JP4887007B2 - Address game - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for executing an electronic game in a portable information communication terminal such as a cellular phone.

  Mobile phones and PHS, which are originally communication tools, have become more sophisticated and functional, and in addition to the functions for communication described above, Web browsing functions, imaging functions, TV / radio viewing functions, or music playback It became a device with various functions. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for easily adding a camera function to a mobile phone.

  In addition to the above functions, many mobile phones are now equipped with electronic game functions. Such electronic games for mobile phones are becoming popular because they can be easily performed at any time regardless of location.

In addition, with the recent expansion of the electronic game market, a technology for using electronic games as new advertising media has been widely put into practical use. In Patent Document 2, for example, a technique is disclosed in which a billboard similar to a real advertisement is displayed in a race course in a race game.
JP 2002-077701 A JP 2005-111106 A

  However, the current electronic game for mobile phones has a problem that many electronic games for home game machines are simply transplanted, and electronic games unique to mobile phones are not provided. In other words, no game utilizing the communication function that is the original function of the mobile phone is provided.

  Moreover, the advertisement in the present electronic game is only intended as an alternative to the conventional four major advertising media and only for contacting the customer as in the case of these advertising media. Therefore, there are still problems similar to those of the conventional advertisement, that is, it is difficult to directly relate to the purchase behavior of the customer and it is difficult to measure the advertisement effect.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention converts an address of a mail transmitted or received for communication with a person, a destination such as a telephone number of a called party, or sender identification information into a numerical value, A mobile phone for playing electronic games using these numbers is provided. “Electronic game using numerical values” means, for example, that numerical values are directly used as parameters for game parts such as game characters and items, or parts of labyrinths identified by the numerical values are combined to provide an adventure stage. The use of the state of doing is mentioned.

  Specifically, the present invention includes a game execution unit for executing a game using game values, and a transmission / reception unit for communicating with a predetermined person or accessing a predetermined site. It is a mobile phone. And this cellular phone has a destination identification information acquisition unit that acquires destination identification information of information transmitted by the transmission / reception unit, and a result obtained by converting the acquired destination identification information into one or more game numerical values according to a predetermined rule. Is a mobile phone having a game numerical value acquisition unit having an outgoing game numerical value acquisition means, and a transfer unit that transfers the acquired game numerical value to the game execution unit.

  In this way, by acquiring the game numerical value converted by the predetermined rule from the destination identification information and executing the game, various game numerical values can be obtained for use in the game. For example, it is necessary to communicate with an e-mail by e-mail. That is, an incentive to contact and communicate with many people is generated in the user. In addition to the above, there is also provided a mobile phone that executes the game by converting the source identification information into a game numerical value in the same manner as the destination identification information.

  Also provided is a server device having a function of converting destination identification information and transmission source identification information into game numerical values and transmitting the converted game numerical values to the mobile phone. Further, for example, a server device provided with a rule for converting a specific address into a specific game value is also provided. Specifically, the identification information dependent rule distribution unit that distributes the rules held in the rule holding unit of the server device in order for the game numerical value calculation unit to calculate the game numerical value according to the identification information acquired by the server acquisition unit Is a server device.

  As a result, for example, it is possible to take a configuration in which a rare item with a rare game value can be obtained on the site (the URL) of company A, and thus a high advertising effect that it can be directly guided to the site of company A Can provide an advertising method. In addition, it is easy to measure the advertising effectiveness, such as counting user access rates for each game.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, various numerical data for use in a game are obtained, for example, by communicating with various people by e-mail, for example, and communicating with many people as a result. An incentive will be generated to the user.

  In addition, by providing a rule that when converting to a game value, a specific address is converted to a specific game value, an advertising method with a high advertising effect that can direct the user to the specific site is provided. can do. In addition, it is easy to measure the effectiveness of the advertisement, such as counting user access rates for each game.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention. In the first to fourth embodiments, claims 1 to 4 will be mainly described.

  Example 1

    <Overview>

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an example of an outline of a game using the mobile phone of the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the user sent a mail to the mail address “a@xxx.jp” by using the mail transmission / reception function of the mobile phone (1). Then, the destination address of the e-mail was converted, and data of “a sword with a high attack power 10” that can be used in this mobile phone game was generated and acquired by the mobile phone of this embodiment (2). In this way, the user can obtain items that can be used in the game of the mobile phone by communicating with the friend by e-mail of the mobile phone of the present embodiment.

  In addition, this user contacted four other friends A, B, C, and D this time by sending mails or calling with a call function (3). Then, from the destination address and phone number of those emails, you can get the data of “mate (character)”, “item”, “maze (map)”, and “monster”, respectively (4). I was able to enjoy mobile phone games.

  As described above, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment can acquire various game data according to various destination identification information. In this way, it can be expected to improve the gameability due to the randomness that various game parts can be obtained by various communication, and it can also be expected to create an incentive to communicate with various people. .

    <Configuration>

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the mobile phone according to the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the “mobile phone” (0200) of the present embodiment includes a “game execution unit” (0201), a “transmission / reception unit” (0202), and a “destination identification information acquisition unit” (0203). , “Game numerical value acquisition unit” (0204), “transmission game numerical value acquisition means” (0205), and “transfer unit” (0206).

  The “mobile phone” in the present invention is a concept including general mobile information communication terminals such as a PHS and a PDA with a communication function in addition to a normal mobile phone.

  In addition, the functional blocks of the apparatus described below can be realized as hardware, software, or both hardware and software. Specifically, if a computer is used, a CPU, a buffer memory, a bus, a storage device such as a hard disk or a nonvolatile memory, a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM, a read drive for these media, various types Examples include hardware components such as communication and printing device transmission / reception ports, other peripheral devices, driver programs for controlling the hardware, other application programs, and interfaces used for information input.

  These hardware and software processes the programs developed on the memory in sequence by the CPU, and processes, stores, and outputs the data stored on the memory and hard disk and the data input via the interface. Or used to control each hardware component.

  The present invention can be realized not only as a system but also as a method. In addition, a part of the invention can be configured as software. Furthermore, a software product used to cause a computer to execute such software and a recording medium in which the product is fixed to be readable by a computer are naturally included in the technical scope of the present invention (the entirety of the present specification). And so on).

  The “game execution unit” (0201) has a function for executing a game using a game value. A “game using game values” refers to a game that uses game values as identification information for various parameters and data in the game.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of the use of this game value in a game. As will be described in detail later, the game numerical value is based on destination identification information such as the address of a mail transmitted / received by a mobile phone, a call destination, a caller telephone number, a URL of an access web page, or the caller identification information according to a predetermined rule. Based on numerical conversion based on the calculation.

  As shown in this figure, for example, “attack strength: 10” and “item type: 2” are calculated as game numerical values from the destination address “a@xx.jp” of a mail transmitted by a mobile phone. The game value allows the user to use a character-equipped item, a sword with a large attack strength of 10, in this game.

  Or, similarly, the numerical values of “power: 10”, “knowledge: 6”, “acceptance: 14”, and “profession: 1 (warrior)” are obtained from the mail transmission destination address “b@OO.com”. Calculated. The game value allows the user to add the character “Warrior A” to a new friend.

  Alternatively, from the telephone number “000-111” of the callee who made the call on the mobile phone, the game values are “map attribute: 2 (maze)”, “parts: a1”, “parts: d2”, “parts: c4”, “ A numerical value “part: a2” is calculated. From there, the parts of the labyrinth identified by this game number are combined, and the user can challenge a new labyrinth.

  As described above, various game numerical values are calculated depending on the communication partner, and the content of the game such as the acquired item and the stage changes randomly. In other words, the user can enjoy various game developments due to randomness, and incentives to try to communicate with various opponents will be created in order to positively generate such randomness.

  Note that the mobile phone game may be other than the so-called role-playing game as described above. For example, in the case of a breeding game, the parameters of the breeding character, the growth type, the breeding item, the costume, and the like may be defined by the game values. In addition, for example, a character trained in this way becomes an interface for operation of a mobile phone, or it is sent together with an e-mail to an e-mail transmission destination and evolves back with a game value based on the transmission destination address. It is good also as a structure of.

  Or it is a simulation game, an action game, a racing game, the map shape, the parameter of the character to be operated, the difficulty level, etc. may be defined by the game value, or it is an adventure game, its story development etc. It may be defined by a numerical value. Also, it is a rhythm game, and new rhythm songs may be added according to the game value, and it is a table game such as mahjong or shogi. May be defined.

  The “transmission / reception unit” (0200) has a function of transmitting and receiving information to and from a communication network and device (0210) outside the mobile phone. For example, transmission / reception of information by e-mail or short message service, transmission / reception of information by telephone call, transmission / reception of information by accessing a website, transmission / reception of information by short-range wireless communication based on infrared or IEEE802 standard, and the like.

  In order to perform transmission / reception of information by the above means in the transmission / reception unit, it is necessary to specify a transmission destination and a transmission source of the information. And in this invention, the incentive of transmission / reception of information can be aimed at by converting the information which identifies the transmission destination etc. into a game numerical value.

  The “destination identification information acquisition unit” (0203) has a function of acquiring destination identification information of information transmitted by the transmission / reception unit (0202). “Destination identification information” includes, for example, a mail address for mail, a telephone number for telephone calls, a server or destination IP address for Web access or short-range wireless communication, or a URL. In the case of Web access, information for identifying a transmission destination of download request information for browsing a Web site may be used as destination identification information.

  In this way, in this embodiment, the destination identification information of the other party that sent the information is acquired and converted into a game value as described later. On the contrary, when information is received by a mobile phone, that is, an embodiment in which the other party's sender identification information is converted into a game value will be described in the second embodiment.

  The destination identification information acquisition unit may be configured such that, for example, destination identification information that matches a predetermined condition is not acquired. For example, if information indicating that the e-mail address has been changed and has not arrived is acquired, the corresponding destination identification information is not acquired.

  The “game numerical value acquisition unit” (0204) has a function of acquiring a game numerical value. In the present embodiment, the function of acquiring the game numerical value is realized by “transmission game numerical value acquiring means” (0205).

  “Transmission game numerical value acquisition means” (0205) has a function of acquiring the result of converting the destination identification information acquired by the destination identification information acquisition unit (0203) into one or more game numerical values according to a predetermined rule. In addition, the acquisition of the conversion result according to the predetermined rule of the game numerical value may be acquired by an arithmetic processing unit inside the mobile phone. Alternatively, necessary information is transmitted to an external server device (0220) as shown in the figure, and the server device executes conversion processing into a game value, and the result is returned to the mobile phone, thereby converting the result. You may get

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the conversion result of the game numerical value acquired by the outgoing game numerical value acquiring means. As shown in this figure, for example, if the destination identification information is an e-mail address, items, characters, labyrinth parts, etc. are converted by the organization type name “.com” and country / region code “.jp”. Game parts are determined. Further, the game numerical value is calculated by converting the account “a”, the mail server name, the provider, and the character string “organization name” “XX” into a predetermined value or substituting it into a predetermined function. For example, if the item is an item, the type of the item and its parameters are determined. If the character is a character, the type and parameters of the character are determined.

  Of course, the above example is only an example. For example, only an account may be digitized as a game, or a character string including all organization type names and country / region codes may be digitized according to a predetermined rule.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the numerical value is not used as it is as in the above “parameter”, that is, when the game numerical value is used for a map configuration such as a labyrinth or story development, etc., it is acquired by the outgoing game numerical value acquisition means. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the conversion result of the game numerical value played. In such a case, as shown in this figure, for example, it is preferable to prepare a database in which game values are associated with a part of a map, a branch destination of a story, and the like. Using such a database, the corresponding labyrinth parts “A-1” and “A-2”, the adventure purpose “Dragon Defeat”, and the story branch “Kingdom Collapse” are acquired from the calculated game values. It is said that they are combined.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of the process of converting the destination identification information into the game numerical value. First, when it is detected that a mail is transmitted from a mobile phone, for example, the mail address “test — 01@xxx.ne.jp” is acquired as shown in FIG. A character string indicating an account is stored in a predetermined area of the memory one by one, such as “t” in the storage area 1 of the memory, “e” in the area 2, “s” in the area 3, and so on. The A program for converting the character string into a game numerical value is developed from a storage device such as a hard disk drive in a work area of the memory and executed by the CPU.

  A database for converting the character string of the address as shown in the figure stored in the hard disk or the like into a numerical value is stored in another predetermined storage area 10 of the memory by an instruction included in the conversion processing program. (2). Then, according to the database information stored in the predetermined area 10, the characters stored in the respective areas of the memory are “20” for the storage area 1, “5” for the area 2, The character is replaced with a numerical value such as “19”,.

  Subsequently, the numerical values stored in the respective storage areas are summed by the arithmetic processing of the CPU (3), and the total numerical value “162” is stored in a predetermined area 30 of another memory. Further, a function f (x) for calculating a game numerical value stored in the hard disk is stored in another predetermined area 40 of the memory, and this function f ( A numerical value indicating a predetermined coefficient used in x) is stored. Then, the calculation instruction included in the program is executed by the CPU, the numerical value “162” stored in the storage area 30 is substituted for the value x of the function f (x), and the areas 50, 51,. The other coefficients stored in are also substituted into the function f (x). Then, the extra numerical value “20” is calculated as the game numerical value by the calculation of the function f (x) (4) and stored in another storage area 60 of the memory.

  Note that the predetermined coefficient of the function may be a numerical value that changes over time, such as a “weekly change coefficient”, or a numerical value that is changed every predetermined period. By including the coefficient which changes in this way in the function, a different game value is calculated each time from the mail address of the mail sent to the same person. Therefore, since the contents and parameters of items used in the game are different each time, the randomness increases, and the user can enjoy the game more. In addition, there is an incentive to contact the other party more frequently by e-mail.

  In addition, there is a method of individually setting a coefficient for an account designated as a best friend as another coefficient.

  The game numerical value “20” calculated in this way is acquired and used as item data called “apple” that can be used in the game by referring to a database as shown in FIG.

  Note that the game numerical value acquisition unit mainly acquires the calculated game numerical value, but even if the acquired data is the calculated numerical data itself, for example, the item data acquired from the game numerical value It does not matter. However, in the case of numerical data itself, the game numerical value is converted into an item or the like and acquired in association with the transfer unit described below.

  The calculation of the game numerical value is merely an example, and the game numerical value calculation process of the present invention is not limited to the above example.

  The “transfer unit” (0206) has a function of transferring the game numerical value acquired by the game numerical value acquiring unit (0204) to the game executing unit (0201) so as to be usable. “Transfer to be available” means to transfer by performing an appropriate conversion process according to the game value obtained by the game value obtaining unit as described above. If the acquired game numerical value is the numerical data itself, it is transferred after being changed to, for example, item data that can be used in the game. Alternatively, if the numerical data can be used for the game as it is, or if the item data has already been acquired as the numerical value of the game, the data is transferred as it is.

  The user can enjoy the game at the game execution unit using the game parts based on the game values transferred in this way.

    <Process flow>

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow for game execution in the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, first, information is transmitted from a mobile phone (step S0701). Subsequently, the destination identification information of the information transmitted in step S0701 is acquired (step S0702). Here, when the processing for converting the destination identification information into the game numerical value is performed by a server on the network, although not shown, processing for transmitting the destination identification information to the server device is performed. Further, when the process is performed in the mobile phone, the transmission process is not performed.

  Next, the destination identification information is changed to one or two or more game numerical values according to a predetermined rule held in advance (step S0703), and the result converted in step S0703 is acquired (step S0704). . The acquisition in step S0704 is performed by a transmission process from the server to the mobile phone when the conversion process to the game numerical value is performed in the server.

  Subsequently, the game numerical value acquired in step S0704 is transferred to be usable in the game (step S0705), and the game is executed on the mobile phone using the transferred game numerical value (step S0706).

    <Brief description of effect>

  As described above, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment can acquire various game data according to various destination identification information. Therefore, it is possible to expect an improvement in game characteristics due to the randomness of not knowing what can be obtained by communication to whom, and thereby an incentive to communicate with various people can be expected.

  << Example 2 >>

    <Overview>

  The present embodiment is based on the mobile phone of the first embodiment. In addition to the mail address and telephone number of the destination, the address of the mail addressed to you, the telephone number of the call addressed to you, or the information by web access The mobile phone is characterized in that a game numerical value is calculated based on a URL of a website as a transmission source and used for the game.

  In this way, the game numerical value is calculated not only by transmission but also by reception, and game parts can be acquired. Therefore, the expectation of the reply of the communication partner is increased, and it can be an incentive for prompting an appropriate reply, so that the effect of promoting more active communication can be expected.

  Further, since the game numerical value is calculated and the game component is acquired also from the URL of the Web site to be accessed, it can be an incentive for the user to access the Web site. Therefore, since the number of website accesses increases, companies that operate websites can expect a high advertising effect by placing advertisements on the website or providing product sales pages. Can be directly connected.

    <Configuration>

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the mobile phone according to the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the “mobile phone” (0800) of the present embodiment is based on the first embodiment and includes a “game execution unit” (0801), a “transmission / reception unit” (0802), and “destination identification information”. It has an “acquiring unit” (0803), a “game numerical value acquiring unit” (0804), a “sending game numerical value acquiring unit” (0805), and a “transfer unit” (0806). The “game execution unit”, “transmission / reception unit”, “destination identification information acquisition unit”, “game numerical value acquisition unit”, “outgoing game numerical value acquisition unit”, and “transfer unit” Since it has already been described in Example 1, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The feature of this embodiment is that it further includes a “source identification information acquisition unit” (0807), and the game numerical value acquisition unit further includes “received game numerical value acquisition means” (0808).

  The “source identification information acquisition unit” (0807) has a function of acquiring source identification information of information received by the transmission / reception unit (0802). In addition to the URL of the browsed web page (0810) as shown in the figure, the “sender identification information” includes the IP address of the web server, the mail address of the sender of the received mail, the telephone number of the called party, Examples include the IP address of a counterpart device that has established a connection by short-range wireless communication, channel information and program information of a TV program received by a TV broadcast wave receiver.

  “Receiving game numerical value acquisition unit” (0808) is a function for acquiring the result of converting the transmission source identification information acquired by the transmission source identification information acquisition unit (0807) into one or more game numerical values according to a predetermined rule. Have The acquisition of the game numerical value conversion result by the received game numerical value acquisition means may be acquired by the arithmetic processing unit inside the mobile phone, as in the “transmission game numerical value acquisition means” (0805). Alternatively, necessary information may be transmitted to an external server device (0820) and obtained by returning a conversion processing result in the server device.

  Further, when the conversion process of the source identification information into the game numerical value is compared with the conversion process of the destination identification information into the game numerical value described in the first embodiment, the difference is that the identification information that is the source of the conversion is the transmission destination. The only difference is whether it is a source or a source. Therefore, the basic process is the same, and detailed description is omitted.

  In this way, by using the sender identification information as information that becomes the basis of the conversion of the game numerical value, for example, a so-called spam mail that may arrive in large quantities, such as the weakest knife, does not become a very good game part. It is also possible to take a configuration such that it is converted into a game numerical value. Alternatively, as described above, by setting a predetermined rule so as to be converted into a game value that is a good game component when browsing a Web page, an effect of increasing the incentive for browsing the Web page and increasing the advertising effect can be expected. The specific technique for increasing the advertisement effect of the Web page using the electronic game of the mobile phone of the present invention will be described in detail in Example 4.

    <Example of processing flow>

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow for game execution in the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, first, information is received by a mobile phone (step S0901). Subsequently, the sender identification information of the information received in step S0901 is acquired (step S0902). Here, when the process of converting the caller identification information into the game numerical value is performed by a server on the network, a process of transmitting the caller identification information to the server device is performed although not shown. Further, when the process is performed in the mobile phone, the transmission process is not performed.

  Next, the caller identification information is changed to one or two or more game numerical values according to a predetermined rule held in advance (step S0903), and the result converted in step S0903 is acquired (step S0904). ). The acquisition in step S0904 is performed by a transmission process from the server to the mobile phone when the conversion process to the game numerical value is performed in the server.

  Subsequently, the game numerical value acquired in step S0904 is transferred to be usable in the game (step S0905), and the game is executed on the mobile phone using the transferred game numerical value (step S0906).

    <Brief description of effect>

  As described above, the mobile phone according to the present embodiment also increases the expectation for the reply of the communication partner, and can be an incentive for prompting an appropriate reply, so that more active communication can be promoted.

  Further, since the game numerical value is calculated and the game component is acquired also from the URL of the Web site to be accessed, it can be an incentive for the user to access the Web site. Therefore, since the number of website accesses increases, companies that operate the website can expect a high advertising effect by placing advertisements on the site or providing a product sales page, and the consumption behavior of users. Can be directly connected.

  Example 3

    <Overview>

  The present embodiment is an embodiment relating to a server device arranged on a network. The server device according to the present embodiment is a server device having a function of calculating a game numerical value used in the game performed on the mobile phone described in the first and second embodiments and returning the game numerical value to the mobile phone.

  In this way, it is possible to tamper with the game value because it is possible to prevent the game value calculation program inside the mobile phone from being modified by calculating the game value in the server device on the network instead of the mobile phone. Sex can be suppressed. In addition, for a mobile phone having a small data holding amount, necessary data can be placed on an external server, so that the holding data amount can be suppressed.

    <Configuration>

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the server device of this embodiment. As shown in this figure, the “server device” (1000) of this embodiment includes a “server acquisition unit” (1001), a “rule holding unit” (1002), and a “game numerical value calculation unit” (1003). , “Reply section” (1004).

  The “server acquisition unit” (1001) has a function of acquiring the identification information acquired by the destination identification information acquisition unit or the transmission source identification information acquisition unit from the mobile phone. This identification information is acquired via a network. Note that the destination identification information acquisition unit, the transmission source identification information acquisition unit, and the identification information acquired there are already described in the first and second embodiments, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  The “rule holding unit” (1002) has a function of holding a predetermined rule. Examples of the “predetermined rule” include a rule for converting a character string constituting an account of an email address or an organization type name into a numerical value as described in the first embodiment.

  The “game numerical value calculation unit” (1204) has a function of calculating the game numerical value by calculating the identification information acquired by the server acquisition unit (1203) based on a predetermined rule held in the rule holding unit. For example, the game numerical value “20” is calculated from the mail address “test — 01@xxx.ne.jp”. Note that a specific calculation example of the game numerical value has already been described in the first embodiment and the like, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The “reply section” (1204) has a function of returning the game numerical value calculated by the game numerical value calculating section (1203) to the mobile phone that has transmitted the identification information. The game numerical value is transmitted via the network.

  In this way, the game value calculated and returned by the server device is received by the mobile phone, so that the mobile phone can execute a game using the game value.

  This game numerical value conversion process in the server device may be executed in the same manner as that described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG. That is, the mail address of the destination or the sender is acquired from the mobile phone. A character string indicating this account is stored one by one in each storage area of the memory constituting the server device. A program for converting the character string into a game value is expanded from a storage device such as a hard disk drive to a work area of the memory, executed by the CPU, and characters stored in the respective areas of the memory are stored. Replaced with a numerical value and stored again.

  Subsequently, the numerical values stored in the respective storage areas are summed by the arithmetic processing of the CPU, and the game numerical values are calculated by using a function f (x) for calculating the game numerical values. The game numerical value is stored in a predetermined area of another memory.

    <Process flow>

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the game numerical value calculation process in this embodiment. As shown in this figure, first, identification information of a destination or a transmission source acquired by a mobile phone based on transmission / reception of information of the mobile phone is acquired by a server device (step S1101). Further, based on a predetermined rule recorded for holding in advance (step S1102), the identification information acquired in step S1101 is calculated to calculate a game value (S1103). Then, the game numerical value calculated in step S1103 is returned to the mobile phone that has transmitted the identification information (step S1104).

    <Brief description of effect>

  As described above, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the game numerical value calculation program inside the mobile phone is altered by the server device of the present embodiment, so that the possibility of falsification of the game numerical value can be suppressed. In addition, for a mobile phone having a small data holding amount, necessary data can be placed on an external server, so that the holding data amount can be suppressed.

  Example 4

    <Overview>

  The server device according to the present embodiment has a function of distributing a predetermined rule according to the identification information and converting it to a game value, such as applying a specific rule to the specific identification information and performing conversion. It is characterized by being.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of calculating the game numerical value by distributing the predetermined rule. As shown in this figure, a general Web page is browsed with a mobile phone, and the URL “http://xxx.co.jp/top.html” of the Web page is acquired by the server device. In the server device of this embodiment, in the case of such a normal URL, a normal predetermined rule is distributed. Based on the predetermined rule, conversion into a game value is performed, and in the game, sword data having a large attack power 10 can be obtained.

  On the other hand, in the URL “http://A-company.co.jp/top.html” of a specific Web site, for example, the Web page of company A, the server device of this embodiment can use a weapon that can be used in a game. A special predetermined rule for conversion to “Muramasa” is allocated. Thereby, the user who visited the website of the company A can obtain Muramasa data of the attack power 100 in the game.

  Thus, by distributing a predetermined rule based on the identification information, for example, as described above, a privilege such as acquisition of a powerful weapon can be given to the user at a specific Web page address. For this reason, an incentive for the user to visit the Web page is generated. Therefore, if advertising activities are performed on the Web page, a high advertising effect can be expected. In addition, for those who operate the server device or provide a game using the game value, a new rule is set to receive the price of the advertisement and allocate a special rule to the identification information of the paid advertising fee. You can also build a business model.

    <Configuration>

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the server apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the “server device” (1300) of the present embodiment is based on the first embodiment, with “server acquisition unit” (1301), “rule holding unit” (1302), “game numerical value”. It has a “calculation section” (1303) and a “reply section” (1304). Since these “server acquisition unit”, “rule holding unit”, “game numerical value calculation unit”, and “reply unit” have already been described in the third embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

  And the feature point of the server apparatus of a present Example is a point which has an "identification information dependence rule distribution part" further.

  The “identification information-dependent rule distribution unit” (1305) allows the game numerical value calculation unit (1303) to change the rules held in the rule holding unit (1302) according to the identification information acquired by the server acquisition unit (1301). It has a function to distribute in order to calculate the game numerical value. FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example of rule distribution according to the identification information. As shown in this figure, for example, there is a method in which this distribution is performed using a table. For example, if “A-company.co.jp” is included in the identification information, “predetermined rule A” (for example, a rule for calculating the game value of the weapon “Muramasa”) is distributed. For example, if “B-medical.co.jp” is included in the identification information, “predetermined rule B” (for example, a rule for calculating the game value of the dungeon “Treasure Island”) is allocated. It is.

  Further, as identification information, a normal predetermined rule is allocated to the top page (http://A-company.co.jp/top.html) among the Web pages of Company A, for example, a product introduction page ( http://A-company.co.jp/catalog.html) may be assigned a special rule. With such a configuration, by giving the user the information that “A legendary weapon can be obtained by accessing a web page of company A”, those who visited the web page of company A can feel like treasure hunting. By clicking on various web pages of the company, it can be expected to increase the advertising effect.

  As described above, by distributing predetermined rules according to the identification information, for example, a privilege such as obtaining a powerful weapon can be given to the user at a specific Web page address as described above.

  Of course, according to the difference in the identification information “.jp” and “.com”, the game numerical value calculation rule α for the general item is allocated in “.jp”, and the game numerical value calculation rule for the general character in “.com”. β may be allocated.

  The distribution of rules according to the identification information is processed as follows, for example. That is, a plurality of predetermined rules are respectively stored in predetermined storage areas of a storage device such as a hard disk drive constituting the server device. Further, table data as shown in FIG. 14 is also stored in another storage area of the storage device.

  Here, first, a program for allocating a predetermined rule according to the identification information and calculating a game numerical value is developed in the work area of the memory and executed by the CPU. By the processing of this program, first, the acquired identification information is stored in a predetermined area of the memory. The table data stored in the storage device is also stored in another predetermined area of the memory. Information for identifying a predetermined rule corresponding to the identification information stored in the arithmetic processing of the CPU is acquired from the table data. Based on the information for identifying the rule, the CPU generates a command for acquiring the corresponding predetermined rule from the storage device to the predetermined area of the memory, and stores the corresponding predetermined rule in the predetermined area of the memory. It is said that it is done. Thereafter, as described in the first embodiment, for example, the character string of the identification information may be converted into a game numerical value by the arithmetic processing of the CPU according to a predetermined rule stored in the memory. Alternatively, if the predetermined rule does not depend on the character string and is a rule of “convert to game numerical value“ 255 ””, conversion to the game numerical value may be performed in accordance with the rule without depending on the character string of the identification information. .

  The predetermined rule distribution processing is not limited to the distribution using the identification information and the predetermined rule correspondence table as described above. For example, the distribution process may be performed in a configuration in which one is randomly selected and distributed from a plurality of predetermined rules held in accordance with the identification information.

    <Process flow>

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing flow in the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, in this embodiment, first, the server device acquires the destination or transmission source identification information acquired by the mobile phone based on the transmission / reception of the mobile phone information (step S1501). Further, a predetermined rule recorded for holding in advance (step S1502) is distributed according to the acquired identification information (step S1503), and a game numerical value is calculated from the identification information based on the allocated predetermined rule. Calculate (S1504). Then, the game numerical value calculated in step S1504 is returned to the mobile phone that transmitted the identification information (step S1505).

    <Brief description of effect>

  As described above, the server device according to the present embodiment can give a privilege such as that game data such as a rare item, a character, and an adventure place can be acquired by a specific Web page address, for example. For this reason, an incentive for the user to visit the Web page is generated. Therefore, if advertising activities are performed on the Web page, a high advertising effect can be expected. In addition, for a person who operates a server device or provides a game using game values, a business model can be constructed by receiving the price of the advertisement.

The figure for demonstrating an example of the outline | summary of the game using the mobile telephone of Example 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks in the mobile phone according to the first embodiment. The figure for demonstrating an example of utilization in the game of the game numerical value in the mobile telephone of Example 1. FIG. The figure for demonstrating an example of the conversion result of the game numerical value acquired by the transmission game numerical value acquisition means of the mobile telephone of Example 1. The figure for demonstrating another example of the conversion result of the game numerical value acquired by the transmission game numerical value acquisition means of the mobile telephone of Example 1. The figure for demonstrating a specific example of the conversion process of the destination identification information into the game numerical value in the mobile telephone of Example 1. FIG. The flowchart showing an example of the flow of the process in Example 1. The figure showing an example of the functional block in the mobile telephone of Example 2. The flowchart showing an example of the flow of the process in Example 2. The figure showing an example of the functional block in the server apparatus of Example 3. The flowchart showing an example of the flow of the process in Example 3. The figure for demonstrating an example which calculates a game numerical value by allocating the predetermined rule in the server apparatus of Example 3. The figure showing an example of the functional block in the server apparatus of Example 4. The figure for demonstrating an example of distribution of the rule according to the identification information in the server apparatus of Example 4. FIG. Flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing in the fourth embodiment

Explanation of symbols

0200 Mobile phone 0201 Game execution unit 0202 Transmission / reception unit 0203 Destination identification information acquisition unit 0204 Game numerical value acquisition unit 0205 Transmission game numerical value acquisition means 0206 Transfer unit

Claims (4)

A game system comprising a mobile phone and a server device,
The mobile phone
A game execution unit for executing the game using the game values;
A transceiver unit;
A destination identification information acquisition unit for acquiring destination identification information of information transmitted by the transmission / reception unit;
A game numerical value acquisition unit having an outgoing game numerical value acquisition means for acquiring a result obtained by converting the destination identification information acquired by the destination identification information acquisition unit into one or more game numerical values according to a predetermined rule;
A transfer unit that transfers the game numerical value acquired by the game numerical value acquisition unit to the game execution unit so as to be usable,
The server device
A server acquisition unit for acquiring destination identification information from the mobile phone;
A rule holding unit that holds a plurality of destination identification information and a predetermined rule in association with each other;
A game value calculation unit for calculating the game value by converting the destination identification information acquired by the server acquisition unit based on a predetermined rule held in the rule holding unit;
An identification information-dependent rule distribution unit that acquires and distributes the rules used by the game numerical value calculation unit to calculate the game numerical value according to the destination identification information from the rules held in the rule holding unit;
A game system comprising: a reply unit that replies the game numerical value calculated by the game numerical value calculating unit to the mobile phone that has transmitted the destination identification information. A server acquisition unit for acquiring destination identification information from a mobile phone having a function of executing a game using game numerical values acquired based on destination identification information of information transmitted by the mobile phone itself;
A rule holding unit that holds a plurality of destination identification information and a predetermined rule in association with each other;
A game value calculation unit for calculating the game value by converting the destination identification information acquired by the server acquisition unit based on a predetermined rule held in the rule holding unit;
An identification information-dependent rule distribution unit that acquires and distributes the rules used by the game numerical value calculation unit to calculate the game numerical value according to the destination identification information from the rules held in the rule holding unit;
A reply unit that returns the game numerical value calculated by the game numerical value calculating unit to the mobile phone that has transmitted the destination identification information;
A server device. On a mobile phone
An information transmission step for transmitting information ;
A mobile phone destination identification information acquisition step of acquiring destination identification information of the information transmitted in the information transmission step;
The destination identification information transmission step of transmitting the destination identification information acquired in the mobile phone destination identification information acquisition step to the server device is executed by the arithmetic processing of the arithmetic device,
On the server device,
A server device destination identification information acquisition step for acquiring the destination identification information transmitted from the mobile phone in the destination identification information transmission step ;
A recording step of recording in a storage device to hold a plurality of destination identification information and a predetermined rule in association with each other;
A rule for acquiring and distributing a rule used for calculating a game numerical value from the rules recorded and held in the recording step according to the destination identification information acquired in the server device destination identification information acquisition step An allocation step;
A game numerical value calculating step of calculating the game numerical value by converting the destination identification information acquired in the server device destination identification information acquiring step based on the predetermined rule distributed in the rule distributing step ;
A game numerical value reply step for returning the game numerical value calculated in the game numerical value calculating step to the mobile phone that has transmitted the destination identification information ;
On a mobile phone
A game numerical value acquisition step of acquiring the game numerical value returned from the server device in the game numerical value reply step ;
A transfer step of transferring the game numerical value acquired in the game numerical value acquisition step to be usable in a game; and a game execution step of executing a game on a mobile phone using the game numerical value transferred in the transfer step. A game execution method to be executed by arithmetic processing of an arithmetic device. A server device destination identification information acquisition step for acquiring destination identification information from a mobile phone having a function of executing a game using game numerical values acquired based on destination identification information of information transmitted by the mobile phone itself;
A recording step of recording in a storage device to hold a plurality of destination identification information and a predetermined rule in association with each other
A rule for acquiring and distributing a rule used for calculating a game numerical value from the rules recorded and held in the recording step according to the destination identification information acquired in the server device destination identification information acquisition step An allocation step;
A game numerical value calculating step of calculating the game numerical value by converting the destination identification information acquired in the server device destination identification information acquiring step based on the predetermined rule distributed in the rule distributing step ;
A game numerical value reply step of returning the game numerical value calculated in the game numerical value calculating step to the mobile phone that has transmitted the destination identification information;
A game execution method to be executed by an arithmetic process of an arithmetic device of a server device having the above.

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