KR101666396B1 - Apparatus and method for limiting service due to user's addiction - Google Patents

Abstract

There is proposed a device and a method for restricting the use of a service according to user's addiction, which prevents the addiction and induces a healthy use of the service in the use of the online and mobile services of the users, especially the adolescents, . The service use restricting apparatus according to the presented addiction to the user generates the service use tendency of the user on the basis of the service utilization information of the user, judges whether or not the service use is poised on the basis of the service use tendency, A service setting device for setting service restriction setting information for providing a restriction service based on the service restriction setting information; And a service providing device for providing one of the normal service and the restricted service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set by the service setting device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for restricting use of a service,

The present invention relates to a web-based software distribution system and method, and more particularly to a web-based software distribution system and method for analyzing a tendency of users accessing online and mobile services, determining whether a user is addictive based on the analysis, And more particularly, to a device and method for restricting use of a service according to user's addiction to modify and apply on-line and mobile services.

The present invention was derived from the research conducted as part of the IT original technology development project of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. [Project number: 2008-F-030-02,

In the 90s, the game that could be seen in the 70s and 80s games room was brought into contact with more people by the development of computer technology and video game machines. Such a game industry has developed rapidly with the development of the Internet and the development of wired and wireless network technology, while providing new types of services such as online and mobile games. Since the launch of the internet graphics game service called "The Land of Wind" which is the first in the world in 1996 and the world's first in April 1996, many game services including "Lineage" have been released. Thanks to the support of many game enthusiasts, our country has become an online service powerhouse and has launched game services in North America and China in turn. Microsoft's XBOX and Sony's PlayStation3, which are PC games and video game devices, are also connected to the network and interact with online users by adding interactivity with other users. In addition, with the development of wireless Internet environment, mobile games through Nintendo DS and general mobile phones are also becoming popular among users.

With the development of wired and wireless Internet environment and terminal devices, online and mobile game service users are rapidly increasing, but serious harmful effects are also increasing. It is service addiction. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Korea Internet Promotion Agency (2005), among the Internet users in Korea, the highest rate of games (73.2%) was in the age group of 6 to 19 years old. Data and information retrieval (57.6%), chat messenger %), Indicating that the proportion of game users is significantly higher than other age groups. The number of victims of addiction is increasing in various ages, especially the damage of youth is severe. In addition, the addictive tendency of adolescents not only expanded to domestic problems such as causing extreme conflicts with parents, but also Domminick (1984) studied the relationship between video games and aggressive behavior in high school students. Which is found to have a statistically significant correlation. In these areas, it is necessary to solve the problem through more systematic analysis of the addiction phenomenon.

First of all, game addiction is a kind of internet addiction. Here, Internet addiction is generally referred to as' excessive use of communication / internet, which causes difficulties in social / home / work life in the real world, Is commonly referred to as " Internet addiction can be divided into game addiction, chat addiction, stock addiction, etc. Especially, children and adolescents are likely to fall into game addiction, which causes them to devote themselves to online games and not only academic disabilities, family and interpersonal distortion, I am seriously hurt.

In the case of adolescent addiction, problems such as arousal status, psychological / mental problems, and satisfying needs can be categorized. The problem of arousal state is usually aroused more than normal students, but when you play a game or chat, you become awakened too much and you feel you are capable. During the game, you will be aware that you are capable, so you will continue to use these services. However, in the state of not playing the game, the state of awakening falls and it is not concentrated, it causes disruption of learning and everyday life, and it falls into a state of helplessness. In order to get out of such a situation, the online service becomes immersed again in a vicious cycle. Psychological / mental problems are caused by depression, and they try to compensate the difficulties of life through online services such as games, chat, and shopping. Finally, fulfillment of desire is to realize the desire that can not be filled in reality through online service.

As shown above, juvenile addiction seems to be deeply related to fulfillment of needs and self-realization, and young people easily fall into online services such as games and chat that can be easily self-fulfilling than reality.

In the home, parents have been trying to improve the situation by eliminating the game machines or computers that are the mediator of addiction. On the other hand, since a game or an Internet service mainly uses a computer or a mobile phone, a separate software program is installed in such a system, and after a predetermined period of time, (Patented computer learning management method, registration number 10-063420), or providing contents for ventilation of the user step by step according to the designated time elapse, and providing addictive recognition work through inquiry (patent: "Interactive Internet A method of stopping a game sequence, and a program product for executing such a method ", registration number: 10-0594557). These methods do not reflect various forms of users, for example, applying a uniform method of forcibly blocking accesses according to a service use time or the like according to a designation rule, or relying on a user's inquiry response as to whether a user is addicted.

Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the causes of addiction and to propose measures to prevent addiction in advance, such as online and mobile services, as well as measures to prevent addiction.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and its object is to provide a method for preventing addiction, inducing a sound service utilization, And a method and apparatus for restricting the use of a service according to user's addiction to limit poisoning.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a system and method for automatically limiting the use of a service according to user's addiction so that a passive system can be constructed by external factors such as an automatic system construction through analysis of user's data, And an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for restricting use of a service according to user dependency, the service usage restriction method comprising: generating a service utilization tendency based on user service utilization information; A service setting device for setting service restriction setting information for providing a limited service on the basis of a result of determination as to whether or not the service use is poisoned; And a service providing device for providing one of the normal service and the restricted service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set by the service setting device.

The service setting apparatus includes: a user information management unit for managing service use information of a user; A user orientation analyzer for generating an analysis model based on analysis of the service utilization tendency of the user and generating user orientation information of a user using the service based on the service utilization information managed by the user information management unit; A user addiction determining unit for determining the addiction of the user based on the user orientation information generated by the user orientation analyzer; And a service restriction setting unit for setting the service restriction setting information for providing the restricted service based on the addiction of the user set by the user addiction judgment unit.

The service restriction setting unit may further include a service restriction setting information for providing a restriction service on the basis of the addiction of the user set in the manual setting unit, .

The service providing apparatus includes: a user account managing unit managing a user account of a user using the service; A normal service providing unit for providing a service without restriction based on the service restriction setting information set by the service setting apparatus; And a limited service providing unit for providing the limited service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set by the service setting device.

A user account, a service utilization information of a user, a service utilization tendency, an addiction step, restriction information, and a service restriction setting information.

The storage device comprises: a user account storage for storing a plurality of user accounts; A user use information storage unit for storing service use information of each of a plurality of users generated by the service setting apparatus; An encrypted user preference information storage unit for storing a service usage preference of each of a plurality of users generated by the service setting apparatus; A service restriction setting information storage unit for storing service restriction setting information generated by the service setting apparatus; And a service restriction information storage unit for storing service restriction information according to a service addiction of the user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of restricting use of a service according to user dependency, the method comprising: generating a tendency to use a service based on service utilization information of a user, ; An addiction determining step of determining, by the service setting apparatus, whether or not the service use is intention based on the service use tendency generated in the use orientation generating step; And a restriction setting step of setting, by the service setting device, service restriction setting information for providing a restriction service on the basis of a result of the addiction determination in the additivity determination step.

Further comprising a manual restriction setting step of, by the service setting device, generating service restriction setting information of the user based on the input poisoning setting request.

In the usage propensity generating step, an analysis model that is a basis for analyzing the user's service utilization propensity by the service setting device is generated.

And providing the restricted service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set in the limit setting step by the service providing apparatus.

According to the present invention, an apparatus and method for restricting use of a service according to user dependency can minimize a service use addiction of a user by providing a limited service according to whether a user is addicted to a service.

Incidentally, the service use restricting apparatus and method according to user dependency minimizes the user's service use addiction, thereby inducing the user to appropriately use the game service, and it is possible to cope with various social problems arising from the service poisoning have.

In addition, the apparatus and method for restricting the use of the service according to the addiction of the user can automatically or manually set the user's poisoning for the user providing the online and mobile game services, thereby minimizing the service use poisoning of the minor who is likely to be exposed to the service use poisoning can do.

Incidentally, the restriction of the use of the service according to the user's addiction has the effect of minimizing the occurrence of home and educational problems caused by the addiction of the users of the addictive online and mobile services, You can expect.

In addition, an apparatus and method for restricting use of a service according to user dependency may be provided by providing a device capable of inducing a healthy utilization of a user in a service system in providing a service, And the negative image of the mobile service.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to facilitate a person skilled in the art to easily carry out the technical idea of the present invention. . In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. 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.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a service use restricting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are views for explaining a service use restricting apparatus 100 according to user dependency according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the service utilization restricting apparatus 100 according to user dependency analyzes the utilization information of the user 200 to determine the addiction tendency of the user 200, and determines a service restriction A service setting device 110 for setting up setting information and a service providing device 110 for providing a limited service to a user 200 by restricting some functions of a service such as general game, And a storage unit 130 for storing the data accumulated and processed by the service setting apparatus 110 and the service providing apparatus 120. [ At this time, the service providing apparatus 120 may determine that some services may be restricted due to an addiction phenomenon including an excessive service immersion of the user 200 due to a reason for using the system for the healthy use of the users 200, To receive the user 200's consent.

The service use restricting apparatus 100 according to user dependency is connected to a user 200 (for example, a mobile game terminal, a home computer, or a public computer) through a wired / wireless network 300. That is, the service use restricting apparatus 100 according to the addiction of the user is provided with a plurality of users 200 (that is, a network (for example, a network A game machine, a computer, etc. of the user 200 who can access the service use restricting apparatus 100 according to the addictiveness of the user through the Internet 300.

The service use restricting apparatus 100 according to user dependency stores user log information 400 including subscription information inputted by the user 200 at the time of subscription and service utilization information generated using the service. The service use restricting apparatus 100 according to user dependency generates the derivative information 500 based on the analysis model based on the user log information 400. 2, the service usage restricting apparatus 100 according to the addiction of the user may include age-based information 510, social status-based information 520, and user-specific information 520 based on the age of the user 200 Time usage information 530 based on the service utilization information of the user 200 and service use continuation information 540 based on the service subscription date of the user 200. Here, the derivative information 500 generated by the service use restricting apparatus 100 according to the user's addiction is used as basic information for generating an analysis model on which the user 200 is judged to be addictive.

3 is a diagram for explaining the service providing apparatus of FIG.

3, the service providing apparatus 120 includes a user account managing unit 122, a normal service providing unit 124, and a limited service providing unit 126.

The user account management unit 122 creates and manages user accounts. Here, the user account management unit 122 manages a user account including the name, age, gender, subscription date, and service use history of the user 200. At this time, the user account management unit 122 creates and manages a user account from the subscription information that the user 200 initially inputs for using the service.

The user account management unit 122 manages access, service, charging information, and the like through user account management. That is, the user account management unit 122 manages the services provided to the user 200 based on the subscription information that the user 200 inputs for service use, the service connection, and the charging information based on the service usage.

The user account management unit 122 interprets the request of the user 200 based on the account of the user 200 and provides a service corresponding thereto.

The normal service providing unit 124 provides a built-in online and mobile service (for example, a game). That is, the normal service providing unit 124 provides normal services that are not restricted to the online and mobile services provided to the user 200. [

The limited service providing unit 126 provides a service limited in a certain function in online and mobile services (e.g., games) provided based on the service use addiction of the user 200. That is, in order to achieve the object of the present invention, the restriction service providing unit 126 provides a service having a limited function in the normal service by the service restriction function according to the addiction of the user 200. Here, the limited service providing unit 126 provides a limited service to the user 200 according to the service use addiction step, based on the service restriction setting information set in the service setting apparatus 110. [ Here, the limited service providing unit 126 partially limits the service use time slot, the service use time, and the contents according to the addiction of the user 200.

The limited service providing unit 126 may provide services limited in certain functions in online and mobile services (e.g., games) provided based on a user account. That is, the restricted service providing unit 126 provides services with limited functions according to the user information (for example, age, sex, etc.) included in the user account. Here, the restriction service providing unit 126 restricts some contents according to the user information.

4 and 5 are views for explaining the service setting apparatus of FIG.

4, the service setting apparatus 110 includes a user identification unit 111, a user information management unit 112, a user orientation analysis unit 113, a user addiction determination unit 114, a manual addiction setting unit 115, and a service restriction setting unit 116.

The user identification unit 111 generates a user identifier based on the user account and the device information of the terminal used by the user 200. That is, the user identification unit 111 generates an encrypted user identifier based on the user account provided from the user account management unit 122 of the service providing apparatus 120 and the device information of the terminal used by the user 200. At this time, the user identification unit 111 generates a unique user identifier for each user 200. For example, wireless mobile devices such as computers and cell phones may utilize the unique identifier of the network 300 device used to utilize the wired and wireless network 300 as a user identifier.

Here, the user identifier generated in the user identification unit 111 is encrypted and is associated with the general user identification information such as the account of the user 200 or the hardware device number in a one-to-one correspondence. At this time, the user identification unit 111 can generate an encrypted user identifier from the general user identification information, but not the reverse. This is to prevent the specific user 200 from being inferred from the user tendency analysis data, thereby preventing the privacy invasion of the individual.

The user information management unit 112 manages service use information of the user 200. [ That is, the user information management unit 112 receives information on the service utilization of the user 200 from the normal service providing unit 124 and the restricted service providing unit 126 of the service providing apparatus 120 based on the user identification information And manages the service utilization information of the user 200 based on the information. Here, the user information management unit manages the service use information including the service use information of each user by the time zone and the usage information for each service.

The user propensity analyzer 113 generates an analysis model based on the analysis of the service utilization tendency of the user 200. [ Actually, in the game service, the use time of the service and the usage form of the user 200 differ depending on the type of the service. Accordingly, the user propensity analyzer 113 first generates an analysis model for performing statistical analysis on the other users 200 using the service. At this time, the user propensity analyzer 113 generates an analysis model using basic information such as the age and the subscription date provided by the user 200 in the course of the users 200 joining the service basically. The user propensity analyzer 113 generates additional information by processing basic information such as age, subscription date, service use record, and the like, and this additional information is classified into age category, preschool, child, Grade that is able to gauge social status of school attendance such as elementary / middle / high school and social person. Each time the users 200 use the service, the user propensity analyzer 113 classifies the service use time and frequency by time zone, such as city, day, month, day of the week, season, and the like.

The user propensity analyzing unit 113 generates user propensity information of the user 200 using the service based on the service utilization information managed by the user information management unit 112. That is, the user propensity analyzer 113 generates a profile of each user 200 based on the analysis model. The user propensity analyzer 113 calculates statistical data based on the service utilization information and analysis model of the user 200 and generates user propensity information based on the statistical data.

Figure 5 shows two examples of risk assignments. As shown in FIG. 5A, a distribution 610 is created based on the use time zone of 22:00 to 24:00 on Monday of an elementary school student among all the users 200, and based on the distribution time 610, , 612, 613, 614), and a distribution 620 is calculated on the basis of the use time zone of 10:00 to 12:00 on Monday of the elementary school, as shown in FIG. 5 (b) (621, 622, 623, 624). 5, it can be seen that the setting of the danger zone is different. That is, the user propensity analyzer 113 measures the degree of the addiction risk according to the time pattern using the service even if the user 200 is the same user.

The user addiction determination unit 114 determines the addiction of the user 200 based on the user orientation information generated by the user orientation analysis unit 113. At this time, the user's addiction determination unit 114 divides the addiction of the user 200 into a plurality of addiction stages according to the degree of addiction of the user 200. For example, the user addiction determination unit 114 distinguishes the poisoning step with a low-risk group, a middle-risk group, and a high-risk group. The user addiction determination unit 114 divides the user 200 corresponding to the upper 30% of the statistics into the high risk group and the user 200 corresponding to the upper 30% to 60% of the statistics into the intermediate risk group, And the user 200 corresponding to the remaining section is classified as a low-risk group. That is, if the user 200 who is 10 years old belongs to the top 30% of the analysis model of the user 200 of the same age group in the usage frequency and the usage time between 10 am and 12 am on weekdays of the semester season, High risk group.

The manual additivity setting unit 115 does not belong to the high risk group when the analysis model is applied, but it is a function to designate the addiction risk group for the specific user 200 according to the home and social request. That is, the manual additivity setting unit 115 may provide a function of limiting the use of the service according to a specific requirement, either at the request of the user 200 using the service, or the legal representative of the adolescent, or for public purposes.

The service restriction setting unit 116 sets a service restriction setting for providing a restriction service to the user 200 according to the addiction step of the user 200 set in one of the user addiction determination unit 114 and the manual additivity setting unit 115 Set the information. Here, the service restriction setting unit 116 sets the restriction method to be applied to the user 200 as the service restriction setting information. For example, the service restriction setting unit 116 sets a restriction method that restricts the use of the highest normal service from the function of giving a slight inconvenience when using the service according to the poisoning step of the user 200 as the service restriction setting information.

 The service restriction setting unit 116 may set the service usage information of the user 200 through the user preference analysis unit 113 and the user addiction determination unit 114, And may provide an active service for the user 200 by analyzing. That is, the service restriction setting unit 116 restricts the use of the service in the addiction time zone of the user 200 (that is, the time zone in which the service is mainly used), and can set the normal service to be available in the remaining time zones except for the addiction time zone have. For example, when the user 200 whose ten-year-old user is a high-risk user between 10 am and 12 am on weekdays and semesters uses the service at 11 am, So that the user 200 is prevented from using the service by setting the connection failure error such as the connection disconnection during the use of the service to occur at random. On the other hand, when the user 200 moves around the time zone and arrives at around 6:00 pm, normal service can be used. Accordingly, the service restriction setting unit 116 can guide the user 200 to a healthy service utilization pattern that does not interfere with the study.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the storage device of FIG. 1. FIG.

6, the storage device 130 includes a user account storage unit 131, a user use information storage unit 132, an encrypted user orientation information storage unit 133, a service restriction setting information storage unit 134 And a service restriction information storage unit 135. [

The user account storage unit 131 stores user accounts for a plurality of users 200. [ That is, the user account storage unit 131 stores a user account created and managed by the user account management unit 122. Here, the user account includes the name, age, gender, subscription date, service use record, etc. of the user 200.

The user account storage unit 131 may store the user log information 400 generated based on the subscription information of the user 200 and the service utilization information. At this time, the user account storage unit 131 stores the user log information 400 including the user identifier, age, subscription date, and usage information.

The user use information storage unit 132 stores service use information for the user 200. That is, the user use information storage unit 132 stores the service use information of the user 200 managed by the user information management unit 112. Here, the user information management unit manages the service use information including the service use information and service use information by time of the user 200.

The user use information storage unit 132 may store the derived information 500 generated based on the user log information 400 in the user propensity analyzing unit 113. [ Here, the user-use-information storage unit 132 stores time-based usage information derived based on age-based information and social status-related information derived based on the age of the user log information 400, usage information of the user 200, And the derived information 500 including the derived service use continuation information based on the subscription date of the user 200. [ Here, the age-specific information 510 includes infant information, child information, youth information, youth information, and adult information, and the information 520 according to the social status includes preschool information, kindergarten information, elementary information, And social information. The service use continuation information 540 includes information for less than six months, information for less than one year, and information for a period of less than one year. The service use continuation information 540 includes time usage information 530, usage information by time, usage information by day, , Less than two years of information, less than three years of information.

The encrypted user preference information storage unit 133 stores user preferences generated by the user preference analysis unit 113. [ That is, the encrypted user preference information storage unit 133 stores the service usage preference corresponding to the service use time, frequency, hour, day, month, day, season, and the like for each user 200.

The service restriction setting information storage unit 134 stores service restriction setting information for limiting a service provided to the user 200. [ That is, the service restriction setting information storage unit 134 stores the service restriction setting information set by the service restriction setting unit 116 for each user 200.

The service restriction information storage unit 135 stores service restriction information according to the poisoning step. That is, the service restriction information storage unit 135 stores a method (or a means) for limiting the service according to the poisoning step of the user 200 as the service restriction information.

Hereinafter, a service use restricting method according to user dependency according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a restricted service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

After the user 200 accesses the service providing apparatus 120 through a terminal (that is, a game machine, a computer or the like) to use the service, the service setting apparatus 110 requests the service use And updates the user propensity information of one user 200 (S120).

The user addiction determination unit 114 determines the addiction of the user 200 based on the user orientation information and the analysis model. At this time, if the user's addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is addicted to the service (S130; YES), the service restriction setting unit 116 sets the service restriction setting information on the basis of the add- (S140). At this time, the service restriction setting unit 116 detects the service restriction information corresponding to the poisoning step (or degree of poisoning) of the user 200 from the service restriction information storage unit 135 and sets the detected service restriction information as the service restriction setting information.

Accordingly, the limited service provider 126 provides a limited service to the user 200 based on the service restriction setting information set in step S140 (S150).

If the user addiction determination unit 114 determines that the corresponding user 200 is not a service use addiction, the normal service providing unit 124 provides the normal user with no restriction on the use of the service to the user 200 (S160 ).

Thereafter, the usage record of the user 200 according to the provided service is collected through the user information management unit 112, and is utilized for user propensity analysis, so that the propensity of the user 200 is dynamically managed.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a manual service use restriction setting method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

If it is determined that the specific user 200 is to be addicted (S210), the user account management unit 122 checks whether the user 200 is a user.

If it is confirmed that the user 200 is the user 200 in the user account management unit 122 (S220; YES), the user addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is addicted to the service. Accordingly, the service restriction setting unit 116 sets the service restriction setting information for the user 200 (S230). At this time, a procedure for confirming the user 200 in the user account management unit 122 is a method such as a public key authentication, a mobile phone authentication, and the like.

If it is determined that the user 200 is not the user, the user account management unit 122 checks whether the user 200 is under age based on the age of the user 200. At this time, if the user 200 is under age (S240; YES), the user account management unit 122 performs a process of checking whether the specific user 200 is a legal representative (S250). At this time, the user account management unit 122 uses a method such as a certificate authentication and a mobile phone authentication.

If the specific user 200 is a legal representative (S260: YES), the user addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is addicted to the service, and the service restriction setting unit 116 sets the user 200 Set the service restriction setting information.

The user account management unit 122 performs a consent procedure of the user 200 when the user 200 is an adult (S270).

When the consent of the user 200 is completed (S280; YES), the user addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is addicted to the service, and the service restriction setting unit 116 sets the corresponding user 200 Set the service restriction setting information.

9 and 10 are flowcharts for explaining a method of setting a service use restriction according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user information management unit 112 generates service use information of the user 200 (S310). That is, the user information management unit 112 receives information on the service utilization of the user 200 from the normal service providing unit 124 and the restricted service providing unit 126 of the service providing apparatus 120 based on the user identification information And generates and manages service utilization information of the user 200 based on the information.

The user propensity analyzer 113 analyzes the service utilization tendency of the user 200 based on the service utilization information of the user 200 (S320). That is, the user propensity analyzer 113 generates a profile of each user 200 based on the analysis model. The user propensity analyzer 113 calculates statistical data based on the service utilization information and analysis model of the user 200 and generates user propensity information based on the statistical data.

The user addiction determination unit 114 determines the addiction of the user 200 based on the user orientation information generated by the user orientation analysis unit 113 (S330). At this time, the user's addiction determination unit 114 divides the addiction of the user 200 into a plurality of poisoning steps according to the degree of addiction of the user 200 (S332). For example, the user-addiction-determining unit 114 determines the addiction from the first step to the addiction n according to the degree of addiction of the user 200.

The service restriction setting unit 116 generates the service restriction setting information based on the degree of the service use addiction of the user 200 determined by the user addiction determining unit 114 at step S340.

In this case, if the user's addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is the addiction step 1 (S342; YES), the service restriction setting unit 116 obtains the service restriction information from the service restriction information storage unit 135 (Step S343).

If the user's addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is in the second poisoning step (S344; YES), the service restriction setting unit 116 receives a restriction corresponding to the addiction step 2 from the service restriction information storage unit 135 (Step S345).

If the user's addiction determination unit 114 determines that the user 200 is the addiction n step (S346; YES), the service restriction setting unit 116 acquires the restriction corresponding to the addiction n step from the service restriction information storage unit 135 A step n of limiting the service which is information is detected (S347).

The service restriction setting unit 116 sets the detected restriction information (i.e., the service restriction n step) as the service restriction setting information (S348).

As described above, the service use restricting apparatus 100 and method according to user dependency can minimize the service use addiction of the user 200 by providing a limited service depending on whether the user 200 is addicted to the service.

Incidentally, the service utilization restraining apparatus 100 and method according to user dependency induce the user 200 to appropriately use the game service by minimizing the service use addiction of the user 200, It has the effect of coping with various social problems.

In addition, the service use restricting apparatus 100 and method according to user addiction may automatically or manually set whether the user 200 is addicted to the user 200 providing online and mobile game services, It is possible to minimize the use of the services of minors who are likely to become addicted.

Incidentally, the service use restricting apparatus 100 and method according to user's addiction minimizes the occurrence of home and educational problems caused by the addiction of the adolescent users 200 using the addictive online and mobile services, It is expected that the effect of protecting the family culture can be expected.

In addition, the service use restricting apparatus 100 and method according to user dependency may be provided by providing a device capable of inducing a healthy use of the user 200 in a service system in providing a service, So that it can be expected to have a negative effect on the online or mobile service through such a device.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but many variations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It will be understood that the invention may be practiced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams for explaining a service use restricting device according to user addiction according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

3 is a diagram for explaining a service providing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are diagrams for explaining the service setting apparatus of FIG. 1;

6 is a view for explaining the storage device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a restricted service according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a manual service use restriction according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 and 10 are flowcharts for explaining a method of setting a service use restriction according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

100: service use restriction device 110: service setting device

111: user identification unit 112: user information management unit

113: user propensity analyzing unit 114: user addiction determining unit

115: manual addictivity setting unit 116: service limitation setting unit

120: service providing device 122: user account management unit

124: Normal service provisioning 126: Limited service provisioning

130: storage device 131: user account storage unit

132: User use information storage unit

133: Encrypted user preference information storage unit

134: Service restriction setting information storage unit 135: Service restriction information storage unit

200: user 300: network

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Generates an analysis model in which a risk term according to a grade for each age group and a grade for each social rank is set based on the service utilization record of the user based on the service utilization information of the user, A service setting device for determining service use poisoning based on the usage tendency and the analysis model, and setting service restriction setting information for providing a restriction service based on the determination result of the service use poisoning determination; And And a service providing device for providing one of a normal service and a restricted service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set by the service setting device, The service setting device A user addiction judgment unit for judging addiction by dividing the user's addiction into a low-risk group, a middle-risk group, and a high-risk group, based on the service utilization propensity and analysis model; And And a service restriction setting unit for setting the service restriction setting information for providing a restricted service in which the service use time slot, the use time, the contents, etc. are partially restricted or completely blocked for each of the poisoning steps, Usage restriction device. The method according to claim 1, The service setting apparatus comprises: A user information management unit for managing service utilization information of a user; And And a user orientation analyzer for generating an analysis model based on the analysis of the service utilization tendency of the user and generating user orientation information of a user using the service on the basis of the service utilization information managed by the user information management unit The service utilization restriction device according to the addictiveness of users. The method according to claim 1, The service setting device Further comprising a manual setting unit for generating service restriction setting information of the user on the basis of the input poisoning setting request, Wherein the service restriction setting unit sets the service restriction setting information for providing the restriction service based on the addiction of the user set in the manual setting unit. The method according to claim 1, The service providing apparatus includes: A user account management unit for managing a user account of a user using the service; A normal service providing unit for providing a service without restriction based on service restriction setting information set by the service setting apparatus; And And a restriction service providing unit for providing the limited service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set by the service setting apparatus. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising a storage device for storing at least one of a user account, a service utilization information of a user, a service utilization propensity, an addiction step, restriction information, and a service restriction setting information. The method of claim 5, The storage device comprising: A user account storage unit for storing a plurality of user accounts; A user use information storage unit for storing service use information of each of the plurality of users generated by the service setting apparatus; An encrypted user preference information storage unit for storing a service usage preference of each of the plurality of users generated by the service setting apparatus; A service restriction setting information storage unit for storing service restriction setting information generated by the service setting apparatus; And And a service restriction information storage unit for storing service restriction information according to the service addiction of the user. A use preference creating step of creating, by the service setting apparatus, the service use preference of the user based on the service utilization information of the user; The service setting device sets a risk interval according to the age class and the social class according to the service use tendency generated in the usage tendency generation step and the service use record of other users, An addictive judgment step of judging whether or not the person is poisoned; And And a restriction setting step of setting, by the service setting device, service restriction setting information for providing a restriction service on the basis of a result of additivity determination in the additivity determination step, The additive determination step comprises: Based on the above service use tendency and analysis model, additiveness of users is classified into low, high, and high risk addiction stages, The restriction setting step And setting the service restriction setting information for providing the restricted service in which the service use time slot, the use time, and the content are partially restricted or completely blocked for each of the poisoning steps. The method of claim 7, Further comprising a manual restriction setting step of, by the service setting device, generating service restriction setting information of the user based on the input poisoning setting request. The method of claim 7, And generating an analysis model as a basis for analyzing a service utilization tendency of the user by the service setting device in the usage orientation generating step. The method of claim 7, And providing a restriction service to the user based on the service restriction setting information set in the restriction setting step by the service providing apparatus.

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