KR101003288B1 - Online game method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an online game method and system, the method comprising: displaying a moving object on a game screen, calculating a distance and a direction between the moving object and the object based on the position information of the moving object and the object, and the distance and And displaying a mark corresponding to a direction around the moving object. According to the present invention, the user can easily check the position of the object at a glance through the locator during the game can increase the user's game convenience.

Online games, shooting games, locators, radar displays, moving objects, objects

Description

Online game method and system {ONLINE GAME METHOD AND SYSTEM}

1 is a block diagram illustrating an online shooting game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the game server shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram schematically showing an example of an online game screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a locator on a game screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 and 7 are exemplary diagrams schematically showing a game screen displaying a locator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: game system, 110: web server,

120: channel list server, 130: database,

140: game server, 142: channel management module,

144: information transmission module, 146: game progress module,

410: moving object, 415: crosshair,

420: radar display, 431a-434a, 431b-434b: locator,

450-454: subject

The present invention relates to an online game method and system.

Recently, with the development of computer-related information and communication technology, the game industry is also rapidly developing. Conventional computer games mainly consisted of simple plot arcade games or video games, but with the development of multimedia and network technologies, games of a completely different dimension are being developed one after another. In particular, the spread of high-speed Internet has led to a revolutionary development of the game industry by creating a new game field called multi-user online games.

Online games have become very popular because unspecified people in remote locations can play them without any space restrictions. Among them, the shooting game that attacks the target in the virtual three-dimensional space is popular because of various image and sound effects as well as the function of relieving the stress that comes from shooting down the target.

The shooting game is a classic shooting game where a player fighter located at the bottom of the screen and moving only left and right can shoot down enemy fighters located at the top of the screen. Has been released in various versions, ranging from games to shoot down enemy fighters. Recently, the online shooting game has a variety of weapon items such as missiles, bombs, bullets, etc. and the difficulty of the game is gradually increasing, such as fighting the opponent's fighter in three-dimensional space. The higher the difficulty of the shooting game, the more difficult the user may feel to play the game and the more care must be taken.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide an online game method and system that can enhance game convenience so that a game player can perform a shooting game more easily.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an online game method, comprising: displaying a moving object on a game screen, and calculating a distance and a direction between the moving object and the object based on location information of the moving object and the object. And displaying a mark corresponding to the distance and direction around the moving object.

As the distance increases, the mark becomes longer, and as the distance approaches, the mark becomes shorter.

The object may include an enemy group and a friendly group of the moving object, and the displaying of the label may include distinguishing and displaying a label corresponding to the enemy group and a label corresponding to the friendly group.

The displaying of the label may include displaying the marking on an object at a distance of a predetermined range from the moving object.

The displaying of the cover may include projecting the object positioned in a three-dimensional space to a reference plane, and displaying the cover to face the projected object from the moving object.

The method may further include displaying the moving object and the object in a predetermined form on a partial area of the game screen based on the position information of the moving object and the object.

The marker may be displayed on the object displayed on the partial region.

The marker may include a plurality of symbols, and when the distance increases, the number of symbols increases, and when the distance approaches, the number of symbols decreases.

A computer readable medium according to another aspect of the present invention records a program for causing a computer to execute any of the above methods.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an online game system includes a first server for transmitting and installing a game client to a first and a second user terminal, and the first and second user terminals are connected to each other to play an online game. And a second server configured to display the moving object controlled by the first user terminal on a game screen, and display the position information of the moving object and the object controlled by the second user terminal. The distance and the direction between the moving object and the object are calculated based on the location information, and a mark corresponding to the distance and the direction is displayed around the moving object.

The object may be an enemy or an ally of the moving object, and the game client of the first user terminal may distinguish and display a mark corresponding to the enemy and a mark corresponding to the ally.

The game client of the first user terminal may display the mark with respect to the object at a distance of the predetermined distance from the moving object.

The game client of the first user terminal may project the object positioned in a three-dimensional space to a reference plane and display the mark to face the projected object from the moving object.

The game client of the first user terminal may display the mobile object and the object in a predetermined form on a partial region of the game screen based on the location information of the mobile object and the object.

The game client of the first user terminal may display the mark on the object displayed in the partial region.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.

First, an online shooting game system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an online shooting game system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram of the game server shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a game system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a web server 110, a channel list server 120, a database 130, and a plurality of game servers 140. It is connected to the plurality of user terminals 300 through the network 200.

The user terminal 300 refers to an input / output device for the user to communicate with the game system 100 in order to play a game. For example, the user terminal 300 may be a laptop computer, a workstation, a palmtop computer, a personal portable device as well as a desktop computer. It may be implemented as a device capable of transmitting and receiving information by connecting to the network 200 by wire or wirelessly, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a web pad, a mobile communication terminal, or the like.

The user terminal 300 may include a web browser (not shown), a game client launching unit (not shown), and a game client (not shown).

The web browser is an application program used to retrieve web information. The web browser accesses the web server 110 and displays a game page provided by the web server 110 on the user terminal 300. When the user clicks the game start button displayed on the game page, the web browser launches the game client launching unit.

The game client launching unit executes the game client and receives various pieces of information from the game system 100 necessary to execute the game client. Also, when the game client is an old version, the game client launching unit may download a new version of the game client from the game system 100.

The game client accesses the channel list server 120 to display a channel list provided by the channel list server 120. When the user selects one channel from the channel list, the game client accesses the game server 140 corresponding to the selected channel. Do your game. The game client receives data necessary for game play from the game server 140 and displays a game screen based on the game screen on the user terminal 300.

The web server 110 provides a game related web page to the user terminal 300 to provide an online shooting game to the user. In the web page provided by the web server 110, operations such as membership registration, user authentication processing, and game start may be performed. In addition, the web server 110 provides information necessary for the game client to access the channel list server 120 and the game server 140, and if the game client is not installed in the user terminal 300, the game client is installed. If the game client is an old version, the game client is updated to the new version. Of course, the game client may be downloaded by a dedicated download server (not shown) rather than the web server 110.

The database 130 stores various kinds of information necessary for providing the online shooting game to the user, and at the request of the web server 110, the channel list server 120, and the game server 140, they 110, 120, 140. ). Such information includes game client execution related information, channel related information, game room related information, user information, and game information.

The game client execution related information includes information necessary for executing the game client, such as the version of the game, the IP protocol (internet protocol address) of the game server 140, and the like. The channel related information includes a channel list, the maximum number of users who can access each channel, the number of users currently connected, and which user is currently connected to each channel. The game room related information includes a list of game rooms opened for each channel and information about which user enters each game room. The user information includes a user identifier, an alias, an avatar, a rank, a record, information on a game money held by the user, and user access information on which game server 140 the user is currently connected to. Game information includes the fighter and the fighter's stamina and stats used in the game, item information, and the like.

Although only one database 130 is shown in FIG. 1, a separate database may be constructed according to the stored information.

The channel list server 120 provides a game channel list to the game client by referring to the database 130 according to the shooting game service request received from the game client. In addition, the channel list server 120 may provide the game client with the number of users connected by each channel and the maximum number of accessible users by each channel.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game server 140 includes a channel management module 142, an information transmission module 144, and a game progress module 146. The game server 140 may communicate with a game client to allow users to play an online shooting game. Make sure

The channel management module 142 notifies the database 130 when the user accesses the game server 140 so that the database 130 updates the user access information. The game server 140 refers to the database 130. The game client is provided with a list of the game rooms established at and the current state of each game room, that is, state information on how many users are participating in the garden of the game room. The game room refers to a cyber space where a shooting game is independently performed, and one game channel corresponding to one game server 140 includes a plurality of game rooms. The user may create a game room or participate in the game room. Accordingly, the channel management module 142 reflects the information about the game room in the database 130.

In the present embodiment, the channel management module 142 is described as being included in the game server 140, but the channel management module 410 and the channel list server 120 of each game server 140 are collected to form a single channel server. It may be implemented by (not shown).

When the game client accesses the game server 140, the information transmission module 144 provides the game client with information about a user who is connected to the game channel. Some of the user information, for example, a user identifier, an avatar, and a rank may be provided first, and the remaining detailed information may be provided when a user requests it separately. In addition, the information transmission module 144 may provide chat data to the game client so that users can chat with each other.

When the user enters the game room and requests a game start, the game progress module 146 provides the user terminal 300 with information necessary for game progress, exchanges data with the game client based on the user's operation, and according to a predetermined method. Proceed online shooting game. When the game ends, the user who participated in the game is rewarded according to the game's winning or ranking, and based on this, the user information of each user stored in the database 130 is updated.

Although the game server 140 has been described as including three modules 410, 144, and 146 in the present embodiment, the three modules may be functionally integrated or separated from each other, and thus, the game server 140 may be configured to include three modules. It may consist of one or more modules instead of two.

Hereinafter, an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user first accesses an online game system 100 through a user terminal 300 to execute a game (S310). Then, the online game system 100 provides a plurality of game channels and a plurality of game rooms to the user (S320), and the user enters the game channel and the game room (S330). Game channels are classified according to rank, and each user can enter a channel that matches his rank. The game channel also includes a quest channel for performing a game by performing a given mission, a free channel for entering a rank regardless, and a survival channel for the final survivor of the game player to win. A user may enter a game room created by another user. In addition, the user can create a game room directly and wait for the position of other users. The user who creates the game room becomes the owner.

The owner may select a game option such as the maximum number of games, a game map, and a game type that can participate in the game room (S340), and the user who participates in the game room may select which team belongs to the game type when the game is a team match. The owner may select a specific game map or a random map. The layout of the terrain varies according to the game map, and the location of the anti-aircraft guns that attack the fighters may vary. The game type includes individual battles in which each user participating in the game room has individual battles, and team battles in which teams battle with opposing teams such as 2: 2 and 3: 3.

When the master requests a game start by pressing a game start button (S350), the online game system 100 transmits information necessary for game progress, including information corresponding to the selected map, to each user terminal 300 (S360). Each user performs a game (S370).

Each user terminal 300 exchanges game data with each other and performs a game. The game data includes location information, physical fitness information, etc. of the fighter of each game player. The location information may be coordinate information in a three-dimensional space. In addition, the user terminal 300 may exchange predetermined game data with the game system 100.

When the game starts, a game screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the user terminal 300.

4 is a diagram schematically showing an example of an online game screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, a fighter 410 controlled by a user is displayed at the center of the game screen, and is displayed on the game screen when the fighter 450 controlled by another user meets a predetermined condition. Hereinafter, the fighter displayed on the center of the game screen and controlled by the user is referred to as the moving object 410, and the fighter controlled by another user is referred to as the object 450. The object 450 includes an enemy fighter and friendly fighters.

The moving object 410 flies in three-dimensional space according to a user's movement command, and fires an attack item (not shown) such as a bullet or missile to inflict damage to an enemy fighter among the objects 450 displayed on the game screen. Shoot down. Above the moving object 410 is displayed a crosshair 415 indicating where the attack item is to be launched. The user may damage the enemy fighter by aiming the crosshair 415 at the enemy fighter and firing the attack item.

The radar display window 420 is displayed at the lower left of the game screen. The radar display window 420 is displayed as a circle around the moving object 410, and the angle of the dotted line inside the radar display window 420 corresponds to the viewing angle currently displayed on the game screen. The moving object 410 and the object 450 are displayed on the radar display window 420. The object 450 positioned in the 3D space is projected onto the horizontal plane on which the moving object 410 is located, and is displayed on the radar display window 420 when the projected object 450 is within a predetermined distance from the moving object 410.

In the center of the radar display window 420, the moving object 410 is displayed as a triangle, and the object 450 located around the object is displayed as a rhombus. At this time, the direction of the upper vertex of the triangle is the same as the direction indicated by the crosshair 415 of the moving object 410. The radar display window 420 displays not only the object 450 displayed on the game screen, that is, the object 450 within the viewing angle, but also an object not displayed on the game screen, thereby facilitating the positional relationship between the moving object 410 and the object 450. I can figure it out.

The radar display window 420 may be displayed at any position such as the upper left, upper right, or lower right of the game screen, and the shapes of the moving object 410 and the object 450 displayed on the radar display window 420 may also be displayed as triangles and the like. You can do it differently from the rhombus.

On the other hand, although not shown separately, the game screen may display a fixed terrain, such as the sky, the ground, enemy bases, mountains, rivers, buildings, etc., the weapons and the weapons that can be mounted, An item or the like may be displayed, and an instrument panel indicating a health, a flight speed, or the like of the moving object 410 may be displayed.

Meanwhile, a marker indicating a direction and distance of an object that does not appear on the game screen, also known as a locator, may be displayed around the moving object 410. The method of displaying the locator will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5. Explain.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a locator on a game screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the user terminal 300 receives location information of an object 450 moving according to an operation of another user from another user terminal (S510). Of course, the user terminal 300 also transmits the location information of the mobile unit 410 to other user terminals so that other user terminals can display the locator. The user terminal 300 calculates the direction of the object 450 based on the moving object 410 based on the location information of the moving object 410 and the location information of the object 450, and the moving object 410 and the object 450. Calculate the distance between (S520).

Referring to the calculated direction of the object 450, it is determined whether the object 450 is within the viewing angle of the moving object 410 (S530), and if it is not within the viewing angle, the direction and length of the locator are determined (S540). To reverse the action.

The direction of the locator is determined so that the object 450 positioned in the three-dimensional space is projected onto the vertical plane on which the moving object 410 is located and facing the projected object 450 from the moving object 410. That is, the locator is positioned such that one side is positioned on the circular or elliptic orbit surrounding the moving object 410 and points to the projected object 450 on the opposite side. The length of the locator is determined according to the distance between the moving object 410 and the object 450, and as an example, the length of the locator may be proportional to the distance between the moving object 410 and the object 450. As the moving object 410 and the object 450 fly, the distance between the moving object 410 and the object 450 changes. When the distance between the moving object 410 and the object 450 increases, the length of the locator becomes longer. It gets shorter as the distance gets closer.

As such, when the direction and the length of the locator are determined, the locator is displayed on the game screen (S550), and the operation is returned. The locator is displayed individually for each object 450.

An example of the locator displayed on the game screen in this manner will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

6 and 7 are exemplary diagrams schematically showing a game screen displaying a locator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the locators 431a-434a are represented by an isosceles triangle with two long hypotenuses. Of course, the locators 431a-434a may be represented by a rectangle, a rounded rectangle, a circle, or various other shapes in addition to the triangle. The locators 431a-434a correspond to the objects 451-454 shown in the radar display window 420, respectively. Referring to the radar display window 420 and the locators 431a-434a, the objects 451-454 are located behind the moving object 410, and the objects 451, 454 are located below the horizontal plane on which the moving object 410 is located. The object 452 is at the same height as the horizontal plane, and the object 453 is located above the horizontal plane.

The lengths of the locators 431a-434a are proportional to the distance between the moving object 410 and the objects 451-454. Therefore, the object 451 indicated by the shortest locator 431a is closest to the moving object 410, and the object 453 indicated by the longest locator 433a is the closest to the moving object 410. It is a long distance away.

Locators 431a-434a may be displayed in different colors with respect to enemy fighters and friendly fighters. That is, the objects 451-453 and the objects 454 having different colors represent different groups of fighters, and the locators 431a-433a and the locators 434a corresponding to the different colors are also distinguished from each other. For example, enemy fighters may be marked in red and friendly fighters may be marked in green. Accordingly, the user can easily identify whether the objects 451-454 are enemy fighters or friendly fighters. Instead of marking the enemy and allies in color, or by adding a hatch or pattern inside the locator, the enemy and allies can be distinguished and displayed.

Referring to FIG. 7, the locators 431b-434b are formed of a plurality of symbols, for example, a plurality of triangles, and correspond to the objects 451-454 shown in the radar display window 420, respectively. Referring to the radar display window 420 and the locators 431b-434b, as in FIG. 6, the objects 451-454 are located behind the moving object 410, and the objects 451, 454 are moved by the moving object 410. Below the horizontal plane located, object 452 is at the same height as this horizontal plane, and object 453 is above this horizontal plane.

The number of triangles forming the locators 431b-434b varies according to the distance between the movable body 410 and the objects 451-454. The length of the locators 431b to 434b can be expressed by making one triangle correspond to each predetermined distance. If the distance is large, the number of triangles is relatively large, and the distance is relatively small. Accordingly, the object 451 indicated by the locator 431b having the smallest number of triangles is closest to the moving object 410, and the object 453 indicated by the locator 433b having the greatest number of triangles is the moving object ( 410) is farthest away.

The symbols of the locators 431b-434b may be formed in other forms than triangles, and the number of symbols representing the same distance may be changed.

By displaying the locators 431a-434a and 431b-434b indicating the directions and distances of the objects 451-454, the user can easily recognize whether the objects 451-454 are near or far and in which direction. In addition, as the lengths of the locators 431a-434a and 431b-434b change, it is easy to know whether the objects 451-454 move away from or close to each other.

Meanwhile, although the locator is not displayed for the object 450 displayed on the game screen, the locator may also be displayed for the object 450 displayed on the game screen as necessary. In addition, the locator is displayed for all objects displayed on the radar display window 420 except within the viewing angle. However, the locator may be displayed only for the objects within a predetermined range of the moving object 410. By doing so, the amount of information processed by the user terminal 300 can be reduced, thereby reducing the computational burden on the user terminal 300 and providing information that the user needs most. The fighter may not display a locator, and the locator may be a ground artillery or other game character as well as an object.

Meanwhile, similar to the locator, when the moving object 410 is attacked by the enemy fighter and suffers damage, a damage effect may be displayed around the moving object 410 to indicate the location of the attacking enemy fighter. The damage effect can be displayed in the range of approximately 60 °, and the direction in which the damage effect is indicated becomes the direction of the enemy fighter. This damage effect makes it easy to determine the location of an enemy fighter when taking damage from an enemy fighter that is within range of the attack.

Referring back to FIG. 3, with reference to the locators marked as described above, the user shoots down an enemy fighter and performs a game while controlling to defend his fighter from an enemy fighter. If a game is determined while the user is playing the game (S380), the game ends (S390). The game may be won by a game player (or team) who has shot down more enemy fighters within a given time period, or by a game player (or team) who has shot down a certain number of fighters first, in which case the fighter may rejoin the battle even if it is shot down. Can be. In addition, the final survivor or the team remaining the final survivor may win, in which case the fighter may not rejoin the battle once shot down. Also, depending on the number of shots, the game player (or team) who scores high by converting the damage to the opponent's fighter without scoring a victory may win. In this case, the fighter does not shoot down even if the player takes damage. The decision may be made in the same manner as in the 3rd round, 2nd best win. This variety of game decision-making methods can be chosen by the host in the game options.

When the game is finished, the online game system 100 determines the rank of each user / team based on the number of fighters shot down by each user / team or the scores obtained by each user / team, and gives each user / team the experience value according to the ranking. And give game money. Then, the information of each user's record, experience value, game money, etc. is updated and stored in the database 130.

Up to now, the direction and length of the locator have been described as determined by each user terminal, but the game server may calculate the values and transmit them to each user terminal to display the locator.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of displaying an object using a locator may be applied to an independent shooting game device as well as an online shooting game. In this case, the object is controlled by the game device, not by another user, and the game device displays the locator based on the location information of the object.

In addition, a method of displaying an object using a locator is not only a flight shooting game, but also a first person shooting game (FPS), a real time simulation game (RTS), and a role playing game in which a person or a robot appears. It can also be applied to role playing games (RPGs) and action games. Of course, the locator can be displayed not only in 3D space but also in a game played in 2D space. In this case, it is not necessary to display the radar display window, and only the locator can determine the direction and distance of the object.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. This medium records a program for executing the online game method described above. The media may include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. Examples of such media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CDs and DVDs, floppy disks and program commands such as magnetic-optical media, ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices configured to store and perform such operations. Alternatively, the medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

According to the present invention as described above, in the online game system, by displaying a locator indicating the position of the object around the moving object in accordance with the position information of the moving object controlled by the user and the object controlled by other users, the user during the game Since the position of the object can be easily identified at a glance, the user's game convenience can be increased.

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An online game method using a first server and a game server on which a first game client is installed, Displaying, by the first game client, a moving object controlled by the first user terminal on a game screen; Calculating, by the first game client, a distance and a direction between the mobile object and the object based on location information of the object controlled by the mobile object and the second user terminal; Displaying, by the first game client, the object on a horizontal plane to display the object and the moving object projected on the horizontal plane in a predetermined region on the game screen; and Displaying, by the first game client, the object toward the vertical plane to display a mark around the moving object toward the object projected from the moving object to the vertical plane; Including; When the distance between the moving object and the object increases, the mark becomes longer, and when the distance between the moving object and the object becomes closer, the mark becomes shorter. How to play online. delete In claim 1, The subject includes an enemy and an ally of the mobile unit, The displaying of the mark includes the step of distinguishing and displaying a mark corresponding to the enemy and a mark corresponding to the allies. In claim 1, The displaying of the marker includes the step of displaying the marker for an object within a predetermined range of the moving object. delete delete In claim 1, And displaying the mark on the object displayed in the partial region. In claim 1, The label includes a plurality of symbols, The number of the symbol increases when the distance is far away, the number of the symbol decreases when the distance is closer. A computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8. A first server transmitting and installing game clients to the first and second user terminals; and A second server for allowing the first and second user terminals to interconnect and play an online game, The game client of the first user terminal displays the moving object controlled by the first user terminal on a game screen, and based on the position information of the moving object and the position information of the object controlled by the second user terminal, The distance and the direction between the objects are calculated, and the object is projected on the horizontal plane to display the object and the moving object projected on the horizontal plane in a predetermined area on a part of the game screen, and the object is projected on the vertical plane from the moving object. A marker facing the object projected onto the vertical plane is displayed around the moving object, When the distance between the moving object and the object increases, the mark becomes longer, and when the distance between the moving object and the object becomes closer, the mark becomes shorter. Online game system. delete In claim 10, The object may be an enemy or an ally of the moving object, and the game client of the first user terminal distinguishes and displays a mark corresponding to the enemy and a mark corresponding to the ally. In claim 10, And a game client of the first user terminal to display the mark on an object at a distance within a predetermined range of the moving object. delete delete In claim 10, And the game client of the first user terminal displays the mark on the object displayed in the partial region. In claim 10, The label includes a plurality of symbols, As the distance increases, the number of symbols increases, and when the distance approaches, the number of symbols decreases. Online game system.

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