JP4185155B2 - Online point separation management system and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system and method for managing points used on-line, and more particularly to a system and method for separately managing points for use in two or more other online regions. It is.

  Recently, various kinds of online services have been provided by the homogeneous medium of the Internet due to the rapid increase in the spread of the Internet. Such services are provided to users online, for example, in different areas such as a web area and a game area. In other words, the web server provided to the user by the web server allows the user to provide various services in the web area, or the game server can provide game services in the various game areas provided by the game server. .

  In order to provide a service in such a web area (hereinafter referred to as “web service”), a user connects to a web server that provides the service and then uses a web page provided by the web server. Select the web service you want to use. Then, the web server displays a list of various web services that can use the service to the user, and provides the selected web service to the user when the user selects a specific web service. With such a web service, the user can purchase and use various contents.

  On the other hand, in order for a user to be provided with a service in the game area (hereinafter referred to as “game service”), after connecting to a web server or a channel server that provides the game service, the user is provided by a web page provided by the server. Select the game you are going to play. Then, the server displays a list of various channels that can use the game to the user, and if the user selects a specific channel, displays a list of various game rooms belonging to the selected channel. . If the user selects one of the game rooms displayed on his computer or opens a new game room directly, the server will use the game room selected or opened by the user. A game screen is displayed so that a person can play a game with other users. Of course, the game provided on the Internet can be enjoyed online by various other methods. With such a game service, the user can play various games.

  Thus, in order to use services in many areas such as web services and game services online, points that must be paid instead are required. For example, there must be a web point for using the web service, and there must be a game point for playing a game according to the game service.

  In the past, such web points and game points were used in different web service areas and game service areas, but in reality they are managed as one point, so they are used almost simultaneously. However, there is a problem that a cross line may occur in point management or a point calculation may be wrong.

  In addition, the points may be separately managed and used in the web service area and the game service area. In such a case, there is no mutual connection between the points, and it is difficult to perform integrated point management. There is a problem.

  The object of the present invention is to separately manage points used in other areas on two or more types of online, and update the points in other areas when using services in a specific area so that they can be used in an integrated manner. It is to provide a system and method capable of integrated management.

  An on-line point separation management system according to one aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a web point and game point necessary for using a web service and a game service provided to a plurality of users connected to the Internet. A user point database for separately storing and managing the web points and game points for each user; referring to the web points stored in the user point database; A web server that provides web services for the game; a game server that provides game services to the user by referring to the game points stored in the user point database; and provides and uses channel-related data for each user for the game Select a specific channel The game server allows the user to play a game within the selected channel, and the user's point database stored in the user point database when the user selects and enters a specific channel. A channel server for converting web points to corresponding game points and updating the user's game points stored in the user point database;

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an on-line point separation management method for separately managing a web point and a game point necessary for using a web service and a game service provided to a plurality of users connected to the Internet. A) displaying a channel list for each game to the user when there is a request for using the specific game service from the user; b) specifying a specific channel from the user in the displayed channel list. Determining whether or not there is an input to be selected; c) if it is determined that there is an input for selecting a specific channel from the user, the web point of the user is converted into a corresponding game point; Updating to the user's game points; and d) using the updated game points to Including the step of providing a game service.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, an on-line point separation management system is a system for separating and managing points used in two or more different service areas online, wherein the two or more different service areas are used. A user point database that separately stores and manages points used for each user; two or more service servers that provide services corresponding to the user by referring to each point stored in the user point database; When a user enters the service area in order to be provided with a specific service, each point used in the remaining service area excluding the specific service area in the two or more different service areas is the specific service area. Converted to points used in Including an update server to update the point of the service area.

  Hereinafter, an on-line point separation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an on-line point separation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the online point separation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a web server 100, a channel database 200, a channel server 300, a game database 400, a game server 500, and a user point database 600.

  The user point database 100 stores and manages web service point web points and game service point game points for each user.

  The web server 200 is connected to a plurality of user computers (700-1, 700-2,..., 700-n) connected via the Internet 800, including various web services such as chat, clubs, and shopping malls. The server provides various game services such as tetris, maggo, poker, and gold wing in cooperation with the game server 500. In particular, the web server 200 refers to the user point database 100 to manage the web points that are paid or filled for the web service when the user uses the web service. Here, the filling of the web points means that the user pays a specific amount by various payment means such as cash or a credit card and obtains web points corresponding to the payment. On the other hand, a plurality of users are displayed as using computers (700-1, 700-2,..., 700-n). In addition to the computer, the game is connected to the web server 200 via the Internet 800, It may be another terminal that can perform the above. For example, a mobile communication terminal, a television capable of connecting to the Internet, and the like can be used by the user.

  The channel database 300 stores game room related data established for each channel as well as channel related data for each game.

  When the user selects a game by the web server 200, the channel server 400 refers to the channel database 300 and provides the selected game-related channel and channel-specific game room list to the user. Therefore, the user can select a channel on which he / she wants to play a game and a specific game room belonging to the channel based on the channel list and game room list provided by the channel server 400. Here, if the user selects a game using the web server 200, the web server 200 is a game user program installed in advance in the user computer (700-1, 700-2,..., 700-n). , And the user computer (700-1, 700-2,..., 700-n) is connected to the channel server 400 via the Internet 800 by the activated user program.

  On the other hand, when the user selects and enters a specific channel, the channel server 400 converts the web points in the user point database 100 to correspond to the game points, and adds them to the existing game points. Change existing game points. At the same time, the channel server 400 changes the web point in the user point database 100 to 0 so that the total of the web point and game point after the change is the same as the total of the web point and game point before the change. To do. That is, when the user enters a specific channel for a game, all the web points in the user point database 100 are converted into game points.

  Next, the game database 500 stores logic for each game for controlling the user to play the game. Such game logic may be located in the game server 600, but in the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the game logic is located in the game database 500 in order to provide various game logic.

  Next, the game server 600 provides a game service selected by the user through the channel server 400. That is, the game server 600 refers to the game database 500 and advances the game according to game logic determined for each game. For example, when a user selects a maggo game and then opens or selects a specific game room on a specific channel by the channel server 400 and two users participate, the game server 600 has two users. Game display, game progress, game result settlement, etc. are performed so that a maggo game can be played. Here, the game logic refers to a rule specified to automatically advance the game according to a rule determined by the game. For example, in the case of a Maggo game, a rule for distributing the Hanafuda basket, issued by each user.牌, selection 選 択 processing rules, 、 processing rules taken by each user, mission generation and processing rules, achievement status of various game rules, score settlement rules after the game ends, etc.

  On the other hand, the game server 600 refers to the user point database 100 and manages fluctuations in game points that occur while a user is provided with a game service and plays a game. For example, when the user wins the game, the acquired game points are changed in addition to the game points of the user point database 100, and when the user loses the game, the game points to be paid are changed to the game points of the user point database 100. Pay by deducting from

  Further, since the game server 600 is already in a state where the web points are converted and updated to game points, the entire points can be found by referring to only the game points in the user point database 100. However, the web server 200 refers to all of the web points and game points in the user point database 100, and can see the overall points when viewed in total.

  In the above description, the web point of the user point database 100 is converted into the game point, and only the time when the user enters the specific channel has been described. However, the technical scope of the present invention is limited to this. Instead, web points can be converted into game points and updated at more various points in time. For example, when the user enters a specific channel as described above, after updating the game points once, the user enters a specific game room in the specific channel, and how many rounds (for example, the game is in progress) Stations) may be updated periodically after progress. The update of the web points to the game points can be performed at any time if only the current point is specified in the channel server 400, the game server 600, and the user point database 100. It is easily understood by the contractor.

  FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the user point database 100 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a user point database 100 includes a web point database 110 that stores user-specific web points used for web services and a game that stores user-specific game points used for game services. Point database 120.

  The web point database 110 is referred to by the web server 200 to provide a web point provided when the user uses the web service, or additionally stores a web point filled by the user.

  The game point database 120 is referred to by the game server 600, and stores game points to be acquired when the user provides game points to be provided when using the game service or wins the game.

  All web points stored in the web point database 110 are converted into corresponding game points by the channel server 400 when the user enters a specific channel via the channel server 400 for game service, and are stored in the game point database. Added to 120 and stored. That is, there are no web points in the web point database 110 and the value becomes 0. Therefore, when the user uses the game service, the total points for each user are determined only by the game points, and the game server 600 provides the game service by referring only to the game point database 120. However, when the user performs the game service, the web point database 110 does not have the web point or only the web point filled through the web server 200 during the game service. By referring to not only the database 110 but also the game point database 120 together, the total of the web points and game points is made the total points for each user. However, the user can use only the web points in the web point database 110 when using the web service. Therefore, when the user is using the game service, the user can fill the web points and receive the web service.

  FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of the channel server 400 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the channel server 400 includes a channel display unit 410, a game room display unit 420, a game point update unit 430, a point conversion unit 440, and a channel control unit 450.

  When the user selects a game by the web server 200, the channel display unit 410 refers to the channel database 300 to display the selected game-related channel list to the user, and receives a channel selection input from the user. Then, it is transmitted to the channel controller 450.

  The game room display unit 420 displays a game room list belonging to the channel selected by the user through the channel display unit 410 to the user, receives a game room selection input from the user, and transmits it to the channel control unit 450. To do.

  When the user selects a specific channel from the channel display unit 410, the game point updating unit 430 converts the web points stored in the web point database 110 of the user point database 100 into corresponding game points, and then game points. In addition to storing in the database 120, the web points in the web point database 110 are initialized to zero.

  The point conversion unit 440 converts the web points stored in the web point database 110 into corresponding game points under the control of the game point update unit 430. At this time, the game points corresponding to the web points can be converted differently depending on the type of game, and the weight values referred to at the time of conversion for each game can be stored in the point conversion unit 440 in a separate table form or the like.

  When the user selects a game using the web server 200, the channel controller 450 controls the channel display unit 410 and the game room display unit 420 so that the user can use the channel and game room inventory for the game to the user. After the display, when a channel and game room selection input from the user is received, the user enters the game room of the corresponding channel, and the user selects a channel by the channel display unit 410, game points are displayed. The update unit 430 and the point conversion unit 440 are controlled to convert the web points in the user point database 100 into corresponding game points, and the game point database 120 is additionally updated.

  On the other hand, the channel control unit 450 controls the game point update unit 430 and the point conversion unit 440 to convert and update web points to corresponding game points only when the user selects and enters a channel. As described above, even when the channel server 400 or the game server 600 is set to update web points to game points at other points in time, the channel control unit 450 performs the game point update unit 430 and the game point update unit 430 as described above. The point conversion unit 440 can be controlled to convert web points into corresponding game points and update them.

  Hereinafter, an on-line point separation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  First, the user can use the web server 200 to store web points stored in the web point database 110 of the user point database 100 when necessary while using various web services such as chat, club, blog, and shopping mall. You can purchase various contents and goods. In this case, the web server 200 deducts a web point corresponding to the purchase amount from the web point database 110 and performs a corresponding settlement.

  Further, when there is no web point in the web point database 110 at the time of web service, that is, when it is 0, the user can fill in the corresponding web point by various payments such as cash or credit card. it can. At this time, the web points to be filled are stored in the web point database 110 by the web server 200.

  On the other hand, the user uses his / her computer (700-1, 700-2,..., 700-n) to execute the user program provided by the web server 100 to use the game service, and the channel server. If connected to 400 (S100), the channel control unit 450 controls the channel display unit 410 to display a channel list corresponding to the game selected by the user to the user (S110). An input for selection is received (S120).

  Next, if there is an input for selecting a channel from the user, the channel control unit 450 controls the game room display unit 420 to display a game room list belonging to the selected channel to the user (S130). ) The game point update unit 430 is controlled to update the web points to game points (S140).

  Such update of the web points to the game points will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the game point updating unit 430 acquires the web points stored in the web point database 110 (S141), and then initializes the existing web points of the user stored in the web point database 110 to zero (S142). ). Thereafter, the point conversion unit 440 is controlled to convert the web points acquired in the step (S141) into corresponding game points (S143). Next, the game point update unit 430 adds the game points converted in the step (S143) with the game points stored in advance in the game point database 120, and sets the game point database 120 as a new game point. Update (S144).

  Next, if the web points are converted into game points and updated in the step (S140), the channel server 400 receives an input for selecting a game room from the user (S150). If there is an input from the user to select a game room that already exists or to open a new game room, the channel server 400 allows the user to enter the game room or enter a newly opened game room. Then, the game progress is controlled so that the user can play the game using the game points stored in the game point database 120 updated in the step (S140) (S170).

  In this way, when a user enters a channel to use the game service, the user's web points are converted and updated to the corresponding game points so that the user can play the game using the entire points. Thus, it is possible to improve the problem caused by the use of the web point through the web service during the conventional game service.

  On the other hand, after the user has used the game service, the web points and game points stored in the web point database 110 and the game point database 120 in the user point database 100 are not changed. That is, after the user updates the web point to the game point for using the game service, only the game point by the user using the game service is changed and stored, and the conversion to the web point is not performed again.

  Therefore, when the user uses the web service again after the game service has been used, the web server 200 performs payment using the entire points in the web point database 110 and the game point database 120. Alternatively, the web server 200 may use only web points in the web point database 110. In this case, if there is no web point, the user must fill the web point by a separate settlement.

  On the other hand, in the above description, only web points and game points used in the web service area and the game service area have been described. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this, and the online points are mutually exclusive. It can be easily understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be applied to points used in two or more different service areas when referring to the embodiment.

  For example, when points are used in three different service areas, the points used in the remaining two service areas correspond when trying to use services in one of the three service areas. It can be converted into points of the specific service and updated. In this case, when the remaining two service area points are converted, they can be converted into different weight values, and such weight values can exist in the channel server or the like as a conversion table. In addition, each point used in two or more service areas must be stored in the user point database 100 for each user, and after the point conversion, the remaining two service area points are all initialized to zero. What you have to do is natural. In addition, when entering in a specific service area in two or more service areas, a point that is used in the remaining service area is converted into a corresponding point in the specific service area and updated, for example, an update server is a channel server in the embodiment It can be easily understood by those skilled in the art that the server can be controlled such that the user can enter the specific area, such as 400.

  Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited to this, and various other changes and modifications can be made.

  According to the present invention, points used in different service areas are managed separately, and in a specific case, points are managed accurately by integrating them.

  Further, hacking in the specific service area can be prevented by updating the points only when entering the specific service area.

1 is a block diagram of an on-line point separation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a detailed block diagram of the user point database shown in FIG. It is a detailed block diagram of the channel server shown in FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an on-line point separation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a detailed flowchart of a process of updating web points to game points shown in FIG. 4.

Explanation of symbols

410 Channel display section 420 Game room display section 430 Game point update section 440 Point conversion section 450 Channel control section

Claims (15)

A system for separating and managing web points and game points necessary for using web services and game services provided to a plurality of users connected to the Internet,
A user point database for separately storing and managing the web points and game points for each user;
A web server that provides web services to the user by referring to the web points stored in the user point database;
A game server that provides a game service to the user by referring to the game points stored in the user point database; and provides the user with channel-related data for each game, and is selected when the user selects a specific channel. The game server allows the user to play a game within a designated channel, and corresponds to the user's web point stored in the user point database when the user selects and enters a specific channel. An online point separation management system, comprising: a channel server that converts the game points to the game points of the user stored in the user point database. The channel server
A channel display unit that displays a game-related channel list to the user and receives a channel selection input from the user;
When the user selects a specific channel by the channel display unit, the web point of the user stored in the user point database is converted into a corresponding game point, and then stored in the user point database. A game point update unit for additionally updating the game points;
A point conversion unit that converts the user's web points stored in the user point database into corresponding game points under the control of the game point update unit and provides the game points to the game point update unit; and the channel display The user can select a channel for performing the game, and when the user selects a specific channel, the game point update unit and the point conversion unit are controlled to control the user's channel. The online point separation management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a channel control unit that converts web points into corresponding game points and updates them.   3. The game point update unit according to claim 2, wherein the game point update unit initializes the web point to zero after updating the user's web point stored in the web point database to a corresponding game point. Online point separation management system described.   The point conversion unit applies different weight values for each game when converting the web points into corresponding game points, and the weight values applied at this time are stored in a separate table form for each game in the point conversion unit. The on-line point separation management system according to claim 2, wherein the point separation management system is on-line. The game server requests the channel server to update the game points of the user after the game service of a specific number of rounds of the game services for the user is advanced,
In response to a request from the game server, the channel server converts the user's web points stored in the user point database into corresponding game points, and stores the game in the user point database. The on-line point separation management system according to claim 1, wherein the point is additionally updated.   When there is a game point stored in advance for the user when the game point stored in the user point database is updated, the channel server converts the converted game point into the pre-stored game point. The on-line point separation management system according to claim 1, wherein the point separation management system is additionally stored. The user point database is
A web point database for storing web points referenced by the web server when the user uses the web service; and a game points database for storing game points referenced by the game server when the user uses the game service The on-line point separation management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by comprising: A method for separately managing a web point and a game point necessary for using a web service and a game service provided to a plurality of users connected to the Internet,
a) When a user requests to use a specific game service, displaying a game-specific channel list to the user;
b) determining whether or not there is an input for selecting a specific channel from the user in the displayed channel list;
c) if it is determined that there is an input to select a specific channel from the user, the user's web points are converted into corresponding game points and updated to the user's game points; and d And) providing a game service to the user by using the updated game points. A method for managing point separation online. Said step c)
c-1) obtaining the user's web points;
c-2) initializing the user's existing web points;
c-3) converting the acquired web points into game points corresponding to the specific game selected by the user; and c-4) updating the converted game points with the user's game points. The on-line point separation management method according to claim 8, further comprising:   In the step c-3), when the acquired web points are converted into game points corresponding to the specific game, a weight value for each game that is preset and stored in a table form is referred to. The on-line point separation management method according to claim 9. The step c-4)
Determining whether the user's game points exist;
If the user's game points exist, adding the converted game points and the existing user's game points to update to the user's game points; and the user's game points exist If not, the online point separation management method according to claim 9, further comprising: updating the converted game points to the game points of the user.   The on-line method according to claim 8, wherein the game point is updated to the game point in the step c) periodically after the game service of the specific number of rounds is advanced during the use of the game service. Point separation management method. A system that separates and manages points used in two or more different service areas online,
A user point database for separately storing and managing points used in the two or more different service areas for each user;
Two or more service servers that provide services corresponding to the user with reference to each point stored in the user point database; and the user enters the service area in order to be provided with a specific service. In this case, each point used in the remaining service areas excluding the specific service area in the two or more different service areas is converted into points used in the specific service area, and the user holds the points An online point separation management system comprising an update server for updating points in a specific service area.   The update server converts each point used in the remaining service area except for the specific service area in the two or more different service areas into points of the specific service area, for each service area or for each game. 14. The on-line point separation management system according to claim 13, wherein the weight values are applied differently. The service areas are a web service area and a game service area,
The points used in each service area are web points and game points.
15. The online point separation management system according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the web points are converted into corresponding game points and updated when entering the game service area.

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