KR20010082467A - Method and System of Game Service Using Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and method for servicing a game using the Internet is provided to enhance an interest of a game by applying various methods when a game is played. CONSTITUTION: Users connect to a web server through the Internet(S30). The users join to members being connected to the web server by a managing server(S32). The members' information is stored in a member information database(S34). If the members wish to participate in a charged game, a predetermined charge is inputted, respectively(S50). Free gifts are selected by the members participating in a charged game(S60), and answering results for questions with respect to the free gifts are stored in a marketing database(S64). A predetermined free gift is provided to the members, respectively, by checking a winning/losing of the charged game(S74). If a member does not wish to participate in a charged game, one out of a free game(S40) and a shopping mall(S42) is provided to the member.

Description

Game service system and method using the Internet {Method and System of Game Service Using Internet}

The present invention relates to a game service system and method using the Internet, and more particularly, to a game service system and method using the Internet to increase the interest of the game by applying various methods during the game progress.

Currently, various games are provided using the Internet. Such games include strategy games (such as StarCraft), simple competition games (Tetris, poker, etc.), and mud games (Lineage, etc.).

Strategy games are used after purchasing a CD provided by a game provider or by downloading a game from a game provider's home page and installing it on a user's computer. Such a strategy game is played in a predetermined manner by the game provider. In other words, the power game can not satisfy the various needs of the user because the game provider plays the game using only a predetermined method.

In a simple competitive game, the user accesses the game provider's home page to play the game. In such a simple competition game, a game progresses through competition among a plurality of users. However, even a simple competitive game does not satisfy various needs of the user because the game provider plays the game using only a predetermined method.

Mud games are used after a user connects to a game provider, downloads the game, and installs it on their computer. Such a mud game is a game that can develop the character of the user through cooperation and competition between a plurality of users. Mud games are showing an explosive increase of users on the Internet because they require the cooperation and competition among users, causing interest to users. However, these mud games can not satisfy various needs of the user because the game provider proceeds according to the rules of the game provided in advance.

On the other hand, the user has a desire to be compensated by the amount of time he has invested in the game. However, in the conventional game, there is no way to compensate for the time spent by the user in the game. In addition, the user is required to watch not only his own games but also games of other users and enjoy them, but there is no way to solve the needs of these users in the conventional games.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a game service system and method using the Internet that can increase the interest of a game by applying various methods during game play.

1 is a view showing a game service system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a game service method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing in detail the game method shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram illustrating a character growth process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

2: user 4: internet

6: web server 8: management server

10: DB server 12: shopping mall server

14: Member Information DB 16: Game DB

18: product DB 20: marketing DB

22: shopping mall DB

Game service method using the Internet of the present invention to achieve the above object comprises the steps of users connecting to a web server via the Internet; Registering, by the management server, users connected to the web server as a member; Storing information of users registered as members in a member information database; Checking whether to participate in a paid game from users who are registered as members, and receiving a predetermined amount of money from users participating in the paid game; Selecting a prize from users participating in a paid game, surveying the selected prize and storing the survey in a marketing database; Checking the win / loss of the paid game and providing a predetermined prize to the user; If the user registered as a member does not participate in the paid game, providing one of the free game and the shopping mall to the users.

Receiving a picture from the user upon registration of the user to generate a user's character, or selecting one of the characters provided from the management server as the user's character; The character grows as a result of the game, the performance of the shopping mall, or the purchase of items from the management server.

The user purchases items purchased in the shopping mall in the same way, and the character grows through the early childhood, elementary school, high school, college student, social activities / middle age and old age.

The game progress is user-to-manage server, user-to-user, group-to-group. Tournaments, full leagues, user vs. pro gamer, lottery betting games, or game input from the user.

As the game progresses, users watch the game in real time, users watching the game predict the win / loss of the game, and give prizes to the users who win or lose the game. It includes a step.

A predetermined cumulative score is given to the user according to the number of participation of the game, and the user can purchase a product in the shopping mall using the cumulative score.

Game service system using the Internet of the present invention comprises a web server connected to the Internet; A plurality of users accessing the web server via the Internet, and a management server connected to the users via the web server; A member information database that stores information of users registered as members in the management server; A game database in which information of a game provided from a management server is stored; A merchandise database for storing information of merchandise provided as giveaways to users, and a marketing database for storing questionnaire results of users; A database server installed between the management server and the member information database, the game database, the product database, and the marketing database to manage the databases; A shopping mall server connected to the management server; A shopping mall database connected to the shopping mall server and configured to store information of each product; It is provided with a payment server for checking whether the amount of money transferred from the user to the management server.

Other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above objects will become apparent from the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

1 is a block diagram showing a game service system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a game service system using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention, a web server 6 connected to the Internet 4, a management server 8 for managing the web server 6, A database managed by a database server (Data Base: " DB "), a shopping mall server 12, a character mail server 26, and a DB server 10 connected to the management server 8; The information DB 14, the game DB 16, the product DB 18, the marketing DB 20, and the shopping mall DB 22 managed by the shopping mall server 12 are provided.

The users 2 connect to the web server 6 using a computer, a terminal and / or a mobile phone. At this time, the users 2 access the web server 6 via the Internet 4. The management server 8 cooperates with the web server 6 to provide various games to users. The DB server 10 manages the DBs 14, 16, 18, 20, and 28 under the control of the management server 8. The member information DB 14 stores information of the users 2 who have registered as members. The game DB 16 stores the game result and the like. The merchandise DB 18 stores a brand name, a function of a merchandise, and the like provided from an affiliate of the game service system of the present invention. In the marketing DB 20, the user 2 stores the questionnaire response results. In the character DB 28, the characters of the users 2 are stored.

The shopping mall server 12 displays various commodity information that the users 2 can purchase on the terminal of the user 2. The shopping mall DB 22 stores various goods information. The payment server 24 is connected to a card company, a bank or the like via the web server 6 and the Internet 4. This payment server 24 is used to pay a predetermined amount of money transferred from the users 2 to the web server 6 under the control of the management server 8.

The character mail server 26 is used to send mail to the users 2 registered as members in the web server 6 and / or the management server 8. The character mail server 26 attaches a predetermined character to the users 2 and sends a mail. The user 2 stores the mail sent from the character mail server 26 in his computer using a mail program such as Outlook Express. At this time, the character attached to the mail is also stored in the computer of the user 2. When the character is stored in the terminal of the user 2 as described above, a button shaped like a character is generated at one side of the upper side of the user's browser (for example, an explorer). This character-shaped button is linked to the web server 6. That is, when the user 2 clicks the character button, the user 2 is automatically connected to the web server 6.

On the other hand, when the user deletes the mail, an email is sent from the user's mail program to the character mail server 26 indicating that the mail has been deleted (for example, the death of the character). Also, when the user saves the mail, a mail is sent from the user's mail program to the character mail server 26 indicating that the mail has been stored (for example, the character's life).

2 is a block diagram showing a game service method using the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, users 2 access the web server 6 via the Internet 4 (S30). Users 2 accessing the web server 6 are connected to the management server 8. In step S32, the user is registered as a member of the management server 8. The user is authenticated as a member through a log-in process. In operation S32, the users 2 to be registered as members transmit the personal information (resident registration number, phone number, address, ID, password, etc.) of the user 2 to the management server 8 through the web server 6. In addition, in the membership registration step, the user 2 selects his own unique character. At this time, the unique character is generated by transmitting a picture of the user 2 to the management server 8, or is generated by selecting one of the various characters provided by the management server (8). Such a character grows according to the game result of the user 2.

Information of the users 2 transmitted to the management server 8 in step S32 is transmitted to the DB server 10 by the management server (8). The DB server 10 stores and manages the information of the users 2 transmitted from the management server 8 in the member information DB 14. Thereafter, the management server 8 checks whether the user 2 participates in the paid game. (S36)

If the user 2 does not participate in the paid game at step S36, the management server 8 checks whether the user participates in the free game. (S38) If the user participates at the free game at step S38, the management server ( 8) provides a free online game to the terminal of the user 2 (S40) If the user does not participate in the free game in step S38 the management server 8 connects the user 2 to the shopping mall server 12. (S42)

The shopping mall server 12 displays various products on the terminal of the user 2, and the user 2 purchases a desired product among the products provided from the shopping mall server 12. (S44) At this time, the user 2 ), The purchase information is stored and managed in the shopping mall DB (22). When the user 2 purchases a product in step S44, the shopping mall server 12 receives a payment means (payment deposit, credit card, electronic money, direct debit, etc.) from the user 2. The shopping mall server 12 checks whether or not the user 2 is paid using the payment server 24. The settlement server 24 connects to a financial network or the like and checks whether a purchase price of a product has been received from the user 2. Thereafter, the shopping mall server 12 delivers the goods purchased by the user to an address desired by the user (S48).

If the user 2 participates in the paid game at step S36, the management server 8 receives the money required for the game from the user. (S50) At this time, the user 2, the predetermined amount required for the game is deposited in advance You will hear a description of the game without. The amount deposited in step S50 is checked by the payment server 24. If the amount is received in step S50 management server 8 displays a brief description of the game currently being provided to the terminal of the user (2) (S52) After the description of the game is displayed in step S52 management server (8) The simple questionnaire is displayed on the terminal of the user 2. (S54) The questionnaire displayed on the management server 8 includes the type of the favorite game, the inconvenience of the game, and the method of the game desired by the user 2. This includes. Information input from the user 2 in step S54 is stored and managed in the marketing DB (20). On the other hand, the desired game method, etc. received from the user in step S54 is added to the game method of the present footing by the judgment of the administrator of the management server (8).

After step S54, the user 2 selects a desired game. (S56) In this case, the game provided by the management server 8 includes a game provided by an affiliate or a game provided by the management server 8 itself. do. After the user 2 selects the desired game in step S56, the management server 8 receives a game method from the user 2 (S58).

In the game method received from the user in step S58, as shown in Figure 3 User (2): Management server (8), User (2): User (2), Group: Group, tournament, full league, User (2): Pro There are gamers, prize betting games and lottery betting games. User (2): The management server (8) method is a method of playing a game between the user 2 and the management server (8) CPU. User (2): The user (2) method is a method in which the winner obtains the loser's payment after the users play the game. On the other hand, in the competition between the user 2 and the user 2, the winner of the competition may obtain the prize after betting a predetermined prize (a prize or electronic money previously obtained from the management server 8) between each other.

Group: The group method is a game in which a group that wins a game wins a product after betting a certain product between groups. In such a group, more than a predetermined number of people (for example, three or more people) are included in one group. The tournament method is a method in which a predetermined number of users acquire a prize provided by the management server 8 through competition. On the other hand, tournament-based prizes are determined in advance by the tournament participants. The full league method is a method of giving a prize to the user 2 who plays a game more than a predetermined time (for example, 15 times).

User (2): The pro-gamer method is a method of playing a game between the user (2) and the pro-gamer, and when the user (2) wins, gives the user (2) twice the accumulated points. Here, the rules and forms of the game can be arbitrarily selected by the user 2. In addition, if the user 2 wins, the user 2 may obtain twice the payment amount.

On the other hand, the users 2 can watch the game currently in progress without participating in the game. At this time, the users 2 watching the game predict the winner of the game, and the users 2 who match the winner are provided with a predetermined prize by the drawing of the management server 8. In addition, these game watching personnel are adjusted in real time by the management server (8). In addition, when the game is finished, the management server 8 notifies the users 2 of the dividend amount and the dividend amount according to the win or lose of the game as well as the result of the game.

The lottery-based betting game is a game system that obtains the goods announced by the time in the management server (8). First, the management server 8 announces a predetermined product on a bulletin board or the like. The user 2 determines whether to participate in the side drawing lottery betting game products announced in the management server (8). The user 2 participating in the lottery betting game pays a predetermined amount determined by the management server 8 and receives a special number or an encrypted number from the management server 8. The management server 8 ends participation in the lottery betting game after a predetermined time. Thereafter, the management server 8 draws a special number or encrypted number, and delivers the prize to the winning user (2).

In step S58, the user who inputs the game method selects one of the prizes provided from the management server 8. (S60) In step S60, the management server 8 that receives the prize is the prize selected by the user 2 And display a description of the company that manufactured the prize (S62). At this time, information on the prize displayed by the optical server 8 is stored in the product DB 18.

Thereafter, the management server 8 receives various questionnaires about the prizes selected by the user 2 from the user 2 (S64). In this case, the questionnaire includes various reasons such as the reason why the user 2 selected the prizes and where the prizes were found. The survey contents are included. The survey contents input by the user 2 are stored and managed in the marketing DB 20. The management server 8 may arrange various questionnaires stored in the marketing DB 20 by age and gender and provide them to affiliates.

On the other hand, the management server 8 links the home page of the company that produced the prize selected by the user so that the user 2 can freely access the home page of the company that produced the prize selected by the user.

The game starts when the questionnaire for the prize is input at step S64. (S66) After that, the management server 8 checks the result of the game. (S68, S70) If the game is lost at step S70, it is connected to step S36. If the user wins the game in step S70, the character of the user grows. (S72) On the other hand, the result of the game is posted on the bulletin board of the management server (8). Thereafter, the management server 8 delivers the prize entered by the user in step S62 to the address of the user 2 (S74).

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the character of the user 2 is also grown by the number of times of participation in the game, the number of times of use of the shopping mall. In addition, the user 2 can purchase an item from the management server 8 to grow the character. In addition, if the users 2 who have taken the tournament or the full league method lose the game at a predetermined stage, the management server 8 pays the users 2 a prize corresponding to the predetermined stage. In addition, a predetermined cumulative point is accumulated according to the number of times the user participates in the game, and the accumulated amount may be used to purchase a product in a shopping mall.

On the other hand, when the user 2 purchases a predetermined product in the shopping mall, the predetermined product is also worn on his / her character. For example, if a user purchases a specific shoe in the shopping mall server 12, the character is also equipped with the same shoe as the shoe he purchased. At this time, when the user 2 clicks on the shoe mounted on his character, the user 2 is moved to the homepage of the shoe manufacturer. The character mail server 26 sends a questionnaire mail about the goods purchased by the user 2 to the user 2. The user 2 who has received the questionnaire creates a questionnaire and sends it to the character mail server 26. The character mail server 26 stores and manages the questionnaire transmitted from the user 2 in the marketing DB 20. Meanwhile, the users 2 may play a game with the user 2 having the item mounted on their character. That is, the users 2 may play a game, and the winner of the game may acquire an opponent's item.

4 is a view showing a character growth process of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 4, the character of the present invention will grow in the order of early childhood, elementary school students, middle and high school students and college students. The early childhood 30 is a character that is initially provided when the user 2 registers as a member in the management server 8. At this time, the characters that the user 2 can select are limited to two models. Thereafter, when the user 2 obtains a predetermined cumulative score, the character may grow into an elementary school student.

In elementary school students, the user 2 can select his character from six models. Thereafter, when the user 2 obtains a predetermined cumulative score, the character may grow into middle and high school students. In the secondary character of the character, the user 2 can select his character from 12 models. Thereafter, when the user 2 obtains a predetermined cumulative score, the character grows into a college student. During the college student's period, the user 2 can select his character from 24 models. On the other hand, the user 2 can be equipped with a variety of items, such as characters can grow into a unique character of their network.

In addition, the users 2 can barter items and the like to grow their characters individually. In addition, it is also possible to transfer the cumulative score of the user 2 to another user 2. On the other hand, the character may grow through social activities / middle age and old age after college. There are many more models to choose from for these social, middle, and old age groups.

As described above, according to the game service system and method using the Internet according to the present invention, since the user can receive the rules of the desired game from the user and can proceed with the game by applying the input rules of the game, various needs of the user Can satisfy. In addition, since the user gives a predetermined cumulative point according to the number of game participation, the user can be compensated for the time he invested in the game. In addition, users can watch games of other users. Furthermore, the user can induce the interest of the game because he grows his character according to the accumulated points.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (7)

Users accessing a web server via the Internet; Registering, by a management server, the users connected to the web server as a member; Storing information of the users registered as the members in a member information database; Checking whether to participate in a paid game from the users registered as the member, and receiving a predetermined amount of money from the users participating in the paid game; Receiving a prize from the users participating in the paid game, surveying the questionnaire for the selected prize and storing the same in a marketing database; Checking win / loss of the paid game and providing a predetermined prize to the user; If the users registered as the member does not participate in the paid game, the game service method using the Internet comprising the step of providing any one of free games and shopping malls to the users. The method of claim 1, Receiving a picture from the user upon registration of the user to generate a character of the user, or selecting one of the characters provided from the management server as his character; The character is a game service method using the Internet, characterized in that the growth as a result of the game, the shopping mall use or purchase items from the management server. The method of claim 2, Equipping the goods purchased by the user in the shopping mall with the character; The character is a game service method using the Internet, characterized in that growing through the early childhood, elementary school, bell, college student, social activities / middle age and old age. The method of claim 1, The game progress is user-to-manage server, user-to-user, group-to-group. Game service method using the Internet, characterized in that the progress of any one of the tournament, full league, user-to-gamer, lottery betting game or the game input from the user. The method of claim 1, The users watching the game in real time as the game progresses; Predicting the win / loss of the game by users watching the game; The game service method using the Internet comprising the step of providing a prize through the lottery to the users who matched the game win / lose. The method of claim 1, A predetermined cumulative score is given to the user according to the number of participation of the game, and the user can purchase a product in the shopping mall using the cumulative score. A web server connected to the Internet; A plurality of users accessing the web server via the Internet; A management server connected to the users via the web server; A member information database in which information of the users registered as members in the management server is stored; A game database in which information of a game provided from the management server is stored; A merchandise database for storing information on merchandise provided to the users as giveaways; A marketing database storing the survey results of the users; A database server installed between the management server and the member information database, the game database, the product database, and the marketing database to manage the databases; A shopping mall server connected to the management server; A shopping mall database connected to the shopping mall server to store information of each product; Game service system using the Internet characterized in that it comprises a payment server for checking whether the amount of money transmitted from the users to the management server.