered as desired targets all at once. Also, even if the user is not aware of the existence of other base characters ("Character B" or "Character C"), they can easily determine which characters are missing to perform the evolutionary synthesis of the base character ("Character A") they have specified.

Then, a user who wishes to make a reservation registration performs an operation on the client terminal 10 to select operation button 505 when the reservation registration screen is displayed on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10. On the other hand, a user who does not wish to make a reservation registration but wishes to reselect a character performs an operation on the client terminal 10 to select operation button 506 when the reservation registration screen is displayed on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10.

The operation reception unit 150 of the client terminal 10 receives an operation from the user to register a reservation or to reselect a character. The request transmission unit 101 of the client terminal 10 makes a request to the server device 20 based on the operation content received from the user by the operation reception unit 150.

Returning to FIG. 5, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 receives operation content from the client terminal 10 and determines whether an operation for reservation registration has been received (step S20).

If the result of this determination is that an operation to reselect a character has been accepted, the process returns to step S11 and repeats the subsequent steps. On the other hand, if an operation to register a reservation has been accepted, the process proceeds to the next step S21.

Next, when the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 receives an operation to perform reservation registration, it performs reservation registration for the base character specified by the user for the reservation information set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222 (step S21).

Figure 13 is a diagram showing an example of reservation information. This reservation information has items such as a reservation ID, name, desired evolution target, and desired acquisition target. The reservation ID is information for uniquely identifying an evolution reservation. The name is information indicating the reservation name. The desired evolution target is information indicating the character ID of the base character specified and registered by the user (i.e., the base character displayed in the "base character display area"). The desired acquisition target is information indicating the character ID of the registered missing character (i.e., the character displayed in the "missing character display area"). The missing quantity is also set, as shown in parentheses in the figure.

In this way, users can simply specify the base character they wish to evolve and register all the characters required for the evolutionary synthesis of that specified base character.

"booking confirmation"
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation related to reservation confirmation in the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment.

When the menu screen is displayed on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10, the user performs an operation on the client terminal 10 to confirm the reservation. When the user performs this operation, the operation reception unit 150 of the client terminal 10 receives the operation content based on the user's game operation (step S21).

The request sending unit 101 of the client terminal 10 makes a request to the server device 20 based on the operation content accepted by the operation acceptance unit 150 from the user. When the game progression unit 201 of the server device 20 accepts the operation content for confirming a reservation from the client terminal 10, it requests the notification unit 203 to execute a notification process related to the reservation confirmation.

Specifically, when the notification unit 203 of the server device 20 is requested by the game progression unit 201 to execute a notification process regarding reservation confirmation, the notification unit 203 obtains, for each reservation, the base character registered as a desired evolution target from the user's reservation information set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222 (step S22).

Next, the notification unit 203 of the server device 20 refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 and acquires, for each reservation, an evolved character to be combined that is associated with the acquired base character (step S23).

Next, the notification unit 203 of the server device 20 refers to the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 and acquires, for each reservation, multiple material characters (i.e., material characters required for evolutionary synthesis of the base character) associated with the base character acquired in the processing of step S22 described above (step S24).

Next, the notification unit 203 of the server device 20 refers to the reservation information of the user set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, and obtains the missing characters registered as the desired acquisition target and the number of missing characters for each reservation (step S25).

Next, the notification unit 203 of the server device 20 notifies the user of the ownership status of characters that have been preregistered as targets for acquisition, based on the various information thus obtained (step S26).

In this embodiment, notification is performed using a confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 15. Therefore, when the display control unit 204 is requested by the notification unit 203 to execute screen display control, the display control unit 204 performs control to display a confirmation screen on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10.

Figure 15 is an image diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen. This confirmation screen 600 displays an evolved character display area 601, a base character display area 602, a material character display area 603, a missing character display area 604, an operation button 605 for canceling a reservation, an operation button 606 for returning to the menu screen, and an operation button 607 for moving on to the next reservation.

The evolved character display area 601 displays the evolved character obtained in the processing of step S23 described above. Here, "Character S" is displayed as the evolved character for "Reservation 1."

The base character display area 602 displays the base character specified by the user in the processing of step S22 described above. Here, "Character A" is displayed as the desired evolution target for "Reservation 1." In other words, when evolution synthesis is performed on the original "Character A," it will evolve into the resulting "Character S."

The material character display area 603 displays the multiple material characters acquired in the process of step S24 described above. Here, the multiple material characters "Character X," "Character Y," and "Character Z" required for the evolution synthesis of "Character A," the desired evolution target of "Reservation 1," are displayed. Furthermore, the characters that the user wishes to acquire, acquired in the process of step S25 described above, are displayed to distinguish them from the other material characters. Here, "Character X," the missing material character that the user wishes to acquire, is surrounded by a dashed line. Meanwhile, "Character Y" and "Character Z," material characters that the user already owns, are surrounded by a solid line.

The missing character display area 604 displays the material characters that the user wishes to acquire, out of multiple material characters required for the evolution synthesis of the base character that is the desired evolution target. Here, "Character X" is surrounded by a dashed line as the desired acquisition target, and the number of missing characters is also displayed in correspondence with the character.

In this way, by looking at this confirmation screen, the user can ascertain the ownership status of characters that have been pre-registered as targets for acquisition. In addition, while this confirmation screen is displayed, the user can select operation button 607 to switch to the next reservation ("Reservation 1" → "Reservation 2" → ...), or select operation button 605 to cancel the reservation.

《Updating your reservation registration》
FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation related to updating a reservation registration in the information processing system 1 according to this embodiment.

When the user clears a quest, the game progression unit 201 of the server device 20 allows the user to acquire the character assigned by the assignment unit 202 (step S31). At this time, the game progression unit 201 updates the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, thereby setting the assigned character as the user's owned character. Then, once the game progression unit 201 of the server device 20 has set the user's owned character, it requests the reservation registration unit 205 to execute a reservation registration update process.

Next, when the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 is requested by the game progression unit 201 to execute a reservation registration update process, it acquires the user's reservation information (see FIG. 13) from the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222. The reservation registration unit 205 references the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 to determine whether the character assigned in the process of step S31 described above is the same character that matches the character previously registered in the acquired reservation information as a desired character to be acquired (i.e., the missing character) (step S32).

If this determination indicates that the character is not the same as the character previously registered as a desired acquisition target, this process ends. On the other hand, if it indicates that the character is the same as the character previously registered as a desired acquisition target, the process proceeds to the next step S33.

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 updates the reservation information set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, and sets it to exclude characters identical to the character granted by the granting unit 202 from the items that can be desired to be acquired (step S33).

At this time, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 updates the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, and registers the excluded character as a protected character (step S34). This makes it possible to protect the excluded character from being sold, synthesized, or otherwise used until an evolution synthesis is performed with a base character that has been registered in advance as a desired evolution target.

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 determines whether or not there is a reservation that excludes all characters that have been previously registered as desired acquisition targets among the multiple reservations set in the user's reservation information (step S35).

If it is determined that no reservation exists that excludes all characters previously registered as desired acquisition targets, the process proceeds to step S38, which will be described later. On the other hand, if it is determined that a reservation exists that excludes all characters previously registered as desired acquisition targets, the process proceeds to the next step, S36.

Next, if the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 determines that a reservation exists that excludes all characters previously registered as desired acquisition targets, it updates the reservation information set in the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222 and cancels the reservation (step S36).

At this time, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 updates the user information stored in the user information storage unit 222, and registers the base character that was set as the desired evolution target for the cancelled reservation as a protected character (step S37).

Next, the reservation registration unit 205 of the server device 20 requests the notification unit 203 to execute the notification process. When the notification unit 203 of the server device 20 is requested by the reservation registration unit 205 to execute the notification process, it notifies the user of various information (step S38).

In other words, if the determination is negative in the processing of step S35 described above, when the pre-registered characters are removed from the items desired to be acquired, the user is notified that the missing characters have been acquired. On the other hand, if the determination is positive in the processing of step S35 described above, when the reservation is cancelled due to all pre-registered characters being removed from the items desired to be acquired, the user is notified that evolution synthesis of the base character specified by the user (i.e. the base character registered as the item desired to be evolved) is possible.

In this embodiment, various information is notified to the user via a notification screen. Therefore, when the display control unit 204 is requested by the notification unit 203 to execute screen display control, the display control unit 204 controls the display of the notification screen on the screen display unit 160 of the client terminal 10.

In this way, the user's reservation information is updated by being given a character that matches one of the characters previously registered as desired acquisition targets. Then, the user is notified that, by removing all characters previously registered as desired acquisition targets, evolution synthesis of the base character registered as desired evolution targets is now possible. Then, as the user's reservation information is updated one after another and the number of characters previously registered as desired acquisition targets gradually decreases, the user is able to properly grasp the characters that they currently need.

[Other embodiments]
The above-described embodiments are provided to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention may be modified or improved without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and equivalents thereof are also included in the present invention. In particular, the following embodiments are also included in the present invention.

<Composition game>
In the above-described embodiment, an example of a synthesis game was given in which a base character to be synthesized is transformed into an evolved character to be synthesized by synthesizing all of a plurality of material characters that are pre-associated with the base character to be synthesized, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, instead of combining a base character with a material character, a synthesis game may be executed in which a new character (an evolved character to be synthesized) is generated by synthesizing all material characters that are related to each other.

In this case, for example, the character information stored in the character information storage unit 221 includes multiple material characters required to generate an evolved character through synthesis. In response to a user's operation to specify an evolved character to be synthesized, the reservation registration unit 205 refers to the character information and user information, and pre-registers, as desired acquisition targets, any missing characters that the user does not yet possess, from among the multiple material characters required to generate the specified evolved character through synthesis. Then, in response to the user's operation, the notification unit 203 notifies the user of the possession status of the characters pre-registered as desired acquisition targets, using the confirmation screen 600.

<Game Types>
In the above-described embodiment, the user may be prompted to specify a missing character displayed in the missing character display area, and the user may be notified of a game type in which the specified missing character can be easily acquired. For example, the notification unit 203 may refer to character information to notify the user of a "quest" in which the specified missing character can be acquired as a game type, or may notify the user of a "lottery game" in which the specified missing character can be acquired by lottery. This makes it possible to easily grasp a game type in which the specified missing character can be acquired.

In the above-described embodiment, the game type of the character that has been pre-registered as a desired acquisition target may be notified at a predetermined timing. For example, the notification unit 203 may notify the user of the game type in which the missing pre-registered characters can be acquired based on the playable days set in the quest information or lottery game information. For example, when Saturday arrives, the user may be notified of the "quest" or "lottery game" in which the missing pre-registered characters can be acquired.

<Reservation confirmation>
In the above-described embodiment, an example was given in which for each reservation, missing characters that have been registered in advance as items desired to be acquired are displayed in missing character display area 604, and the user can select operation button 607 on confirmation screen 600 to switch to the next reservation and display it, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, it is possible to display all the missing characters for all reservations (characters that have been registered in advance as the characters you wish to acquire) together in the missing character display area 604 on the confirmation screen 600. For example, assume that in the reservation information, "Character A," "Character B," and "Character C" are registered in advance as the characters you wish to acquire for "Reservation 1," and "Character B," "Character C," and "Character D" are registered in advance as the characters you wish to acquire for "Reservation 2." In this case, the missing character display area 604 on the confirmation screen 600 can be displayed in total (for "Reservation 1" and "Reservation 2"), such as "Character A" (one missing), "Character B" (two missing), "Character C" (two missing), and "Character D" (one missing), to notify the user of their possession status together.

<Disassembly of evolved characters>
In the above-described embodiment, if the missing material character can be obtained by dismantling an evolved character possessed by the user, that evolved character may be set as the protected character.

For example, if multiple material characters "Character P" and "Character X" are used in evolution synthesis to obtain an evolved character "Character W," then when the evolved "Character W" is devolved, "Character W" will disappear from the user's possession, but instead will be broken down into the material characters "Character P" and "Character X," which the user can then possess. In this case, the confirmation screen 600 in FIG. 14 may notify the user that the missing material character "Character X" can be made up for by breaking down the evolved character "Character W" that the user possesses. Furthermore, in this case, when the user selects the operation button corresponding to "Character X," the evolved character "Character W" may be registered in the user information as a protected character.

<Protective registration>
In the above embodiment, the case where the character is protected and registered in steps S34 and S37 in FIG. 16 has been described as an example, but it is also possible to omit these processes and not protect and register the character. In this case, the notification unit 203 may warn the user not to use the released character for synthesis or sale at the timing when the user selects the character as a character to be used for synthesis or sale. However, if the user has more characters than are necessary for evolution synthesis, it is also possible not to warn the user.

<Reservation registration>
In the above-described embodiment, an example was given of a case in which a base character designated by a user is registered in advance as a desired evolution target, and any missing material characters required for the evolutionary synthesis of that base character are registered in advance as desired acquisition targets; however, it is also possible to register only the desired acquisition target without registering a desired evolution target.
In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, among the material characters required for evolutionary synthesis of a base character specified by the user, not only are the missing material characters that the user does not yet possess necessary, but material characters that the user already possesses can also be reserved and registered.

<Updating reservation registration>
In the above-described embodiment, the processing of step S31 was described using an example in which the granting unit 202 grants a character in a quest, but the processing can also be applied to a case in which the granting unit 202 grants a character in a lottery game.

<Contents>
In the above embodiment, the content is a character set in the character information, but the content is not limited to this. For example, the content may be an item, a card, a figure, an avatar, or the like.

1 Information processing system, 10 Client terminal, 20 Server device, 50 Computer, 51 CPU, 52 RAM, 53 ROM, 54 Communication interface, 55 Input device, 56 Display device, 57 External interface, 58 HDD, 100 Client control unit, 101 Request transmission unit, 102 Response reception unit, 120 Client memory unit, 140 Client communication unit, 150 Operation reception unit, 160 Screen display unit, 200 Server control unit, 201 Game progression unit, 202 Grant unit, 203 Notification unit, 204 Display control unit, 205 Reservation registration unit, 220 Server memory unit, 221 Character information storage unit, 222 User information storage unit, 223 Quest information storage unit, 240 Server communication unit, 500 Reservation registration screen, 501 Evolution character display area, 502 Base character display area, 503 Material character display area, 504 Missing character display area, 505 Operation button, 506 Operation button, 550 Reservation registration screen, 551 Evolution character display area, 552 Base character display area, 553 Material character display area, 554 Missing character display area, 600 Confirmation screen, 601 Evolution character display area, 602 Base character display area, 603 Material character display area, 604 Missing character display area, 605 Operation button, 606 Operation button, 607 Operation button, B Bus line, N Network

Claims (9)

a content information storage unit that stores content information in which a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of a synthesis source content are set;
a user information storage unit that stores user information in which one or more pieces of content owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration section which, in response to a user's operation of designating a content to be used as a synthesis source from among the contents owned by the user, refers to the content information and the user information, and pre-registers, as a desired acquisition target, a missing content that the user does not own, among a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of the designated content to be used as the synthesis source;
a notification unit that, in response to a user's operation, notifies the user of a possession status regarding content that has been registered in advance as a desired acquisition target;
An information processing device comprising: 2. The information processing device according to claim 1,
an assigning unit that assigns one or more contents selected from the plurality of contents to a user and allows the user to possess the selected one or more contents;
the reservation registration unit excludes the matching content from the content desired to be acquired when the content desired to be acquired matches any of the content desired to be acquired by the assignment unit;
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: 3. The information processing device according to claim 2,
the notification unit notifies the user that all contents previously registered as desired acquisition targets have been removed from the desired acquisition targets, and therefore the original content designated by the user can be synthesized.
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the content information is associated with each of a plurality of material contents and sets a game type in which the material content can be acquired;
the notification unit notifies the user of a game type of the content that has been registered in advance as a desired acquisition target at a predetermined timing;
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: 2. The information processing device according to claim 1,
In the content information, a composite destination content is set in correspondence with each of the composite source contents,
the reservation registration unit, in response to a user's operation of designating a content to be a synthesis source from among the contents owned by the user, refers to the content information and the user information;
Among a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of the original content designated by the user, a content that is not possessed by the user is registered in advance as an object to be acquired;
registering in advance, as an object to be acquired, the missing content that the user does not possess, among other source contents corresponding to the missing content as a content to be combined with the missing content, and among material contents required for combining the other source contents;
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: An information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
the reservation registration unit, in response to a user's operation of designating a plurality of original contents from among the contents owned by the user, refers to the content information and the user information, and for each of the designated original contents, registers missing contents among a plurality of material contents required for composition as desired acquisition targets;
the notification unit, in response to a user's operation, notifies the user of the possession status of all the contents registered as the desired acquisition targets collectively;
23. An information processing apparatus comprising: a content information storage unit that stores content information in which a plurality of material contents required for generating a composite content by synthesis are set;
a user information storage unit that stores user information in which one or more pieces of content owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration unit which, in response to a user's operation of designating a composite content, refers to the content information and the user information, and pre-registers, as a desired acquisition target, a portion of a plurality of material contents that the user does not possess, among the plurality of material contents required to generate the designated composite content by synthesis;
a notification unit that, in response to a user's operation, notifies the user of a possession status regarding content that has been registered in advance as a desired acquisition target;
An information processing device comprising: Computer,
a content information storage means for storing content information in which a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of a synthesis source content are set;
a user information storage means for storing user information in which one or more contents owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration means for, in response to a user's operation of designating a content to be used as a synthesis source from among the contents owned by the user, referring to the content information and the user information, and pre-registering, as a desired acquisition target, a missing content that the user does not own among a plurality of material contents required for synthesis of the designated content to be used as the synthesis source;
a notification means for notifying a user of a possession status of content previously registered as a desired acquisition target in response to a user's operation;
A program to function as a Computer,
a content information storage means for storing content information in which a plurality of material contents required for generating a composite content by synthesis are set;
a user information storage means for storing user information in which one or more contents owned by a user are set;
a reservation registration means for, in response to a user's operation of designating a composite content, referring to the content information and the user information, and pre-registering, as an object to be acquired, a missing content that the user does not possess, among a plurality of material contents required for generating the designated composite content by synthesis;
a notification means for notifying a user of a possession status of content previously registered as a desired acquisition target in response to a user's operation;
A program to function as a

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