JP5276687B2 - Server device, information processing terminal, and content distribution system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device, an information processing terminal, and a content distribution system.

  A content distribution system is known in which a server that distributes content such as character images and an information processing terminal operated by a user are connected via a network, and the content is distributed to a user who has requested distribution (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

JP 2002-366852 A

  In this content distribution system, the content to be distributed to the user is selected from a plurality of contents prepared in advance by the content distributor regardless of the user, so the content distribution is requested. It was not interesting for users.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content distribution system corresponding to each user who requested content distribution, and a server device and an information processing terminal used in the system. It is to provide.

The main invention for achieving the above object is:
A server device configured such that an information processing terminal is connected via a network,
A server storage unit for storing a first user data group having information relating to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group having information relating to content owned by the second user;
In response to a distribution request from the information processing terminal operated by the first user,
A process of extracting a second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, and a process of extracting a content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group A server control unit that executes a process of setting a plurality of contents including the extracted content as distributable contents, and a lottery process of lottering a content to be distributed from the distributable contents;
A server communication unit that distributes the content to be distributed by the lottery to the information processing terminal of the first user via a network;
A server device characterized by comprising:
Other features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

  As described above, the server device according to the present invention can provide content in correspondence with each user who has requested distribution of content.

It is a network block diagram of the content delivery system 1 concerning this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a server device 10. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an information processing terminal 20. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a user table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a friend table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an item table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a distributable item table. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a lottery probability table. 4 is a flowchart showing processing steps between the server device 10 and the information processing terminal 20. 4 is a flowchart showing processing steps in the server device 10.

At least the following matters will become clear from the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.
That is, a server device configured such that an information processing terminal is connected via a network,
A server storage unit for storing a first user data group having information relating to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group having information relating to content owned by the second user;
In response to a distribution request from the information processing terminal operated by the first user,
A process of extracting a second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, and a process of extracting a content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group A server control unit that executes a process of setting a plurality of contents including the extracted content as distributable contents, and a lottery process of lottering a content to be distributed from the distributable contents;
A server communication unit that distributes the content to be distributed by the lottery to the information processing terminal of the first user via a network;
A server device characterized by comprising:
According to such a server device, content owned by a second user having a relationship with the first user can be selected, so that the content can be provided in correspondence with the user who has requested distribution of the content.

Further, in this server device, the first user data group has level information set in association with the first user,
When the server control unit performs the lottery process, when the level value of the first user is low, the server control unit sets the winning probability that the content owned by the second user is selected as a delivery target to a small value, When the level value of the first user is high, the winning probability may be set to a large value to adjust the winning probability of the content for the first user.
According to such a server device, it is possible to motivate the set level to be increased in order to acquire content owned by the second user.

An information processing terminal configured to be able to communicate with a server device via a network,
An operation input unit that receives an operation input from a first user who requests content distribution;
A terminal communication unit for transmitting a delivery request for the content to the server device via a network,
In response to the delivery request, access is made to a first user data group including information related to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group including information related to content owned by the second user. And extracting the second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, extracting the content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group, The server device that sets a plurality of contents including the extracted contents as distributable contents, lottery the contents to be distributed from the distributable contents, and distributes the contents to be distributed by the lottery Terminal communication that receives the content that is targeted for distribution via the network And,
A terminal storage unit for storing the content to be distributed received by the terminal communication unit;
An information processing terminal characterized by comprising:
According to such an information processing terminal, content owned by a second user having a relationship with the first user can be drawn, so that the content can be provided in correspondence with the user who has requested distribution of the content.

In addition, the content distribution system includes an information processing terminal operated by a user and a server device that distributes content, and provides the content to the user,
The server device is
A server storage unit for storing a first user data group having information relating to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group having information relating to content owned by the second user;
In response to a distribution request from the information processing terminal operated by the first user,
A process of extracting a second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, and a process of extracting a content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group A server control unit that executes a process of setting a plurality of contents including the extracted content as distributable contents, and a lottery process of lottering a content to be distributed from the distributable contents;
A server communication unit that distributes the content to be distributed by the lottery to the information processing terminal of the first user via a network;
With
The information processing terminal
It is configured to be able to communicate with the server device via a network,
An operation input unit that receives an operation input from a first user who requests content distribution;
A terminal communication unit that transmits the content distribution request to the server device via a network, and a terminal communication unit that transmits the content distribution request to the server device via the network, via the network A terminal communication unit for receiving the content to be distributed from the server device;
A terminal storage unit for storing the content to be distributed received by the terminal communication unit;
A content distribution system comprising:
According to such a content distribution system, since the content owned by the second user having a relationship with the first user can be selected, it is possible to provide the content corresponding to the user who requested the distribution of the content.

[Embodiment]
(System configuration)
A configuration example of the content distribution system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram of a content distribution system 1 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the content distribution system 1 of the present embodiment includes a server device 10 as an example of a distribution device that distributes content, and an information processing terminal 20 as an example of a reception device that receives content. ing. The server device 10 and the information processing terminal 20 are configured to be connected to each other via the network 2.

  The server device 10 delivers various information to the information processing terminal 20 in response to a request from the information processing terminal 20. The server device 10 in the present embodiment is a server device that provides SNS (social networking service). By providing the SNS site for the server device 10 to exchange information, a plurality of users can communicate with each other via a network. In this embodiment, the user can communicate with each other by setting other users registered in the friend list as friend users and exchanging various information with the friend users. And this server apparatus 10 can provide a content to a user through a game (for example, prize acquisition game), and can activate communication between a user and a friend user via this content. The prize acquisition game will be described in detail later.

  The information processing terminal 20 receives an operation input from a user, transmits a request to the server device 10, and receives various information distributed from the server device 10 in response to the request. The information processing terminal 20 according to the present embodiment has a WEB browser function, and can be browsed by the user by receiving the WEB page transmitted from the server device 10. That is, the user can communicate with other users by accessing the SNS site provided by the server device 10 using the information processing terminal 20. The information processing terminal 20 is also used as an input device for performing a game operation when the user receives provision of content through the game.

(Server device configuration)
A configuration example of the server apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4 to 8. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the server apparatus 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the user table. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the friend table. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the item table. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a distributable item list. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a lottery probability table.

  The server device 10 of this embodiment includes a server control unit 11 such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a server storage unit 12 such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and information processing via a network. The server communication unit 13 is connected to the terminal 20 so as to be capable of information communication, and the content database stores a plurality of content data in association with the content ID for identifying the content.

  The server control unit 11 has various functions related to the system such as various processes for providing the SNS site, various processes for requests from the information processing terminal 20, and a function for executing information processing.

  The server storage unit 12 stores a ROM that is a read-only storage area in which the system program in the server device 10 is stored, and various data (flags used in the system program and calculated values) generated by the server control unit 11. In addition, it has a RAM which is a rewritable storage area used as a work area for arithmetic processing of the server control unit 11. The server storage unit 12 is connected to the server control unit 11 via a bus, and processing for referring to, reading, and rewriting data stored in accordance with the processing of the server control unit 11 is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server storage unit 12 according to the present embodiment includes a system program, a user table as an example of a first user data group, a friend table as an example of a second user data group, and content data. An item table as an example of a group, a distributable item table as an example of a distributable content data group, and a lottery probability table as an example of a lottery probability data group.

  The user table stores information related to the user in association with the user ID for identifying the user. As shown in FIG. 4, the user table in the present embodiment stores user information such as the number of friends owned, the friend list, the number of friend applications, the friend application list, friend points, and levels.

  The friend table stores information related to friends (other users related to the user) owned by the user in association with the user ID. As shown in FIG. 5, the friend table in this embodiment stores friend user information such as a friend ID, the number of friend-owned items, and a friend-owned item ID.

  The item table stores information related to the item in association with an item ID for identifying an item as an example of content. As shown in FIG. 6, the item table in the present embodiment stores item information such as an appearance rate for determining the value as an item. The item means a virtual article such as an avatar appearing in the virtual space of the SNS site, a tool used for a character appearing in the virtual game space, or an attachment.

  The distributable item table is a list of items that are set to be distributable for the user, and an item selected from a plurality of items set here is distributed to the user. become. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, 20 items can be set in the distributable item table as distributable items, and the items of friend users owned by the user who requested distribution can also be distributed. Items can be listed in the distributable item table.

  The lottery probability table stores values of lottery probabilities corresponding to user levels. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the higher the game level of the user, the higher the item winning probability when the prize acquisition game is played.

  The server communication unit 13 has a function of connecting the server device 10 and the information processing terminal 20 via a network so that information communication is possible, and includes a reception unit and a transmission unit. The receiving unit has a function of receiving various data and signals transmitted from the information processing terminal 20. The transmission unit has a function of transmitting various data and signals according to the processing of the server control unit 11.

(Configuration of information processing terminal)
A configuration example of the information processing terminal 20 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information processing terminal 20.

The information processing terminal 20 of the present embodiment is a device used when a user accesses an SNS site or requests distribution of content, and includes a terminal control unit 21 such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM (Read Only
A terminal storage unit 22 such as a memory (Random Access Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc., a terminal communication unit 23 for connecting to the server device 10 through a network so that information communication is possible, and an operation input unit 24 for a user to input an operation. , An image generation unit 25 that generates an image, and a display unit 26 that displays the image. The information processing terminal 20 includes information processing apparatuses such as a mobile phone, a game machine, and a personal computer.

  The terminal control unit 21 has a function of executing various types of control and information processing related to the system such as various types of processing for accessing the SNS site and various types of processing for requesting the server device 10.

  The terminal storage unit 22 is a read-only storage area in which the system program in the information processing terminal 20 is stored, data generated by the terminal control unit 21 (flags used in the system program and calculated values), and reception In addition to storing stored information such as content, it has a RAM that is a rewritable storage area used as a work area for arithmetic processing of the terminal control unit 21. A process of referring to, reading, and rewriting data stored in accordance with the process of the terminal control unit 21 connected to the terminal control unit 21 via the bus is performed.

  The terminal communication unit 23 has a function of connecting the server device 10 and the information processing terminal 20 so that information communication is possible, and includes a reception unit and a transmission unit. The receiving unit has a function of receiving various data and signals transmitted from the server device 10. The transmission unit has a function of transmitting various data and signals according to the processing of the terminal control unit 21.

  The operation input unit 24 receives an operation input by a user, and includes a button, a touch panel, and the like. The operation input unit 24 is used as a controller for performing a game operation when the user plays a prize acquisition game.

  The image generation unit 25 generates an image based on various data distributed from the server device 10 under the control of the terminal control unit 21.

  The display unit 26 displays an image generated by the image generation unit 25, for example, a WEB page or a game image transmitted from the server device 10.

(System operation)
An operation example of the content distribution system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing steps between the server device 10 and the information processing terminal 20.

  When the user ID and password are transmitted from the information processing terminal 20 to the server device 10 as login information, the server device 10 performs user authentication. When the authentication process is successful, the server device 10 transmits the user (first user) My Page to the information processing terminal 20. This my page is created in the HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format, and the information processing terminal 20 can display the my page on the display unit 26 by the WEB browser function. After the system login is completed in this way, the following processing is performed according to various operations by the user.

  First, a user (first user) can make a friend application. Specifically, when the user selects a friend corner page from a menu included in My Page, the information processing terminal 20 transmits a user ID to the server device 10 and requests access to the friend corner page ( S101).

  Upon receiving this access request, the server device 10 creates a friend candidate list by listing other users (second users) who are friend candidates of the user (first user), together with the image of the friend corner page. The friend candidate list is transmitted to the information processing terminal 20 (S102).

  The information processing terminal 20 displays a friend corner page including the friend candidate list on the display unit 26. The user operates the operation input unit 24 to select another user from the friend candidate list and makes a friend application to the other user. At this time, the information processing terminal 20 transmits a user ID to the server device 10 and transmits a friend application request (S103).

  Upon receiving the friend application request, the server device 10 transmits a friend approval request to the information processing terminal 10 of another user selected by the user (S104).

  When the other user's information processing terminal 10 receives the friend approval request, the information processing terminal 10 displays that on the display unit 26. When the other user's information processing terminal 10 receives an operation input indicating approval from another user, the information processing terminal 10 transmits a signal indicating friend approval to the server device 10 (S105).

  When the server device 10 receives the signal that the friend approval has been made, the server device 10 notifies the information processing terminal 10 that has made the friend application request that the friend approval has been made (S106). As a result, the other user becomes a friend having a relationship with the user, and is set in the user table and the friend table as a friend user owned by the user.

  Next, a user accesses a friend user's my page after friend approval. That is, in response to the operation input by the user, the information processing terminal 20 transmits a user ID to the server device 10 and requests distribution of a friend user's My Page (S107).

  In response to the distribution request from the information processing terminal 20, the server apparatus 10 distributes the friend user's My Page (S108). In this way, when the user accesses the friend user's My Page, friend points are added to the user.

  The information processing terminal 20 causes the display unit 26 to display the received friend user's my page. The friend user's My Page includes various menus, and the user can select various games from the menus. In the present embodiment, the following description will be given assuming that the prize acquisition game is selected by the user.

  The prize acquisition game according to the present embodiment is a so-called “gacha-gacha”, and distributes a content selected by random lottery from a plurality of contents as a prize. The conventional “gacha gacha” is selected from a plurality of contents prepared in advance regardless of the user who plays the game, and thus is not interesting for the user. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the content which a friend user owns is included in the some content which can become prizes, and the opportunity which a user can acquire the content which a friend user owns is given. For this reason, since the type of content that can be a prize varies depending on the content owned by the friend user, the content that can be acquired differs depending on each user. If the content owned by the friend user can be acquired, communication between the user and the friend user is activated through the content. In addition, since the types of content that can be used as prizes increase as the number of Fren users increases, it also motivates users to actively apply for friends with other users.

  In this way, when the user operates the operation input unit 24 to select a prize acquisition game, the information processing terminal 20 transmits a user ID and a game start request to the server device 10 (S109). .

  Upon receiving the game start request, the server device 10 creates a distributable item list table by selecting a plurality of items including items owned by the friend user of the user, and arranging a plurality of items that can be prizes. A game image including the given prize array image is generated, and the information is transmitted to the information processing terminal 10 (S110).

  The information processing terminal 20 displays the received game image on the display unit 26. The user can check whether the desired item is included, what kind of item the friend user owns, and the like by looking at the prize array image based on the distributable item list.

  When the user performs an operation input for starting a prize lottery, the information processing terminal 20 transmits a user ID to the server device 10 and transmits a lottery start request (S111).

  When the server device 10 receives the lottery start request, the server device 10 refers to the user table to determine whether or not the user's friend points are sufficient for starting the lottery. This friend point is a point given when a user accesses a friend user's My Page. The user can receive a privilege in various services such as a prize acquisition game by accumulating the friend points.

  Then, when the friend points are sufficient, the server device 10 performs a lottery process for determining a winning item from among a plurality of items included in the distributable item list.

  The server device 10 generates a game image including the winning image of the determined winning item as a result of the lottery and distributes it to the information processing terminal 20 (S112). At this time, the server device 10 registers the selected item in the user table as an item owned by the user.

(Server device operation)
Here, an operation example of the server apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing steps in the server apparatus 10.

  First, when the server device 10 receives an access request to the friend corner page from the information processing terminal 20 together with the user ID (S201), the server device 10 creates a friend candidate list (S202).

  This friend candidate list is created by listing other users who are friend candidates of the user. Specifically, the server control unit 11 acquires the game level of the user by referring to the user table (shown in FIG. 4) in the storage unit 12 using the user ID received by the server communication unit 13 as a key. Extract other users at the same level as this user. And the server control part 11 produces the friend candidate list which makes the other user extracted in this way a friend candidate.

  In the present embodiment, a friend candidate list corresponding to the user's game level is created, but the present invention is not limited to this. Further, the game level may be a game level set by the user in the prize acquisition game, or may be a game level set in another type of game. Moreover, it is not limited to a game, For example, the level (rank) set with respect to the user in the various services provided in a SNS site may be sufficient.

  Next, the server device 10 transmits the friend candidate list together with the friend corner page to the information processing terminal 20 of the user (S203).

  Next, when the server apparatus 10 receives a friend application request for another user included in the friend candidate list from the information processing terminal 20 together with the user ID (S204), the other user is already a friend user owned by the user. It is checked whether or not there is (S205). Specifically, the server control unit 11 accesses the user table shown in FIG. 4 using the user ID as a key, acquires the friend list of the user, and has a friend ID corresponding to the other user in the friend list. Check if it is included. That is, this friend list is a list of other users who have already been accepted as friend users, and is user information registered in the user table.

  Next, when the server device 10 is already a friend (NO in S205), the server device 10 notifies the information processing terminal 20 to that effect (S206).

  On the other hand, if the user is still a friend (S205 YES), the friend application is accepted (S207). In this case, the server control unit 21 adds 1 to the number of friend applications in the user table shown in FIG. 4 and updates it, and updates and registers the application ID corresponding to the current friend application in the friend application list.

  Next, the server device 10 transmits a friend approval request to the information processing terminal 20 of the other user who has applied for the friend (S208). In the user table or friend table, terminal identification information (such as a MAC address) for identifying the information processing terminal 10 is registered for each user (not shown in FIGS. 5 and 6). For this reason, the server control unit 11 can specify the information processing terminal 10 of another user by referring to the user table or the like.

  Next, when the server device 10 receives a friend approval request from the information processing terminal 20 of the other user who has applied for a friend (S209), the server device 10 notifies the information processing terminal 20 of the user who has applied for friend that the friend has been approved. (S210). At this time, the server control unit 11 registers the friend ID corresponding to the other user for whom the friend application has been made in the friend table (see FIG. 5) in association with the user ID of the user who has applied for the friend. Moreover, the server control part 11 registers into the friend list as a friend user of the said user who made the friend application the other user who applied for friend after friend approval, and stores it in a user table.

  Next, when the server device 10 receives a friend user's My Page distribution request together with the user ID from the information processing terminal 20 (S211), the server device 10 checks whether the friend user is a user friend (S212). Specifically, the server control unit 11 refers to the user table shown in FIG. 4 using the user ID as a key, acquires the friend list of the user, and includes the friend ID corresponding to the friend user in the friend list. Determine if it is.

  Next, when the server device 10 is not a friend user (NO in S212), the server device 10 notifies the information processing terminal 20 to that effect (S213).

  On the other hand, if the user is a friend user (S212 YES), the friend user's My Page is transmitted to the information processing terminal 20 of the user (S214). In this case, the server control unit 11 adds and updates the friend points in the user table (S215). That is, the user can accumulate more friend points as he / she accesses the friend user's My Page. Thereby, the user can communicate with the friend user (other users) and can receive a privilege according to the friend point in various services such as a prize acquisition game.

  Next, when the server apparatus 10 receives a request for starting a prize acquisition game, that is, a request for starting a prize acquisition game from the information processing terminal 20 together with the user ID (S216), the server apparatus 10 distributes the game image. Various processes are performed. Specifically, the server control unit 11 refers to the user table shown in FIG. 4 using the user ID as a key, and acquires the friend list. Then, the server control unit 11 refers to the friend table shown in FIG. 5 using the friend ID in the acquired friend list as a key, and acquires the item ID owned by the friend user (S217).

  Next, the server control unit 11 selects a plurality of item IDs including the item ID owned by the friend user and creates a distributable item list table shown in FIG. 7 (S218). The plurality of items included in this distributable item list can become winning items as a result of the subsequent lottery process.

  In the present embodiment, the server control unit 11 may select only items owned by the friend user to create a distributable item list, or partially include items owned by the friend user. The selectable item list may be created by selecting as described above.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the winning item is determined from 20 distributable items as an example. That is, a case is described as an example where the prize is determined from among 20 prizes contained in the prize case of “Gacha Gacha”. Therefore, it is not limited to this number.

  Next, based on the distributable item list, the server device 10 generates a game image including an item array image in which a plurality of contents that can become a winning item as a result of the lottery process are arrayed, and transmits the game image to the information processing terminal 20 ( S219).

  Next, when receiving a lottery start request from the information processing terminal 20 operated by the user (S220), the server device 10 performs a lottery process.

  Specifically, first, the server control unit 11 refers to the user table shown in FIG. 4 using the user ID as a key, and determines whether or not the user's friend points are sufficient for starting the lottery. (S221).

  Then, when the friend point is not enough (S221 NO), the server control unit 11 notifies the information processing terminal 20 to that effect (S222).

  On the other hand, the server control part 11 starts a lottery process, when there are enough friend points (S221 YES).

  Next, the server control unit 11 refers to the item table shown in FIG. 6 using the item ID as a key, and acquires the appearance rate value corresponding to the item (S223). Then, the server control unit 11 refers to the user table shown in FIG. 4 using the user ID as a key, and acquires the user's game level.

  Further, the server control unit 11 refers to the lottery probability table shown in FIG. 8 and obtains the value of the lottery probability corresponding to the user's game level (S224).

  Next, the server control unit 11 executes a lottery process based on the item appearance rate and the user's lottery probability acquired in this way (S225).

  Specifically, first, the server control unit 11 determines whether or not the user can receive an item (whether or not the user wins) based on the acquired lottery probability.

  Next, when it is determined that the user wins, the server control unit 11 determines a winning item (an item to be a prize, that is, an item to be distributed) based on the appearance probability of each item (S226).

  In the present embodiment, since an item having a small appearance probability is a so-called rare item, the appearance rate is set low so that the rare item is not easily selected as a winning item. However, even if the appearance rate of rare items is set low, there is a risk of proliferating as a winning item in the long run. In such a case, the upper limit number is set for the rare item, and even when the server control unit 11 determines the rare item as the winning item based on the appearance rate, the upper limit that the rare item has been won is set in advance. If it is determined that the number is exceeded, another item may be determined as the winning item.

  On the other hand, if the user decides not to win, the server control unit 11 gives a prize other than the item (for example, a virtual coin that can be used on the SNS site). In such a case, nothing may be given as a loss.

  In this way, when the user's level value is low, there is a high possibility that the winning item cannot be acquired, and naturally there is a high possibility that the item owned by the friend user cannot be acquired. For this reason, setting the level in this way motivates the user to increase his / her level value in order to acquire the friend user's item. In order to increase the level value, the user may increase the parameter value (experience value, etc.) set for the character in the game by playing the game frequently, or provided on the SNS site. It may be realized by increasing the number of uses by frequently using the service to be performed.

  Next, the server device 10 generates a game image including a winning image of the determined winning item and distributes it to the information processing terminal 20 of the winning user (S227). Thereby, the user can know what kind of item is won.

  When the server device 10 receives a request to use the winning item by the user, the server device 10 obtains item data corresponding to the item ID by accessing the content database and distributes the item data to the information processing terminal 20. . As a result, the user can cause the game character or the like operated on the information processing terminal 20 to use this item.

  As described above, the server apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is a server apparatus configured such that the information processing terminal 20 is connected via a network, and includes a user table having information on friend users possessed by the user, By referring to the user table in response to a distribution request from the information processing terminal 20 operated by the user, and the server storage unit 12 having a friend table having information on content owned by the friend user A process for extracting a friend user owned by the user, a process for extracting an item owned by the friend user by referring to the friend table, and an item capable of delivering a plurality of items including the extracted item Set to distributable item list A server control unit 11 that executes a process and a lottery process for drawing a winning item to be distributed among a plurality of distributable items, and a winning item that is to be distributed by the lottery via a network And a server communication unit 13 that delivers to the information processing terminal 20 of the user.

  Thereby, since the item which a friend user owns can be selected as a winning item, the content corresponding to every user can be provided. As a result, since the user plays the game eagerly, the continuity of the game can be improved.

  If an item owned by a friend user is selected as a winning item, communication between the user and the friend user can be activated via this item.

  Moreover, since a user can acquire various items, so that there are many friend users, it can also be anticipated that a friend application will be actively performed with respect to another user.

  In addition, since the user needs to earn friend points in order to play a free gift acquisition game to acquire the friend user's items, the user actively and continuously accesses the friend user's My Page. As a result, communication between the user and the friend user can be activated and the game can be continuously played.

[Other Embodiments]
In addition, said embodiment is for making an understanding of this invention easy, and is not for limiting and interpreting this invention.

  The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and it is needless to say that the present invention includes equivalents thereof. In particular, the embodiments described below are also included in the present invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, the “gacha-gacha” has been described as an example of the prize acquisition game, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the server device 10 displays a plurality of virtual premium characters, a virtual crane, and a virtual discharge port on the display unit 26 of the information processing terminal 20 according to a user's selection operation, The display unit 26 displays a state in which the crane catches the virtual prize character and moves to the virtual discharge port according to the input operation of To do. Then, the server device 10 may execute a lottery process when determining whether or not the user has been able to catch the virtual prize character with the crane. For the lottery process, the processing content described in the above embodiment can be applied.

  In the above-described embodiment, an item used for an avatar, a character appearing in a game, or the like has been described as an example of distributed content. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the content includes image data such as a standby image of a mobile phone and a character image, a game program such as a puzzle game, music data, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content distribution system 2 Network 10 Server apparatus 11 Server control part 12 Server memory | storage part 13 Server communication part 20 Information processing terminal 21 Terminal control part 22 Terminal memory | storage part 23 Terminal communication part 24 Operation input part 25 Image generation part 26 Display part

Claims (4)

A server device configured such that an information processing terminal is connected via a network,
A server storage unit for storing a first user data group having information relating to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group having information relating to content owned by the second user;
In response to a distribution request from the information processing terminal operated by the first user,
A process of extracting a second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, and a process of extracting a content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group A server control unit that executes a process of setting a plurality of contents including the extracted content as distributable contents, and a lottery process of lottering a content to be distributed from the distributable contents;
A server communication unit that distributes the content to be distributed by the lottery to the information processing terminal of the first user via a network;
A server device comprising: The server device according to claim 1,
The first user data group has level information set in association with the first user,
When the server control unit performs the lottery process, when the level value of the first user is low, the server control unit sets the winning probability that the content owned by the second user is selected as a delivery target to a small value, The server apparatus, wherein when the level value of the first user is high, the winning probability is set to a large value to adjust the winning probability of the content for the first user. An information processing terminal configured to be able to communicate with a server device via a network,
An operation input unit that receives an operation input from a first user who requests content distribution;
A terminal communication unit for transmitting a delivery request for the content to the server device via a network,
In response to the delivery request, access is made to a first user data group including information related to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group including information related to content owned by the second user. And extracting the second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, extracting the content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group, The server device that sets a plurality of contents including the extracted contents as distributable contents, lottery the contents to be distributed from the distributable contents, and distributes the contents to be distributed by the lottery Terminal communication that receives the content that is targeted for distribution via the network And,
A terminal storage unit for storing the content to be distributed received by the terminal communication unit;
An information processing terminal comprising: A content distribution system having an information processing terminal operated by a user and a server device for distributing content, and providing the content to the user,
The server device is
A server storage unit for storing a first user data group having information relating to a second user having a relationship with the first user, and a second user data group having information relating to content owned by the second user;
In response to a distribution request from the information processing terminal operated by the first user,
A process of extracting a second user owned by the first user by referring to the first user data group, and a process of extracting a content owned by the second user by referring to the second user data group A server control unit that executes a process of setting a plurality of contents including the extracted content as distributable contents, and a lottery process of lottering a content to be distributed from the distributable contents;
A server communication unit that distributes the content to be distributed by the lottery to the information processing terminal of the first user via a network;
With
The information processing terminal
It is configured to be able to communicate with the server device via a network,
An operation input unit that receives an operation input from a first user who requests content distribution;
A terminal communication unit that transmits a distribution request for the content to the server device via a network, and a terminal communication unit that receives the content to be distributed from the server device via the network;
A terminal storage unit for storing the content to be distributed received by the terminal communication unit;
A content distribution system comprising: