KR102211564B1 - Method and aparratus for providing game service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a game service are disclosed. A game service providing method according to an embodiment includes an operation of acquiring play history information for each of a user's user character for a plurality of games, an operation of displaying play history information for each of the user characters, and an operation for each of the user characters. And controlling one of the plurality of games to be executed based on the play history information of the user character selected by the user among the play history information.

Description

Game service provision method and device {METHOD AND APARRATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME SERVICE}

The disclosed embodiments relate to a game service providing technology.

Recently, users who use game services use game services through a game launcher capable of selecting and executing a specific game among a plurality of games linked to their account information. However, in order for users to actually play the game, there is an inconvenience of selecting a specific game from among a plurality of games displayed on the game launcher, and selecting a character for playing the game within the selected game once more.

Disclosed embodiments are to provide a game service providing method and apparatus.

A game service providing method according to an embodiment includes an operation of acquiring play history information for each of a user's user character for a plurality of games, an operation of displaying play history information for each of the user characters, and an operation for each of the user characters. And controlling one of the plurality of games to be executed based on the play history information for the user character selected by the user among the play history information.

The play history information for each of the user characters includes information related to each of the user characters, information on the time when the user last played using each of the user characters, and the user finally uses each of the user characters. It may include at least one of information related to a location or stage in the played game.

Information related to the location or stage in the last played game may be generated based on log information on the last played game.

The information related to the last played position or step in the game may be generated by capturing a game play screen for the last played position or step in the game.

In the controlling operation, one of the plurality of games may be controlled to be executed, but may be controlled to be executed at a position or step in the last game played.

In the controlling operation, one of the plurality of games may be controlled to be executed, but the selected user character may be automatically selected in the executed game.

The apparatus for providing a game service according to an embodiment includes at least one processor, at least one communication interface, and a display device, and the at least one processor provides each user character for a plurality of games through the at least one communication interface. Acquires play history information for, displays play history information for each of the user characters through the display device, and based on play history information of a user character selected by the user among play history information for each of the user characters One of the plurality of games is controlled to be executed.

The play history information for each of the user characters includes information related to each of the user characters, information on the time when the user last played using each of the user characters, and the user finally uses each of the user characters. It may include at least one of information related to a location or stage in the played game.

Information related to the location or stage in the last played game may be generated based on log information on the last played game.

The information related to the last played position or step in the game may be generated by capturing a game play screen for the last played position or step in the game.

The one or more processors may control one of the plurality of games to be executed, but control to be executed at a position or step in the last game played.

The one or more processors may control one of the plurality of games to be executed, but control the selected user character to be automatically selected in the executed game.

According to the disclosed embodiments, by allowing one of a plurality of games to be executed based on the play history information of the user character selected by the user, the cumbersome process that must be selected to play the game can be omitted and the game can be immediately played. have.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a game service according to an embodiment.
2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing a game service according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying play history information according to an exemplary embodiment.
4 is a flowchart of a method for providing a game service according to an exemplary embodiment.
5 is a block diagram illustrating and describing a computing environment including a computing device suitable for use in example embodiments.

Hereinafter, a specific embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to aid in a comprehensive understanding of the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein. However, this is only an example and is not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions and may vary according to the intention or custom of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification. The terms used in the detailed description are only for describing the embodiments and should not be limiting. Unless explicitly used otherwise, expressions in the singular form include the meaning of the plural form. In addition, expressions such as "comprising" or "feature" are intended to indicate certain characteristics, numbers, steps, actions, elements, some or combination thereof, and one or more other characteristics other than those described. It should not be construed to exclude the presence or possibility of, numbers, steps, actions, elements, any part or combination thereof.

Hereinafter, "game" means software that one or more gamers can enjoy using an input device mounted on or connected to a gaming device. Usually, the player character is directly manipulated or the movement of objects in the game is manipulated, and the genre is divided into role-playing, adventure, and arcade.

Hereinafter, “gaming device” refers to hardware that executes game software, performs an operation according to a user's input through an input device, and outputs a result through an output device. For example, Personal Computer, Laptop Computer, Game Console, Smart Phone, Tablet PC, Smart Band or Smart Watch, etc. It may be in the form of a wearable device. In addition, any hardware that satisfies the above definition is interpreted as belonging to a gaming device.

Hereinafter, the term "online game" means a game that must be passed through a network in order to play the game. Usually, it means a game in which two or more gaming devices in a remote location are connected to each other through a network or synchronized through a server. If it satisfies the above definition, there is no restriction on the type of gaming device that executes the game. In addition to games running on personal computers or game consoles, games running on mobile devices such as smartphones, or games running in the cloud or in conjunction with a plurality of different gaming devices (including different types of gaming devices) are also mentioned above. Anything that satisfies the definition is interpreted as belonging to an online game.

Hereinafter, "InputDevice" means a device for inputting data to a gaming device. For example, a joystick, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen, a hardware button or a steering wheel, a musical instrument, a gun, a glove, an input device exclusively for game operation, and the like. In addition, various sensors (temperature sensor, infrared sensor, motion sensor, gyro sensor, acceleration sensor, gravity sensor, etc.) mounted or linked to gaming devices, global positioning system (GPS), indoor positioning system ), etc. may also be an example of an input device.

Hereinafter, "OutputDevice" means a device for displaying the operation result of the gaming device. The calculation result is displayed in a form that can be recognized using the human five senses. It is not necessarily limited to visual or auditory display, and may be displayed in an olfactory or tactile form. For example, typical hardware such as speakers, monitors, and head-mounted displays satisfy the above definition, but a device that outputs in a tactile form, such as a 3D printer, or generates vibration, fragrance, and wind, may also be an example of an output device. .

The input device and the output device may be included in the gaming device as an element of the gaming device, or may be connected to the gaming device through a separate wired or wireless interface.

1 is a block diagram of a game system 100 according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a game system 100 includes a gaming device 110 and a game service providing system 120.

The gaming device 110 is a device that a user uses to play a game. For example, a user may receive a game service through a game application installed on the gaming device 110.

In this case, the game application may be a program for providing a game service to a user in connection with the game service providing system 120 through a wired/wireless network. For example, the game application plays a role of playing the game while communicating with the game service providing system 120, and display of game-related announcements, game screen processing, sound effect processing, provision of various user interfaces for games, etc. It can perform various roles that must be performed on the user side. In this case, the division of roles between the game application and the game service providing system 120 may be variously configured according to embodiments.

In addition, a game launcher 111 may be installed on the gaming device 110. The game launcher 111 may be a program for executing a game application installed on the gaming device 110. The game execution launcher 111 may display a list of games serviced through the game service providing system 120 and provide a function of executing a game application for each service provided. When the user selects a game execution function for one of a plurality of games, the game execution launcher 111 may execute a game application for the selected game.

In addition, the game launcher 111 may display a list of user characters for each game and play history information for each user character, and provide a function to access the game with a user character selected by the user. For example, when a user selects a user character for playing a game, the game execution launcher 111 executes a game application in which a user character selected by the user among a plurality of games is generated, but uses the selected user character. You can automatically connect to the game.

The game service providing system 120 includes an account management server 121 for managing user account information and authenticating a user account login request, virtual space information that is a background of the game, game scenario information, game quest information, etc. It is required to provide a game service to the gaming device 110, such as a game server 122 that stores various information related to the game progress and enables the game to proceed by interlocking with the game application installed on the gaming device 110. It may include one or more devices for performing functions.

In addition, when the game service providing system 120 provides a plurality of game services, the game service providing system 120 may include one or more game servers for each game. In this case, the game progress is independently performed for each game server for each game, and various information generated by the game progress may also be separately stored for each game server for each game.

2 is a block diagram of an apparatus 200 for providing a game service according to an exemplary embodiment.

The game service providing apparatus 200 illustrated in FIG. 2 may be implemented as, for example, a configuration of the gaming device 110 illustrated in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, a game service providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment includes one or more processors 210, one or more communication interfaces 220, and a display device 230.

The processor 210 obtains play history information for each user character of a user for a plurality of games through the communication interface 220. In this case, the play history information may be information recording game activities performed by the user through the user character.

Specifically, the communication interface 220 may obtain play history information for each user character from the game service providing system 120. For example, when a user logs in to a user account, the communication interface 220 may transmit the user's account information to the game service providing system 120. Thereafter, the communication interface 220 may receive play history information for each user character for a plurality of games linked with the user's account information from the game service providing system 120.

The processor 210 displays play history information for each user character through the display device 230.

Specifically, when a user logs in to a user account through the game launcher 110, the display device 230 may display a character selection screen including play history information for each user character. In this case, the character selection screen may include a graphic user interface for receiving a selection of a user character for playing a game from a user. The user may select a user character who wants to play the game based on play history information for each of the user characters included in the character selection screen.

The processor 210 controls one of a plurality of games to be executed based on the play history information of the user character selected by the user among the play history information for each user character.

Specifically, the processor 210 may control to execute a game application for a game in which a user character selected by the user is generated. For example, when a user selects a user character for playing a game, the processor 210 may control to execute a game application for a game in which a selected user character is generated among a plurality of pre-installed game applications.

According to an embodiment, the processor 210 may control one of a plurality of games to be executed, but may control a user character selected by the user in the executed game to be automatically selected.

For example, when the user selects a user character for playing a game, the processor 210 executes a game application for the game in which the user character is created, but the character selected by the user in the executed game is automatically It can be controlled to be selected. In this case, the processor 210 may transmit a request for accessing the game with a user character selected by the user to the game service system 120 through the communication interface 220. Thereafter, the processor 210 may obtain various pieces of information necessary for playing the game using the corresponding user character from the game service system 120 in response to a game access request through the communication interface 220.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying play history information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the display device 230 may display a character selection screen 300 including play history information for each of user characters for a plurality of games linked with user account information based on user account information. have.

According to an embodiment, the play history information for each user character includes information related to each user character, information on the time when the user last played using each user character, and the user last played by using each user character. It may include at least one of information related to a location or stage in a game.

In this case, the information related to each user character may include, for example, at least one of a character image for each user character, a character level, a character name, a character type, a character job, and a game server name in which each user character is generated. .

Specifically, the display device 230 may display a character image for each user character and a logo of a game in which each user character is generated. In this case, the character image may include the appearance of a user character equipped with in-game equipment, items, and the like. In addition, the display device 230 may display a character level for each user character, a character name, a character occupation, a game server name in which each character is generated, and the like, as text at the bottom of the character image for each user character.

In addition, the display device 230 may display information on a time point at which the corresponding game was last played by using each user character. For example, if the user plays a game two days ago using the user character A, the display device 230 may display information “played two days ago” at the bottom of the character image for the user character A. As another example, the display device 230 may display the date and time when the user character A was last played as information on the last play time point.

Meanwhile, the information related to the position or step in the game last played by the user using each user character may include, for example, at least one of an image and a name of the position or step in the game last played.

For example, when the user last played the game at place B in the game using the user character A, the display device 230 displays the image for place B together with the user character or displays the name of place B. I can.

As another example, when the user plays the game last in a specific step while playing a game composed of a plurality of steps, the display device 230 may display an image for the step or a name of the step.

In this case, according to an embodiment, the information related to the position or stage in the last game played may be generated based on log information on the last game played by the user using each user character.

Specifically, the processor 210 may extract information on a location or stage in the game last played by using each user character from log information recording the user's game play information for each user character. Thereafter, the processor 210 may generate at least one of an image and a name of the last played position or step in the game based on the extracted information. The display device 230 may display at least one of an image and a name of a generated position or step in the last played game.

Meanwhile, in the above-described example, it has been described that information related to the position or step in the last played game is generated by the processor, but is not limited thereto. For example, information related to the location or stage of the last played game may be generated by the game service providing system 120 based on log information for each game stored in each game server. At this time, the communication interface 220 receives information related to the last played position or stage generated from the game service providing system 120, and the display device 230 receives the received last played position or Information related to the step can be displayed.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the information related to the position or step in the game last played may be generated by capturing the game play screen for the position or step in the game last played by the user using each user character. have.

Specifically, when the user playing the game ends the game, the processor 210 may capture and store the game play screen at the end of the game. The processor 210 generates information related to the position or step in the last played game based on the captured game play screen, and information related to the position or step in the last played game generated through the display device 230 Can be displayed.

Meanwhile, a method of generating information related to a location or stage in the last played game is not limited to the above-described examples, and may include various methods according to embodiments.

According to an embodiment, the processor 210 controls one of a plurality of games to be executed, but may control to be executed at a position or step in the last game played by using each user character.

Specifically, the processor 210 executes a game application for the game in which the user character selected by the user is created, but the game at the place or stage where the user character is located at the time when the game was last played using the selected user character. You can control it to run. For example, it is assumed that the user last played the game at place B in the game using the user character A. In this case, when the user selects the user character A as a character for playing the game, the processor 210 controls the game in which the user character A is generated to be executed, but may control the game to be executed at the place B.

Meanwhile, a location at which various pieces of information included in the play history information are displayed is not limited to the example shown in FIG. 3 and may be variously set by a user or a game service manager.

4 is a flowchart of a method for providing a game service according to an exemplary embodiment.

The method shown in FIG. 4 may be performed, for example, by the game service providing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 4, the game service providing device 200 acquires play history information for each user character of a user for a plurality of games (410).

Thereafter, the game service providing device 200 displays play history information for each user character (420).

Thereafter, the game service providing apparatus 200 controls one of the plurality of games to be executed based on the play history information of the user character selected by the user among the play history information for each user character (430).

In this case, the game service providing device 200 controls one of a plurality of games to be executed, but may control to be executed at a position or stage in the game last played by the user using each user character.

Thereafter, the game service providing device 200 controls one of the plurality of games to be executed, but may control the user character selected by the user in the executed game to be automatically selected (440).

Meanwhile, in the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 4, the method is described by dividing the method into a plurality of operations, but at least some of the operations are performed in a different order, combined with other operations, performed together, omitted, or divided into detailed operations. Or, one or more operations not shown may be added and performed.

5 is a block diagram illustrating and describing a computing environment including a computing device suitable for use in example embodiments. In the illustrated embodiment, each component may have different functions and capabilities in addition to those described below, and may include additional components in addition to those not described below.

The illustrated computing environment 10 includes a computing device 12. In one embodiment, the computing device 12 may be, for example, one or more components included in the game service providing device 200.

The computing device 12 includes at least one processor 14, a computer-readable storage medium 16 and a communication bus 18. The processor 14 may cause the computing device 12 to operate according to the exemplary embodiments mentioned above. For example, the processor 14 may execute one or more programs stored in the computer-readable storage medium 16. The one or more programs may include one or more computer-executable instructions, and the computer-executable instructions are configured to cause the computing device 12 to perform operations according to an exemplary embodiment when executed by the processor 14 Can be.

The computer-readable storage medium 16 is configured to store computer-executable instructions or program code, program data, and/or other suitable form of information. The program 20 stored in the computer-readable storage medium 16 includes a set of instructions executable by the processor 14. In one embodiment, the computer-readable storage medium 16 includes memory (volatile memory such as random access memory, nonvolatile memory, or a suitable combination thereof), one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash It may be memory devices, other types of storage media that can be accessed by computing device 12 and store desired information, or a suitable combination thereof.

The communication bus 18 interconnects the various other components of the computing device 12, including the processor 14 and computer-readable storage medium 16.

Computing device 12 may also include one or more input/output interfaces 22 and one or more network communication interfaces 26 that provide interfaces for one or more input/output devices 24. The input/output interface 22 and the network communication interface 26 are connected to the communication bus 18. The input/output device 24 may be connected to other components of the computing device 12 through the input/output interface 22. The exemplary input/output device 24 includes a pointing device (such as a mouse or trackpad), a keyboard, a touch input device (such as a touch pad or a touch screen), a voice or sound input device, and various types of sensor devices and/or a photographing device. Input devices and/or output devices such as display devices, printers, speakers, and/or network cards. The exemplary input/output device 24 may be included in the computing device 12 as a component constituting the computing device 12, and may be connected to the computing device 12 as a separate device distinct from the computing device 12. May be.

Meanwhile, the processor 14, the input/output device 24, and the network communication interface 26 included in the computing device 12 are, respectively, the processor 210, the display device 230, and the communication interface ( 220) may be included.

In the above, technical features have been described based on the embodiments. However, the disclosed embodiments should be considered from an explanatory point of view rather than a limiting point of view, and the scope of the rights is indicated in the claims rather than the above description, and all differences within the scope of the same are interpreted as being included in the scope of rights. Should be.

10: computing environment
12: computing device
14: processor
16: computer readable storage medium
18: communication bus
20: program
22: input/output interface
24: input/output device
26: network communication interface
100: game system
110: gaming device
120: game service providing system
121: Account Management Server
122: game server
200: game service providing device
210: processor
220: communication interface
230: display device

Claims (12)

As a game service providing method performed by a game service providing device,
Acquiring play history information for each user character created in each of the plurality of games by the user;
Displaying play history information for each of the user characters; And
Based on the play history information for the user character selected by the user among the play history information for each of the user characters, a game in which the selected user character is generated among the plurality of games is controlled to be executed, and the executed game A method for providing a game service including controlling to automatically select a selected user character. The method according to claim 1,
The play history information for each of the user characters includes information related to each of the user characters, information on the time when the user last played using each of the user characters, and the user finally uses each of the user characters. A method of providing a game service including at least one of information related to a location or a stage in the played game. The method according to claim 2,
The information related to the location or stage in the last played game is generated based on log information on the last played game. The method according to claim 2,
The information related to the last played position or step in the game is generated by capturing a game play screen for the last played position or step in the game. The method according to claim 2,
In the controlling operation, a game in which the selected user character is created is controlled to be executed, but the game service providing method is controlled to be executed at a position or step in the last game played. delete One or more processors;
One or more communication interfaces; And
Including a display device,
The one or more processors,
Obtaining play history information for each of the user characters created in each of the plurality of games by the user through the one or more communication interfaces,
Displaying play history information for each of the user characters through the display device,
Based on the play history information of the user character selected by the user among the play history information for each of the user characters, a game in which the selected user character is generated among the plurality of games is controlled to be executed, and the selected from the executed game A game service providing device that controls the user character to be automatically selected. The method of claim 7,
The play history information for each of the user characters includes information related to each of the user characters, information on the time when the user last played using each of the user characters, and the user finally uses each of the user characters. A game service providing device including at least one of information related to a location or a stage in a game played. The method of claim 8,
The game service providing device, wherein the information related to the position or stage of the last played game is generated based on log information on the last played game. The method of claim 8,
The game service providing device generated by capturing a game play screen for the last played position or step in the game, the information related to the last played position or step in the game. The method of claim 8,
The at least one processor controls the game in which the selected user character is created to be executed, but controls the game to be executed at a position or step in the last game played. delete

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