KR101870256B1 - Apparatus and method of authoring multimedia contents using play data of online game - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and method for generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game are disclosed. When the online game client software is executed and communicates with an online game server, a virtual server connectable locally is created to collect play data including operation and status information of the player character of the user, Metadata that is text data describing the game play contents of the character is generated, and the multimedia content is created by combining the generated metadata with a screen shot or replay video of the online game. Furthermore, the posting of the message including the generated multimedia contents is processed in the game, thereby improving the communityality of the game and realizing the organic interlocking with the social network.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUTHORING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS USING PLAY DATA OF ONLINE GAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a service for generating multimedia contents using data generated in the course of executing an online game.

Thanks to the spread of the Internet infrastructure, the game market, which was formerly a standalone game, is gradually being reorganized mainly on online games.

As the online game market grows quantitatively, its spectrums can be traced from casual arcade games that are simple to manipulate, to thousands of concurrent users to perform their quest by manipulating their player characters in the same online game map, Mobile Object (MMORPG), and so on.

Meanwhile, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), which can be considered as the total game of online games, has several features that do not appear in past standalone packaged games or online casual games.

One of them is that online game items or game money play an important role in the play of the game, and sometimes they are recognized as a property value and are subject to transactions among gamers.

For this reason, occasional transactions such as account theft, or items, can sometimes be disgusting.

When a report of damage such as account theft is received from the gamers, the online game provider analyzes the log file generated by the online game server from time to time to check the facts and prepare remedies for the damage.

Another is that various interactions occur within the game between characters (hereinafter referred to as "player characters") operated by gamers in an online game.

Interaction between these player characters can also be analyzed by game log analysis.

In other words, late analysis of game contents by log analysis is necessary and possible, so it is distinguished from past package game or mostly casual game.

The MMO's online game server may be configured to perform actions of player characters (e.g., attack monsters, talk to N Player (Non Player Character) Direction) in the game log file.

In general, the game log file includes information describing actions of the player characters, time information at the time of the action, coordinate information of the player character, and further includes information on various variables in the game.

In analyzing the game log according to the related art, first, the game log file is copied from the online game server to a separate server, and then the log analysis is performed.

It is inefficient to directly analyze the game log file on an online game server, which is always loaded with high load, so it performs log analysis on a separate server.

However, according to the related art, there is a disadvantage in that it is inefficient to make a copy of an original log file separately and analyze it. In spite of the fact that sometimes it is necessary to feedback the result of log analysis in real time, Since the generation of the file is performed at a predetermined time interval and the generation of the copy requires more time interval, it has a fundamental limitation that it is difficult to secure sufficient quality of service.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a new analysis method capable of quickly analyzing data generated during game play and quickly and accurately responding to various demands of gamers.

In particular, these new analytical methods should adhere to the following guidelines.

First, server-side load should not be increased. The load on the online game server is one of the main factors determining the quality of the online game service, and the service quality of the online game can not be lowered in order to provide the additional service.

Second, it should not require excessive development costs. Especially, when applied to the existing online game, if the design of the existing online game server or the design of the game client software is to be completely revised, the economical efficiency against the cost can be remarkably lowered.

Disclosure of the Invention The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the related art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an online game server, And to provide a model capable of accurate and rapid analysis.

More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game, which generates multimedia contents such as an image or a moving picture related to an online game by analyzing play data of an online game through a virtual server executed by a game client The purpose of that is to provide.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game, the apparatus comprising:

Game processing means for loading the game client in a memory of the game client and executing an online game by connecting a communication session with the online game server and connecting a communication session to the virtual server when executing the online game;

A virtual server for loading at least a part of play data of an online game from the game processing means when the online game is executed by the game processing means, the virtual server being loaded and executed in the memory of the game client as a locally connectable virtual server;

Meta data generation means for generating meta data from the play data collected by the virtual server; And

And content generation means for generating multimedia contents using the collected play data and combining the generated multimedia contents with the metadata.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game,

Executing the online game by connecting the online game server and the communication session by executing the online game client software;

120) connecting a communication session with the online game client software after executing a locally connectable virtual server;

A step 130 of the virtual server collecting screen shots generated during execution of the online game from the online game client software and action and status information of the player character of the game client user;

140 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating metadata according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

150) combining the screen shot and the meta data by modifying the screen shot so that the meta data is displayed in a text form on the collected screen shot; And

And transmitting the screen shot combined with the metadata together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client by connecting to the social network server through the network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game, the method comprising: executing an online game client software to connect an online game server to a communication session; 210;

220) connecting a communication session with the online game client software after executing a locally connectable virtual server;

The virtual server may further include an action and status information of the player character of the game client user, another player character, a mobile object, a non player character (NPC) played in a certain area of the online game at the same time as the player character 230) collecting play data including action and status information;

A step 240 of generating metadata, which is text data describing the play content of the player character, by analyzing the action and status information of the player character of the game client user through a predetermined algorithm among the collected play data;

(B) combining the replay moving picture with the meta data by authoring the replay moving picture using the collected play data so that the meta data is displayed as a caption on the replay moving picture; And

And a step 260 of connecting to the social network server through the network and transmitting a screen shot combined with the metadata together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client.

According to the present invention, it is possible to feedback data in real time upon user's request by storing and analyzing data generated when an online game is executed using a client server.

Especially, it is possible to perform accurate and rapid analysis by storing directly in a client server in the form of data (raw data) rather than a game log (Log).

On the other hand, from the viewpoint of economical efficiency, it is unnecessary to modify the existing online game server or the online game client software, and simply add the client server module to the existing online game client software, The development period can be greatly shortened and the development cost can be greatly reduced.

Meanwhile, from the viewpoint of an additional service edited in an online game, multimedia content is generated by combining the play contents of the online game with the screen shot of the online game or the replay video, It is possible to improve the community of the game and to realize the organic interlocking with the social network because the processing of the posting of the message including the generated multimedia contents is performed in the game.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a connection relationship between an online game server and a client server, a game client, and a social network service server.
2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a reference diagram for explaining a screen shot of an online game in which metadata is formed in a text form to generate an image,
4 is a reference diagram for explaining how a meta data is displayed in a subtitle form in a replay video of an online game to generate a video,
FIG. 5 is a reference diagram illustrating a state in which generated multimedia contents are posted to a social network service,
FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to the embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments and accompanying drawings. In order to clarify the present invention, contents which are not related to the configuration of the present invention will be omitted, and the same reference numerals are used for the same components.

On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "comprising" another element in the description of the invention or in the claims, it is not interpreted as being limited to only that element, Elements may be further included.

Also, in the description of the invention or the claims, the components named as "means", "parts", "modules", "blocks" refer to units that process at least one function or operation, Each of which may be implemented by software or hardware, or a combination thereof.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a connection relationship between an online game server and a client server, a game client, and a social network service server. FIG. 2 illustrates a configuration of an apparatus for generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to the present invention Fig.

1, the online game server 1 is connected to a plurality of game clients 2 via a network. The game clients 2 execute the online game client software to connect to the online game server 1 to access their online game accounts and the online game server 1 accesses the game clients 2 Provide online game service.

The game client 2 may be a personal computer, but may be a hardware such as a smart phone or a tablet, as long as it can access the online game server 1 via a network.

The game client 2 includes a virtual server 120 that is a virtual server that can be accessed locally on the client side and a virtual server 120 is connected to the social network server 3 again.

The social network server 3 mediates communication between users connected by a network, and mediates communication between users in the form of a message, which generally includes a text, an image, or a link of a moving image.

The multimedia contents generation apparatus 100 using the play data of the online game according to the present invention is implemented in the game client 2 connected to the online game server 1 and the social network service server 3 as described above.

2, the apparatus 100 for generating multimedia content using play data of an online game according to the present invention includes a game processing unit 110, a virtual server 120, a content generating unit 130, Generating means 140 and SNS posting means 150. [

The game processing means 110 can be implemented in the form of software loaded and executed in the memory of the game client 2. The online game server 1 accesses the online game server 1 via the network and executes online games do.

The game processing means 110 receives information on the player character of the other users, the state of the NPC, the state of the mob, and the operation from the online game server 1 and displays it on the screen to execute the online game.

That is, this function of the game processing means 110 is not different from that of the online game client program according to the prior art.

One of the features of the multimedia content generation apparatus 100 according to the present invention is that the overall modification of the existing online game client program is unnecessary.

The virtual server 120 is loaded and executed in the memory of the game client 2, but is locally connectable.

The server client structure basically assumes a connection from a remote client of a remote location, but the virtual server 120 of the present invention assumes a connection from another process running in the same game client 2.

The term "virtual server" does not mean a server by virtualization technology for hardware independence, but a local connection.

The game processing means 110 is loaded and executed in the memory of the game client 2 and at the same time the virtual server 120 is loaded and executed in a different memory of the game client 2. As the two- A server client structure is established in which the game processing means 110 becomes a client and the virtual server 120 becomes a server.

(E.g., HTTP) after the connection of the communication session, rather than the communication by a method such as inter-process messaging.

By adopting such a structure, it becomes possible to move part of the processing that can be performed on the side of the online game server into the inside of the game client 2.

Meanwhile, the game processing means 110 connects the communication session to the virtual server 120, which is loaded and executed in another area of the memory as the online game server 1 is connected to the online game server 1, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 120 < / RTI >

To this end, the game processing means 110 stores information for connection of a communication session with the virtual server 120 such as an access path in advance, and when the online game is executed, immediately after the online game is executed or communication with the virtual server 120 Connect sessions.

On the other hand, if the online game is executed by the game processing means 110 after the communication session with the virtual server 120 is connected, the virtual server 120 receives the player character of the game client 2 from the game processing means 110 (E.g., what actions were taken and what the contents are), and status (e.g., what items are retained at some point in time and how much experience is obtained) . This is also for generating metadata as will be described later.

At this time, if necessary, it is possible to collect the operation and status information of other player characters, mobs, and NPCs played in a certain area of the online game in the same time zone as the user player character.

These pieces of information are included in the play data of the on-line game other than the data (graphic data, etc.) of the game itself among the information provided from the online game server 1 to execute the online game by the game processing means 110, Or may correspond to information recorded in the log file by the online game server 1 by the technology.

Meanwhile, the metadata generation unit 130 generates metadata from the data collected by the virtual server 120 in this manner.

The metadata may be in the form of textual data describing the online game play contents of the player character, for example, "Becomes Level 50 "," Boss Monster Captured ".

That is, analyzing the log file generated by the online game server 1 to describe the content of the game play, such as the leveling-up of the player character in the online game, the successful hunting of the boss monster, And the like.

The meta data generation means 130 analyzes the collected data and determines a predetermined condition (for example, level up, hunting of a specific monster, acquisition of a specific item, etc.) among changes in the state or operation of any one of the player characters If it is satisfied, metadata can be generated by generating a sentence describing it or selecting among previously stored sentences.

At this time, the metadata generated by the metadata generating means 130 may be mainly related to the play contents of the player character of the game client 2. In this case, among the collected information, Can be extracted and analyzed.

Meanwhile, the content generation unit 140 generates multimedia contents using the collected play data and combines the generated metadata.

The type of the multimedia content generated by the content generation unit 140 may be divided into a graphic image and a moving image and may be a screen shot of an online game play screen or a replay video of an online game.

First, when the multimedia content is a graphic image, the virtual server 120 first collects a screen shot of the online game play screen during execution of the online game. That is, the play data of the online game collected by the virtual server 120 may include a screen shot generated during execution of the online game.

In this case, the metadata generation means 130 separates the action and state information of the player character of the game client before and after the generation of the screen shot from the play data of the online game, and generates metadata of the player character at that point of time do.

That is, when the game processing means 110 generates a screen shot in the online game according to the user's operation, the virtual server 120 collects the screen shot, and the metadata generating means 130 generates the metadata And generates metadata describing the play content of the player character.

3, when the user selects one of the screen shots, the content generating unit 140 modulates the screen shot so that the meta data is superimposed on the corresponding screen shot, Lt; / RTI >

On the other hand, when the multimedia content is a replay video, it is somewhat complicated.

First, the play data collected by the virtual server 120 includes not only the action and status information of the player character of the game client user, but also other player characters, mobs, and the like played within a certain area of the online game at the same time as the player character Object, and NPC (Non Player Character).

Meanwhile, the content generation unit 140 generates a replay video using the collected play data. When the game processing means 110 replay the online game using the collected play data, the content generation means 140 renders the replay screen as a video file.

The meta data generation unit 130 generates meta data of the player character by analyzing the action and status information of the player character of the game client user among the collected play data, The metadata is displayed as a caption on the moving picture screen when the screen is rendered as a moving picture file.

Thus, the replay video and metadata are combined.

FIG. 4 illustrates how meta data is combined with a replay video.

Meanwhile, if a graphic image or a moving picture combined with the metadata is generated, it is possible to store it locally so that the user can enjoy it privately. However, it is preferable to play the game through the Internet community or a social network related to the corresponding online game And encourage active communication about contents.

To this end, the SNS posting unit 150 provides the generated multimedia contents to the social network server 3.

Specifically, the SNS posting unit 150 accesses the social network server 3 via the network, and transmits the multimedia contents combined with the metadata together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client send.

At this time, the social network server 3 preferably interlocks with the online game, identifies the social network service subscriber according to the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client, And may generate a message to be sent to other subscribers connected with the identified social network service subscriber.

FIG. 5 illustrates a message including the generated multimedia contents posted through a social network service.

Hereinafter, a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

One embodiment of the present invention defines a process of creating meta data using play data and combining it with a screen shot of an online game and then posting it through a social network service.

First, the game client 2 executes online game by executing online game client software and connecting a communication session with the online game server 1 (S110).

On the other hand, as the online game is executed, the virtual server 120 which is connectable locally is executed, and then a communication session with the online game client software is connected (S120).

If the online game is progressed while the game client 2 and the online game server 1 are connected to each other, the virtual server 120 receives from the online game client software the action and state of the player character of the game client 2 Collect information. At this time, when a screen shot of the game screen is generated by the user's operation during the execution of the online game, they are collected together.

Meanwhile, the action and state information of the collected player character are analyzed by a predetermined algorithm to generate metadata, which is text data describing the play contents of the player character at the time of generating the screen shot (S140).

Metadata can have a value, for example, "Level up" or "Boss monster hunting succeeded."

Then, when the user selects one of the screen shots as shown in FIG. 3, the game client 2 displays metadata describing the play contents of the user player character at the generation time of the selected screen shot on the screen shot Display.

That is, the screen shot is combined with the metadata by modulating the screen shot so that the metadata is displayed in a text form on the screen shot (S150).

If a user selects a posting function through a social network service linked to an online game after a screen shot that is a graphical image in which the metadata is displayed in a text form is generated, the game client 2 transmits a social network service And transmits the screen shot combined with the metadata together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client 2 in step S160.

In this way, a message including the screen shot received by the social network server 3 is generated, and the message is transmitted to the social network service subscriber identified by the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client 2 To one or more subscribers.

Hereinafter, a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to this embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment of the present invention, metadata is generated using play data, combined with a replay video of an online game, and then posted through a social network service.

First, the game client 2 executes online game by executing online game client software and connecting a communication session with the online game server 1 as shown in FIG. 7 (S210).

On the other hand, as the online game is executed, the virtual server 120 that can be accessed locally is executed, and then a communication session with the online game client software is connected (S220).

If the online game is progressed while the game client 2 and the online game server 1 are connected to each other, the virtual server 120 receives the action and status information of the player character of the game client user from the online game client software, At the same time as the player character, play data including action and status information of another player character, a mobile object, a non player character (NPC) played in a certain area of the online game is collected at step S230.

This information is also information included in the log file generated by the online game server 1. [

On the other hand, the game client 2, in which the play data is collected, analyzes the action and status information of the player character of the game client user among the collected play data by a predetermined algorithm to describe the play content of the player character Metadata that is text data is generated (S240).

Thereafter, the game client 2 generates a replay video using the collected play data, and combines the replay video and the metadata by authoring the meta data to be displayed as a caption on the replay video (S250).

If the user selects the posting function through the social network service linked with the online game after the meta data is displayed in the form of a subtitle on the replay video displayed in a text form, the game client 2 transmits the social network The server 3 transmits the replay stream or the link associated with the meta data together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client 2 in operation S260.

Accordingly, the social network server 3 generates a message or a message including the received link, and transmits the message to the social network service subscribers specified by the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client 2 To one or more connected subscribers.

Meanwhile, the method of generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game according to the present invention can be embodied as computer-readable codes and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium may include any type of medium in which data readable by a computer system is stored. Examples of the medium include a DVD-ROM, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a USB memory, a flash memory And the like.

On the other hand, the expression to be recorded on the recording medium encompasses not only a case where a large amount is recorded on a recording medium, a case where it is distributed in the form of a package, a case where it is provided on a recording medium through a network in the form of a data packet.

In the above description, the expression "server" is used. However, in a distributed computing environment, it is common to divide a function or a load into a plurality of servers for processing. Therefore, a "server" does not necessarily refer to a single hardware component, And < / RTI >

In the above description, the network is referred to as a local area network (WAN), a wide area network (WAN), or an intranet, a virtual private network (VPN) Therefore, it should be interpreted as a broad concept including all kinds of network connection methods called WiBro, WiFi, and mobile communication network.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. . Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be determined only by the technical idea of the appended claims, and is not limited to the above embodiments.

The present invention can be applied to the field of on-line game technology. In particular, the present invention can be applied to a technology field for analyzing game play later by using data generated when an online game such as an MMO is executed.

1: Online game server
2: Game Client
3: Social network service server
100: Multimedia content creation device using play data of online game
110: Game processing means
111: In game browser
120: Virtual Server
130: Content generation means
140: metadata generation means
150: SNS posting means

Claims (12)

1. A game client for accessing an online game server via a network to execute an online game,
Game processing means for loading the game client in a memory of the game client and executing an online game by connecting a communication session with the online game server and connecting a communication session to the virtual server when executing the online game;
A virtual server for loading at least a part of play data of an online game from the game processing means when the online game is executed by the game processing means, the virtual server being loaded and executed in the memory of the game client as a locally connectable virtual server;
Meta data generation means for generating meta data from the play data collected by the virtual server; And
And content generation means for generating multimedia contents using the collected play data and combining the metadata with the generated multimedia contents,
The play data collected by the virtual server includes action and status information of the player character of the game client user, other player characters played in a certain area of the online game at the same time as the player character, a mobile object, an NPC Non Player Character) action and status information,
The metadata generating means analyzes the action and state information of the player character of the game client user among the collected play data by a predetermined algorithm to generate metadata which is text data describing the play content of the player character A multimedia content generation apparatus using play data of an online game. The method according to claim 1,
And an SNS posting unit for connecting to the social network server through the network and transmitting the multimedia contents combined with the metadata together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client. A multimedia content generation device using play data of the multimedia contents. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the metadata generation means separates action and state information of any one of the player characters from the play data of the online game and analyzes it by a predetermined algorithm to generate metadata representing text data describing the play contents of the player character And generating the multimedia contents using the play data of the online game. delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the content generating unit generates the replay moving picture by using the collected play data, and combines the replay moving picture and the meta data by authoring the meta data to be displayed as a subtitle on the replay moving picture, A multimedia content generation apparatus using play data. delete delete 1. A method for executing on a game client that connects to an online game server via a network and executes an online game,
210) executing the online game by connecting the online game server and the communication session by executing the online game client software;
220) connecting a communication session with the online game client software after executing a locally connectable virtual server;
The virtual server may further include an action and status information of the player character of the game client user, another player character, a mobile object, a non player character (NPC) played in a certain area of the online game at the same time as the player character 230) collecting play data including action and status information;
A step 240 of generating metadata, which is text data describing the play content of the player character, by analyzing the action and status information of the player character of the game client user through a predetermined algorithm among the collected play data; And
And combining the replay moving picture with the metadata by authoring the replay moving picture using the collected play data so that the meta data is displayed as a caption on the replay moving picture, A method of generating multimedia contents using game play data. 11. The method of claim 10,
And then, after step 250, connecting to the social network server through the network and transmitting the replay stream combined with the metadata together with the online game account identification information or the player character identification information of the game client And generating multimedia contents using play data of an online game. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing on a computer a multimedia content creation method using play data of an online game according to claim 10 or claim 11.

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