JP6098845B2 - Value information management device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a value information management device and a value information management system.

  Conventionally, the application software installed on the terminal device connected to the communication network is started and the banner advertisement is displayed on the executed game, and the application software of the other game is installed via the banner advertisement. A service for providing rewards (value information) that can be used in a transition source game or a transition destination game to a terminal device is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2013-196044 A

  In the above prior art, the conditions for giving a reward are fixed, so when changing the conditions for giving a reward for each campaign (for example, a collaboration campaign between games, etc.) It is necessary to create and implement linkage specifications between them. Therefore, in such a case, the cost and time required for the change work and the like increase, and the information transmission between the game servers becomes complicated, which may make it difficult to flexibly cope with diversified services.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a value information management apparatus and a value information management system that can flexibly cope with diversified services.

  The value information management device according to one aspect of the present invention includes one or more achievement conditions for providing value information that can be used in a game corresponding to application software activated on a terminal device or another game different from the game Storage means for storing information, and receiving means for indicating that a specific condition has been achieved in the game and receiving an achievement message including user identification information from the terminal device or a game management device to which the terminal device is connected, A determination unit that determines whether value information that can be used in the game or the other game is given based on the stored achievement condition and the received achievement message; and When it is determined that value information usable in the game or the other game is given, the game or the other game Comprising determining means for determining to grant the user corresponding to the user identification information contained in the achievement message received value information available over arm, the.

  A value information management system according to an aspect of the present invention includes the value information management device and the game management device connectable between the terminal device and the value information management device via a communication network. The information management system, wherein the value information management device further comprises notification means for notifying the game management device of the specific condition included in the achievement condition stored by the storage means, the game management device The first receiving means for receiving the specific condition from the value information management apparatus, the second receiving means for receiving the progress information of the game being executed in the terminal device, and the second receiving means When it is detected that the specific condition received by the first receiving means is achieved based on the progress information received by the It comprises transmission means for transmitting a message to said value information management apparatus.

  The reception means receives a plurality of achievement messages, and the determination means determines whether the game or the other game is based on the stored achievement conditions and the plurality of received achievement messages. It is good also as determining whether usable value information is given.

  In addition, the application software corresponding to the game that can use the value information or the other game is installed in the terminal device corresponding to the user who is determined to give the value information by the determining unit. If not, transmission means for transmitting a notification prompting installation of the application software may be further provided.

  Moreover, it is good also as providing the change means which changes the content of the said campaign according to the number of the said value information determined to give by the said determination means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to flexibly cope with diversified services.

It is a figure which illustrates the structure of the reward management system in embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the functional structure of the reward management server and game server which are shown in FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of user information DB shown in FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the data structure of campaign information DB shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement at the time of giving a reward.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a value information management device and a value information management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiment described below is merely an example, and there is no intention to exclude various modifications and technical applications that are not explicitly described below. That is, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  First, with reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the reward management system which is an example of a value information management system is demonstrated. The reward management system 1 shown in FIG. 1 manages conditions for a reward management server 30 as an example of a value information management apparatus to give a reward (value information) that can be used in a game for each campaign. This is a system for giving a reward to a user corresponding to the terminal device 10 that has been achieved.

  The reward management system 1 exemplarily includes a terminal device 10, game servers 20 </ b> A, 20 </ b> B, and 20 </ b> C, which are examples of game management devices, and a reward management server 30. In the following, when it is not necessary to specify and describe the game servers 20A, 20B, and 20C, they are simply referred to as the game server 20.

  The terminal device 10, the game server 20, and the reward management server 30 are configured to be able to communicate with each other via a communication network. This communication network may be a wireless network or a wired network. Examples of communication networks include wireless LAN, infrared communication, 3G, WiMax (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), c. Examples of the network include Link (registered trademark), HDMI (registered trademark), wired LAN, telephone line, mobile phone network, PHS network, power line network, IEEE 1394, and the like.

  The terminal device 10 is a computer such as a PC (Personal Computer), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet PC, or a home or business game device.

  The game server 20 is a server computer that manages game application software (hereinafter also referred to as “game application”). The game server 20 provides a game application to the terminal device 10 in response to a download request from the terminal device 10 via the communication network. The game application provided to the terminal device 10 may be free or charged.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game server 20 functionally includes, for example, a communication processing unit 21 that controls communication and an information processing unit 22 that controls calculation of information and the like. The storage unit 23 exemplarily stores a game application database (DB) 231. The game application DB 231 is a database that manages game applications provided to the terminal device 10, and stores game progress information and the like of game applications executed on the terminal device 10. The game progress information includes, for example, the number of game application activations, activation time, cumulative activation time, player character information (character type, parameters, etc.), acquired item information (item type, parameters, etc.), and game progress status The flag information indicating is included.

  The communication processing unit 21 controls communication performed between the reward management server 30 and the terminal device 10. For example, when the game application is executed in the terminal device 10 in which the game application managed by the game application DB 231 is installed, the communication processing unit 21 displays the game progress information including the progress of the game. It receives from the terminal device 10 via a communication network.

  A reward management server 30 shown in FIG. 1 is a server computer that manages rewards given to game applications provided to the terminal device 10 by the game server 20. Examples of rewards include parameters used in the game, game points such as in-game currency, characters, items, additional programs, additional data, and the like.

  The reward management server 30 physically includes a control device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a storage device, an input device, an output device, and a communication interface. The physical configuration of the game server 20 can be realized in the same way as the physical configuration of the reward management server 30.

  The storage device is not limited to being an internal storage device, and may include an external storage device. Examples of the storage device include a flash memory, an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), a hard disk drive (HDD), an optical disk device, a magnetic tape device, and the like. Examples of the input device include a pointing device such as a mouse and a trackball, a keyboard, and the like. As an input device, you may include the touchpad and touchscreen with which the display mentioned later is equipped. Examples of the output device include a display and a speaker. Examples of the display include a liquid crystal display, a PDP (plasma display panel), an HMD (head mounted display), and the like.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the reward management server 30 functionally includes, for example, a communication processing unit 31, a determination processing unit 32, and a determination processing unit 33. The storage unit 34 corresponds to the storage device described above, and the storage unit 34 exemplarily stores a user information database (DB) 341 and a campaign information database (DB) 342.

  The data configuration of the user information DB 341 will be described with reference to FIG. The user information DB 341 is a database that manages user information related to the user of the terminal device 10. The user information DB 341 includes, for example, a terminal ID item, an in-system ID item, and an in-app ID item as data items.

  The terminal ID item stores identification information that uniquely identifies the terminal device 10. The in-system ID item stores identification information that uniquely identifies the user in the reward management system 1. The in-app ID item stores identification information that uniquely identifies the user in the game corresponding to each game app. This in-app ID item is set for each game application installed in each terminal device 10.

  Since the user may execute the same game application from different terminal devices 10, the same system ID or in-app ID may be stored in association with a plurality of different terminal IDs.

  With reference to FIG. 4, the data structure of campaign information DB342 is demonstrated. The campaign information DB 342 is a database that manages reward granting conditions and the like set for each campaign as campaign information. The campaign information DB 342 includes, for example, a campaign ID item, an application ID item, an action ID item, an achievement condition item, an achievement result item, a campaign period item, a reward information item, and a reward total number item as data items.

  The campaign ID item stores identification information that uniquely identifies the campaign. The application ID item stores identification information that uniquely identifies the game application. The action ID item stores identification information for specifying an achievement condition for each game application. The achievement condition item is an achievement condition in each game application. For example, in addition to the conditions illustrated in FIG. 4, the number of application activations, application activation time, and tutorial mode of the application are cleared. The conditions determined based on the contents stored in the game application DB 231 are stored. The achievement result item stores the privilege content when all achievement conditions set for each campaign are satisfied. The campaign period item stores the effective period of each campaign. The reward information item stores the contents of the reward given as a privilege in each campaign. The total number of reward items stores the upper limit number of rewards given in each campaign. In addition, in order to determine whether or not the reward to be granted has reached the upper limit, the number of rewards that have been given so far is recorded so that it can be updated each time the grant is given.

  The communication processing unit 31 of the reward management server 30 illustrated in FIG. 2 controls communication performed with each game server 20. Examples of communication performed with each game server 20 include the following communication.

  (1) When campaign information is registered in the campaign information DB 342 in accordance with an operation instruction from an administrator or the like, the action ID and achievement condition stored in association with the application ID of the registered campaign information are set as the application ID. Is notified to the game server 20 that manages the game application corresponding to.

  (2) In the game executed by starting each game application installed in the terminal device 10, an achievement message indicating that the achievement condition set for the game is satisfied is sent from the game server 20. Receive. This achievement message includes, for example, an in-system ID or an in-app ID corresponding to the terminal device 10 executing the game, and an action ID achieved by the terminal device 10.

  Based on the achievement condition stored in the campaign information DB 342 and one or more achievement messages received from the game server 20, the determination processing unit 32 determines all achievement conditions for the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 to receive the reward. It is determined whether it is satisfied.

  When the determination processing unit 32 determines that the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 satisfies all the above achievement conditions, the determination processing unit 33 determines to give a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the operation | movement at the time of giving a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 is demonstrated.

[First operation example]
First, an operation when a reward is given by a campaign whose campaign ID is “C0001” shown in FIG. 4 will be described. In the campaign of the first operation example, when the terminal device 10 “clears the special quest” in the game “application A”, “limited item” of “application B” different from “application A” corresponds to the terminal device 10. It is given to the user.

  In this first operation example, as a precondition, the game server 20A illustratively manages the game application “application A”, and the game server 20A includes an action ID included in the target campaign information. As achievement conditions, “A0001” and “Clear Special Quest” are notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  The game server 20B manages the game application “application B”. The game server 20B includes “C0001” and “limited items” as campaign ID and reward information included in the target campaign information. Is notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  Further, the terminal device 10 has a terminal ID “T0001” and an in-system ID “N0001”. The terminal device 10 includes at least a game application “application A” and a game “application B”. Assume that the app is installed.

  First, when an activation instruction for “application A” is input from the terminal device 10 (step S101), the terminal device 10 starts access to the game server 20A (step S102).

  Subsequently, the game A corresponding to the “app A” is started on the terminal device 10 (step S103), and when an operation instruction is input, the terminal device 10 displays the contents of the operation instruction and the game corresponding to the operation instruction. The game progress information including the progress status etc. is transmitted to the game server 20A (step S104).

  Subsequently, the information processing unit 22 of the game server 20A determines whether or not the achievement condition stored in the storage device is satisfied based on the game progress information received from the terminal device 10 (step S105). If this determination is NO (step S105; NO), this determination process is repeated until YES.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S105 that the achievement condition is satisfied (step S105; YES), the communication processing unit 21 of the game server 20A transmits an achievement message to the reward management server 30 (step S106).

  More specifically, the information processing unit 22 of the game server 20A sets the achievement condition when the game progress information received from the terminal device 10 includes an event message indicating that “special quest has been cleared”. It determines with satisfy | filling, and the communication process part 21 transmits an achievement message. The achievement message includes data indicating that the action ID achieved by the terminal device 10 is “A0001” and the in-system ID of the terminal device 10 is “N0001”. And “commit: A0001, N0001”.

  Subsequently, the determination processing unit 32 of the reward management server 30 allows the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 to receive the reward based on the achievement condition stored in the campaign information DB 342 and the achievement message received in step S106. It is determined whether or not all achievement conditions are satisfied (step S107). If this determination is NO (step S107; NO), this determination process is repeated until YES.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination in step S107 that all the achievement conditions are satisfied (step S107; YES), the determination processing unit 33 of the reward management server 30 gives a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10. It is decided to do (step S108).

  More specifically, when the determination processing unit 32 of the reward management server 30 receives an achievement message including the action ID “A0001” and the in-system ID “N0001”, the achievement condition “stored in the campaign information DB 342“ It is determined that “Clear Special Quest” is all satisfied, and the determination processing unit 33 determines to give a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10. The determination processing unit 33 determines that all the achievement conditions are satisfied, for example, when the current time is outside the campaign period or when the rewards given up to the current time have reached the upper limit of the rewards. Even if it is a case, the reward provision to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 is not determined (rejected).

  Subsequently, the communication processing unit 31 of the reward management server 30 notifies the game server 20B of a message that the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 satisfies the condition for rewarding (step S109).

  More specifically, the message indicating that the reward granting condition is satisfied includes data indicating that the campaign ID is “C0001” and the in-system ID of the target terminal device 10 is “N0001”. In this case, for example, it can be expressed as “callback: C0001, N0001”. Thereby, game server 20B which received this message can specify a user corresponding to terminal unit 10 which grants a campaign and a reward. Note that the in-app ID in the app B may be used instead of the in-system ID included in the message that the reward granting condition is satisfied.

  Subsequently, the terminal device 10 ends the game A (step S110), and then, when the terminal device 10 inputs an activation instruction of “application B” (step S111), the terminal device 10 accesses the game server 20B. Is started (step S112).

  Subsequently, the communication processing unit 21 of the game server 20B gives “a limited item of the application B” to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 as a reward (step S113).

[Second operation example]
Next, an operation when a reward is given by a campaign whose campaign ID is “C0002” shown in FIG. 4 will be described. In the campaign of the second operation example, when the terminal device 10 “clears the limited dungeon” in the game “app A” and “defeats the raid boss” in the game “app B”, the “app A” and “app A “special item” of “application C” different from “B” is given to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10.

  In the second operation example, as an example of the precondition, the game server 20A manages the game application “application A”, and the game server 20A includes an action ID included in the target campaign information. As achievement conditions, “A0002” and “Clear limited dungeon” are notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  Further, the game server 20B manages the game application “application B”, and the game server 20B destroys “A0003” and “raid boss” as action IDs and achievement conditions included in the target campaign information. "Is notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device. The game server 20C manages the game application “application C”. The game server 20C includes “C0002” and “special item” as campaign ID and reward information included in the target campaign information. Is notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  Further, the terminal device 10 has a terminal ID “T0001” and an in-system ID “N0001”. The terminal device 10 includes at least a game application “application A” and a game “application B”. It is assumed that an application and a game application “APPLICATION C” are installed.

  In this second operation example, a series of processing from step S101 to step S106 shown in FIG. 5 is performed when “application A” is activated on the terminal device 10 and when “application B” is activated on the terminal device 10. In the same manner, each is executed.

  In step S107 shown in FIG. 5, the determination processing unit 32 of the reward management server 30 includes an achievement message including the action ID “A0002” and the in-system ID “N0001”, the action ID “A0003”, and the in-system ID “N0001”. When it is confirmed that both of the achievement messages have been received, it is determined that all of the achievement conditions “clear dungeon” and “defeat raid boss” stored in the campaign information DB 342 are satisfied (step S107; YES). ), The decision processing unit 33 decides to give a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 (step S108).

  Since a plurality of achievement messages are not always received at the same time, achievement flags (not shown) corresponding to the plurality of achievement messages are recorded in the storage unit 34, and the decision processing unit 33 determines each achievement message. Each time a message is received, referring to both the achievement condition and the achievement flag, it may be determined to give a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10.

  Subsequently, the communication processing unit 31 of the reward management server 30 notifies the game server 20C of a message that the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 satisfies the reward provision condition. After that, when an instruction to activate “application C” is input in the terminal device 10 and access to the game server 20C is established, the communication processing unit 21 of the game server 20C uses the “special item of application C” as a reward to the terminal device 10. Will be given to users corresponding to.

[Third operation example]
Next, an operation when a reward is given by a campaign whose campaign ID is “C0003” shown in FIG. 4 will be described. In the campaign of the third operation example, when the terminal device 10 “clears the limited dungeon” in the game “app A” or “defeats the raid boss” in the game “app B”, the “app A” and “app A “special item” of “application C” different from “B” is given to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10.

  In the third operation example, as an example of the precondition, the game server 20A manages the game application “application A”, and the game server 20A includes an action ID included in the target campaign information. As achievement conditions, “A0004” and “Clear limited dungeon” are notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  Further, the game server 20B manages the game application “application B”, and the game server 20B defeats “A0005” and “raid boss” as action IDs and achievement conditions included in the target campaign information. "Is notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  Further, the game server 20C manages the game application “application C”, and the game server 20C includes “C0003” and “special item” as campaign ID and reward information included in the target campaign information. Is notified from the reward management server 30 and stored in the storage device.

  Further, the terminal device 10 has a terminal ID “T0001” and an in-system ID “N0001”. The terminal device 10 includes at least a game application “application A” and a game “application B”. It is assumed that an application and a game application “APPLICATION C” are installed.

  In the third operation example, a series of processing from step S101 to step S106 shown in FIG. 5 is performed when “application A” is activated on the terminal device 10 and when “application B” is activated on the terminal device 10. In the same manner, each is executed.

  In step S107 shown in FIG. 5, the determination processing unit 32 of the reward management server 30 receives an achievement message including the action ID “A0004” and the in-system ID “N0001” or the action ID “A0005” and the in-system ID “N0001”. When it is confirmed that any one of the achievement messages including it has been received, one of the achievement conditions “clear limited dungeon” or “defeat raid boss” stored in the campaign information DB 342 is satisfied, that is, achieved It is determined that all the conditions are satisfied (step S107; YES), and the determination processing unit 33 determines to give a reward to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 (step S108).

  Subsequently, the communication processing unit 31 of the reward management server 30 notifies the game server 20C of a message that the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 satisfies the reward provision condition. After that, when an instruction to activate “application C” is input in the terminal device 10 and access to the game server 20C is established, the communication processing unit 21 of the game server 20C uses the “special item of application C” as a reward to the terminal device 10. Will be given to users corresponding to.

  As described above, according to the reward management system 1 in the embodiment, the reward management server 30 has the campaign information DB 342 so that the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 that executes a certain game can be used in other games. Campaign information including one or more achievement conditions for granting possible rewards can be stored for each campaign.

  In addition, since the reward management server 30 includes the communication processing unit 31, it is possible to notify the game server 20 of campaign information such as achievement conditions registered in the campaign information DB 342. An achievement message indicating that the achievement condition is satisfied can be received from the game server 20.

  In addition, since the reward management server 30 includes the determination processing unit 32, the terminal device 10 satisfies a specific achievement condition based on the achievement condition registered in the campaign information DB 342 and the achievement message received by the communication processing unit 31. In this case, it is possible to determine whether or not a reward that can be used in another game is given.

  Furthermore, when the reward management server 30 includes the determination processing unit 33, when it is determined that a reward that can be used in another game is given, the reward that can be used in another game is associated with the terminal device 10. It can be decided to give to the user.

  Therefore, according to the reward management system 1 in the embodiment, when campaign information including achievement conditions for giving a reward is set for each campaign and registered in the campaign information DB 342, the registered campaign information is notified to the game server 20 and registered. The reward can be given to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 according to the campaign information.

  Therefore, even if the conditions for granting rewards are changed for each campaign, the cost and time required for the change work and the like can be reduced, and information transmission between game servers can be simplified, thus diversifying. It becomes possible to respond flexibly to services.

  Moreover, according to the value information management system 1 in the embodiment, for example, a character of another game can be given as a reward. In such a case, the terminal device 10 that has obtained the reward has one game. Since it becomes possible to compete with characters of a plurality of games, it is possible to stimulate the user's willingness to play the game.

[Modification]
In the above-described embodiment, the description is made on the assumption that all the game apps to be campaigned are installed in the terminal device 10, but all the game apps are installed in the terminal device 10 in advance. There is no need. When the reward management server 30 determines that there is a game app that is not installed, a message prompting the user to install the game app may be sent to the terminal device 10 to install all game apps. .

  For example, in step S109 of FIG. 5, when the reward management server 30 notifies the game server 20B of a message that the reward granting condition is satisfied, the terminal device 10 or the game server 20A receives a game on the terminal device 10. It may be notified that B is not installed. For example, when notifying the terminal device 10, a push notification that prompts the terminal device 10 to install the game B is transmitted to the terminal device 10 via a push notification server or the like. On the other hand, when notifying the game server 20A, the game server 20A displays the banner advertisement of the game B on the game A via the advertisement management server or the like.

  Whether there is a game application that is not installed can be determined as follows, for example. After the terminal device 10 has executed a part of the game apps involved in the campaign, the period during which other game apps involved in the same campaign are not executed has exceeded the period set to determine that it is not installed. In this case, it is determined that no other game application is installed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the contents of the campaign set for each campaign ID are fixed, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the content of the reward may be changed according to the number of rewards given during the campaign period, or the campaign may be ended according to the number of rewards given.

  In the above-described embodiment, the reward management system 1 includes the game server 20, but the game server 20 is not an essential component, and the terminal device 10 accesses the reward management server 30 via a communication network. It is good. However, in the form in which the game server 20 is omitted, each game application needs to be equipped with a function such as transmitting a achievement message based on the achievement condition to the reward management server 30. It is necessary to upgrade each game app involved in the game. On the other hand, with the form provided with the game server 20, the game server 20 manages information such as achievement conditions set in the game application involved in the campaign, and information between the terminal device 10 and the reward management server 30 is stored. Since the exchange can be mediated, the version upgrade process of the game application can be made unnecessary.

  Moreover, although embodiment mentioned above demonstrated the case where the reward provided to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 is a reward which can be used in another game, it is not limited to this. The reward that can be given to the user corresponding to the terminal device 10 may be a reward that can be used in a game executed to satisfy the achievement condition.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reward management system 10 ... Terminal device 20A, 20B, 20C ... Game server 21 ... Communication processing part 22 ... Information processing part 23 ... Storage part 30 ... Reward management server 31 ... Communication processing unit 32 ... Determination processing unit 33 ... Determination processing unit 34 ... Storage unit 231 ... Game application DB
341 User information DB
342 ... Campaign information DB

Claims (2)

A campaign for storing the value information grant conditions including individual achievement conditions set for a plurality of games for giving value information usable by application software executable on the terminal device in correspondence with the campaign An information database;
The management device corresponding to the plurality of games in the terminal device or the plurality of games connected to the terminal device indicates that a specific condition has been achieved in each of the plurality of games, Receiving means for receiving each achievement message including;
Based on the individual achievement condition stored in the campaign information database and the received each achievement message, it is determined whether the individual achievement condition has been achieved, and the value information corresponding to the campaign is determined. Determining means for determining whether or not the grant condition is satisfied;
When it is determined by the determination means that the individual achievement condition is achieved and the value information provision condition is satisfied, the value information corresponds to the user identification information included in the received achievement message. A decision means for deciding to give to the user;
A value information management device comprising: The determination means further determines whether or not a period in which other games related to the same campaign are not executed has reached a predetermined period after executing some games related to the campaign,
A notification means for transmitting a notification about the other game to the terminal device when the determination means determines that the period has reached a predetermined period;
The value information management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

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