KR101553828B1 - Method for Providing Mobile Game Items by Using Offline Store Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing mobile game items using an offline store terminal. The method for providing mobile game items using an offline store terminal is executed by a server communicating with the offline store terminal and a game company server, and includes: a first step of registering at least one piece of mobile game item information for selling at an offline store in the game company server; a second step of providing the registered mobile game item information to a terminal of a store owner running the offline store; a third step of processing payment as to the mobile game item to purchase at the offline store according to the request of the store owner; a fourth step of receiving mobile game item providing request information including unique identification information of a customer visiting the offline store from the offline store terminal provided at the offline store; and a fifth step of requesting that the game company server provide the mobile game item purchased at the offline store to a wireless terminal corresponding to the unique identification information of the customer. Therefore, the method of the present invention has the advantage of providing differentiated publicity as to the offline store, and the advantage for the customer to acquire an item for better game play simply through visiting the offline store, and the advantage for a game company to achieve publicity and additional revenue through the offline store.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for providing a mobile game item using a store terminal,

The present invention provides a mobile game item pre-purchased in the offline store as a smartphone of a visiting customer in an offline store, thereby providing a promoting effect on an offline store, and a customer can enjoy a game item The present invention relates to a mobile game item providing method using a store terminal that provides an opportunity for a game company to acquire additional profit through an offline store.

In general, in the case of offline stores, publicity and marketing means that can be provided offline such as display display and promotional leaflets were extremely limited.

In addition, game companies have recently provided a variety of smartphone games, but there is a lack of a variety of publicity channels in the form of providing one-sided communication to the unspecified majority of the game or game company.

It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above problems by providing a mobile game item providing method using a store terminal to provide a limited game item for a more dramatic game play with a smartphone of a customer visiting an offline store, Thereby maximizing the publicity effect of the game company providing the game as well as the store.

A method of providing a mobile game item using a store terminal executed by a server communicating with a game server and a store terminal according to the present invention includes the steps of registering one or more pieces of mobile game item to be sold in an off- A second step of providing the registered mobile game item information to the store in charge of operating the offline store, a step of processing the payment for the mobile game item to be purchased in the offline store in response to the store care request, A fourth step of receiving mobile game item provision request information including unique identification information of a customer who visited the offline store from a store terminal provided in the offline store; The mobile terminal purchasing the mobile terminal in the offline store corresponding to the information And a fifth step of requesting to provide a game item.

According to the present invention, the mobile game item information includes at least one of smartphone game information to be applied to the mobile game item, mobile game item detail description information, mobile game item sale price information, and validity period information .

According to the present invention, the third step further comprises a step of mapping the payment-processed mobile game item information and the off-line store information to a storage medium.

According to the present invention, the third step may include: generating a unique ID and a secret key corresponding to the offline store where the mobile game item is purchased; mapping the generated unique ID and secret key to the offline store information; And providing the unique ID and the secret key to the store terminal provided in the off-line store.

According to the present invention, the unique identification information of the customer includes at least one of a mobile phone number, a card number, a resident registration number, and a membership number, and the mobile game item providing request information includes at least one of And a unique ID and a secret key generated so as to correspond to each other.

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According to the present invention, the fourth step further includes verifying the validity of the received mobile game item provision request information.

According to the present invention, a mobile game item to be provided to a visiting customer in advance in an offline store is purchased in advance, and a mobile game item is displayed on the smartphone of the visiting customer through a store terminal provided in the offline store, The advantages of providing differentiated promotional effect to the offline store and the advantage that the customer can acquire items for better game play only through the visit to the store and the advantage that the game store provides the promotion and additional profit through the offline store There is an advantage that can be created.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile game item providing system using a store terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a mobile game item using a store terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a functional block diagram of a store terminal provided in an offline store according to the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an operation process of a store terminal according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The terms used below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the user, intention or custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout the present invention.

As a result, the technical idea of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following embodiments are merely means for effectively explaining the technical idea of the present invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs Only.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile game item providing system using a store terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 1 illustrates a method of purchasing a mobile game item to be provided to a customer who visits the offline store in the offline store in advance, and when the customer visits the offline store, The mobile game item request information for the mobile game item is provided to the smartphone of the customer, and if the mobile game item request information is received, Referring to and / or modifying FIG. 1, various methods of constructing a mobile game item providing system using a store terminal can be inferred. However, the present invention includes all of the above-described embodiments, The technical features thereof are not limited Should you.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile game item providing system using a store terminal includes a server 100, a store main terminal 150 in an offline store, a store terminal 155 provided in an offline store, a game server 160, And a smartphone 165 of the customer.

The server 100 is located between one or more game servers 160 and one or more offline stores, registers one or more pieces of mobile game item to be sold in the offline store through the game server 160, When the mobile game item provision request for the customer visiting the offline store is received from the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store, And provides the item.

The store main terminal 150 of the off-line store includes a wired terminal or a wireless terminal that possesses or operates a store that operates or manages an offline store, and the store owner can access the server 100 through the store main terminal 150, And purchase a mobile game item to be provided to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store.

The store terminal (155) provided in the offline store provides a mobile game item including unique identification information on the customer who visited the offline store after the purchase processing of the mobile game item is completed through the store main terminal (155) Request information to the server 100 and request the smartphone 165 to provide the mobile game item.

The game server 160 registers at least one mobile game item information to be sold to an offline merchant at the request of the server 100, and after the mobile game item is sold to the offline store through the server 100 , And transmits the mobile game item to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store upon request of the server 100 receiving the mobile game item providing request information from the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store do.

1, the server 100 includes a game item registering unit 105, a game item information providing unit 110, a game item purchasing processing unit 115, a store unique information generating unit 120, An information providing unit 125, an information receiving unit 130, an information verifying unit 135, an item activation requesting unit 140, and a storage medium 145.

The game item registering unit 105 registers one or more mobile game item information to be sold to the offline store at the game server 160. Here, the mobile game item information may include information on a mobile game list, a game description, a game item image, a game item description, a game item price, a game item quantity, and a game item consecutive usage limit time.

After the mobile game item information to be sold to the offline store is registered through the game server 160, the game item information providing unit 110 supplies the information on the registered mobile game item to the purchaser To the store main terminal 150 of the desired offline store.

The game item information providing unit 110 may provide the game item information to the store main terminal 150 through the offline store in the process of providing the mobile game item information to the connected store main terminal 150 And provide an interface for payment for the selected mobile game item.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the interface provided to the store main terminal 150 through the game item information providing unit 110 includes a game list, a game description, a game item image, a game item description, Number of items, time limit for consecutive use of game items, and the like can be provided so that the store owner can select or input the information.

The game item purchasing processing unit 115 may use the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store through the interface provided to the store main terminal 150 via the game item providing unit 110 to store the offline Information on a mobile game item to be provided to a smartphone 165 of a customer who visited the store is selected or inputted and when purchase of the selected or inputted mobile game item is requested from the store main terminal 150, (Payment) process for the game item.

When the purchasing process for the mobile game item is completed, the game item purchase processing unit 115 acquires the purchase information such as the store information of the mobile game item, the purchased mobile game item ID, the purchase quantity, and the purchase time And stores it in the storage medium 145.

When the purchasing process for the mobile game item to be provided to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store is completed using the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store through the game item purchase processing unit 115, The store-specific information generating unit 120 may generate a store ID and a secret key for uniquely identifying the offline store, and the generated store ID and secret key may be stored in the storage medium 145).

The information providing unit 125 transmits the store unique information generating unit 120 to the connected store terminal 155 when the connection of the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store is confirmed to the server 100, The store ID and the secret key generated via the network.

The information receiving unit 130 receives the mobile game item providing request information including the unique identification information of the customer visiting the offline store at the store terminal 155 provided with the store ID and the secret key, And transmits the item providing request information to the information verifying unit 135.

Here, the unique identification information of the customer may include at least one of a mobile phone number, a card number, a resident registration number, and a membership number.

The information verifying unit 135 verifies the validity of the received mobile game item provision request information, and the validity verification includes validity verification of the unique identification information of the customer included in the mobile game item provision request information, Verification of validity of the store ID and the secret key in the mobile game item provision request information, validity verification of the mobile game item purchased in the offline store, and validation of the offline store where the mobile game item is purchased can do.

If the validity of the mobile game item providing request information is verified through the information verifying unit 135, the item activation requesting unit 140 requests the game server 160 to access the smartphone of the customer who visited the offline store 165 to provide the mobile game item purchased in the offline store.

Here, if the unique identification information is a mobile phone number, the item activation request unit 140 may further provide the mobile phone number of the customer to the game server 160. If the unique identification information is a card number , And may further provide the game server 160 with a mobile number corresponding to the card number.

If the customer who visited the offline store is a member managed by the game company server 160, a part number of the customer's unique identification information or a member number for referring to the customer's member information may be transmitted to the game server 160 ).

Then, the game server 155 provides the mobile game item to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store upon request of the store terminal 155.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a mobile game item using a store terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In more detail, FIG. 2 shows one or more mobile game item information to be sold to an offline store in the server 100 shown in FIG. 1 in the game server 160 and registers the registered mobile game items in an offline store A mobile game item using the store terminal 155 that provides the mobile game item to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store upon request of the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store, And various modifications of the method for providing a mobile game item using the store terminal 155 will be described with reference to and / or modified from FIG. 2, by those skilled in the art. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, The technical characteristics thereof are not limited.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile game item providing process using the shop terminal 155 shown in FIG. 1 registers one or more pieces of mobile game item to be sold to an offline store through the game server 160 in the server 100 (200). ≪ / RTI >

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile game item information registered through the game server 160 includes a game list, a game description, a game item image, a game item description, a game item price, Use time limit, and the like.

After the registration of the mobile game item information to be sold in the offline store is completed through the game server 160, if the server 100 confirms the connection of the store main terminal 150 in the offline store at step 205, The server 100 provides information on the mobile game items registered through the game server 160 to the store main terminal 150 of the offline store.

Here, the server 100 may provide an interface to the connected store main terminal 150 to select and purchase (settle) a game item to be provided to a customer who visited the store in the store.

The interface provided to the store main terminal 150 may store information such as a game list, a game description, a game item image, a game item description, a game item price, a game item quantity, Can be provided for selection or input.

It is confirmed (215) that the information on the mobile game item to be provided to the customer who visited the offline store through the interface provided to the store main terminal 150 is selected or inputted (215) If the purchase or purchase of the selected or inputted mobile game item is requested 220, the server 100 performs a purchase (payment) process for the mobile game item requested by the store main terminal 150 (step 225).

Here, when the purchasing process for the mobile game item is completed, the server 100 stores the purchase information such as the offline store information for purchasing the mobile game item, the purchased mobile game item ID, the purchase quantity, May be stored in the medium (145).

After the purchasing process for the mobile game item to be provided to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store is completed as described above, the server 100 stores the store ID for uniquely identifying the offline store, The generated store ID and the secret key may be generated and stored in the storage medium 145 by mapping the purchased store ID and the secret key to the smartphone 165 of the visiting customer, (Step 235).

When the server 100 confirms the connection of the store terminal 155 provided in the offline store purchased the mobile game item 240, the server 100 transmits the generated store ID and the secret key to the store terminal 155 (245).

Then, when the customer visits the off-line store provided with the store ID 155 and the secret key, and the mobile game item providing request information for the visited customer is received from the store terminal 155 (250 ), The server 100 verifies the validity of the received mobile game item provision request information (255).

If the validity of the mobile game item provision request information is verified (260), the server 100 transmits the purchase request to the game server 160 through the smartphone 165 of the customer who visited the offline store, By requesting to provide a mobile game item, the game server 160 provides the mobile game item to the smartphone 165 of the customer.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a store terminal provided in an offline store according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a store terminal 155 provided in the offline store to communicate with the server 100 shown in FIG. 1 to provide a mobile game item to a smartphone 165 of a customer visiting the offline store 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a store terminal 155 provided in the offline store by referring to and / or modifying FIG. 3, if the person skilled in the art is familiar with the present invention. It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, the store terminal 155 shown in FIG. 3 may include at least one of various PCs, tablet PCs, PDAs, and cellular phones.

3, the store terminal 155 includes a control unit 300, a screen output unit 305, a key input unit 310, a sound output unit 315, a sound input unit 220, a short range wireless communication unit 325, A wireless network communication unit 330, a memory unit 335, and a power supply unit 340.

The control unit 300 is a general term for controlling the operation of the store terminal 155. The control unit 300 includes at least one processor and an execution memory, BUS). According to the present invention, the control unit 300 loads at least one program code provided in the store terminal 155 into the execution memory through the processor, and outputs the result through at least one configuration To control the operation of the store terminal 155. Hereinafter, a function of receiving a store ID and a secret key from the server 100 according to the present invention, a function of inputting or confirming unique identification information of a customer visiting the offline store, a mobile game item including the unique identification information A function configuration of an application program (hereinafter referred to as a program) having a function of generating request information and transmitting the request information to the server 100 will be described in the control unit 300. FIG.

The memory unit 335 is a generic name of the nonvolatile memory included in the store terminal 155. The memory unit 335 stores at least one program code executed through the control unit 300 and at least one data set used by the program code And stores it. The memory unit 335 basically includes a system program code and a system data set corresponding to the operating system of the store terminal 155, a communication program code and a communication data set for processing a wireless communication connection of the store terminal 155, One application program code and application data set are stored, and the program code and data set corresponding to the program of the present invention are also stored in the memory unit 335.

In addition, the store ID and the secret key received from the server 100 may be stored in the memory unit 335 as well.

The screen output unit 305 includes a screen output unit (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD)) provided in the store terminal 155 and a drive module for driving the display output unit 305. The screen output unit 305 is connected to the control unit 300, And outputs the calculation result corresponding to the screen output among the various calculation results of the display unit 300 to the screen output device.

The key input unit 310 includes at least one user input unit (e.g., a button, a keypad, a touch pad, a touch screen, etc.) provided in the store terminal 155, and a drive module for driving the touch input unit. A command for interrupting various operations of the control unit 300 in conjunction with the control unit 300 or inputting data necessary for the operation of the control unit 300.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the unique identification information of the customer visiting the offline store can be inputted through the key input unit 310. [

The sound output unit 235 is composed of a speaker provided in the store terminal 155 and a drive module for driving the speaker. The sound output unit 235 is connected to the control unit 300 and corresponds to sound output among various calculation results of the control unit 300 And outputs the result of the operation through the speaker. The driving module decodes sound data to be outputted through the speaker and converts the sound data into a sound signal.

The sound input unit 320 includes a microphone provided in the store terminal 155 and a drive module for driving the microphone. The sound data input through the microphone is transmitted to the control unit 300. The driving module encodes and encodes a sound signal input through the microphone.

The short-range wireless communication unit 325 collectively refers to a communication unit that connects a communication session using a radio frequency signal within a predetermined distance (for example, 10 m) as a communication medium and connects the store terminal 155 to the communication network on the basis of the communication session , And preferably connects the store terminal 155 to the communication network through at least one of Wi-Fi communication, Bluetooth communication, public wireless communication, and UWB.

The wireless network communication unit 330 collectively refers to a communication unit that connects the store terminal 155 to a wireless communication network via a base station. The wireless network communication unit 330 includes an antenna, an RF module, a baseband module, And transmits the calculation result corresponding to the wireless communication among the various calculation results of the control unit 300 through the wireless communication network or receives data through the wireless communication network To the controller 300, and performs the connection, registration, communication, and handoff procedures of the wireless communication. Preferably, the wireless network communication unit 330 includes a mobile communication structure that performs at least one of connection to a mobile communication network, location registration, call processing, call connection, data communication, and handoff according to a CDMA / WCDMA / LTE standard.

The application program of the store terminal 155 is downloaded from an application providing server (for example, an Apple App Store or the like), installed in the store terminal 155 according to a designated procedure, is driven according to a designated procedure, The functional configuration of the terminal 155 can be implemented.

According to the present invention, in order to provide the mobile game item purchased in the offline store to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store through the store terminal 155, the control unit 300 controls the store information receiving unit 345, An information storage unit 350, a unique identification information confirmation unit 335, and an information generation unit 360. In the process of implementing the present invention, the functional components may be integrated with one or more functional components Configured, omitted, or modified.

The store information receiving unit 345 receives the purchase processing for the mobile game item to be provided to the smartphone 170 of the customer visiting the offline store through the store main terminal 150 connected to the server 100 When the store terminal 155 accesses the server 100, the store ID and the secret key of the offline store created by the server 100 are received.

The store ID and secret key of the received offline store are used to generate mobile game item providing request information to be transmitted to the server 100 through the information generating unit 360, May be included in the providing request information and transmitted to the server 100 so that the server 100 can be used to verify the validity of the mobile game item providing request information.

When the store ID and the secret key are received from the server 100 through the store information receiving unit 345, the information storage unit 350 stores the received store ID and secret key in the memory unit 335 have.

The unique identification information verification unit 355 identifies the unique identification information input from the customer when the mobile game item purchased in the offline store is to be provided to the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store, And transmits it to the information generating unit 360.

Here, the unique identification information may include any one of a mobile phone number, a card number, a resident registration number, and a membership number of a customer who visited the offline store.

If the unique identification information of the customer who visited the offline store is confirmed through the unique identification information verification unit 355, the information generation unit 360 generates mobile game item provision request information to be transmitted to the server 100.

The information generating unit 360 may generate the mobile game item providing request information using the store ID and the secret key and the unique identification information or may store the mobile game item providing request information including the unique identification information in the store ID And a secret key.

If the store ID and the secret key are not used to generate the mobile game item provision request information, the store information receiver 345 may be omitted.

The information generating unit 360 transmits the generated mobile game item providing request information to the server 100 so that the mobile game item purchased in the offline store by the smartphone 165 of the customer visiting the offline store To be provided.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a store terminal according to the present invention.

More specifically, FIG. 4 illustrates a method of generating mobile game item provision request information to provide a mobile game item to a smartphone 165 of a visiting customer at an in-store at the store terminal 155 shown in FIG. 3, The shop terminal 155 may be operated by the shop terminal 155. Referring to FIG. 4, if the shop terminal 155 is operated by the shop terminal 155, However, the present invention includes all of the above-described embodiments, and the technical features of the present invention are not limited only by the method shown in FIG.

4, after the store ID and the secret key to be provided to the store terminal 155 in the server 100 shown in FIG. 1 are generated, the operation of the store terminal 155 shown in FIG. (Step 400) when the store terminal 155 connected to the terminal 100 receives the store ID and the secret key.

When the store ID and the secret key are received from the server 100, the store terminal 155 stores the received store ID and the secret key in the memory unit 335 (405).

If the customer visits the offline store where the store terminal 155 is provided and determines to provide the mobile game item purchased at the offline store to the visiting customer at step 410, The unique identification information of the customer visiting the store is confirmed (415).

When the unique identification information of the customer visiting the store is confirmed, the store terminal 155 generates mobile game item providing request information including the unique identification information (420), and transmits the generated mobile game item providing request information And transmits the request to the server 100 to request the mobile game item purchased at the offline store to be provided to the smartphone 165 of the customer who visited the store at step 425.

100: server 105: game item registration part
110: game item information providing unit 115: game item purchasing processing unit
120: store unique information generator 125: information provider
130: information receiving unit 135: information verifying unit
140: game item activating unit 145: storage medium
150: store main terminal 155: store terminal
160: game server 165: customer smartphone

Claims (5)

A mobile game item providing method using a store terminal executed by a server communicating with a game company server and a store terminal,
A first step of registering at least one mobile game item item to be sold to an offline store in the game server;
A second step of providing the registered mobile game item information to a store terminal operating the offline store;
A third step of processing payment for a mobile game item to be purchased in the offline store upon request of the store care;
A fourth step of receiving mobile game item provision request information including unique identification information of a customer who visited the offline store from a store terminal provided in the offline store; And
And requesting the game server to provide a mobile game item purchased in the offline store to a wireless terminal corresponding to the unique identification information of the customer.
2. The method according to claim 1,
And mapping the settlement-processed mobile game item information and the offline store information to a storage medium.
2. The method according to claim 1,
Generating a unique ID and a secret key corresponding to an offline store purchasing the mobile game item;
Mapping the created unique ID and secret key to offline store information and storing the mapped private store ID in the storage medium; And
And providing the unique ID and the secret key to a store terminal provided in the off-line store.
The method according to claim 1,
The unique identification information of the customer,
A mobile phone number, a card number, a resident registration number, and a membership number,
The mobile game item providing request information includes:
Further comprising a unique ID and a secret key generated so as to correspond to an offline store purchasing the mobile game item.
The method as claimed in claim 1,
And verifying the validity of the received mobile game item provision request information. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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