JP5208339B2 - System for virtual stock investment game and processing method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for virtual stock investment game in which stock investment is virtually made in a game form on a computer for learning stock investment and a processing method thereof, and more particularly, a player freely forms a group and freely processes the same. You can set virtual stock investment game rules (optional rules that can be set by the user) to be applied to the group, or you can compete only with players in the group, or you can subdivide the group into smaller groups TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a system for a virtual stock investment game that can compete for results and a processing method thereof.

  Conventionally, there have been a plurality of systems for virtual stock investment games in which, for the purpose of learning stock investment, etc., a virtual possession money is virtually given to a player on a computer, and funds are used by investing in stocks.

  Conventional systems for virtual stock investment games are games such as game period, money at the start of operation, stock ordering method, stock asset evaluation method, stock transfer taxation method, etc. The rules were decided uniformly by the system.

  For example, all players started operation with the same money at the start of the game period determined by the system, and the stock assets of each player were calculated at the end of the game period determined by the system to compete for results.

  As for the ordering method, a method of buying and selling and a method of selling order were uniformly determined for each system. For example, for a buy order, a method of purchasing stock for an amount specified by the player for a specified issue (method for specifying the amount), or a method for purchasing shares of a specified number of shares for the specified issue by the player (units) Stock designation method) is considered, but either method was determined for each system.

  The stock price of the stock when buying and selling was also determined for each system, such as those that can specify the market price / limit price, or those that trade only at the closing price for simplicity. In addition, the method for evaluating stock assets and the stock price to be used (current price or closing price) were determined by the system.

  In this way, players can compete by uniformly defining the rules of the game (money at start of operation, operation period, ordering method, asset evaluation method, and similar game progress / evaluation arrangements). A common foundation is formed, which makes it possible to compare the skill of player operation.

  In addition, the system determines the ordering method and stock asset valuation method individually, so that the target player layer varies depending on the system, and it is simplified or complicated depending on the player's stock investment knowledge, The feature of the virtual stock investment game can be put out.

Problems to be solved by the invention

  However, if the system determines the virtual stock investment game period and the amount of money at the start of operation as in the conventional system, it can participate in the game from the middle of the already started game, or it is shorter than the period set by the system This makes it difficult to experience stock investment or to start operation with the amount of money that the player wants, and this impairs the flexibility of the game participation format.

  Also, if the system pre-determines the buy order method, sell order method, stock asset valuation method, etc. as in the conventional system, it will realize a virtual stock investment game that is easy to use for the players targeted by the system However, it is too easy for players with deeper knowledge of stock investment than the planned player to lack reality and interest, and conversely, it is too complicated for players with less knowledge of stock investment than the planned player to understand. Produce.

  Today, there are situations where people with various knowledge levels about stock investment want to learn about stock investment. For example, stock investment may be incorporated into classes in school education. In such a case, it is desirable to be able to set the method and period of stock investment according to the learning program and the knowledge of the learner. It is also preferable that learners at the same level can compete with each other. Under such circumstances, there is a high demand for providing a virtual stock investment game in which a large number of players can participate freely according to their knowledge level, time, convenience, etc. by the same system.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that a virtual stock investment game in which the user can decide the game rules by himself or set the form of competition in view of the problem of the system for conventional virtual stock investment games. And a processing method therefor.

Means for solving the problem

A system for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 1 of the present application is:
A function that allows users to set rules for virtual stock investment games that should be applied to themselves or multiple users who are managers, and when a given user requests to buy or sell stocks or evaluate performance It is characterized by having an application server having a function of acquiring rules to be applied to the user and performing buying and selling of stocks or evaluation of results.

A system for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 2 of the present application is:
A function that allows users to specify whether or not to refer to information including the operational results of multiple users who are themselves or an administrator, and to display or make a relative evaluation for each user A function that allows other users to be set, and when a given user requests other users to display or make a relative evaluation, accepts the dereference of information among the users who are subject to that display or relative evaluation. And an application server having a function of performing display or relative evaluation for only existing users.

A system for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 3 of the present application is the system according to claim 2,
The function of setting whether to refer to the information of the application server is a function capable of setting whether to refer to the history information of stock trading as lower-level information of the operation results.

A system for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 4 of the present application is the system according to claim 2,
The function for setting whether or not the application server information can be referred to can be set so that the reference can be made only when referring to the operation results of the entire group to which the user belongs. .

A system for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 5 of the present application is the system according to claim 2,
The function for setting whether to refer to the information of the application server is a user who can refer to the user's individual operational results and a user who can refer only when attempting to refer to the operational results of the entire group to which the user belongs. And a user who cannot refer to the operation results of the user at all.

A processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 6 of the present application is:
A process of allowing a user to set and memorize rules for a virtual stock investment game that should be applied to himself or to multiple users who are managers;
A stock trading process or a performance evaluation process by obtaining a rule to be applied to the user by a processing device when a predetermined user requests a stock trading or a performance evaluation. It is what.

The processing method for the virtual stock investment game according to claim 7 of the present application is:
A process for storing the user by setting whether or not to refer to information including operation results of the user or a plurality of users who are the administrator,
Processing to set and store other users that can be displayed or relative for each user,
Display or relative evaluation only for users who accept reference of information among users who are subject to display or relative evaluation when a given user requests display or relative evaluation of another user; and , Characterized by having.

The processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 8 of the present application is the method according to claim 7,
The process of allowing the user to set whether or not to refer to information including the operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator is stored,
This is a process that can set whether or not to be referred to for stock trading history information as lower-level information of investment results.

The processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 9 of the present application is the method according to claim 7,
The process of allowing the user to set whether or not to refer to information including the operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator is stored,
This is a process that can be set so that it can be referred to only when referring to the operational results of the entire group to which the user belongs.

The processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 10 of the present application is the method according to claim 7,
The process of allowing the user to set whether or not to refer to information including the operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator is stored,
Set up users who can see the individual's operational results, users who can see only the results of the group to which the user belongs, and users who can't see the user's operational results at all It is a process that is possible.

A program for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 11 of the present application is:
To a computer or system with multiple computers connected,
A process for storing the user by setting whether or not to refer to information including operation results of the user or a plurality of users who are the administrator,
Processing to set and store other users that can be displayed or relative for each user,
Display or relative evaluation only for users who accept reference of information among users who are subject to display or relative evaluation when a given user requests display or relative evaluation of another user; and It is characterized in that the above are performed.

  According to the inventions of claims 1 and 6 of the present application, the user should set the rules of the game to be applied by himself / herself, and the system should be applied to the user when processing the stock trading and the performance evaluation of the user according to this rule Process using rules. Thereby, the user can participate in the virtual stock investment game according to his / her own rules. The “game rules” include a game period, which can be freely set by the user, so that the user can participate in the virtual stock investment game at any time according to his / her convenience.

  According to the second and seventh aspects of the present invention, the user can set other users who can see his / her information, and can set the range of other users that can be referred to by each user. Thereby, when participating in a virtual stock investment game, one's own information can be kept secret. In addition, you can form your own group and participate in the virtual stock investment game, and you can make it appear that only users in that group are playing the virtual stock investment game.

  According to the inventions of claims 3 and 8, the information disclosed by the user can be divided into upper and lower information, and specific stock trading history information at a lower level than the operating results can be shown to a specific user. it can. As a result, it becomes possible to learn from a specific stock trading history of others.

  According to the inventions of claims 4 and 9 of the present application, a request for referring to the operation results of another user is classified into a reference request for the individual operation results of the user and a reference request for the operation results of the user group. However, it can be referred only when referring to the operational results of the entire group. Thereby, a plurality of players can participate in the virtual stock investment game as a group while keeping their personal information secret.

  According to the inventions of claims 5 and 10 of the present application, a request to refer to the operation results of another user is classified into a reference request for the individual operation results of the user and a reference request for the operation results of the user group. In addition, it is possible to allow only a reference request for the operational performance of the group. As a result, when playing a virtual stock investment game in a group competition format, for other groups, only the performance results of the entire group can be referred to, while in the own group, players refer to the performance results of other players. Such as sharing useful and useful information.

  Next, an embodiment of a “system for virtual stock investment game and its processing method” according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a system configuration for a virtual stock investment game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A system 1 for virtual stock investment games (hereinafter referred to as a virtual stock investment game system 1) according to the present embodiment is broadly divided into a part that controls the progress of the game and a part that provides stock price information.

  The part that provides stock price information includes a stock price acquisition server 2 and a stock price database 3. This stock price providing portion makes it possible to use the stock price of the actual stock market in the game. Thereby, the player can manage funds based on the same stock price as the real world and experience a realistic virtual stock investment. The stock price acquisition server 2 is a server that acquires stock prices from an external stock price information provider at a fixed timing and updates the stock prices in the stock price database 3. This portion for stock price reference can be used in place of an external third party stock price information provider, and thus is not an essential part of the virtual stock investment game system 1, but as in this embodiment, the virtual stock investment game system Incorporating it as part of 1 has the advantage that the player can see an almost real-time stock price board on the computer screen.

  In the present embodiment, the parts that control the progress of the game are the load balancer 4, the web server 5 (first web server 5a, second web server 5b, third web server 5c), and game application server 6 (first game). And an application server 6a, a second game application server 6b), and a database group (rule database 7, user database 8, transaction history database 9, session information database 10). The load balancer 4 is a device that distributes requests from users to the web servers 5a, 5b, and 5c so that the processing loads of the web servers 5a, 5b, and 5c are equalized. In this specification, “user” refers to a system user and includes not only “player” but also “manager” (for example, a teacher for use in school education) who manages the game progress of the player.

  The web server 5 (first web server 5a, second web server 5b, third web server 5c) is a device that transmits a game screen to a user's computer. The game application server 6 (first game application server 6a, second game application server 6b) is the heart of the virtual stock investment game, and manages users, buys and sells stock, and evaluates stock assets. This is the part that references and provides various information. The processing of the game application server 6 will be described in detail later.

  The rule database 7 is a database that stores and manages rules such as a buy order method, a sell order method, a taxation method, and a stock asset evaluation method.

  The user database 8 is a database that stores and manages user attributes, rules to be applied to users, information on whether or not to be referred to, and the like. FIG. 2 conceptually shows the contents of the user database 8.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the user database 8 stores and manages personal information of each user, personal information such as player name, address / phone number / password, application rules, referenceable / non-referenced information, and the like.

  Applicable rules can be set and registered for the game period, initial possession, buy order method, sell order method, stock transfer taxation method, stock asset valuation method, etc. Yes. The setting method of buy order and sell order can be set by the above-mentioned method of specifying the amount or unit stock, whether it is a market order or limit order, whether to use the current value or the closing price as the stock price, etc. it can. The taxation method for the share price transfer profit can be set as either uniform source taxation or selectable between source taxation and tax return taxation. The stock asset evaluation method can be set such as an evaluation value based on the closing price, a combination of the evaluation value and an up rate in a predetermined period.

  The application rules can be set by the user and are not limited to the rules described above. A set of rules that can be set is stored in the rule database 7, and the setting is such that a specific rule is selected from the rule groups stored in the rule database 7. If not set, the default rule is applied and the game is played as a general player. When competing in a group based on a unique rule, a rule common to the group is selected and set for users belonging to the group.

  In the user database 8, “referenced” is set and registered. The referability is a function that gives information or keeps it secret according to the type of the user who made the inquiry when receiving a request to refer to information such as operation results from another user. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the information about the user is divided into “identification information”, “operation results”, and “trading history” from the top to the bottom, and whether or not to be referred is determined according to other inquired users. Settings are registered. “Identification information” is the player name of the user, and if this is set so that the reference is rejected for all users, it seems that others do not participate in the game. “Investment performance” is the result of fund management so far, and is the information that is most requested for reference. For example, the operation result is received when a ranking is calculated or a group result is calculated. If you allow referrals from users in the same league or team and reject referrals from users in other leagues or teams, users in the group can see each other's performance, but users outside the group Operational results can be kept secret. Also, as a form of referability, a reference request for “Personal results of users” or a request for reference of “Performance of groups to which the user belongs” is distinguished, and information reference is permitted or rejected accordingly. Can be set. Further, it is possible to distinguish between a reference request for an individual result and a reference request for a group result, and it is possible to permit / reject refereeing depending on the type of user who inquired. As a result, when inquiring about the performance of the entire group to which the user belongs, the information on the performance of the user is given, and the results for the entire group are calculated and answered by the game application server 6. It can be prevented from being obtained. “Trade history” is specific stock trading history information. If you set the "Trade History" to allow users in the group to see, the users in the group can learn the trading history of specific users with excellent results. It is possible to hide a common fund management method, that is, a stock trading history.

  Although not shown in FIG. 2, it is preferable to set a range of other users that can be referred to by each user, that is, displayed to the user or from which the user can obtain a relative evaluation. Thus, for example, if it is set so that only users in the same group can be referred to, it seems as if the game is being played only in that group.

  Here, returning to FIG. 1, the description of the components of the virtual stock investment game system 1 will be continued. The transaction history database 9 is a database that stores and manages the history of stock transactions performed by each user in the virtual stock investment game. When calculating and referring to the operation results of each user, the transaction history database 9 provides information. However, whether or not reference is possible is controlled by the game application server 6 from information in the user database 8.

  The session information database 10 is a database of information for managing a series of processes (sessions), for example, a series of accesses for performing stock trading. For stock trading, it is necessary to perform a series of processes such as reference of stocks / stock prices, designation of trading quantity, ordering, and execution of contracts. Session information in the session information database 10 is used to grasp the processing stage of the series of processes. Is used. Further, the same session is processed by the same game application server 6 based on the session information.

  The above is the description of the components of the virtual stock investment game system 1, but the virtual stock investment game system 1 is configured to be connectable to a large number of users' computers 12 via the Internet 11.

  Next, the operation of the virtual stock investment game system 1 with the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 3 shows that the virtual stock investment game system 1 forms a unique group (league) according to its own rules by mixing with general players, that is, a large number of players who play with the system default rules, and users in the group compete with each other. The game form is conceptually shown.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the virtual stock investment game realized by the present invention uses real stock market information and makes stock investment in a manner almost similar to that of the real stock market. In other words, based on the actual stock market, the user can virtually make stock investments.

  The majority of users participate in the game according to the rules (default rules) established by the system as in the conventional virtual stock investment game. That is, all players start operation with the same money in accordance with the game period determined by the system, and the same trading order method and stock asset evaluation method are applied. The majority of these users are labeled “General Player” in FIG. In this game mode, the game application server 6 allows a user to set and register rules to be applied to himself or a plurality of users who are managers. For example, users in a group can experience stock investment by a simple buying and selling order method in a shorter period of time than a general player. “The administrator sets and registers application rules for a plurality of users” expresses the case where the administrator performs batch registration to compete a plurality of players.

  In this game form, the game application server 6 accesses the user database 8 when a predetermined user requests to buy or sell stocks or evaluates the performance, obtains a rule to be applied to the user, and obtains stock information. Perform trading or performance evaluation. When performing relative performance evaluation, relative performance evaluation is performed for users in the same group.

  If the users belonging to the group are allowed to refer to the general player, the general player can refer to the operation results of the users in the group. If it is set so that only the operation results of the entire group can be referred to, it can be recognized only as the entire group. It is preferable that users in the group can refer to the operation results of other users. Users in the group can refer to the performance results of general players. Even users in the group can refer to the actual stock price.

  The operational results of users belonging to the group are excluded from the relative performance evaluation (ranking) of other general players. This is because it is unfair for a player playing under different rules to enter the ranking of the same top performer. In addition, it is preferable that the game application server 6 is configured to perform a relative score evaluation only for a user who applies the same rule when performing a relative score evaluation.

  According to this game form, the user can adopt a unique rule within the framework of stock investment. For example, it is possible to compete for stock investment results in a shorter period of time than a general player and with a simple transaction method. Thereby, it is possible to provide a virtual stock investment game in which the user can freely participate according to his / her knowledge level and convenience.

  Next, another game form realized by the system of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 conceptually shows a game form in which a virtual group investment game system 1 forms a unique group (league) based on its own rules completely separate from general players, and users in the group compete with each other. It is.

  In the game form of FIG. 4, the game application server 6 causes the user to set and register rules to be applied to himself or a plurality of users who are managers, in the same manner as the game form shown in FIG. Realized by.

  However, in order to realize this game form, a range that can be referred to by users belonging to the group is limited to users within the group, and settings are made so that users other than the group cannot refer to users within the group at all.

  In this game form, when there is a request for display or relative evaluation of another user from a predetermined user, only those who accept reference of information among users who are subject to display or relative evaluation Do display or relative evaluation. As a result, users in the group cannot see operational results of users outside the group, and users outside the group cannot see operational results of users in the group. An environment like an investment game can be realized.

  According to this game form, for example, when using a virtual stock investment game in school education, it is possible to concentrate on competition only by users inside the school as a means of learning without being confused by the investment of general players.

  At this time, a specific user, for example, a student with excellent management results, can be set so that not only the management results but also specific stock trading history information can be referred to by other users in the group. This will allow other students to learn actual stock investment techniques.

  Next, still another game form realized by the system of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5 conceptually shows a game form in which a small group (referred to as “team”) competes in a unique large group (referred to as “league”) according to its own rules. .

  This game form includes a user who can refer to a user's individual operational results by the game application server 6, a user who can refer only when trying to refer to the operational results of the entire group to which the user belongs, This can be realized by setting a user who cannot refer to the operation results of the user at all.

  In other words, users on the same team can refer to each other's operational results, but for reference requests from users on other teams, reject the "reference request for individual operational results" It is set to permit the “reference request for”.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, there is a user who is an “administrator”, and it is preferable to perform user registration management and game progress management. For the “manager”, information such as operation results of each user can be referred to.

  According to this game form, all users compete for stock investment according to the same rules, and can refer to the operational results with the users in their team, but for other teams, only the operational results of the entire team can be viewed. You can refer to it. This fully realizes the form of team opposition, allowing users within the team to collaborate to study stock investments and compete with other teams. On the other hand, the “manager” can grasp the information of all users and can appropriately advance the game.

Effect of the invention

  As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the game application server allows the user to set and register a unique rule, so that the rules (period, possession, investment method) of the virtual stock investment game determined in advance by the system Regardless of the evaluation method, etc., users can adopt their own rules and form their own groups to compete for virtual stock investment games.

  In addition, users can set and register whether their information can be referred to, and can set and register the range of other users that each user can refer to. To compete in the performance of stock investment in its own group completely separate from the general players, or to divide one group into multiple small groups and compete in the performance of stock investment among the small groups can do.

  The block diagram which showed the structure of the system for the virtual stock investment game by one embodiment of this invention, and the flow of its processing.   The figure which showed an example of the content of the user database of the virtual stock investment game system of this invention.   The figure which showed the one game form which the virtual stock investment game system of this invention implement | achieves.   The figure which showed the other game form which the virtual stock investment game system of this invention implement | achieves.   The figure which showed the further another game form which the virtual stock investment game system of this invention implement | achieves.

1 Virtual Stock Investment Game System 2 Stock Price Acquisition Server 3 Stock Price Database 4 Load Balancer 5 Web Server 6 Game Application Server 7 Rule Database 8 User Database 9 Transaction History Database 10 Session Information Database 11 Internet 12 User Computer

Claims (9)

A function that allows a user to specify whether or not to refer to information including operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator, by designating a user who is the target of the reference ,
For each user , the ability to set other users that can be viewed or relative,
Display or relative of the information only for the users who tolerated the referenced of the information of the other users when there is a display or a request for relative evaluation of information including the investment performance of other users from a given user A system for a virtual stock investment game comprising an application server having a function of performing an evaluation.
The function for setting whether or not to refer to information of the application server is a function capable of setting whether or not to refer to history information of stock trading as information at a lower level of operation results. A system for virtual stock investment games.
The function for setting whether or not to refer to the information of the application server can be set so that it can be referred only when referring to the operation results of the entire group to which the user belongs. A system for the described virtual stock investment game.
The function for setting whether to refer to the information of the application server is a user who can refer to the user's individual operational results and a user who can refer only when attempting to refer to the operational results of the entire group to which the user belongs. The system for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 1, wherein a user who cannot refer to the operation results of the user can be set.
A process of storing the specified reference of the user to be referred to by the user , whether to refer to information including operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator of the user,
For each user , the process of setting and storing other users that can be the target of display or relative evaluation,
Display or relative of the information only for the users who tolerated the referenced of the information of the other users when there is a display or a request for relative evaluation of information including the investment performance of other users from a given user A processing method for a virtual stock investment game, comprising: a process for performing an evaluation.
The process of allowing the user to set whether or not to refer to information including the operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator is stored,
6. The processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 5, characterized in that it is a process capable of setting whether to refer to stock trading history information as information at a lower level of operational results.
The process of allowing the user to set whether or not to refer to information including the operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator is stored,
6. The processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 5, wherein the processing can be set so that it can be referred to only when referring to the operational results of the entire group to which the user belongs.
The process of allowing the user to set whether or not to refer to information including the operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator is stored,
Set up users who can see the individual's operational results, users who can see only the results of the group to which the user belongs, and users who can't see the user's operational results at all 6. The processing method for a virtual stock investment game according to claim 5, wherein the processing is possible.
To a computer or system with multiple computers connected,
A process of storing the specified reference of the user to be referred to by the user, whether to refer to information including operation results of a plurality of users who are themselves or an administrator of the user,
For each user , the process of setting and storing other users that can be the target of display or relative evaluation,
Display or relative of the information only for the users who tolerated the referenced of the information of the other users when there is a display or a request for relative evaluation of information including the investment performance of other users from a given user A program for a virtual stock investment game characterized by having an evaluation process.

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