KR102482865B1 - Method and device for providing educational service incorporating gmae element - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a device and a method for providing an educational service to which game elements are combined. The device comprises: an information management unit which receives user information on users from user terminals and registers the users based on the received user information; a virtual character creation unit which provides a user interface for creating virtual characters to the user terminals of the registered users and creates virtual characters for the registered users based on user input obtained through the user terminals; a competition matching unit which matches two users among the registered users one on one; a competition progress unit which runs a competition game using learning questions between the two matched users; and a reward provision unit which provides rewards to a winner and a loser based on the result of the competition game. Therefore, the device enables learners to have an increased interest in learning while studying the learning contents through an educational service.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing educational services incorporating game elements {METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICE INCORPORATING GMAE ELEMENT}

The present invention relates to a technology for providing an educational service incorporating game elements.

Unless otherwise indicated herein, material described in this section is not prior art to the claims in this application, and inclusion in this section is not an admission that it is prior art.

Computer games are becoming popular with the development of computers. Because computer games are highly addictive, they cause various harms, but because of the advantages of high interest and immersion, various attempts have been made to increase learning effects by combining learning with computer games.

In the case of online education services, game-based services with educational elements are being devised in order to increase learners' interest in learning. However, since educational elements are added based on games, the subject and contents are inevitably limited. As a result, learning efficiency for learners is reduced, and it is meaningful only for some lower elementary grades, or in many cases, learning is not continuously conducted for upper grades, middle/high school students, or adults.

Taking the subject of mathematics as an example, it is difficult to accurately gauge the student's ability with the results of one or two tests because the amount of concepts is so large and the difficulty and type of problems are diverse. Therefore, continuous monitoring in the learning phase is absolutely necessary. However, if only the score for the result is fed back during the learning process, there is a case where the learner's ability is misjudged or the result is greatly disappointed. Conversely, there are cases in which students give up in the middle because they do not feel it even though their skills are improving.

An object of the present invention to solve the above problems is to provide an education service providing apparatus and method grafted with game elements.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object provides an educational service providing device grafted with game elements.

The apparatus includes: an information management unit that receives user information about a user from a user terminal and registers the user based on the received user information; a virtual character generating unit that provides a user interface for generating a virtual character to a user terminal of a registered user and generates a virtual character for the registered user based on a user's input acquired through the user terminal; A competition matching unit that matches two users 1:1 among registered users; a competition progressing unit that proceeds with a competition game using a learning problem between the two matched users; and a reward providing unit that provides rewards to winners and losers, respectively, based on the results of the competition game.

In addition, the competition matching unit may include a 1-1 auxiliary vector, a 1-2 auxiliary vector, a 1-3 auxiliary vector corresponding to the grade information, desired college, desired major, and game history of the first user, respectively; and A first vector including the 1-4 auxiliary vectors is generated, and the 2-1 auxiliary vector and the 2-2 auxiliary vector respectively correspond to the grade information of the second user, the desired university, the desired major, and the game history. , generates a second vector including a 2-3 auxiliary vector and a 2-4 auxiliary vector, and a matching score between the first user and the second user based on the first vector and the second vector , and matching the first user and the second user to each other based on the calculated matching score.

In addition, when the first user requests match match matching, the match matching unit selects the second user whose matching score is the highest among the first user, and selects the second user. may be matched with the first user.

In addition, the competition progressing unit alternately provides preset learning problems to the user terminal of the first user and the user terminal of the second user, and assigns one of the provided learning problems to the user terminal of the first user or the user terminal of the second user. It is selected from the user terminal of the second user, provides the selected learning problem to the user terminal of the other party matched with the selected user, receives a solution process and an answer from the user terminal of the other party, and according to the received solution process and answer The physical strength gauge of the other party's virtual character may be adjusted.

In addition, the competition progression unit checks the entrance exam scores for each of the matched two users, determines departments by university for between the two identified entrance exam scores, and learns past users who entered the determined departments solved Among the problems, learning problems selected sequentially in order close to the preset correct answer rate are alternately provided to the first user and the second user, and the entrance exam scores for each of the users are collected in units of one year in the past university department It may mean the minimum value among test scores of past users who entered the desired department of the desired university set by each of the users among the admission results for the above.

In addition, the competition progression unit may correct the preset correct answer rate based on an increase or decrease in the number of users in the past who set one of the determined departments as a desired school and a desired department, identified on a yearly basis.

상기의 수학식에서, P_n은 n년에 계산되는 퍼센트율을 의미하고, P_n-1은 n-1년에 계산된 퍼센트율을 의미하고, k는 2개의 입시 점수 사이에 있는 2개의 입시 점수 사이에 위치한 대학별 학과들의 총 개수, N_x,n-2은 n-2년에 특정 학교의 특정 희망 학과에 입학을 희망하는 사용자의 수(총 k개 중 x번째 해당 값), N_x,n-1은 n-1년에 특정 학교의 특정 희망 학과에 입학을 희망하는 사용자의 수(총 k개 중 x번째 해당 값)를 의미할 수 있다.In addition, the percentage rate for correcting the preset correct answer rate is determined by the following equation,

In the above equation, P _n means the percentage rate calculated in year n, P _n-1 means the percentage rate calculated in year n-1, and k is the two entrance exam scores between the two entrance exam scores The total number of departments by university located in between, N _x,n-2 is the number of users who wish to enter a specific desired department of a particular school in year n-2 (the xth corresponding value out of total k), N _{x,n -1} may mean the number of users who wish to enter a specific desired department of a specific school in year n-1 (xth corresponding value among total k).

In addition, the competition progression unit allows the first user to select a learning problem from among provided learning problems, and requests a solution process and an answer from the second user for the selected learning problem, so that the second user can solve the learning problem. Obtain a process and an answer, and if the solution process and answer are correct, reduce the physical strength gauge of the virtual character of the first user by the attack power of the virtual character of the second user, and at least one of the solution process and the answer If it is incorrect, the physical strength gauge for the virtual character of the second user may be reduced by the amount of attack power of the virtual character of the first user.

In addition, the reward providing unit may increase a rank score for calculating a ranking for a user determined to be a winner by a preset value, and lower a rank score for a user determined to be a loser by a preset value.

In addition, the apparatus may further include a ranking calculation unit that calculates a national ranking, a regional ranking, and a school ranking based on the user's rank score.

In addition, the ranking calculation unit may allow users to set desired universities, and calculate ranking differences between users who have set the same desired universities.

In addition, the ranking calculation unit calculates a ranking including at least one of national ranking, regional ranking, intramural ranking, and ranking among users who have set the same desired university, and a rank score corresponding to the ranking and the ranking within a preset range to the user. can be provided to the terminal.

In addition, the matching score is determined by the following equation,

In the above equation, v1i is the 1-i auxiliary vector, v2i is the 2-i auxiliary vector, and the coefficients (α ₁ , α ₂ , α ₃ , α ₄ ) of each auxiliary vector are for each auxiliary vector. weight can be displayed.

Through the educational service according to the embodiments of the present invention, learners can increase their interest in learning while studying the original content of learning.

In addition, it is possible to feel interest in learning and induce voluntary competition by receiving quantitative indicators through relative comparison with other learners' learning results.

In addition, it can give learners a sense of achievement through learning results as if they were talking about items and rankings they have in the game, and can induce them to study and compete together like a network game rather than feeling like studying alone.

In addition, in the learning process, by notifying the learner of the analysis result in real time about his or her position, ability, and relative level throughout the learning content, it is possible to improve academic achievement by allowing the learner to study as if playing a game.

Effects obtainable from the embodiments are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned are clearly derived and understood by those skilled in the art based on the detailed description below. It can be.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Included as part of the detailed description to aid understanding of the embodiments, the accompanying drawings provide various embodiments and, together with the detailed description, describe technical features of the various embodiments.
1 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus and method for providing education services incorporating game elements according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional modules of the providing server according to FIG. 1 by way of example.
3 to 4 are conceptual diagrams in which a match-up proceeding unit proceeds with a game match-up.
5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention by way of example.

Since the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. Like reference numerals have been used for like elements throughout the description of each figure.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The terms and/or include any combination of a plurality of related recited items or any of a plurality of related recited items.

It is understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. It should be. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another element, it should be understood that no other element exists in the middle.

Terms used in this application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, the terms "include" or "have" are intended to designate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of addition or existence of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus and method for providing education services incorporating game elements according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a method of providing educational services incorporating game elements is performed using a providing server (100, which may be referred to interchangeably with an apparatus for providing educational services incorporating game elements) and a user terminal 200. can In this case, the provision server 100 and the user terminal 200 may be referred to as a provision system.

The provision server 100 is a server that provides an education service incorporating game elements, and may store data on a plurality of user information and learning history accumulated while providing an online education service to a user. In addition, the provision server 100 may be implemented in the form of a central server, a management server, a cloud server, a web server, a client server, and the like.

The user terminal 200 is a user terminal used by a registered user to use an educational service incorporating game elements, and may provide data for user registration to the providing server 100 .

For example, the user terminal 200 includes a communicable desktop computer, a laptop computer, a notebook, a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a mobile phone. ), smart watch, smart glass, e-book reader, portable multimedia player (PMP), portable game device, navigation device, digital camera, digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) It may be a player, a digital audio recorder, a digital audio player, a digital video recorder, a digital video player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional modules of the providing server according to FIG. 1 by way of example.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the provision server 100 includes an information management unit 101, a virtual character generation unit 102, a competition matching unit 103, a competition progress unit 104, a reward providing unit 105, and a ranking calculation unit. may include section 106 .

The information manager 101 may receive user information from the user terminal 200 and register the user based on the received user information. At this time, the user is a user (learner) who wants to use the educational service incorporating game elements. In addition, user information is information indicating a user's characteristics in order to distinguish the user from other users, and may include various information such as grade information, desired university, desired major, and the like.

In addition, the information management unit 101 may map and store game history, which is a history of user's game play within the game space, for each user. That is, the user's game history can be continuously managed and the game history can be updated in real time.

The virtual character generator may provide a user interface capable of generating a virtual character to a registered user, and may generate a virtual character for the user based on an input of the user.

In this case, the virtual character is a fictional character appearing in the game space, and is an object controlled by each user and a subject performing game operations. As will be described later, each virtual character is visualized as a 2D or 3D graphic image and can be defined by various properties. Here, the attribute of the virtual character may include 'level', 'physical strength', 'attack power' of the character, which will be described later.

Meanwhile, all virtual characters can have 'levels'. The level is a value indicating the level of accumulated experience points obtained by each virtual character playing a game, and physical strength and attack power may vary according to the level of each virtual character.

The competition matching unit 103 may match users to each other for a game competition between users. That is, the matchup matching unit 103 may receive a matchup request from the first user terminal and determine a matchup opponent of the first user, the second user, based on the received matchup request.

The matching process may be performed with correlations between vectors scored with elements for each user.

For example, grade information, desired university, desired major, and game history of a first user are represented by first vectors (auxiliary vectors (v ₁₁ , v ₁₂ , v ₁₃ , v ₁₄ )), and Grade information, desired college, desired major (or desired department), and game history are represented by second vectors (auxiliary vectors (v ₂₁ , v ₂₂ , v ₂₃ , v ₂₄ ), respectively, and the first vector Matching may be performed in a manner in which a matching score is calculated by calculating the second vector.

For example, a matching score (S) between a first vector (auxiliary vectors (v ₁₁ , v ₁₂ , v ₁₃ , v ₁₄ )) and a second vector (auxiliary vectors (v ₂₁ , v ₂₂ , v ₂₃ , v ₂₄ )) _1,2 ) may be applied with Equation 1 below.

In Equation 1, abs is an absolute value operation function, v1i is an i (i is a natural number between 1 and 4) th auxiliary vector among auxiliary vectors included in the first vector, and v2i is an auxiliary vector included in the second vector. Among the vectors, i (i is a natural number of 1 or more and 4 or less) may represent an i-th auxiliary vector. For example, the 1-1 auxiliary vector (v ₁₁ ) is a vector representing grade information of the first user, the 1-2 auxiliary vector (v ₁₂ ) is a vector representing the desired university of the first user, and the first The -3 auxiliary vector (v ₁₃ ) is a vector representing the desired major of the first user, and the 1-4 auxiliary vectors (v ₁₄ ) are vectors representing the first user's game history. In addition, the 2-1 auxiliary vector (v ₂₁ ) is a vector representing the grade information of the second user, the 2-2 auxiliary vector (v ₂₂ ) is a vector representing the desired university of the second user, and the 2-3 auxiliary vector (v 22 ) The auxiliary vector (v ₂₃ ) is a vector representing the desired major of the second user, and the second-fourth auxiliary vector (v ₂₄ ) is a vector representing the game history of the second user.

In Equation 1, α ₁ , α ₂ , α ₃ , α ₄ are coefficients of each of the auxiliary vectors, specifically, a ₁ is a coefficient for grade information, a ₂ is a coefficient for a desired university, and a ₃ is a coefficient for the desired major, a ₄ is a coefficient for the game history, and represents a weight for each auxiliary vector. In this case, the sum of the coefficients may be 1, and may be set to a higher value in the order of desired college, desired major, grade information, and game history. In particular, by setting the coefficient (a ₂ ) for the desired university to a value greater than 0.5, users with the same or similar desired university may be matched as much as possible to support a learning competition for entrance examination.

In this case, grade information, desired university, and desired major may be obtained by receiving input from the user terminal, and game history may be obtained while the user plays the game.

Also, the matchup matching unit 103 may generate auxiliary vectors based on the obtained user's grade information, desired university, desired major, and game history. That is, the matchup matching unit 103 may represent the first user's grade information, desired university, desired major, and game history as first auxiliary vectors (v ₁₁ , v ₁₂ , v ₁₃ , v ₁₄ ).

In detail, the match matching unit 103 may generate the 1-1 auxiliary vector (v ₁₁ ) based on the grade information for the first user, and the 1-2 auxiliary vector (v 11 ) based on the desired university for the first user. An auxiliary vector (v ₁₂ ) may be generated, 1-3 auxiliary vectors (v 13 ) may be generated based on a desired major for the first user, and 1-3 auxiliary vectors (v ₁₃ ) may be generated based on the game history for the first user. 4 auxiliary vectors (v ₁₄ ) can be created. In this case, the first auxiliary vectors v ₁₁ , v ₁₂ , v ₁₃ , and v ₁₄ may be set to have the same dimension.

For example, the competition matching unit 103 generates a 1-1 auxiliary vector using each of the grade points or grade points for each subject constituting the grade information as component values, and each grade grade or score required by the desired university 1-2 auxiliary vectors are generated using as component values, and 1-3 auxiliary vectors are generated using each of the grades or points corresponding to the pass cut-off of the desired major (or desired department) belonging to the desired university as component values. and the 1st to 4th auxiliary vectors may be generated by using each of the win rates or scores for each subject obtained from the game history as component values.

When the first user makes a request for matchup matching, the matchup matching unit 103 may match a second user with the first user to calculate the highest matching score. That is, the match-up matching unit 103 may match a second user having elements similar to those of the first user (grade information, desired college, desired major, and game history) as a game opponent of the first user. .

The competition advancing unit 104 may proceed with a game competition between matched users.

According to an embodiment, the competition progression unit 104 includes a plurality of preset learning problems, a first user's virtual character, a physical strength gauge for the first user's virtual character, a second user's virtual character, and a second user's virtual character. Provides a physical strength gauge for the virtual character of the first user and the second user, respectively, and allows the first user and the second user to alternately select a learning problem from among the provided learning problems, so that the other party's solution to the selected learning problem Based on the process and the answer, the physical strength gauges of the virtual characters of the first user and the second user may be adjusted. At this time, the physical strength gauge means that the physical strength value of the virtual character is expressed as a visual element (for example, a bar expressing the remaining amount of physical strength) so that the user can easily recognize it. At this time, the physical strength gauge may be changed to a color corresponding to the difficulty of the learning problem when the learning problem is provided to the other party, and may be changed to a pre-specified color when the other party's answer to the learning problem is the correct answer. Through this, the other party can solve the problem by visually identifying the difficulty of the learning problem provided to him or her, and can immediately check whether or not he or she has answered the correct answer through color.

According to another embodiment, the competition progressing unit 104 alternately provides preset learning problems to the user terminal of the first user and the user terminal of the second user, and assigns one of the provided learning problems to the user terminal of the first user. It is selected from the user terminal or the user terminal of the second user, and the selected learning problem is provided to the user terminal of the other party matched with the selected user, and a solution process and an answer are received from the user terminal of the other party, and the received solution process and Depending on the answer, the physical strength gauge of the opponent's virtual character may be adjusted.

For example, the competition progressing unit 104 allows the first user to select a learning problem from among provided learning problems, and requests a solution process and an answer from the second user for the selected learning problem, so that the learning problem is received from the second user. The solution process and answers can be obtained. When the solution process and the answer are correct, the battle progression unit 104 may decrease the physical strength gauge for the virtual character of the first user by a preset attack power with respect to the virtual character of the second user, and at least one of the solution process and the answer If is incorrect, the physical strength gauge for the virtual character of the second user may be reduced by a predetermined amount of attack power for the virtual character of the first user.

According to another embodiment, learning problems that are alternately provided to the user terminal of the first user and the user terminal of the second user by the competition progressing unit 104 may be determined by the following method.

The competition progression unit 104 checks the entrance exam scores for each of the two matched users, determines departments for each university located between the two confirmed entrance exam scores, and solves learning problems of past users who entered the determined departments Among them, learning problems sequentially selected in an order close to a preset correct answer rate may be alternately provided to the first user and the second user.

At this time, the entrance exam score for the user may be confirmed as follows. The competition progress unit 104 collects the admission results for past university departments on a yearly basis (that is, it can be interpreted as a minimum test score to enter a specific department of a specific university), The admission result corresponding to the desired department can be used as the entrance exam score for the user. In addition, the entrance exam score for the user may mean a minimum value among test scores of past users who entered the desired department of the desired university set by the user among the admission results for past departments for each university collected on a yearly basis. That is, according to the present invention, entrance examination scores may be determined based on test scores and admission results of past users.

In addition, the preset correct answer rate may be initially set to 50%, and the match progress unit 104 may dynamically change the preset correct answer rate according to the increase or decrease of past users. In this case, the increase or decrease of past users means an increase or decrease in the number of users who desire a specific department of a specific university.

For example, the competition progression unit 104 may correct the preset correct answer rate based on an increase or decrease in the number of past users who have set one of the determined departments as the desired school and desired department, which is confirmed on a yearly basis. there is.

For example, the competition progress unit 104 checks the increase or decrease in the number of past users who set a specific desired department of a specific desired university on a yearly basis, and if the past users have increased within the last year (ie, the corresponding departments If the number of people wishing to enter is increasing), the above correct answer rate can be deducted by an amount corresponding to the increase rate. The percentage rate deducted from the correct answer rate may be determined by Equation 2 below.

In Equation 2, P _n means the percentage rate calculated in year n, P _n-1 means the percentage rate calculated in year n-1, and k is the two entrance exam scores between the two entrance exam scores The total number of departments by university located in between, N _x,n-2 is the number of users who wish to enter a specific desired department of a particular school in year n-2 (the xth corresponding value out of total k), N _{x,n -1} means the number of users who wish to enter a specific desired department of a specific school in year n-1 (xth corresponding value among total k). In this case, the initial correct answer rate (P _t ) may be 50%, and year t may be a year in which the service disclosed in the present invention is started.

Through this, there is an effect of increasing the difficulty of the problem by reflecting the increasing competition rate as the number of applicants for admission to a specific department of a specific school increases during the year.

3 to 4 are conceptual diagrams in which a match-up proceeding unit proceeds with a game match-up.

Referring to FIG. 3 , a virtual character of a first user, a virtual character of a second user, and physical strength gauges for each virtual character are shown, and the physical strength of the virtual character of the first user is higher than that of the virtual character of the second user. can know At this time, the user can alternate between attack and defense for each phase. For example, in the first phase, the competition advancing unit 104 may cause the first user to select a learning problem to attack the second user, and the second user responds to the first user's attack to attack the learning problem. You can provide solutions and answers. When the second user's solution process and answer to the learning problem do not match the preset solution process and answer, the physical strength of the second user is reduced. Referring to FIG. 3 , since the physical strength gauge of the second user decreased in the second phase, it can be seen that the second user did not present a predetermined solution process and answer in the first phase. In the second phase, the order of attack and defense is changed, and the match progress unit 104 allows the second user to select a learning problem to attack the first user, and the first user responds to the attack of the second user. By responding, you can have them present the solution process and answer to the learning problem. When the first user's solution process and answer to the learning problem coincide with the preset solution process and answer, the physical strength of the second user is reduced. Referring to FIG. 3 , since the physical strength gauge of the second user decreased in the third phase, it can be seen that the first user presented a predetermined solution process and answer in the second phase. When the second phase ends and the third phase begins, the match progress unit 104 may change the user's attack and defense as in the previous phase, and may continue the phase until a predetermined criterion is satisfied. In this case, the predetermined criterion includes a case where at least one of the first user and the second user declares withdrawal or has zero physical strength. For example, referring to FIG. 4 , as a result of the nth phase, since the physical strength of the first user becomes 0 in the n+1th phase, the competition progressing unit 104 sets the first user as a loser and the second user as a loser. You can decide the winner.

In addition, the competition progression unit 104 may additionally increase attack power so as to give greater damage to the opponent to a user who continuously provides a solution process and correct answers within a preset time. That is, a user who continuously provides an accurate solution process and correct answer at a predetermined time by applying the combo concept can make the attack stronger against the opponent.

Also, the competition progression unit 104 may determine a winner and a loser from among the first user and the second user when at least one of the physical strengths of the virtual characters of the first user and the second user satisfies a predetermined condition.

For example, when the physical strength of the virtual character of the first user becomes 0, the competition progression unit 104 may determine the first user as a loser and determine the second user as a winner.

The reward providing unit 105 may provide rewards to winners and losers, respectively, based on the results of the match-up game.

For example, the reward providing unit 105 may increase a rank score for calculating a ranking for a user determined to be a winner by a preset value, and may lower a rank score for a user determined to be a loser by a preset value.

In addition, the reward providing unit 105 may collect problems that were wrong during the game competition to the user determined to be the loser, and additionally provide learning materials for the corresponding content to the user.

The ranking calculator 106 may calculate a national ranking, a regional ranking, and a school ranking based on the user's rank score. In addition, the ranking calculation unit 106 may provide the user terminal with the calculated ranking and a rank score corresponding to the ranking and the ranking within a preset range.

For example, the ranking calculation unit 106 may calculate a ranking by comparing rank scores of a plurality of users with each other.

In addition, the ranking calculation unit 106 allows the user to set desired universities, and calculates a ranking difference between users who have set the same desired university.

For example, when the user sets S University's Department of Business Administration as a desired university, the ranking calculation unit 106 compares rank scores among users who wish to apply for S University's Department of Business Administration, calculates the user's rank difference, and It is possible to provide the user terminal with a ranking score and a rank score corresponding to the ranking order and a ranking score within a preset range.

5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention by way of example.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the providing server 100 includes at least one processor 110; and a memory for storing instructions instructing the at least one processor 110 to perform at least one operation.

The at least one operation may include an operation of the providing server 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 .

Here, the at least one processor 110 may mean a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor for performing methods according to embodiments of the present invention. can

The memory 120 may include at least one of volatile storage media and non-volatile storage media. For example, the memory 120 may include at least one of a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM).

The storage device 160 may be, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD).

In addition, the providing server 100 may include a transceiver 130 that performs communication through a wireless network. In addition, the providing server 100 may further include an input interface device 140, an output interface device 150, a storage device 160, and the like. Each component included in the provision server 100 may be connected by a bus 170 to communicate with each other.

For example, the providing server 100 may include a communicable desktop computer, a laptop computer, a notebook, a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a mobile phone. ), smart watch, smart glass, e-book reader, portable multimedia player (PMP), portable game device, navigation device, digital camera, digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) It may be a player, a digital audio recorder, a digital audio player, a digital video recorder, a digital video player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and the like.

The methods according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. Computer readable media may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on a computer readable medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software.

Examples of computer readable media may include hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions may include not only machine language codes generated by a compiler but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter and the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate with at least one software module to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In addition, the above-described method or device may be implemented by combining all or some of its components or functions, or may be implemented separately.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will variously modify and change the present invention within the scope not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

100: Device for providing educational services incorporating game elements
101: information management unit 102: virtual character generation unit
103: match matching unit 104: match progress unit
105: reward provision unit 106: ranking calculation unit

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As an educational service providing device incorporating game elements,
an information management unit that receives user information about a user from a user terminal and registers the user based on the received user information;
a virtual character generating unit that provides a user interface for generating a virtual character to a user terminal of a registered user and generates a virtual character for the registered user based on a user's input acquired through the user terminal;
A competition matching unit that matches two users 1:1 among registered users;
a competition progressing unit that proceeds with a competition game using a learning problem between the two matched users; and
A reward providing unit providing rewards to winners and losers, respectively, based on the results of the match-up game;
The charge matching unit,
A 1-1 auxiliary vector, a 1-2 auxiliary vector, a 1-3 auxiliary vector, and a 1-4 auxiliary vector corresponding to the grade information, desired college, desired major, and game history of the first user, respectively generating a first vector comprising
A 2-1 auxiliary vector, a 2-2 auxiliary vector, a 2-3 auxiliary vector, and a 2-4 auxiliary vector corresponding to the grade information, desired college, desired major, and game history of the second user, respectively generating a second vector comprising
Calculate a matching score between the first user and the second user based on the first vector and the second vector, match the first user and the second user to each other based on the calculated matching score, ,
When the first user makes a match match request, selecting the second user for whom the highest matching score is calculated with the first user, and matching the selected second user with the first user; ,
The battle progress section,
alternately providing preset learning problems to a user terminal of the first user and a user terminal of the second user;
One of the provided learning problems is selected from a user terminal of the first user or a user terminal of the second user;
The selected learning problem is provided to the user terminal of the other party matched with the selected user,
Receiving a solution process and an answer from the other party's user terminal,
Adjusting the physical strength gauge of the virtual character of the other party according to the received solution process and answer;
Check the entrance exam score for each of the two matched users,
Determine the college-specific departments for between the two confirmed entrance exam scores,
Among the learning problems solved by past users who entered the determined departments, sequentially selected learning problems in an order close to a preset percentage of correct answers are alternately provided to the first user and the second user,
The entrance exam score for each of the users is the minimum value among the test scores of past users who entered the desired department of the desired university set by each of the users among the admission results for the department of each university in the past collected on a yearly basis. A device for providing educational services incorporating elements. delete delete delete delete

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